May you fulfill your deepest wish for happiness.

May you fulfill your deepest wish for happiness.

We can return as animals, too. It's complicated, like everything in life. There is a very strange story (or is it strange?) of a very young boy who remembers dying as an adult at the World Trade Center in 2001. His parents couldn't believe what he was saying. You can research online. I think it's pr...

my parents dont know as they r non buddist also they want me to live laylife i think i dont want to live stupid laylife. the more i investigate world, the more dustbin like experience i find. therefore i want to become monk Seeking the Dhamma is what is most important in the end. That doesn't mean ...

confusedlayman wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:20 am thanks

How old are your parents? Are they in good health? Do they need your help for some particular reason?

Aren't you still wanting to become a monk at some point? Do your parents know this?

DNS wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:17 pmYou have $1 million USD available to give away to your parents?

Are you taking applications for new parents?

I thought the same thing. LOL.

This is fascinating: A story of a monk who married the same woman for 27 lifetimes made me realize that, even if we end up meeting our loved ones again in the next life, it all ends in "Dukkha"(suffering)...

That really drives home a profound message to the world.

Attachment is suffering. When you miss someone who has passed away, you are missing them because of your attachment to them. However, there is still compassion, so you can wish them well and still mourn them for some time, but dwelling on it, will only cause further suffering. That is the Buddha's ...

May you fulfill your wish to be a monastic, if Karma wills it.

Citta Trust wrote: ↑Sat Jun 17, 2023 9:02 pm I recommend looking for a teacher who teaches from The Suttas, one who clearly practises... one who carries a certain nobility shall we say...

Im happy to recommend a teacher bikkhu if you are interested

Be well friend

Who would you recommend, dear friend?

Why hasn't anyone achieved the exact same state of spiritual enlightenment as the historical Buddha, despite more than 2500 years having passed since his attainment? Maybe there are some arahants in the world? But I personally doubt so also. Remember during the time-period when the teacher arahant ...

Agnikan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:21 pm What makes you say “for sure”?

I can't be certain, but she surely seems to have been from the life she had lived.

Dipa Ma is said to have had supernatural abilities. I'm not saying one way or another, as I never met her, but those around her say that they witnessed them. Dipa Ma was enlightened for sure. She may have possessed supernatural abilities. It's hard to say, but there are, as you say, many witnesses ...

One of the amazing things about Dhamma Wheel is that you can discuss and call into question Buddhist teachings, etc. There is no proper sectarianism going on. Regular participants on this forum don't even need to be Buddhist. While some on here may think they have all the truth, just remember they a...

SarathW wrote: ↑Wed May 17, 2023 10:31 pm Having said that we have to have a good look at ourselves too.
We ourselves are not exempt from mental illness and psychological problems.
The way I see you have to be at least a Sotapanna to say that you have eliminated some mental illness.

I agree 100%