my favourite one:

dukkhanirodha: destruction of suffering. (m.)

Hi Adrien,

nice to see you here : )

the web in English is much wider and richer. Almost another realm.

So now, after having made this step, you won't need to read my translations any more : )

I would like to undertake the Bodhisattva path but not through the Mahayana tradition and these qualifications make it look rather bleak. Are there any here who aspire to the Bodhisattva path through the Theravadin tradition? Are you prepared for several asankheyyas of becoming? It took 4 to Gotama...

- What is the cause, the reason, Master Kaccana, why ascetics dispute with ascetics?
- It is, brahmin, because of lust for views, because of adherence, bondage, greed, obsession and cleaving to views, that ascetics dispute with ascetics.

AN 2.38

what is the point of engaging into disputes?

Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Prior to their final existence, when the Bodhisattas attain all four stages of the Noble Path and became Buddhas and Arahants, the Bodhisattas reside in the Tusita deva realm.

and what is the reason for that?

There is a translation of Māratajjaniya Sutta here :
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The Five Māras So, it depends on the context. Māra may refer to a being with five aggregates, the five aggregates themselves can be called Māra, the defilements are Māra, and gaining freedom from death (Arahantship) is to escape from the clutches of Māra, which is a synonym for death. Māra devaputt...

is he a being endowed with 5 khandhas or is it just a poetical term?

cooran wrote: This may be of interest:

interesting indeed. thanx

well... you know the question already

Hello friends, I am creating a website where I publish french translations of suttas, from English translations. I wonder if anyone here would be skilled enough, or would know a place where I could find such people, to help with the translation of Pañhabyākaraṇa Sutta, the last versified part, as I ...