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- Fri Feb 15, 2019 9:42 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Do Arahants need to sleep?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1379
Re: Do Arahants need to sleep?
Thanks for the comments. So is the consensus perhaps they do sleep but it's greatly reduced then? I read Buddha did sleep but for only 1 hour per night. Yet I'm not sure if this is the same "sleep" as lay people conceive. The reason I ask is I've heard Buddhists indicate that as awareness ...
- Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:14 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Do Arahants need to sleep?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1379
Do Arahants need to sleep?
Since they are fully aware, are they immune to the dullness of consciousness which afflicts non-realized beings?
Perhaps their body sleeps while their mind stays in meditation...
Perhaps their body sleeps while their mind stays in meditation...
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:11 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Is there such a thing as Right Desire?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1636
Is there such a thing as Right Desire?
What is right desire? Of course all desire is suffering, but may not some desires lead to the end of desire?
- Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:29 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Celibacy as a lay person and kamma
- Replies: 49
- Views: 9999
Re: Celibacy as a lay person and kamma
sensual warmth happens, and here when you can recognize it as your mind you can also locate the leakage in lower abdomen and once you notice it(happens automatically) the craving stops. It is of course more steps and difficult and can spawn of entire year, before you can get into lower abdomen cavi...
- Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:25 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Celibacy as a lay person and kamma
- Replies: 49
- Views: 9999
Re: Celibacy as a lay person and kamma
Verse 186. Sensual Pleasures Never Satiated Not by rain of golden coins is found desires’ satiety, desires are dukkha, of little joy, thus a wise one understands. http://www.buddhanet.net/dhammapada/images/IDP186@50dpiRGB.jpg Explanation: Insatiable are sensual desires. Sensual desires will not be ...
- Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:19 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Are Vipassana Nanas silly?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 14650
Re: Are Vipassana Nanas silly?
Yes I see your point. The vipassana nanas felt more loose and undelineated to me because they could occur out of order, or not at all. Whereas to me, jhana seems very delineated, as in the Buddha's frequent explanation of the 1st, 2nd 3rd, 4th, and supramundane jhanas. Hi, just wanted to clarify th...
- Thu Jan 25, 2018 4:09 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Question about dependent origination
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8531
Re: Question about dependent origination
Free will implies that there is a person making all those choices. In the face of anatta, one could say that choices are being made which are driven by causes and conditions without a self behind them. This is a very good point! My understanding is that the truth of reality is that there truly is n...
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:35 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Are Vipassana Nanas silly?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 14650
Re: Are Vipassana Nanas silly?
Perhaps you should rethink this idea of yours about 1st jhana and length of time one should be able to stay in it. When you begin to measure things like this, you lose the view of impermanence and personalization. You also encourage 'becoming' and attachment to these states. 1st jhana seems more li...
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:29 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Are Vipassana Nanas silly?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 14650
Re: Are Vipassana Nanas silly?
There is, obviously, plenty in the instructions of modern teachers such as Ajahns Thanissaro, Maha Bua, Chah etc that is not explicitly in the Suttas, but it would be strange to dismiss the advice of experienced teachers. Likewise, one should use one's judgement about which elaborations are helpful...
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:58 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Question about dependent origination
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8531
Re: Question about dependent origination
Hi archaic, There have been several discussions on the topic of free will here on DW over the past few years. My computer is a bit slow at the moment but if you use the search function at the top right of the screen, you should find a couple of similar questions and some lengthy and useful threads....
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:57 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Question about dependent origination
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8531
Re: Question about dependent origination
Karma is the result of free will. OK, so for an arahant, who produces no kamma, do they have free will? I would say Kamma is performed due to free will If the Kamma is a result of ignorance there will be DO. That makes a lot of sense to me, thank you very much. While not important in Buddhism, imo,...
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:49 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Celibacy as a lay person and kamma
- Replies: 49
- Views: 9999
Re: Celibacy as a lay person and kamma
sensual warmth happens, and here when you can recognize it as your mind you can also locate the leakage in lower abdomen and once you notice it(happens automatically) the craving stops. It is of course more steps and difficult and can spawn of entire year, before you can get into lower abdomen cavi...
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Sotapanna
- Replies: 130
- Views: 24393
Re: Sotapanna
Very trueCrazy cloud wrote: ↑Sun Jan 21, 2018 2:19 pm
Personally I believe that a genuine wise mind would know when to speak and when to be silent
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:36 pm
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Question about dependent origination
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8531
Question about dependent origination
I have an intellectual grasp of dependent origination. Currently I am reading Under the Bodhi Tree by Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, which is wonderful and delves into many of the facets of dependent origination. My question however, is more philosophical. If everything arises from causes - everything is...
- Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:42 am
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: lay people should still try
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6919
Re: lay people should still try
Thank you Dhammarakkhito for this wonderful and very important thread. Any amount of quiet sitting and calming the mind, or reflecting in mindfulness has to be of benefit to the path. How could it be any other way? I can't fathom the logic of saying a layperson shouldn't practice. I don't understand...