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I don´t know, but maybe we can agree that the sutta is talking about a disciple who happens to have a break through in his training.

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Hello Patrice: Question 1: While releasing a distraction your attention is on the very same act of releasing, for that brief moment that is your "sign". Question 2: In buddhism right effort is made of 2 things. Letting go of an unwholesome state, and bringing up a wholesome state. Relax is...

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Its really simple, do you wield power over that talent? (may my talent be this way or that way).
The answer is no. If you don´t have any domain over that subject, how can you state that talent is your self.

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Hello: It is not possible for an arahant to be reborn and become a buddha, once you attain arahanship that will be your last birth, there is no more becoming. A bodhisattva is a being that makes a determination to become a future buddha, actually some people say that in order to do it they have to m...

Hello: We all are living beings: animals have a sense of self, they cling to the aggregates in the same way as humans, and because they cling to the aggregates they have personality, its just that their mind process its somewhat inferior to ours. Modern science trying to explain this is a joke. Self...

Hello: Why make it so complicated haha. -Yes, kamma determines rebirth. -Yes, being reborn a human is a mere coincidence but its subject to causality. -Its not that males are superior to women, but certain roles fit better a manly figure, just like certain roles fit better a female figure. Buddhas n...

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Of course you can, pali its just good for debating

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Does Dependent Origination operate over three lifetimes? DO will operate as long as one exists in Kama loka or sensual worlds. If I remember correct , there are eleven sensual worlds ( realms),out of the total of 31 realms. Hello: Are you saying that DO will not operate in the fine-material, inmate...

Today I was reading a paper by Gil Fronsdal titled, “Notes on a Theravada Approach to Spiritual Care to the Dying and the Dead.” Fronsdal states the importance of achieving reconciliation in “any relationships with conflict or unfinished business.” Is reconciliation in fact a theme in the suttas — ...

Hello Miguel: -The Buddha explained that there are many planes of existence, and one of them is the human realm. But this fact doesn´t mean that to be reborn "a human being" you have to be born in this very same earth, there could be 100.000 planets where "human beings" are livin...

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Quite the opposite, the term hypnosis means "put to sleep", while the Buddha teaches "awakening".

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Hello: It was a good video for a history lesson, but the thing with buddhism is that its too subtle, any slightly wrong use of words just makes the teachings unappealing (like when explaining the 4 noble truths using the sentence "life is suffering", the Buddha didn´t say that). Also when ...

Hi all, It's said that gods/devas experience more superior sensual pleasures than human beings. Human beings who keep Buddhist five precepts will be able to take rebirth in heavenly realm. Sensual pleasure is associated with greed (lobha), superior sensual pleasure means high level of greed. If one...

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Don´t make it so complicated .
Just go and ask a heroin addict if craving arises more often while being around junkies, dealers, and product, or in a safe environment.

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Hello: Its easy to understand it with an analogy: The noble eightfold path its the road you follow, and the seven factors of awakening are about finding the right balance, the right rhythm while walking that road ( if you put to much investigation you get restless, if you put to much tranquility you...