Buddha said the biggest threat to Buddhism come from within. This. Buddhists historically have an incredible knack for routing Mohammadanism. Its aggressive inroads into Burma are not even making waves against a Nobel-Peace-Prize winning Pacifist. And the theology? With the murderous prophet who dr...

SDA has taught much here, and many have learned from him. He is a Buddhist. Actually, I have not noticed many teachings at all. Just trite remarks, copy & paste and novice questions about SN 44.10. My welcome to SDA I regard as appropriate. Also, SDA appears to be the "twin" of Manopubbangama, in t...

DooDoot wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2019 1:35 pm

Sabbe_Dhamma_Anatta wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 6:22 pm

• A forty-something man
  Glad to have a chance to learn from Theravada Community

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I hope you learn here also.

SDA has taught much here, and many have learned from him. He is a Buddhist.

May you learn from him, as well.

Christians are people who will rejoice when many many people burn in hell for all eternity. That ought to tell you something about Christians. SDA, imagine if these spiritual crossdressers knew the truth of the Buddhist hells . They would go back to their psychoanalysis and Marxism quicker than you...

I love christians. Whenever I hear the word "christian," my mind automatically associates it with kindness, compassion, sympathy, un-selfishness, & "Silent Night." I can't help loving ever so pure extremely pious princess Mary from Tolstoy's War and Peace. And, imo, I love Jesus Christ for saving t...

There is a manly Viriya in Dhamma but is only about developing kusala and reducing akusala. Puthujjana Viriya is either akusala or mixed. If one is using akusala viriya there may be a toxicity. When toxicity is involved there will be a kamma result on the spot or later kamma result. Some ordinary e...

Hello Manopubbangama :hello: I'm not sure I'm familiar with the phenomenon you're referring to, could you PM me as you suggested? Is it your experience that this is more likely to occur with Buddhists of Western backgrounds (assuming that's what you mean by "converts")? Also, what is the 'broken-bu...

Is the right view really more important than: Now, there are two destinations for a person with wrong view , I tell you: either hell or the animal womb. Yodhajiva Sutta Yeah! I'm glad and feel lucky, my friend, to see you write in full sentences, despite being quoted partially and giving me the ans...

In Thailand, I always had the impression women were historically encouraged to go into business father of my wife So you claim to be married and also a celibate agarika at the same time? :shrug: Either way, I'm happy these Thai women are making their come up in a big way, girls gotta hustle, too. I...

PeterC86 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 7:07 pm Greetings to you all,

I recently attained Nirvana.

Only once?

I attained Nirvana three times:

1) Bleach
2) Nevermind
3) In Utero

The second time was the best.

How is it, btw?

Nirvana?

Because as per the OP, this topic is about sexual abuse and misconduct perpetrated by certain Buddhist monastics and teachers, and the dubious "relationships" they have with certain lay followers. Well, I know personally one thai "monk" (who posits himself as "an abbot" and "a teacher") who can be ...

So I embarked on this journey originally when I was boxing as a young man, and now I started again about a week ago. I feel like my energy levels are about 75% - 125% higher depending on the time of day. I started waking up at 4 a.m. instead of 6 a.m. I don't know if this will taper off or not, I ho...

I noticed a trend in a huge amount of Buddhist converts on youtube. The first two minutes, the people wear the enlightenment-face; eyes as wide as a hindoo cow; smile from ear to ear, radiating orgasmic-piti, and then cut to 15 minutes in, 30 minutes in, etc, they start sweating, getting more opinio...

Greetings Dan74-MkII, The coalface of practice I referred to was 'personal experience', i.e. the feelings, sensations, perceptions, volitions and mental formations. Not as abstractions but actual lived experience. Right here and right now. So, basically, all those things that the Buddha repeatedly ...

Actually I do not know you and your struggles and successes on the path are yours alone. If keeping the precepts -- maybe the most basic concept there is -- is beyond you, again this is not truly a matter of worry for me beyond feeling empathy for your struggle. Likewise, my dear! Self-respect is i...