Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammasambuddhasssa !



[Let's pray Tiratana by posting a verse here.]

Aren't those same ? {what Buddha says is so and not otherwise} = {no duality "it may be true or it may be not"} Yes. I just thought you meant, that commentary supports some kind of advaita non-duality. Oh no, this is about non-dual-meaning/certainty of the Realized one's words. I think this is the ...

There istance a monk with psychic ability looked into the water and saw there were microbes and asked the Buddha if drinking will harm them. Buddha said don't look and drink.
[can-a-buddhist-use-antibacterial-soap]

Does anyone know where this is in the cannon?

The Buddha prefers you err on the side of asceticism rather than luxury (he prefers asceticism). ... it is the former mendicant who is more worthy of respect and praise. Why is that? Because for a long time that will conduce to that mendicant being of few wishes, content, self-effacing, easy to loo...

What is the minimum size of the Organism we should care about in order to refrain from doing indirect harm? What about micro organisms? The blessed one has advised monks to drink only being-less water by filtering using a cloth. (Vinaya) And there are incidents where the Blessed one asked other one ...

Volo wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2019 12:30 am But this simply means, that what Buddha says is so and not otherwise, no duality "it may be true or it may be not".

Aren't those same ?
{what Buddha says is so and not otherwise} = {no duality "it may be true or it may be not"}

.... "'But if there is no world after death, if there is no fruit of actions rightly & wrongly done, then here in the present life I look after myself with ease — free from hostility, free from ill will, free from trouble.' This is the second assurance he acquires. .... "'But if no evil is done thr...

In the first discourse Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta , the Blessed One states that a monk should avoid both asceticism and indulgence extremes. Many modern Buddhists believe this nevertheless reject asceticism more than indulgence. Yet several ascetics say that the asceticism extreme is relatively bett...

form wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2019 12:53 pm This is also a difference between vishuddamagga versus vimuttimagga.

We are thankful if you could tell us briefly about this difference ?

salayatananirodha wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2019 5:08 am dhamma is beyond logic

Was that your logic to have faith ?

Could you give me the sutta reference? That was in Atthakata and I don't know about an online version. Would the Realized One make an ambiguous statement? I said to him: ‘Sunakkhatta, the naked ascetic Pāṭikaputta is not capable of coming into my presence, unless he gives up that statement and that...

Can I chose where I want to be reborn? As we have heard: Chosen + Possible thing to attain by beings + Sufficient merit = Happens Chosen + Possible thing to attain by beings + Insufficient merit = Doesn't Happen Chosen + Impossible thing to attain by beings + Sufficient Merit = Doesn't Happen

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This is a Dhamma Talk on Wrong Concentration by Ven. U. Dhammajiva. But I couldn't listen it completely. Hope you will listen and comment.

Why a mathematician can't go on a footbridge ?