Hi all, Need some help with this issue which has been bugging me for months if not years. So far everyone I've asked either don't know or have not given a satisfactory answer. All the suttas I've read on accesstoinsight website don't have an answer either. My question is: Where is the direct eviden...

Hi: I feel like the Buddha was trying to be a little vague in that answer to avoid more questions, but he probably was saying that samsara has always existed. Even so, i understand some people could take that phrase as "i, the buddha, can´t discern a beginning, but it might be one". For example in o...

Hi: Those are 3 good goals. Just start where you see an opening or a priority, the rest comes naturally. Example: if someone offered you a job, it might not be right to spend half day in the gym. But after having 3 months of payment, you can invest in a nutricionist, and maybe having the money to ta...

Hi: The things Devadatta did are called "Anantarika-karma" (Shedding the blood of a Buddha, creating a schism in the sangha). "They are called 'anantarika' because they are 'an' (without) 'antara' (interval), in other words the results immediately come to fruition in the next life". This doesnt mean...

I got lost there. To my understanding the big bang theory would be consistent with that sutta No. The Big Bang theory says that there was nothing in existence before the Big Bang. See, the Wikipedia article, "[html]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang[/html]" Also what do you say about the transl...

Here is a brief introduction to Aggañña Sutta that I promised in the past post. I will get back to the discussion on sakkāya diṭṭhi in the next post. Buddhism and Evolution – Aggañña Sutta (DN 27) Introduction 1. Aggañña Sutta is one of several complex suttā that requires a lengthy explanation. To ...

Hi: The easiest way to determine if you are clinging to something is to check for repetitive thoughts . Once you are attached to something, the mind becomes glued to that object, and it starts rambling about the subject. For example, you can eat vegetables every day, but if you are not attached to t...

Are people limited in the level of attainment they can achieve in this life? Or is every level of attainment possible with right effort? Hi: Yes. This is just like everything else. Not every person can become a professional football player, not every person can become an arahant. Its effort and pot...

Hello Manas: You know many suttas usually end with something like: "And the monks delighted in the blessed one words". This phrase is also used when taint free arahants delight in a dhamma talk. So there is no problem with delighting. What you also find in the suttas is a more accurate quote, someth...

Hi: "Inclining the mind to the deathless" means inclining the mind towards nibbana. You do that by not clinging, by always being letting go, staying with the object of meditation, not with mental proliferations. Thats what leads to nibbana. Regards. mind staying with object is not nibbana as mind s...

Hi:

"Inclining the mind to the deathless" means inclining the mind towards nibbana.
You do that by not clinging, by always being letting go, staying with the object of meditation, not with mental proliferations.
Thats what leads to nibbana.

Regards.

Hi:

Ony humans can talk 3 pages about this

Regards.

Hi: 1,88 cm , 78 kg. Those same stats are from Novak Djokovic (rank 1 tennis player). He is a pro athlete, so i don´t see any problem with those numbers. If you wanna look healthy weight is not very important, its all about muscle and body fat percentage. Monks typically can do a lot of walking medi...

Hi:

I think its case closed, once we think 99,99% of people cant remember even the first years of their lives.
On the other side, i get your point of starting fresh with every life, but that is also not 100% true (kamma).

Regards.

Hello: Sorry about your father. Probably press hold with the whole ordination thing until his health issues are not longer an impediment. Next, ordaining takes a lot of energy. It takes a lot of energy to follow the precepts, having one meal a day, waking up always early, etc. If you think you have ...