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- Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:31 am
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: foregoing honest from good will or humility
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1393
Re: foregoing honest from good will or humility
IMO, foregoing honesty (i.e. lying) does not come from goodwill or humility, but rather from fear. how far can you go against right speech in order to say words that are imbued with good will, compassion, altruistic joy, and perhaps equanimity or to downplay praise by saying 'oh that is not really t...
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:38 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: I believe in Science
- Replies: 112
- Views: 19196
Re: I believe in Science
Very often I hear British people say “I’m not religious. I believe in Science”, which makes me cringe every time I hear it. Why do people believe in a method? Does it even make sense to say that? Why do people think that abstract theories and facts that only ever help with problem solving can grant...
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 12:47 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: where is kamma stored and what kind of storage
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3460
Re: where is kamma stored and what kind of storage
The body is just one of five aggregates.skandha wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:45 pmWhy? Kamma is the fuel for the five aggregates and the five aggregates is within the body.
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:15 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: To end suffering one must experience all accumulated kamma ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9617
Re: To end suffering one must experience all accumulated kamma ?
Very well then, what is your preferred answer to OP Title question? To end suffering one must experience all accumulated kamma ? Yes? or No? What does the sutta say? Yes or no? “ Bhikkhus, I do not say that there is a termination of volitional kamma that has been done and accumulated so long as one...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 5:48 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: To end suffering one must experience all accumulated kamma ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9617
Re: To end suffering one must experience all accumulated kamma ?
No. There exists like: Ahosi-kamma: 'ineffective kamma' https://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php/Ahosi-kamma :heart: That concept seems to contradict the sutta quoted in the OP. Here a link to a sutta translation with the same statement: AN 10.208: Brahmavihara Sutta It is an exhortation to develop the...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:22 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: To end suffering one must experience all accumulated kamma ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9617
Re: To end suffering one must experience all accumulated kamma ?
Here is an earlier discussion about this topic: https://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=37758&p=572020#p572020 According to the Lonaphala sutta, the results to be experienced can vary greatly in their magnitude. For someone who has developed an "immeasurable" state of mind (i.e. brahmavihar...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 12:56 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Space depends on what?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 17037
Re: Space depends on what?
I thought Einstein's relativity debunked the unconditionality of space since it can be distorted by celestial bodies, but it doesn't really imply space is conditioned, but only that it can... be deformed. :) I think it does. Without mass neither space nor time have any meaning. It is not just "dist...
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:45 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Did Buddha talk about the pleasure of sex?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2513
Re: Did Buddha talk about the pleasure of sex?
Uh oh Unless something happens to boost Japan's birth rate, its population will shrink by a third between now and 2060. One reason for the lack of babies is the emergence of a new breed of Japanese men, the otaku, who love manga, anime and computers - and sometimes show little interest in sex. http...
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:37 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Did Buddha talk about the pleasure of sex?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2513
Re: Did Buddha talk about the pleasure of sex?
What are you talking about, confused Brahma?Mahabrahma wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:05 am Celibacy isn't ideal, but it is the neccesity when you're saving the world for eons of kalpas.
Who is saving the world for "eons of eons"? And how, by what means, to what end?
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 3:01 pm
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: death of forum member dylanj
- Replies: 45
- Views: 39513
Re: death of forum member dylanj
This is very sad to hear.
May he have a fortunate rebirth.

May he have a fortunate rebirth.

- Fri Oct 16, 2020 5:14 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Wanting as an ability
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3240
Re: Wanting as an ability
Okay, thanks. I looked that up. I think I'm too lazy to get into such kind of stuff. But I guess that was not an implied suggestion.
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Wanting as an ability
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3240
Re: Wanting as an ability
That Sutta reference suggests that right wanting is a good idea, but it isn't clear to me where it says how to do it. Especially after years of not feeling capable. I can relate. That's where both pop psychology, official psychology, and much of Buddhism let you down. What I did is I did a keyword ...
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 6:48 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: What is the meaning of Ṭhānissaro ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5576
Re: What is the meaning of Ṭhānissaro ?
What is the meaning of Ṭhānissaro? I probably once heard Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu himself saying born on a wednesday or something like that, which I cannot recall at the moment. Thanks in advance I think monks in certain lineages are named according to which day their ordination or birth is on, but I don...
- Sun Oct 04, 2020 10:41 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: I find Bible to be the only true book among religions/spiritual teachings, etc
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7644
- Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:09 am
- Forum: Hot Topics
- Topic: Monastics protesting social injustice
- Replies: 703
- Views: 153516
Re: Monastics protesting social injustice
Mr Man, I am sorry that I just went along with that assertion without checking it. Now that I google it, I see a statement of solidarity: https://www.faithintowerhamlets.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/here.pdf I think the statement is self-explanatory and I don't see anything that contradicts the D...