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- Wed Dec 09, 2020 2:56 pm
- Forum: Abhidhamma
- Topic: Are cetasikas and sankharas identical/the same thing?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4680
Re: Are cetasikas and sankharas identical/the same thing?
Thank you! I understand.
- Sat Dec 05, 2020 6:12 pm
- Forum: Abhidhamma
- Topic: Are cetasikas and sankharas identical/the same thing?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4680
Are cetasikas and sankharas identical/the same thing?
From Wikipedia: "Within the Abhidhamma, the mental factors are categorized as formations (Sanskrit: samskara) concurrent with mind (Sanskrit: citta)."
Are cetasikas and sankharas the same thing then or is there a difference?
Are cetasikas and sankharas the same thing then or is there a difference?
- Wed Feb 26, 2020 8:39 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Referring to the Buddha non-reverentially
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2171
Re: Referring to the Buddha non-reverentially
During his time people simply called him Goṭama. "Buddha" is just his attainment. Buddhism at the time was called "Goṭama's Dhamma-Vinaya".
- Wed Feb 26, 2020 1:53 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Validating Mount Meru
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3695
Re: Validating Mount Meru
I don't think that the Buddha taught about Mount Meru. These must have been insertions in the texts.
The texts have been dabbled with, I'm telling you. Reason with the texts and don't believe everything there. I don't believe in most legends, either.
The texts have been dabbled with, I'm telling you. Reason with the texts and don't believe everything there. I don't believe in most legends, either.
- Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:27 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Will Buddhism survive for 5000 years?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 11113
Re: Will Buddhism survive for 5000 years?
I just don't think heaven and hell last that long -- it doesn't make any sense to me. We should reason with the texts. I think there are many insertions even in Theravāda texts.
- Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:34 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Will Buddhism survive for 5000 years?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 11113
Re: Will Buddhism survive for 5000 years?
In his commentary, Buddhaghosa eventually increases the life of the sāsana to 5,000 years. During the first 1,000 years, he says, there will be arahants with the four analytical knowledges. The next 1,000 years there will be "bare insight" arahants. The next 1,000 years there will be anāgāmin (non-...
- Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:25 am
- Forum: Abhidhamma
- Topic: Why did Vism.'s Buddhaghosa burn all of the Sri Lanka commentaries?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3264
Re: Why did Vism.'s Buddhaghosa burn all of the Sri Lanka commentaries?
He didn't burn ALL of them. He burned them because they were wrong and would confuse and delude people.
- Sat Feb 22, 2020 2:20 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Quote from Mahasi Sayadaw
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5344
Re: Quote from Mahasi Sayadaw
I just don't think this is a good translation or what actually happened.
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:37 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Stream enterers and sexual desire
- Replies: 55
- Views: 9579
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 11:40 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Manchester UK like-minded associate quest!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2282
Re: Manchester UK like-minded associate quest!
Hi Oli, glad to hear that.
Have we perhaps met at Wat Sriratanaram? Or is that a different Oli or Olly?
Have we perhaps met at Wat Sriratanaram? Or is that a different Oli or Olly?
- Thu Dec 26, 2019 5:09 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Manchester UK like-minded associate quest!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2282
Re: Manchester UK like-minded associate quest!
Hi! I live in Manchester, UK. I have visited a few temples and centres already. Just search for "Buddhist temples" or "Buddhist centres" on Google Maps and you'll find all of them. In the past, I have been associated with a Sri Lankan temple in Wythenshawe called Ketumati Buddhist Vihara. Just searc...
- Fri Dec 13, 2019 9:00 pm
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: "Seeing one's good or bad deeds" sutta
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1044
"Seeing one's good or bad deeds" sutta
I know it's in the Dhammapada, but are there also other suttas where it's mentioned how "one sees one's past good or bad deeds"?
- Sun Dec 08, 2019 8:45 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: whats the main teaching in buddhism
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2846
Re: whats the main teaching in buddhism
The Four Noble Truths are the main teaching in Buddhism.
- Sat Nov 09, 2019 7:38 pm
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Ignorance and Delusion -- Sutta?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1527
Re: Ignorance and Delusion -- Sutta?
In my opinion, ignorance is not understanding, knowing and seeing things in their true nature (as they really are), especially not knowing and seeing suffering, etc., while delusion means seeing things in a perverted, wrong way (the four vipallāsas): seeing the impermanent as permanent, taking what ...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 3:15 pm
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Difference between the Tipitaka and the Pāli Canon
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1447
Re: Difference between the Tipitaka and the Pāli Canon
Thank you, Bhante, for this exhaustive reply!