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- Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:15 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Please help me join a monastery
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8308
Re: Please help me join a monastery
As a Buddhist you must accept that this bad situation you have in the lay life is your karma coming from a past life. Nooo Tamdrin no! 😩 Kamma is only one of many things which cause our life situation. And we can change that with effort and action. The Buddha does not teach us to be fatalistic. He ...
- Sun Dec 20, 2020 6:29 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Please help me join a monastery
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8308
Re: Please help me join a monastery
I would think twice before running away from your problems to become a monk. It is unlikely that this would solve your problems. I am living in Thailand and I know that the life of a Theravada monk is very challenging. So many rules to follow and no room for independence. As a Buddhist you must acce...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:55 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Is it good karma to be born as a westerner?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5881
Re: Is it good karma to be born as a westerner?
One great Tibetan teacher said it's better to be born as a stray temple dog of a country with dharma than a king of a country without dharma. I'm not sure if this is true but you get the point. However, in modern times thanks to technology, everyone can have access to the teachings. It's very import...
- Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:31 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: what u think of tantra?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 11884
Re: what u think of tantra?
Buddhist Tantra is authentic. Taught by the Buddha Shakyamuni and other Buddhas to select disciples. It brings real results too as can be seen at the time of death of many Tibetan meditators. C'mon. Don't uncritically adopt tibetan myths. Tibetan meditators' deaths aren't different from death of an...
- Sun Dec 13, 2020 1:36 am
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Maha Bodhi Temple Replicas
- Replies: 55
- Views: 54504
Re: Maha Bodhi Temple Replicas
Looks like making replicas of the Mahabodhi temple is a popular merit making activity in Myanmar!
- Sun Dec 13, 2020 1:31 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: what u think of tantra?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 11884
Re: what u think of tantra?
Buddhist Tantra is authentic. Taught by the Buddha Shakyamuni and other Buddhas to select disciples. It brings real results too as can be seen at the time of death of many Tibetan meditators.
- Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:36 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Poll: the most difficult precept for you?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8978
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 8:35 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What can I do to help my father. (Oral cancer)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4244
Re: What can I do to help my father. (Oral cancer)
Hi, My father has oral cancer stage 4 and just found out about 1 month ago. Before that the doctor just gave my father pain killers, they didnt care because it was free service and my father use to live alone so it wasnt until my brother took him to good paid hospital that we found out. Alright, so...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 3:10 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Going for refuge to the Buddha
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1448
Going for refuge to the Buddha
I found this passage from the mahasamaya sutta comforting.
"Then another devata recited this verse in the Blessed One's presence:
Those who have gone to the Buddha for refuge
Will not go to the plane of woe.
On discarding the human body,
They will fill the hosts of the devas"
Best wishes,
"Then another devata recited this verse in the Blessed One's presence:
Those who have gone to the Buddha for refuge
Will not go to the plane of woe.
On discarding the human body,
They will fill the hosts of the devas"
Best wishes,
- Sun Nov 29, 2020 6:38 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: how can i live for an aeon or the remainder of an aeon?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1666
Re: how can i live for an aeon or the remainder of an aeon?
psychic powers are impermanent.
- Fri Nov 27, 2020 7:08 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: lady visakha
- Replies: 3
- Views: 388
Re: lady visakha
Thanks,
But this is not exactly what I was looking for. I am looking for details about her live as a supreme benefactor of the sangha.
But this is not exactly what I was looking for. I am looking for details about her live as a supreme benefactor of the sangha.
- Fri Nov 27, 2020 6:01 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: lady visakha
- Replies: 3
- Views: 388
lady visakha
What are the textual sources that will allow me to find more about this model lay woman during the time of Buddha? Suttas or otherwise?
Thanks.
Thanks.
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:51 am
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: donation to monestry
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3557
Re: donation to monestry
This is a good aimconfusedlayman wrote: ↑Sun Nov 08, 2020 6:06 am Thanks my aim is to support all tradition (theraveda, tibet and mahayana)

- Sun Nov 08, 2020 12:33 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Heratic teaching of Ajahn Sumedho?
- Replies: 176
- Views: 18402
Re: Heratic teaching of Ajahn Sumedho?
Sarath. I would be careful who you call a "heretic". You, frankly, sound like a nutjob in doing so. Ajahn Sumedho is a very senior and good monk and has done a lot for the spread of Buddhism.
- Fri Nov 06, 2020 9:00 am
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: How many of you really tried to attain jhana?
- Replies: 220
- Views: 119089
Re: How many of you really tried to attain jhana?
If I don't get to the levels of meditation I seek in this life I am committed to keep trying even if that is in future rebirths. Don't give up! But keep a balanced approach with metta and relaxation towards oneself.