Search found 6728 matches
- Sat Mar 06, 2021 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Clinging to Views
- Replies: 6
- Views: 48
Re: Clinging to Views
In the suttas we are taught that one of the floods to be over come are views. We are taught not to cling to views, to let go of views. What do you understand by this? What do you understand by clinging to views and letting go of views? What do you understand by the word "view"? "The extent to which...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:15 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Taking what we need
- Replies: 9
- Views: 98
Taking what we need
I have occasionally read and heard modern commentators say that the Buddha's Dhamma is like a medicine-chest or a toolbox, from which we suffering individuals are free to take the specific medicines that cure us, or the tools that we need. The Buddha freely offered his teachings so that we ourselves...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:51 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What to do about tipitaka.fandom.com
- Replies: 9
- Views: 145
Re: What to do about tipitaka.fandom.com
Thanks. I don't know if you looked at the talk page or history page, but the worst problem I saw was that the page would make the newcomer think that celibacy was a requirement to practice Buddhism. While it is a requirement to attain nibbana , and for monks, it is most definitely not a requirement...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 6:40 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What to do about tipitaka.fandom.com
- Replies: 9
- Views: 145
Re: What to do about tipitaka.fandom.com
Given the way the internet works, I would say that the best thing to be done about this is to cultivate equanimity. If people are not amenable to reason, then there is no point in persisting. As for those who might be misled, well, the content is not uniformly and actively harmful. Those seeking inf...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 4:05 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: If we live in a simulation, how does this work with Buddhism?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 378
Re: If we live in a simulation, how does this work with Buddhism?
The original post was "what if the assumption that a simulation and buddhist teachings are both true " So annihilationism could not fit in the picture. I don't see how both could be true the implications of a simulation… negate Buddhism perhaps not totally, but ultimately Yes, and conversely, if th...
- Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:03 pm
- Forum: Family Life and Relationships
- Topic: abstain from xx makes our skin or face lustful to others?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 255
Re: abstain from xx makes our skin or face lustful to others?
it seems many are saying that when they dont masturbrate or have xx, many opposite genders come and talk to them or get attractive... so If I am attracted to someone suddenly one day even though im not lustful to them in previous days or months. can I assume they didn't have xx or masturbate for lo...
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 11:45 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: If we live in a simulation, how does this work with Buddhism?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 378
Re: If we live in a simulation, how does this work with Buddhism?
Depending on the nature of the simulation, quite a few things would be possible. Rebirth could indeed be like rebooting the simulation. Or it could be that the simulation includes the mere idea of rebirth; but that no such event actually takes place. Likewise, there could be a form of liberation fro...
Re: Kāmāsavo
The "Harlotry" reading of kāma focuses too much on the sex in said text. The mainstream narrative is that it is about how people "enjoy" each other and things generally, hence why there is so much non-sexual material in it. Yes, when I was about 12 a schoolfriend knew that it contained forbidden ma...
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:16 am
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Moral Dilemma
- Replies: 18
- Views: 371
Re: Moral Dilemma
I paid for the full ticket today. I nearly forgot...Happy St. David's Day! :toast: :anjali: Mind asking what is the meaning in celebrating st david day have to do with this paying ticket ? Ceisiwr is Welsh, and St. David is the patron saint of Wales. Nothing really to do with tickets, but St. David...
- Mon Mar 01, 2021 11:03 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Moral Dilemma
- Replies: 18
- Views: 371
- Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:56 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Physical and mental stealing
- Replies: 7
- Views: 119
Re: Physical and mental stealing
Could you explain what you mean by "mentally stealing"? I'm not sure whether you mean 1) a person stealing ideas or intellectual property 2) a person imagining or fantasizing about stealing something, or 3) a person intending to steal(i.e. performs 1-4 of your list) but is unable to take the target ...
Re: Kāmāsavo
But in the early Buddhist Pāli context, given the first two suttas of the Aṅguttara, it at the same time fits and clarifies matters a lot: https://suttacentral.net/an1.1-10/en/sujato It is in this sense kāma is sensuality, and of "sensuality" of that kind the Buddha constantly warns the bhikkhus. D...
- Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:33 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Moral Dilemma
- Replies: 18
- Views: 371
- Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:31 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Bojjhanga and day of birth
- Replies: 2
- Views: 124
Re: Bojjhanga and day of birth
Probably something to do with Burmese astrology . I am Thursday born, so my name as a monk should begin with "pa." Thursday: Rat Those born on Thursdays are known to identify with the rat. While this may not sound ideal, the rat is actually one of the most adaptable creatures on the planet. Rats ar...
- Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:01 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Moral Dilemma
- Replies: 18
- Views: 371
Re: Moral Dilemma
Two questions that might help to settle it for you. 1) What would happen if a ticket inspector did get on the train and demand your ticket? I know there is Covid, etc., but what if they were currently asking for recently vaccinated inspectors to resume duties, or a random inspector on other duties j...