Dhamma Wheel

I've been seeing a couple of unsettling ideas around the internet lately...one is that studies are showing that it seems that the antibody counts on people who have had the virus seem to be fading over time....and the second is that the virus has been mutating and that some of the major outbreaks ar...

Since people can not agree on exactly what DO is it seems unlikely that they will be able to agree on exactly what name and form is in DO. For some people the idea of name and form in DO can be understood by considering that in one of the DO sutta it says that from name and form as a condition the s...

Many, many virus infections do not cause long term immunity. Some do. Some give short term immunity. Some do not. There is no evidence that recovery from corona virus infection confers long term immunity. There is evidence that recovered patients have been reinfected with the same strain that cause...

salayatananirodha wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 1:35 am this is said to mean love and kindness and protection, but where does it come from, and how did it come to mean these things
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Where did you find it?
chownah

tamdrin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:37 am Bhante, It seems you are of the opinion that practitioners (lay or ordained) should only seek human rebirth until stream entry is achieved?

(ASIDE: Will the bhante tell tamdrin to seek rebirth of any kind?)
chownah

What are the benefits of rebirth in Tushita heaven? Is it possible to practice there? What kind of pleasures are experienced. I understand a fair amount of Theravada monks seek such a rebirth. Some in Mahayana too. How would anyone here know the answers to your questions? If someone did answer your...

At funerals in my thai village when they pour the water they often use empty energy drink bottles like bottles of M-150 or Carabao Deng for the thii kruat nam (For westerners these are thai versions of Red Bull energy drink) and a drinking glass or cup for the thaan. Funerals are usually done at the...

That quote of Ven. K. Ñāṇananda answers your question. If you pretend similiar sutta terms, there aren't, but inference is allowed. Nanananda's quote on this page immediately above does not seem to answer my question or if you think it does then please explain. I don't know what you mean by "If you...

I agree with him. There's an actuality behind a concept, but it's void of intrinsic nature. What is an "actuality behind a concept" and what is "intrinsic nature" from a thereavadin perspective using the suttas as a basis? chownah That quote of Ven. K. Ñāṇananda answers your question. If you preten...

AlexBrains92 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 6:40 pm I agree with him. There's an actuality behind a concept, but it's void of intrinsic nature.

What is an "actuality behind a concept" and what is "intrinsic nature" from a thereavadin perspective using the suttas as a basis?
chownah

What is "reality"? What does "utimate reality" mean? What are the other kinds of reality? What are the salient features of the various kinds of reality? That which is known via direct perception and exists apart from concept, thus not being liable to being broken down further and so exists bearing ...

Many, many virus infections do not cause long term immunity. Some do. Some give short term immunity. Some do not. There is no evidence that recovery from corona virus infection confers long term immunity. There is evidence that recovered patients have been reinfected with the same strain that cause...

What does "utimate knowledge" mean? https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.024.than.html https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.024.than.html The term "ultimate knowledge" does not appear in the links you have brought.....I guess this it is just your contrual that thos...

Similarly one could speculate about What is "knowledge"? What does "utimate knowledge" mean? What are the other kinds of knowledge? What are the salient features of the various kinds of knowledge? Can someone compare the various types of knowledge in some way so that we can clearly understand what t...

What is "reality"? What does "utimate reality" mean? What are the other kinds of reality? What are the salient features of the various kinds of reality? Can someone compare the various types in some way so that we can clearly understand what they are and how they differ? Does the "All" contain all o...