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...

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...

# 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 "...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

auto wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 9:48 pm I am sorry then of helping to spread misinformation.

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...