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- Sun Apr 18, 2021 5:33 am
- Forum: Family Life and Relationships
- Topic: Ideal Wife
- Replies: 18
- Views: 229
Re: Ideal Wife
Women with such underlying enlightenment potential today would probably not get married & therefore not become a "wife". This topic appears illogical. Many women in the modern world generally, hope to have a fulfilling career rather than being an "ideal wife"! Here's one of my favourite verses: I.1...
- Sun Apr 18, 2021 5:14 am
- Forum: Family Life and Relationships
- Topic: Ideal Wife
- Replies: 18
- Views: 229
Re: Ideal Wife
Why speculate and gossip about women on a public forum with other men, instead of focusing on the improvement of your own practice and understanding ?Ekocare wrote:They were the role models of ancient Buddhist women.
Will they be the role models of future Buddhist women?

- Thu Apr 15, 2021 3:39 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Metta Meditation
- Replies: 91
- Views: 15441
Re: Metta Meditation
"Broad View, Boundless Heart" is a little booklet by Ajahn Amaro & Ajahn Pasanno which I enjoyed reading in the past: Excerpt: The Brahmaviharas are the qualities of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. What is often not sufficiently emphasized is that the brahmaviharas are ...
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:50 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Do we have to learn Abhidhamma to gain Wisdom?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 224
Re: Do we have to learn Abhidhamma to gain Wisdom?


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- Mon Apr 12, 2021 6:07 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Memories
- Replies: 8
- Views: 154
Re: Memories
Hi everyone, what do you think about taking lessons from past actions (through memories)? It is alright if one remembers past deeds (may think about them to understand what happened and how to be aware of faults from now)? Is this remembering wrong deeds without bad intention (both exactly or inacc...
- Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:26 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Beginning with a disrespect towards commentaries
- Replies: 31
- Views: 737
Re: Beginning with a disrespect towards commentaries
Constantly speculating about such things is pointless - and can become interfering attempts at brainwashing newcomers in itself. Please allow people to have some intelligence and common sense to enable them to discern what is right for themselves, instead of trying to take control all the time. :anj...
- Sun Apr 11, 2021 1:54 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: What do you give to a beginner online?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1457
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:29 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: What do you give to a beginner online?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1457
Re: What do you give to a beginner online?
If someone online asks "Where do I get started with Buddhism?" or "Where do I learn more about Buddhism?" or "What books/websites/videos/podcasts do you recommend to get started with Buddhism" what do you give? Please share. Thanks. :juggling: Hi Padmist, This brief outline of Buddhism is useful as...
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:33 pm
- Forum: Hot Topics
- Topic: Monastics protesting social injustice
- Replies: 722
- Views: 163188
Re: Monastics protesting social injustice
Venerable Ajahn Sumedho is no longer living in Thailand, he's back in the UK again.GnosticMind wrote: but those monks ( I don't refer to Sumedho personally here) are typically stooges of, and apologists for power, and not in any manner speaking truth to power

- Thu Apr 08, 2021 7:07 am
- Forum: Hot Topics
- Topic: Monastics protesting social injustice
- Replies: 722
- Views: 163188
Re: Monastics protesting social injustice
This is a talk which was given by Ajahn Sumedho at Amaravati Monastery in 2007: "Freedom from politics": https://www.amaravati.org/audio/freedom-from-politics/ I enjoyed listening to this talk - and in it he said that the monastic sangha isn't supposed to take sides in politics and try to influence ...
- Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:00 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: Allergies
- Replies: 4
- Views: 138
- Tue Apr 06, 2021 4:28 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: Allergies
- Replies: 4
- Views: 138
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:52 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from Sweden
- Replies: 6
- Views: 133
Re: Hello from Sweden
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- Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:41 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Would you consider supernormal power as secret knowledge?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 259
Re: Would you consider supernormal power as secret knowledge?
I am reading a book on great disciples of the Buddha. Not all of them have supernormal power and for those 5hat have it, they are not the same types and mastery levels are not the same also. Sorry, I don't understand how this relates to my post. . If it is a natural result from correct understandin...
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:08 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Anxiety, its forms and manifestations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 212