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by Nicolas
Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:59 am
Forum: Shrine Room
Topic: Buddha images
Replies: 173
Views: 13300

Re: Buddha images

https://education.asianart.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/12/B60S393_Seated_Buddha.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Buddha_in_Sarnath_Museum_%28Dhammajak_Mutra%29.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Gandhara_Buddha_%28tnm%29.jpeg https://mikehistoryof...
by Nicolas
Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:30 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Strong Suttas
Replies: 15
Views: 1026

Re: Strong Suttas

Leigh Brasington mentions some on his website : And while this discourse was being spoken, the minds of the bhikkhus of the group of five were liberated from the taints by nonclinging. And while this discourse was being spoken, the minds of the thousand bhikkhus were liberated from the taints by non...
by Nicolas
Wed Mar 01, 2023 3:10 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Greed-type vs. Anger-type vs. Delusion-type
Replies: 13
Views: 616

Re: Greed-type vs. Anger-type vs. Delusion-type

If so, I am wondering what approach would be recommended for a delusion-type? It doesn't seem as clear-cut as the approach for greed-types (meditation on repulsiveness) or anger-types (metta meditation). The Visuddhimagga has this (Chapter 3, Paragraph 121): First, the ten kinds of foulness and min...
by Nicolas
Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:50 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Concepts don't exist and therefore cannot be Anicca or Dukkha.
Replies: 125
Views: 3443

Re: Concepts don't exist and therefore cannot be Anicca or Dukkha.

And why do you think Nibbana is the only cessation to craving and suffering? Did Buddha say that the Buddha Dhamma that was then taught was the only way to cessated suffering? That there is no other way? I am curious. “In any doctrine & discipline where the noble eightfold path is not ascertain...
by Nicolas
Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: In what sutta are the wind, water and fire destruction mentioned?
Replies: 7
Views: 645

Re: In what sutta are the wind, water and fire destruction mentioned?

So the water and wind destructions are not found in the suttapitaka or even abhidhamma? Is it Mahayana? Well, the Visuddhimagga is a Theravada text, even if not in the Tipitaka. I suspect these destructions by fire, water and air are mentioned elsewhere in the commentaries, but I don't have a sourc...
by Nicolas
Mon Jan 30, 2023 12:04 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: In what sutta are the wind, water and fire destruction mentioned?
Replies: 7
Views: 645

Re: In what sutta are the wind, water and fire destruction mentioned?

In the Visuddhimagga: It’s described in two places in the Visuddhimagga. First, briefly and in verse in the description of the defining of the four elements (ch. XI 102). Second, in a detailed prose exposition in the description of recollecting past lives (ch. XIII 29-35). (I'd extend the latter to ...
by Nicolas
Thu Jan 19, 2023 2:06 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: clarification of the jīvaka sutta MN 55
Replies: 2
Views: 215

Re: clarification of the jīvaka sutta MN 55

Whoso takes life expressly for the truth-finder or for a disciple of his, is storing up much demerit for himself in five respects. “General Sīha has killed a large animal and made a meal for the ascetic Gotama. The ascetic Gotama is eating that meat, knowing that the animal was killed for his sake!...
by Nicolas
Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:45 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Does breaking the five precepts lead to hell?
Replies: 22
Views: 964

Re: Does breaking the five precepts lead to hell?

He said… he took every kind of rebirth, except for the land of no return Source? There is this: But it is not easy to find a realm in the round that I have not already passed through in this long journey, except for the gods of the Pure Abodes; and had I passed through the round as a god in the Pur...
by Nicolas
Thu Jan 05, 2023 5:19 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Are some people superior or inferior to each other?
Replies: 22
Views: 878

Re: Are some people superior or inferior to each other?

Māgaṇḍiya Sutta (Snp 4.9) wrote: Whoever supposes himself to be equal, superior or inferior
Would contend with others because of it.
But for one who is untroubled by these three modes of thought
There is nobody equal, superior or inferior.
by Nicolas
Fri Dec 23, 2022 3:23 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: on killing insects.....
Replies: 27
Views: 2469

Re: on killing insects.....

In any case, we must not harm the living, including insects. But what if I accidentally killed them? She stepped on the street, crushed her with her hand - many situations ... But many do not even know that they kill insects. What to do in such a situation? ‘If a monk intentionally kills a living b...
by Nicolas
Mon Dec 19, 2022 10:49 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What is the Sutta reference for "The Simile of the cricket"?
Replies: 5
Views: 268

Re: What is the Sutta reference for "The Simile of the cricket"?

[...] as pointed out by the Citta Hatthi,sāriputta Sutta (A 6.60), [...]. To illustrate this point, Mahā Koṭṭhita (the Sutta’s protagonist) uses the simile of the crickets [...].
Hatthisāriputta Sutta (AN 6.60)
by Nicolas
Mon Dec 05, 2022 8:15 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: arhant bahiya is not done, ud1.10
Replies: 30
Views: 1134

Re: arhant bahiya is not done, ud1.10

“The qualities that ripen in freedom have ripened in Rāhula. Why don’t I lead him further to the ending of defilements?” [...] “Today the Buddha will lead Rāhula further to the ending of defilements!” [...] And while this discourse was being spoken, Rāhula’s mind was freed from defilements by not g...
by Nicolas
Wed Jul 27, 2022 8:27 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: History of Buddhist monasticism
Replies: 3
Views: 277

Re: History of Buddhist monasticism

The beginning of the Vinaya's Mahāvagga talks about the first bhikkhus: Koṇḍañña, Vappa, Bhaddiya, Mahānāma & Assaji; then Yasa and his four friends Vimala, Subāhu, Puṇṇaji, & Gavampati, followed by 50 more of Yasa's friends, the excellent/auspicious group of 30, the 3 Kassapa brothers (and...
by Nicolas
Wed Jul 27, 2022 6:07 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Four bhikkhus constitute sangha
Replies: 3
Views: 345

Re: Four bhikkhus constitute sangha

In all outlying countries, the full ordination is to be given by a group of five, including one expert on the Monastic Law. I suspect this is because at the time of the Buddha, there might be less monks in the more distant lands. Regarding the invitation: When you have completed the rainy-season re...
by Nicolas
Wed Jul 27, 2022 5:37 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Four bhikkhus constitute sangha
Replies: 3
Views: 345

Re: Four bhikkhus constitute sangha

There are five kinds of sanghas: a sangha of monks consisting of a group of four, a sangha of monks consisting of a group of five, a sangha of monks consisting of a group of ten, a sangha of monks consisting of a group of twenty, a sangha of monks consisting of a group of more than twenty. A sangha...