Hi friends. What could be some suttas on heaven as in "... he gave a progressive discourse, that is, a talk on giving, virtuous behavior, and heaven; he revealed the danger, degradation, and defilement of sensual pleasures and the benefit of renunciation...". I mean what is a talk on heave...

There are three kinds of dukkha: - Dukkha of misery - Dukkha of change - Dukkha of formations Those are the three kinds of dukkha “Bhikkhus, there are these three kinds of suffering. What three? Suffering due to pain, suffering due to formations, suffering due to change. These are the three kinds of...

... seems to confirm that notion to some extent. Goofaholix appears to see the difference in a slightly different manner though?... I see that explanation as one that understands vāyāma, sati, and samādhi as mental prowess, an ability to achieve super-awareness and super-absortion and concentration...

It is said that in the 4th Jhāna one abandons pleasure and pain. How does this work from a non-absorbed Jhāna point of view? From the traditional perspective pleasure is abandoned in the access to the 4th Jhāna, where there is no physical sensation anymore. From a non-absorbed POV why does someone ...

Spiny Norman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:32 pm

LionsRoar wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:40 pm
The Buddha teaches that the end of suffering occurs at liberation, not death.

Not everyone accepts that view.

True. Many believe real liberation comes with death. They call it parinibbana which they believe a superior kind of nibbana.

I just realised that rebirth is implied in the third and fourth Noble Truths. The Buddha teaches that the end of suffering occurs at liberation, not death. If rebirth does not exist, then the Third and Fourth Noble truths would be wrong, as from a conventional standpoint, the (existence of) "e...

... I may need opinion(s) from all experts in this about Savitakkasavicāro Samādhi, Avitakkavicāramatto Samādhi & Avitakkaavicāro Samādhi. .. . I think vitakka isn't any kind of thought but intentional thought. Vicāra is the pondering of that intentional thought. Like when planning something: Y...

“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of bad conduct. What five? One blames oneself. After examination, the wise rebuke one. One gets a bad reputation. One is lost when one dies. And when the body breaks up, after death, one is reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. The...

... It seems to me that the Buddha's description (Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation): "just as a mother with her own life would protect her her dear and only child, so should one develop a mind towards all living beings" implies much more than having no ill-will. Or do you find the translation ...

I do not know much Pali, so I understand metta based on its context. In my own understanding, metta is unconditional love. This is spiritual love, not mundane love. I explained this here: metta Do you mean metta is like love? Do you think it's about doing everything in one's power to save someone f...

... That wish or feeling that a being be well and happy, that they not suffer and that they experience good fortune, without any corresponding desire for ourselves... I don't think this to be the meaning of metta. Yearning that our loved ones reach their destination safely in their trip without any...

Perhaps metta is the absence of any disposition to do harm and inflict pain. We can call this benevolence but I wouldn't say it means a disposition to actively do good. I think it isn't about fighting battles to bring justice to the world. I think it's more about not doing harm including not doing h...

….. a believe isn’t a fact / truth. ….. perhaps not defining things to what we want them to be? Of course my belief and my view. I'm not claiming to have correct understanding as you do. I'm pointing out what doesn't seem to accord with the teachings in what you're saying. Your view, which is share...

... One must experience Nibbana (fully) to became an arahant….to realize the 4NT….. that insight / direct experience isn’t permanent….via seeing impermanence. Difference is the body! …..conditioned by it ….. hence the difference between conditioned and unconditioned . Nibbana is the same here but m...

There are 2 types is the correct understanding: ... 1st one is when one achieves arahant ….. this experience isn’t permanent hence the term with fuel remaining….. due to the condition. ….. also it’s why it’s mentioned as a foretaste for Parinibbana. This dimension hereafter is accessible (always is...