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by SarathW
Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:27 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Patisambhidamagga specifically anapanasati
Replies: 1
Views: 36

Re: Patisambhidamagga specifically anapanasati

Good topic.
You can start with your opening opinion.
by SarathW
Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What is this knowledge for?
Replies: 12
Views: 184

Re: What is this knowledge for?

Thanks. I think many of us are doing is safeguarding the truth. This is not a phenomenon in Buddhism. This may apply to many other religions too. Caranki Sutta is about this problem. We all know that teaching is so valuable so should be protected for the future generation. However, putting it into p...
by SarathW
Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:36 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Popularity of Mahāyāna
Replies: 7
Views: 153

Re: Popularity of Mahāyāna

My opinion was. - Exotic religion associated with some Shangrilla or something - Expelling Dalilama from Tibet and the political rivalry with China - Mahayana is more appealing as Nibbana is a reality similar to the God concept - Bodhisattva ideal. You enjoy this life and postpone the Nibbana on som...
by SarathW
Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:15 am
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
Replies: 44
Views: 1150

Re: What is a dhammā exactly?

On that occasion, friend, I was percipient: ‘The cessation of existence is nibbāna.
This makes sense.
This is the emptiness.
Knowing that you do not have Dukkha anymore (cessation of suffering) is the Nibbana.
by SarathW
Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:22 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: I encourage you to practice 8 precepts
Replies: 1
Views: 56

Re: I encourage you to practice 8 precepts

:goodpost:
However, I suggest at least try one whole day not half a day.
by SarathW
Fri Mar 29, 2024 2:25 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What is Adhiseela (high virtues)?
Replies: 0
Views: 42

What is Adhiseela (high virtues)?

What is Adhiseela (high virtues)? I hear the above term in usage in Sri Lankan Buddhist circles. Is there any reference to support this? This means avoiding unwholesome but practising wholesome. Say for instance you abstain from stealing but practice generosity. However, this is practice without cra...
by SarathW
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:26 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Ven. Dhammapāla on Nibbāna
Replies: 4
Views: 129

Re: Ven. Dhammapāla on Nibbāna

Yes. It sounds like Buddha's nature as taught by some Buddhist sects. I will not call this Buddha's nature but I would say this is the Bodhisatta nature. We all living beings are trying to find a solution for suffering. Many follow the wrong path only an enlightened Buddha can show them the Noble Pa...
by SarathW
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What is this knowledge for?
Replies: 12
Views: 184

Re: What is this knowledge for?

What is this knowledge for? Is the exploration of Buddhism any different to the exploration of otherworldly pursuits? What do you think is the purpose of the Buddhist teachings? Yes, I am talking about the Buddhist teaching. I see this even in many Sri Lankan Buddhist monks. They resort to politics...
by SarathW
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:30 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What is this knowledge for?
Replies: 12
Views: 184

Re: What is this knowledge for?

What is this knowledge for? I just started to think about why I am so engrossed in Buddhism. I feel that Sutta's study is mainly for monks. I just wondered whether there is much practical usage for laypeople. You say this now, after you have read all or most of the tipitaka and have over 21,000 pos...
by SarathW
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What is this knowledge for?
Replies: 12
Views: 184

Re: What is this knowledge for?

In the Anguttara Nikaya, Book of Tens, Anathapindika and Vajjiyamahita, both lay followers teach the Dhamma by refuting the wrong views of a group of wanderers. At the end of the discourse, the Buddha praises Anathapindika for defending the teaching against misrepresentation. (AN 10.93) The househo...
by SarathW
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:17 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: On Ekaṁsikā and Anekaṁsikā
Replies: 1
Views: 41

Re: On Ekaṁsikā and Anekaṁsikā

The questions listed above then are "uncertain". You can't know for sure if they are true or false.
They are perhaps, asking the wrong question.
Say if I ask "How many different types of ornaments can be made using a play daw?"
by SarathW
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What is this knowledge for?
Replies: 12
Views: 184

Re: What is this knowledge for?

Don't you think the teaching of Sutta to lay people is a later development?
I can recall there is a Sutta Anatapindika?? is asking why the Buddha did not teach this Dhamma to him before.
Can someone provide the Sutta, please?
by SarathW
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:03 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
Replies: 44
Views: 1150

Re: What is a dhammā exactly?

Nibbana is the unconditioned thingy :quote:, which is experientially perceivable :thumbsup: V. Ānanda: “But how could this be, sir?” Buddha: “Ānanda, it’s when a mendicant perceives: ‘This is peaceful ; this is sublime —that is, the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the...
by SarathW
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:32 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What is this knowledge for?
Replies: 12
Views: 184

What is this knowledge for?

What is this knowledge for? I just started to think about why I am so engrossed in Buddhism. I feel that Sutta's study is mainly for monks. I just wondered whether there is much practical usage for laypeople. Is the exploration of Buddhism any different to the exploration of otherworldly pursuits? I...
by SarathW
Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:16 am
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: What is a dhammā exactly?
Replies: 44
Views: 1150

Re: What is a dhammā exactly?

Conditioned qualities are fabricated. And nibbana is beyond fabrication by definition. We have to distinguish between conditioned and unconditioned dhammas. "Anything we experience" covers both? That would make sense if we consider all dhammas in this context to be "phenomena" t...