Hi, how do you test for people attainment?puredhamma wrote: ↑Sun Feb 16, 2020 12:37 am Many people attained Sotapanna here through the help of members in this discord and the rescources that are shared there.
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- Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:07 am
- Forum: Dhammaduta (Dhamma propagation)
- Topic: Pure dhamma discord channel
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6822
Re: Pure dhamma discord channel
- Sun Feb 16, 2020 9:05 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Why don't we re-collect on Brahama?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1473
Re: Why don't we re-collect on Brahama?
Both human and devas are in the kamaloka world, beings who enjoys pleasures in sense objects. So we can understand a bit about the happiness of devas. Brahmas are not in the realm of kama, they do not take pleasure in sense objects. I imagine it would be difficult to contemplate on something that we...
- Sun Feb 09, 2020 4:02 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Difference between Vedanā and Saṅkhāra?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2947
Re: Difference between Vedanā and Saṅkhāra?
In my current observations vedana seems to be something quite distinct from emotion. There are only 3 vedana: pain, pleasure, and indifferent feeling. Emotions like anger are vinanna + sankhara + vedana = thoughts with strong feeling. The one that is conscious of the object is vinanna, the feeling ...
- Sat Feb 08, 2020 7:27 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Kasina Practitioners
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3995
Re: Kasina Practitioners
The wind kasina can be practiced by skin sensation (with eyes closed), so one can sit in front of a fan and utter, wind, wind. This could be easier to some people. Anapanasati is also technically wind kasina.
- Sat Feb 08, 2020 7:11 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Is Buddhism for the rich and intellectual?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 20260
Re: Is Buddhism for the rich and intellectual?
It is for everyone, but the rich and intellectual has more opportunities to practice Buddhism.
- Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:17 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Knowing versus Experiencing
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3583
Re: Knowing versus Experiencing
Hence, in my opinion, theoretical knowledge is more important since experiential knowledge can only arise from theoretical knowledge and has no independent existence. Just because experiential knowledge depends on theoretical knowledge does not make theoretical knowledge more important. If I am goi...
- Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:49 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Why recollection of your Sila (Silanussati) and Dana (Caganussati) is better than observing Sila and Dana?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4628
Re: Why recollection of your Sila (Silanussati) and Dana (Caganussati) is better than observing Sila and Dana?
Is it better to give $10.00 hundred times instead of giving $1000.00 at once? https://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=34353&p=513079&hilit= Truly generous person will decide it based on the benefit gained by the receiver not by the merit gained by the giver. Thinking which one will...
- Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:45 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Buddha and dukkha
- Replies: 92
- Views: 7826
Re: Buddha and dukkha
Physical pain is nerve signal. Since the Buddha still have physical body, by reason it stands that he still felt physical pain. On the other hand if one want to get rid of physical pain, one can just use anesthetics/drugs, no need for enlightenment.
- Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:38 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Knowing versus Experiencing
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3583
Re: Knowing versus Experiencing
Who knows more (about the moon)? This is an (unintentionally) trap question, because knowledge itself is of two kind, theoretical and experiential, or in Buddhist terms, suttamaya-panna and bhavanamaya-panna. So the astronomer have more theoretical knowledge but the tourist has more experiential kn...
- Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:29 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Why recollection of your Sila (Silanussati) and Dana (Caganussati) is better than observing Sila and Dana?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4628
Re: Why recollection of your Sila (Silanussati) and Dana (Caganussati) is better than observing Sila and Dana?
If after donating and practicing caganussati, one does not have the inclination to donate more in the future I'll say that his caganussati practice has failed. Caganussati is practiced to develop one's generousity (caga) not to dwell on past givings and expanding one's head and ego to the moon. In t...
- Fri Jan 31, 2020 7:06 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Motivation to Reach Nibbana
- Replies: 154
- Views: 14174
Re: Motivation to Reach Nibbana
Nibanna is based on no desire instead of desire, so instead of having desire to attain nibanna, you develop no desire towards the 5 khandhas, rebirth, and existence, due to their nature of impermanence, suffering and not self. That itself, is nibanna.
- Fri Jan 31, 2020 2:32 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Destruction of defilement
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4839
Re: Destruction of defilement
Suffering is the characteristic of samsara (round of rebirths). Samsara is fueled by kamma. Kamma is fueled by tanha and upadana. Knowledge of anicca, dukka, anatta, eliminates tanha and upadana thus stopping kamma thus stopping samsara thus stopping suffering. Note: by kamma it means kamma that be...
- Fri Jan 31, 2020 2:08 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Help me break down / understand this line from a book (please)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1326
Re: Help me break down / understand this line from a book (please)
I think you are focusing on a trivial point which does not matter. Mundane wisdom = non supernatural wisdom or worldly wisdom. Worldly wisdom is based on doing beneficial things (kusala), or in other words: kusala kamma. Kusala kamma is doing things like observing the 5 precepts, giving donation, he...
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:42 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Destruction of defilement
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4839
Re: Destruction of defilement
Suffering is the characteristic of samsara (round of rebirths). Samsara is fueled by kamma. Kamma is fueled by tanha and upadana. Knowledge of anicca, dukka, anatta, eliminates tanha and upadana thus stopping kamma thus stopping samsara thus stopping suffering. Note: by kamma it means kamma that bea...
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 2:10 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Bad Times
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2797
Re: Bad Times
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When things don't go your way:
- Can you do something about it?
- Yes -> do something about it
- No ->
- Can you accept it?
- Yes -> acceptance
- No -> practice equanimity by recollecting that kamma is one's own protector, kamma is one's own inheritance.