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- Wed Jul 24, 2019 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: No right or wrong (karma)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3136
Re: No right or wrong (karma)
All beings want happiness and good, all beings not want pain, deprivation and death. It is a truth that is independent of ideas and moral views.
- Wed Jul 24, 2019 9:47 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: beings diverse in body but unified in perception
- Replies: 7
- Views: 550
Re: beings diverse in body but unified in perception
The meaning of the same perception is such that all these gods have the same perception of the visible, audible and mental objects. And people differ in perception, for example, even a single color, two people see differently.
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:11 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Jhanas, Misconceptions that have arisen regarding the Four Rupa Jhanas.
- Replies: 254
- Views: 30807
Re: Jhanas, Misconceptions that have arisen regarding the Four Rupa Jhanas.
A person does not perceive pain at all in the first jhana. His body changes properties, he can sit without moving for 7 days. Already in the first Jhana, many superpowers and knowledge are available. Awareness in the first jhana is much higher than in the normal state. In the comments a lot more is...
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:45 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Jhanas, Misconceptions that have arisen regarding the Four Rupa Jhanas.
- Replies: 254
- Views: 30807
Re: Jhanas, Misconceptions that have arisen regarding the Four Rupa Jhanas.
I have no problem with people thinking that jhana is a superhuman state....but I do object to people claiming that jhana is "superhuman" as it is described in the suttas.....as far as I can tell there is no word in the pali language which can be credibly interpreted as "superhuman"... Uttari manusa...
- Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:30 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Jhanas, Misconceptions that have arisen regarding the Four Rupa Jhanas.
- Replies: 254
- Views: 30807
Re: Jhanas, Misconceptions that have arisen regarding the Four Rupa Jhanas.
Practice of Brahma Vihara by the Buddhist, has a different purpose altogether. Brahma viharas too was a practice that existed before Buddha's time. Buddha used it as a means to calm the mind, to wipe the defilements to enter Rupa Jhanic states, the 8th factor of the Noble Path :heart: Brahma vihara...
- Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:21 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Jhanas, Misconceptions that have arisen regarding the Four Rupa Jhanas.
- Replies: 254
- Views: 30807
Re: Jhanas, Misconceptions that have arisen regarding the Four Rupa Jhanas.
Antaradhana you claim one cannot engage in Jhanic meditation without permanently giving up sensual pleasures. Have you read Buddha's biography? When he was a 6 year old, under a rose apple tree, leading the life of a prince immersed in sensaul pleasures otherwise, briefly he left sensual pleasures ...
- Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:45 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: How was it technically verified in Theravada?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2163
Re: How was it technically verified in Theravada?
In theory, any creatures who see the aura of the Buddha and Arahants, at least know that they are unusual, unique, superpowerful creatures, and then some of the devas may become interested, begin to observe, and even stay in our world for a while to listen to Dhamma. Thus, Buddha and Arahants attrac...
- Sun Jul 21, 2019 9:13 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: How was it technically verified in Theravada?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2163
Re: How was it technically verified in Theravada?
http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe20/sbe20119.htm
- Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:47 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Mom dejected about my decision to ordain
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4110
Re: Mom dejected about my decision to ordain
Sādhu! Sādhu! Sādhu!
- Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Jhanas, Misconceptions that have arisen regarding the Four Rupa Jhanas.
- Replies: 254
- Views: 30807
Re: Jhanas, Misconceptions that have arisen regarding the Four Rupa Jhanas.
Then we have Brahma Viharas, poetical words used to describe superior states of mind. It does not mean that if we practice brahma viharas, we practically get teleported to brahma world, or deva world, but there is a serenity in the mind of the practitioner, that it appears like a teleportation, but...
- Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:21 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Jhanas, Misconceptions that have arisen regarding the Four Rupa Jhanas.
- Replies: 254
- Views: 30807
Re: Jhanas, Misconceptions that have arisen regarding the Four Rupa Jhanas.
...and an4.123 does not state that a person who is able to enter a particular jhana at will is reborn by Brahma in the corresponding world of rupa-loka, after death in the human world... Is said: "There is the case where an individual, withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful qualities,...
- Sat Jul 20, 2019 6:47 pm
- Forum: Wellness, Diet & Fitness
- Topic: Dangers of Marijuana
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12949
Re: Dangers of Marijuana
I believe that the effect of weed is very different from the effect of alcohol. If alcohol becomes dull, provokes aggressive behavior and disinhibits, then weed on the contrary stimulates creativity, the desire for knowledge and soothes (indica). If alcohol unambiguously provokes bad behavior, then...
- Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:22 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Suffering is not a satisfactory translation for the Pali word "Dukkha"?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 4734
Re: Suffering is not a satisfactory translation for the Pali word "Dukkha"?
Dukkha includes the suffering and the dissatisfaction. Dukkha is three-part: 1. the suffering (physical and mental); 2. the dissatisfaction due to changes (when the pleasant ends, including life in a pleasant world); 3. the dissatisfaction due to conditionality (samsara).
- Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:58 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: One of the reason why there is no solid evidence that there is an afterlife
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1440
Re: One of the reason why there is no solid evidence that there is an afterlife
Can you tell a detailed story?cappuccino wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:52 pm I find there is evidence, I've run across ghosts & angels
- Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:15 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Does the consciousness experience nibbana ?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 3556
Re: Does the consciousness experience nibbana ?
I do not understand what this sutta number is. Write a standard sutta number so that I can see the Pali original. Sometimes the phrase amata-dhatu is translated in this way. Sometimes in poetic stanzas, amatam padam is written for rhythm.