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- Sat Apr 01, 2023 3:59 am
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Buddha images
- Replies: 173
- Views: 13300
Re: Buddha images
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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!...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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"?
Hatthisāriputta Sutta (AN 6.60)[...] 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 [...].
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...