In Burma some monks refused donations from certain generals because of how the Muslims were being treated there.

I think the most widely held view, backed up by teachings, is that realization of bodhi would not be possible if it were not the mind’s true nature. You can slice open a thousand onions and never find a single pearl because onions are not mollusks. Similarly, if the realized mind was not already in...

sm2019 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:38 am Some people say, in meditation we need to make an effort to make our breathing subtle, deep and slow, while others say we shouldn't try to control our breathing, we should just observe it. What is your opinion on this?

No need to control it IMO.

No that was arguing / showing in favour to let go that kind of conceptualizing. That’s because ‘more truth’ is beyond thoughts. And I would like to point to that perspective/ state of mind somehow. From my perspective it’s just not helpful to state or to imply qualities without an object. Only more...

Is the nature of the mind is ignorance? Venerable Seelawimala said that the nature of our mind is ignorance and it is not possible to see it. However, we can see the angry mind and the mind with attachment. Even if you are in a highly meditative mental state you still have the ignorance. So how do ...

BrokenBones wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:31 am

Ceisiwr wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:40 pm

BrokenBones wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:49 pm
excellent contribution.

You already know that I’m asking why you think it’s Jainism.

See Suddh's comment above

I see. Not sure why you couldn’t have said that initially

BuddhistGameDev wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:43 pm Hey, I'm a 17 year old boy from Texas who is interested in learning more about Buddhism. It's caught my interest in the past but not I want to really get into.

I also like doing game development and programming (but mainly game dev)

Welcome

Exactly where does the Buddha teach that a more & more minute examination of impermanence results in seeing 'reality'. For a start, the Buddha wasn't interested in sub atomic 'reality' and as for all the other nonsense... kundalini, energies, gaps of peace etc. it's just 🤢 99% of the Buddha's t...

2600htz wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:18 pm

Hi

I do not know Delson armstrong, but:

-Where Delson Armstrong threaten to sue?
-Where Delson Armstrong threaten to sue specifically because someone claimed he is not an arahant?

Regards

I was referring to Daniel Ingram, who is discussed in the video.

Same reasons it is not taking off in USA. I’m a middle aged white guy in Texas and when people find out I’m Buddhist, they look at me like I have 3 heads. Most people identify with whatever religion they were raised to believe in. They are conditioned and do not question or reject the conditioning....

Is there a pre-Samsara state of being? If we are all going around in Samsara because we are clinging to existence, and we can leave by becoming enlightened, how did we get into Samsara to begin with? Is it eternal or were we born into it from somewhere else? It’s without discoverable beginning. So ...

If enlightenment means leaving the cycle of birth and death, how does one enter it to begin with? What do you mean? Is there a pre-Samsara state of being? If we are all going around in Samsara because we are clinging to existence, and we can leave by becoming enlightened, how did we get into Samsar...

If people were transmigrating between human and animal births, they would be proportional and we could try to measure that. Wouldn't we see a decrease in animal populations if more humans are being born, and vice-versa? That doesn't necessarily follow. Finite or infinite doesn't really matter, as w...

The self is used to abandon the self for bigger self - better identification. (identifying where there is no identification) Good Vedanta but bad Buddhadhamma, and bad Classical Theravāda. non-sequitor Hardly. What you just said is classic Vedanta. We don't see anything like that in the suttas, and...

cappuccino wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:58 pm

Ceisiwr wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:56 pm devoid of notions of permanence or self or substances.

Yet everyone ignores what permanence really means


Permanence means you are the same person you always were


The truth as I said is that you aren’t

Your personal views are irrelevant here.