Greetings in Dhamma! I am currently engaging with a member of the Waharaka movement in Sri Lanka, which have some quite unorthodox philological takes of certain Pāḷi words with which I do not agree. Among their peculiar interpretations is that aniccaṃ ultimately refers to “non-liking” or “not accor...

“Mendicants, these three feelings are impermanent, conditioned, dependently originated, liable to end, vanish, fade away, and cease. “Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā aniccā saṅkhatā paṭiccasamuppannā khayadhammā vayadhammā virāgadhammā nirodhadhammā. This one contains some ambiguity since we also find...

Greetings in Dhamma! I am currently engaging with a member of the Waharaka movement in Sri Lanka, which have some quite unorthodox philological takes of certain Pāḷi words with which I do not agree. Among their peculiar interpretations is that aniccaṃ ultimately refers to “non-liking” or “not accord...

The Popular English Vinaya book named Buddhist Monastic Code, is an Unorthodox Compendium. We have seen many monks who believe differently interpreted Vinaya rules, commit offences, wear short robes and behave abnormally, because they have self-learned the Vinaya from BMC. Many people who are lazy ...

robertk wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 3:37 pm Here you go

http://www.vipassana.info/cetasikas.html

Could someone check over my translation of this commentary to SN 46.57 please? Thanks Sattamādīsu aṭṭhikasaññā ti aṭṭhikaṃ aṭṭhikanti bhāventassa uppannasaññā. taṃ panetaṃ bhāvayato yāva nimittaṃ na uppajjati, tāva chavipi cammampi upaṭṭhāti. nimitte pana uppanne chavicammāni neva upaṭṭhahanti, saṅ...

Ekagga is either "concentrated" or "united", the exact rendering depends on the context, and the context seems to favour "united". I think we first had to make a search of the term in all contexts to be able conclusively reduce the meaning to just these two and to see ...

How would you translate “Idaṁ sutvā devā tāvatiṁsā ekaggā samāpajjiṁsu” ? - DN 18 I would take samāpajjiṃsu here in the meaning of "became" (see PED, s.v. samāpajjati , sense 2). That this is the intended meaning is corroborated by the fact that we find ekagga not in the accusative but as...

I have done some resesarch on merit ( puññaṃ ) lately. At present, I am dealing with the question if it is synonymous with kusalaṃ . Now, in order to provide a basis for comparison, I listed the four types of merit and five types of kusalaṃ as per the commentaries. I am with the list of the items fo...

santa100 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 6:14 pm [...] Veering towards either extremes of overly submissive or overly confrontational will do nobody any good, not for the householder and neither for the monk.

Agreed.

No doubt there was no ill will on the part of Citta. He did not insult Sudhamma, but that doesn't mean he bows down to his transgression. And it certainly doesn't mean a lay person has no right in pointing out the mistake of the monk, as long as it's done in a constructive manner, just like what Ci...

Good luck. As I said I need to verify ALL and I only venerate the 8 people in this world and other worlds. Others, I have no interest in already. If you also venerate these 8, then good for you. If not, well like I said that It is your choice. Not mine. Too long I have been cheated. And Many that h...

While the overall account was correct, there's a detail that is missing, which I think are particularly important, especially for nowadays when we no longer have the Buddha as the arbiter for all Sangha matters large and small. It's an intricate balance between respecting monks but not putting them...

Let me ask you question, If you know directly from your own knowledge that someone is plainly wrong and teaching adhamma as saddhamma, do you still venerate them blindly? As I said you are free to venerate anyone, please don't ask me do the same. Because I need to verify all, can't follow blindly a...

Sorry like i said I can be very blunt nowadays. I have thrown out all bad ones. If you want to venerate them. That is your problem, not mine. I only venerate these 8 folks per sanghanusati ... Yadidaṃ cattāri purisa-yugāni aṭṭha purisa-puggalā,. Esa Bhagavato Sāvaka-saṅgho. Āhuneyyo, pāhuneyyo, dak...