Sorry to say it, but I am not sure if you would be able to ordain with HIV. There are some vinaya considerations dealing with communicable diseases (which yes, HIV is now treatable for long periods of time but not curable). There may also be many logistical complexities of taking your medications (n...

THC is an intoxicant. Advil and tylenol are not. Sleeping pills could be depending on the intention of taking them. It isn't intoxicating in low doses and can have the same effect as pharmaceutical drugs without the many side effects. https://kindmedsaz.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DosageChart-v2...

Disrespect to the dhamma can be shown in many forms. Don't worry about other's disrespect, look at where you are showing disrespect.

THC is an intoxicant. Advil and tylenol are not. Sleeping pills could be depending on the intention of taking them.

Nicholas Weeks wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:44 pm

Why not, there are several links within the piece that are good.

Like reading Playboy for "the articles".

Even a cursory familiarity with any one of the yanas of the Buddhist tradition would tell you this is nonsense from a new religious cult. Why waste your time?

pitithefool wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:02 pm This is one of the more bizarre posts I've seen on this website since joining...

Yup. Stick around! There are great lengths people go to ruminate about nonsense on here.

Nothing in there indicates sotapanna..?

See a doctor and explore your many options.

I've certainly heard my teachers say "I don't know". Sometimes the instances they say that are pretty instructive in and of themselves. It often short circuits people asking bizarre or unanswerable questions. Refusing to give them more fuel to confuse themselves with.

If you are hankering for completion of the path and the end of pain, it is understandable, but if you cling to the expectations of that, it will disturb your mind and cause frustration. The exasperation is understandable, but not helpful on its own.

I know there is no one size fits all answer to this since we all differ in our karma, discipline, practice and temperament, but if I am extremely diligent every day for many hours in my mindfulness practice, if there any kind of range I can expect for my meditation practice to finally be complete r...

All past and future Buddhas are said to arise from "Jambudipa" as far as the Suttas say. But it also says that there can only be one Buddha in a "world system" at a time, which implies they can come from elsewhere.

TRobinson465 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 01, 2021 2:58 am Dealing in poison means like rat poison or things intended to kill. Not anything that just happens to be poisonous. Pickaxes can be used as weapons but someone who makes pickaxes would not count as dealing in weapons since they are intended for another purpose.

This sums it up nicely for the OP.

Although there may be some components in electrical equipment and lighting materials that are poisonous on their own, the intention of their production, sales and use is not to poison people. So this doesn't apply to the Buddha's discussion of right livelihood and poisons. I don't see any problem th...