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by asahi
Mon May 08, 2023 11:26 am
Forum: Sīla
Topic: Fasting for uposatha...
Replies: 95
Views: 8685

Re: Fasting for uposatha...

I will maintain myself, be blameless, & live in comfort.’ Then he eventually abandons food, having relied on food. ‘This body, sister, comes into being through food. And yet it is by relying on food that food is to be given up.’ The food mentioned are not restricted to solid or coarse food per ...
by asahi
Sat May 06, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: A Critique for Monastics
Replies: 36
Views: 3045

Re: A Critique for Monastics

It is useless to talk to those has their mind fixed . :toilet:
by asahi
Sat May 06, 2023 8:42 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: A Critique for Monastics
Replies: 36
Views: 3045

Re: A Critique for Monastics

it's simply pointless and time wasting for the lay person. We see a lot of such time wasting on threads like this. Monastics are not perfect - they are in training. If they are not getting proper training from their teachers, it's unlikely that some random lay person complaining it likely to have a...
by asahi
Sat May 06, 2023 8:30 am
Forum: Sīla
Topic: Fasting for uposatha...
Replies: 95
Views: 8685

Re: Fasting for uposatha...

I will maintain myself, be blameless, & live in comfort.’ Then he eventually abandons food, having relied on food. ‘This body, sister, comes into being through food. And yet it is by relying on food that food is to be given up.’ The food mentioned are not restricted to solid or coarse food per ...
by asahi
Sat May 06, 2023 8:10 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Emulating the arahants
Replies: 8
Views: 289

Re: Emulating the arahants

Being an arahant everyday is Wesak day
by asahi
Sat May 06, 2023 8:08 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bodhisatta Path
Replies: 70
Views: 3454

Re: Bodhisatta Path

Question on when a non bodhisattva becomes a True bodhisattva was answered ie when achieved level 17th according to the 52 levels described . On the question of how a non bodhisattva becomes a True bodhisattva that is really quite lengthy therefore a short answer was given . Moreover , in Theravada ...
by asahi
Sat May 06, 2023 4:20 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bodhisatta Path
Replies: 70
Views: 3454

Re: Bodhisatta Path

FYI , for Mahayana path a novice bodhisattva whom practice the 52 stages would required to fulfill the 1st 10 stages of 【Faith】which would needs 1 Mahakalpa to complete all of the 10 stages . And the completed 1st 10 stages of Faiths are equivalent to Theravada catudhammapariyāyaṃ . The 2nd 10 stage...
by asahi
Fri May 05, 2023 9:30 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Temporary pabbajja
Replies: 11
Views: 808

Re: Temporary pabbajja

Age 37 yrs, working in govt sector in India. siblings are elder and married. Parents are staying with siblings.Wife is house maker and daughter of 4 yrs. can we (wife and I) take temporary pabbajja in Mahabodhi society Bengaluru. Please suggest some tips to convince wife if she deny. Seeking sincer...
by asahi
Fri May 05, 2023 8:54 am
Forum: Sīla
Topic: Fasting for uposatha...
Replies: 95
Views: 8685

Re: Fasting for uposatha...

Speaking of arahant , 1 meal is most likely . Emulating arahant footsteps . Therefore , giving excuses by ordinary monks and lay are understandable . Parallel : MA 202 「復次,居士婦!多聞聖弟子若持齋時,作是思惟:『阿羅訶真人盡形壽離非時食、斷非時食(wrong time)、一食(1meal),不夜食(no night meal)、樂於時食。彼於非時食淨除其心,我於此日此夜離非時食、斷非時食、一食,不夜食、樂於時食。我於非時食淨...
by asahi
Thu May 04, 2023 3:38 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bodhisatta Path
Replies: 70
Views: 3454

Re: Bodhisatta Path

According to the fifty-two (52) stages of the position of a bodhisattva path per the Avataṃsaka-sūtra , starting from the scratch when the aspirant reached 17th stages of the path onward until 40 th stages , then the aspirant can be called a True Meaning Bodhisattva (Tattva) (of Virtuous Class Bodhi...
by asahi
Thu May 04, 2023 1:14 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bodhisatta Path
Replies: 70
Views: 3454

Re: Bodhisatta Path

From what i understand for a Mahayana aspirant to be a Bodhisattva , to begin on the path as an initiate most important requirement would be to generate the Bodhicitta . However , in order to generate and develop the Bodhicitta one need to develop The Four Divine Dwellings of Brahmas (cattāri brahma...
by asahi
Thu May 04, 2023 9:05 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bodhisatta Path
Replies: 70
Views: 3454

Re: Bodhisatta Path

:rofl: Whether someone having problem with bodhisattvaship or not is not the case and i dont have problem with any ship or whatever ship at all but the way it has been portrayed appear to be incorrect , hence the posts , thats from my understanding not some personal conflict . How is it possible tha...
by asahi
Thu May 04, 2023 7:04 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bodhisatta Path
Replies: 70
Views: 3454

Re: Bodhisatta Path

And Theravādins, presumably, would retort that they're just telling it as it is, while the Mahāyānists are trying to sugarcoat things. The concept of bodhisatta and its path can be found in the suttas , actually that is the instigator of Mahayana path . It seems we can sees that sugarcoating things...
by asahi
Wed May 03, 2023 10:26 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bodhisatta Path
Replies: 70
Views: 3454

Re: Bodhisatta Path

:reading: If the bodhisatta path (or bodhisattva path) are false , how is it possible for a bodhisatta upon born into this world immediately Proclaimed , This is my last rebirth. Now there are no more future lives ?! Or you would take this sutta to be a Fake sutta , a Claptrap , Nonsensical and Fict...
by asahi
Wed May 03, 2023 9:59 pm
Forum: Sīla
Topic: Fasting for uposatha...
Replies: 95
Views: 8685

Re: Fasting for uposatha...

You are causing much suffering to yourself . I see it as part of understanding the conditioned nature of existence and how precarious it is. Such understanding is bound to be unsettling. Usually an arahant do not eat like ordinary monk or worldling , probably only once in a day . But unnecessary su...