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by rajitha7
Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:18 pm
Forum: Non-English Resources
Topic: දිඹුලාගල සෙල්ලිපිය
Replies: 3
Views: 938

Re: දිඹුලාගල සෙල්ලිපිය



The rock surface of the inscription has been cleaned by the Archeology department.

Although only half of the surface has been cleaned.

This raises question whether that part has been transcribed at all!
by rajitha7
Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Meditation and Neuroscience of Consciousness. Jhana and so forth
Replies: 136
Views: 6694

Re: Meditation and Neuroscience of Consciousness. Jhana and so forth

Jhana Only 4 (Ariya/Anariya) - Can result in fleeting moments enveloping the entire body with an unusual pleasure as the Vingnna is extinguished Ariya Jhana results as a by-product when one uses the "The Buddha's war machine" as described here. The practise results in Permenent (Pala) Samm...
by rajitha7
Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:56 am
Forum: Non-English Resources
Topic: සමනල අඩවියෙ උපන් ලොව පලමු ම්නිසා
Replies: 1
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Re: සමනල අඩවියෙ උපන් ලොව පලමු ම්නිසා

So the way the human civilsation seems to roll is as follows. The sequence of "modern-man" may not be exactly as it appear here. maha-badda-kappa (current-n) -> homo-eructus ... maha-badda-kappa (current-2) -> nenisovan maha-badda-kappa (current-1) -> neanderthal, maha-badda-kappa (current...
by rajitha7
Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:33 am
Forum: Non-English Resources
Topic: සමනල අඩවියෙ උපන් ලොව පලමු ම්නිසා
Replies: 1
Views: 815

සමනල අඩවියෙ උපන් ලොව පලමු ම්නිසා



The English slides in this presemtation refers to some ancient books and should be self-explanatory.
by rajitha7
Wed Dec 06, 2023 3:49 am
Forum: Non-English Resources
Topic: දිඹුලාගල සෙල්ලිපිය
Replies: 3
Views: 938

Re: දිඹුලාගල සෙල්ලිපිය

So here is a description of what is going on in this video for the benefit of non-Sinhala speakers. Sri Lanka is full of ancient rock inscriptions. This video is about a discovery of a new inscrption. This one is notable given the amount of letters found in the inscription. Its quite large. The insc...
by rajitha7
Tue Aug 08, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9326

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

Pulsar wrote: Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:11 pm Vibajjavadin or theravadin exegesis presents the first nutrient of the four nutrients as literary food like edible food?? eaten by the mouth. Does this make sense?
"Ahara" means food the the Vignnana - not edible food.

Essentially activities that prmote Raga, Dhosa and Moha.
by rajitha7
Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:50 am
Forum: Non-English Resources
Topic: Has anyone Seen the English Translation of this text?
Replies: 0
Views: 1385

Has anyone Seen the English Translation of this text?

Knowledge of Sinhala is needed here btw.

by rajitha7
Sat May 20, 2023 8:29 am
Forum: Pāli
Topic: what does 'ariya' mean in MN 4?
Replies: 45
Views: 5123

Re: what does 'ariya' mean in MN 4?

I might have misread rajitha7's point here, but is he making a connection between ariya and iriyā (movement, deportment) rather than titthati? iriyā is posture. titthati probably belong to another topic. when one does; vi-riya > one becomes > a-riya vi-riya has been translated as "effort"...
by rajitha7
Thu May 18, 2023 10:18 pm
Forum: Pāli
Topic: what does 'ariya' mean in MN 4?
Replies: 45
Views: 5123

Re: what does 'ariya' mean in MN 4?

ssasny wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 10:03 pm What does your interpretation of the sutta have to do with the etymology of either word?
“I’ve stopped, Aṅgulimāla—now you stop.”

I have stopped (I am an Ariya) - now your turn to stop (Become an Ariya).
by rajitha7
Thu May 18, 2023 9:02 pm
Forum: Pāli
Topic: what does 'ariya' mean in MN 4?
Replies: 45
Views: 5123

Re: what does 'ariya' mean in MN 4?

“I’ve stopped, Aṅgulimāla—now you stop.” So Angulimala is giving chase to an image of the Buddha. He is unable to catchup. A Buddha normally never uses ordinary lanaguage in ordinary sence. Its always figurative. The idea is to make the person think twice. Buddha uses this technique a few times to ...
by rajitha7
Thu May 18, 2023 9:29 am
Forum: Pāli
Topic: what does 'ariya' mean in MN 4?
Replies: 45
Views: 5123

Re: what does 'ariya' mean in MN 4?

So the strict meaning of the term "riya" is moving. When translating to English is sounds ridiculous but I will give it shot. When Angulimala challenged the Buddha to "stop" the Buddha replied "I have already stopped". The moving / stopping idea is used to refer to ordi...
by rajitha7
Thu May 11, 2023 6:05 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Buddha's alms bowl stolen
Replies: 11
Views: 726

Re: Buddha's alms bowl stolen

I saw a head monk of a reputed Sri Lankan forest monastery remind people about the "Case of Bodhgaya" in Indian court (under British rule), Yes, so the operative phrase there is "under British rule". The British uses Sri Lankan history and its chronicles to frame a history for I...
by rajitha7
Thu May 11, 2023 5:05 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Buddha's alms bowl stolen
Replies: 11
Views: 726

Re: Buddha's alms bowl stolen

Ceisiwr wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 4:53 pm
rajitha7 wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 4:27 pm
Eko Care wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 4:07 pm Is this a site of you people's idosycratic map of Jambudipa?
Did you mean this one? -> map
That looks to be grossly inaccurate.
That is usually the first impression.

Although I can assure you that map will stand scrutiny in any reputable court of law.
by rajitha7
Thu May 11, 2023 4:27 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Buddha's alms bowl stolen
Replies: 11
Views: 726

Re: Buddha's alms bowl stolen

Eko Care wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 4:07 pm Is this a site of you people's idosycratic map of Jambudipa?
Did you mean this one? -> map