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by Dhammanando
Wed May 03, 2023 11:14 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bodhisatta Path
Replies: 70
Views: 3455

Re: Bodhisatta Path

There is something quite obvious that you are not taking into account. If the bodhisattva goes to hell as a result of such an action this is obviously a ripening of a negative karma. Hell is a state of suffering, no? Hell is not the result of good karma or a virtuous deed. But Asanga doesn't say th...
by Dhammanando
Wed May 03, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Sīla
Topic: Fasting for uposatha...
Replies: 95
Views: 8685

Re: Fasting for uposatha...

Since we are discussing about an arahant, are you saying that there is an arahant who eat in twice seating? I didn't say anything about the eating habits of arahants. But now that you've raised the matter, it seems likely to me that some arahant disciples would have eaten more than one meal in the ...
by Dhammanando
Wed May 03, 2023 5:14 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Why does Vasavatti not stop Mara?
Replies: 44
Views: 2545

Re: Why does Vasavatti not stop Mara?

Dhammapardon wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 4:36 pm Would country B be like Mara's retinue?
No, Māra's retinue resides with Māra. I don't know what kind of relations exist between the Paranimittavasavattī and Nimmānaratī devas.
by Dhammanando
Wed May 03, 2023 4:57 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bodhisatta Path
Replies: 70
Views: 3455

Re: Bodhisatta Path

Can't they tie him up or preach to him or something? I suppose so, but if Asanga had written: An example would be a situation in which a bodhisattva sees a thief or a robber who is intent upon killing many hundreds of living beings — blah blah blah — Having seen this, a bodhisattva then forms the f...
by Dhammanando
Wed May 03, 2023 3:34 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Origin of blessing
Replies: 2
Views: 167

Re: Origin of blessing

It's from the Mahāvihāra's oldest extant paritta collection, variously titled the Parittapotthaka, the Catubhāṇavara or the Pirit Potha. I don't know when it was compiled, but it must predate Buddhaghosa because he includes it in a list of texts that a bhikkhu needs to have memorised before he can b...
by Dhammanando
Wed May 03, 2023 2:33 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Why does Vasavatti not stop Mara?
Replies: 44
Views: 2545

Re: Why does Vasavatti not stop Mara?

MA.i.28 was cited. Is this a commentary? Yes, it's the commentary to the Mūlapariyāyasutta, MN1, commenting on the name "Pajāpati": “Pajāpati”: here Pajāpati is Māra. Some say that this is a designation for the great kings, etc., who are overlords in the various groups of gods, but the Gr...
by Dhammanando
Wed May 03, 2023 1:52 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bodhisatta Path
Replies: 70
Views: 3455

Re: Bodhisatta Path

This is not necessarily true because performing any one of the ten non-virtuous actions, will naturally lead to suffering. In the case that a bodhisattva does choose to create some small non-virtue in favor of helping more beings, that non-virtue will still ripen as suffering. Not according to the ...
by Dhammanando
Wed May 03, 2023 12:03 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Why does Vasavatti not stop Mara?
Replies: 44
Views: 2545

Re: Why does Vasavatti not stop Mara?

So why does Vasavatti not stop Mara from interfering with Dhamma practitioners when he is more powerful than Mara? There are two reasons. The first is that if Vasavattī tried to launch an assault on the territory held by Māra and his host, then he would probably lose. One must bear in mind here tha...
by Dhammanando
Wed May 03, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: how many brahmas are there at present?
Replies: 10
Views: 1049

Re: how many brahmas are there at present?

confusedlayman wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 4:27 pm .
The Baka Jātaka has 10,000 Brahmās attaining arahatta, so that gives you a minimum figure. I don't know of any data for a maximum figure.
by Dhammanando
Wed May 03, 2023 5:12 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bodhisatta Path
Replies: 70
Views: 3455

Re: Bodhisatta Path

It seems you are misunderstanding the Mahayana Bodhisattva path . It seems that you misunderstood the opening post. The enquiry was about what basis a Theravada Buddhist would have for being sceptical about Mahāyāna Buddhists' putative bodhisattvaship. The Pali commentaries stated a Theravada notio...
by Dhammanando
Wed May 03, 2023 4:50 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Bodhisatta Path
Replies: 70
Views: 3455

Re: Bodhisatta Path

Not all Mahayana lineages agree with this line of thinking. There was a Tibetan teacher called Protector of the Three Worlds who taught that there is no mixing up virtue and non-virtue. Virtue always results in happiness and non-virtue always results in suffering. There can be no changing of that. ...
by Dhammanando
Wed May 03, 2023 4:14 am
Forum: Sīla
Topic: Fasting for uposatha...
Replies: 95
Views: 8685

Re: Fasting for uposatha...

MN 65 You've chopped out two paragraphs, thereby completely misrepresenting the episode. It's not Bhaddāli's inability to be an ekāsanika (a practice that's recommended but optional) that earns him the Buddha's reprimand, but rather his refusal to be even an ekabhattika (a practice that the Vinaya ...
by Dhammanando
Fri Mar 04, 2022 3:02 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Match the Buddha’s teachings
Replies: 2
Views: 612

Re: Match the Buddha’s teachings

In the video we quote several passages from the Visuddhimagga to highlight these differences. Hi, welcome to Dhamma Wheel. I have a couple of suggestions regarding your videos. Firstly, when a block of text is being displayed it would be better to let it stand for a few seconds longer so that viewe...
by Dhammanando
Thu Mar 03, 2022 12:40 pm
Forum: Pāli
Topic: The Eye
Replies: 10
Views: 1003

Re: The Eye

Do you have any resources on how this other word is derived, bhante? I'm afraid not. Childers' dictionary is missing the word; and neither the PED nor Cone supply an etymology. The commentaries, likewise, supply a gloss but not an etymology: "Acakkhussan" ti cakkhūnaṃ hitaṃ na hoti, parih...