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- Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Actual Theravada
- Replies: 392
- Views: 12537
Re: Actual Theravada
The Blessed One was once living at Kosambã in a wood of siÿsapa trees. He picked up a few leaves in his hand, and he asked the bhikkhus, ‘How do you conceive this, bhikkhus, which is more, the few leaves that I have picked up in my hand or those on the trees in the wood? ‘ The leaves that the Bless...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:50 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Are private (paceka) Buddhas also always born into royal families like a bodhisattva?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1282
Re: Are private (paceka) Buddhas also always born into royal families like a bodhisattva?
Why do you guys kick Buddha to the curb and make Him do this all alone so there's no one nearby...? We do not. He did tell us, explicitly and unmistakably, that it is so. Denying reality is, to my mind, the exact opposite of what a Buddhist should do -- because only by recognizing reality can one b...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:46 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Are private (paceka) Buddhas also always born into royal families like a bodhisattva?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1282
Re: Are private (paceka) Buddhas also always born into royal families like a bodhisattva?
# The question is, are bacteria "sentient" in the Buddhist/Theravada sense? Do they have volition when they act, or not? I think no and not. I would posit, that in a Buddhist sense, they are not alive. Elephants, tigers, large snakes or birds, etc definitely are, they show signs of intent...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 4:58 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Are private (paceka) Buddhas also always born into royal families like a bodhisattva?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1282
Re: Are private (paceka) Buddhas also always born into royal families like a bodhisattva?
it must be understood that all sentient beings have Buddha-Nature. So be kind to the microscopic bacteria around you! The question is, are bacteria "sentient" in the Buddhist/Theravada sense? Do they have volition when they act, or not? I think no and not. I would posit, that in a Buddhis...
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 6:00 pm
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: The Essence of the Orthodox Theravada
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2112
Re: The Essence of the Orthodox Theravada
1. there is a living tradition that goes back to the Buddha, an unbroken lineage (consisting of teachers and students); Buddha is the teacher There is no lineage As can be seen with the conflict with the Bikkhuni ordination, Theravada would not be able to exist further without this unbroken lineage...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:42 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Biography of Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 448
Re: Biography of Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo?
If you are after published biographies of Ajaan Sao - there is plenty available in Thai language, in various formats - online/hardcover e.g. http://www.sa-ngob.com/book-detail/4043 Not very difficult to find - unsure where you are getting the idea that there is any sort of attempt to keep his biogr...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:52 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Biography of Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 448
Biography of Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo?
According to what I have found online so far, the Thai Forest Sangha seems to have released no official biography of Ajahn Sao Kantasīlo, meditation teacher to Ajahn Mun. This coyness is very surprising, because it is known, that he was actually part of a group of meditation monks which was quite we...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:40 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Can Deva help humans with their problems?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1070
Re: Can Deva help humans with their problems?
I don't know if they can, by why would you want them to. The path is in large part about developing wisdom (panna) which enables you to understand your problems and solve them yourself, which in turn develops more wisdom. I believe, that a Deva by itself might have little natural interest to "...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:11 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: How to reconcile my personal ambition with my Dhamma practice?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 381
Re: How to reconcile my personal ambition with my Dhamma practice?
There is a contradiction when you think of spiritual and material pursuits as mutually exclusive. Old age, sickness and death provide purpose to both kinds of pursuits. Worldly pursuits are made possible via rebirth, whereas spiritual pursuits are made possible via death. Rebirth represents a conti...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:07 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: enlightenment and nasty people
- Replies: 14
- Views: 712
Re: enlightenment and nasty people
Extending Brahma Vihara is the foundation of enlightenment. Of course, countering nasty behaviour with Metta and compassion, to achieve a mutual truce or even rapproachment would be the first choice. This does however not mean, that we always need to turn the other cheek and enable all kind of nast...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 6:12 am
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Question on unwholesome speech
- Replies: 4
- Views: 618
Re: Question on unwholesome speech
In my research, I came across another resource that mentions narrating novels and plays and having others thinking them as true accounts would make it unwholesome. Is this referring to the act of intentionally deceiving the audience to make them think these are actual historical records? So as long...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 5:40 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The great cappucciNO SELF debate
- Replies: 762
- Views: 20491
Re: Buddha is Alive question
there is no permanent self, no such self of a person could have been annihilated. Not permanent refers to change You ignore change and take up a no self doctrine It’s because of self view that’s all I did not, so maybe it is your reading comprehension or minute attention span which is at issue here...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 5:30 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: anyone know the vinaya rules for fruit juice cider (1% to 5% alochol content)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1555
Re: anyone know the vinaya rules for fruit juice cider (1% to 5% alochol content)
I might understand you better, if you would have refuted them both with arguments, going beyond this simple and uninformative adjective. Maybe you give it a try, I am willing to learn. :anjali: Stagnant, the understanding of visuddhimagga jhana is prolly 20 year old. I actually would have thought, ...
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: anyone know the vinaya rules for fruit juice cider (1% to 5% alochol content)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1555
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 9:51 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The great cappucciNO SELF debate
- Replies: 762
- Views: 20491
Re: Buddha is Alive question
I think you are mistaken :thinking: Ananda Sutta: To Ananda (On Self, No Self, and Not-self ) Ah, this explains it. You read only a tiny part of my post, and then reactively posted a quick reply without bothering to read the rest... as you did in your answer to the original poster, where you went c...