Is it a traditional Theravada practice to "send metta" to specific people or animals who are suffering? Are there teachings of the Buddha which point to the practice of sending metta to others having an actual impact on their situation? It seems an awful lot like praying or superstitious ...

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“I would like to encourage everyone to use the teachings of the Buddha, use the teachings of the great teachers in our tradition, put them into practice in your life and see.”

Ajahn Jayasāro

kmdesai1965 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:11 am ..

Hi kmdesai1965..

My intention in posting this Sutta was to highlight that there are some aspects of the lives of the Devas that are far beyond our imagination.

I apologize if you took this as some criticism of speculation.

.. Current View of Science on the Universe Dark matter is a form of matter thought to account for approximately 85% of the matter in the universe and about a quarter of its total energy density. Its presence is implied in a variety of astrophysical observations, including gravitational effects that...

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How can I accept there is a creator God? The Buddha does not say that there is a Creator God.. “There comes a time, bhikkhus, when after the lapse of a long period this world contracts (disintegrates). While the world is contracting, beings for the most part are reborn in the Ābhassara Brahma-world...

With the Kālāmas of Kesamutta Kesamuttisutta AN 3.65 How to navigate among different spiritual opinions. https://suttacentral.net/an3.65?view=normal&lang=en “It is fitting for you to be perplexed, Kālāmas, fitting for you to be in doubt. Doubt has arisen in you about a perplexing matter. Come, ...

I think asking help and praying is two different things. Is it not? Praying seems to me that you ask someone else to do your job. pray verb to speak to a god either privately or in a religious ceremony in order to express love, admiration, or thanks or in order to ask for something. https://diction...

Buddhists do not pray. (some Buddhists pray to Deva and it is a wrong practice) In the Atanatiya Sutta (DN. 32) the Buddha gives the names of those devas who have vowed to render assistance to those who have gone for refuge. So, learn their names and when you're in dire straits just give them a yel...

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santa100 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:28 pm Sorta like rich and powerful celebrities have multiple homes in America, Europe, Asia, etc.... So the devas' "primary address" is their Devas realm, but they can occupy certain sites/shrines on Earth or various other realms if they want to...

Speculation About the World - Lokacintāsutta - SN 56.41 The Buddha tells the curious tale of a man who sat by a lotus pond to speculate about the world, and saw an army enter a lotus stalk. He thought he was going mad. The Buddha said that no, the army was real. Nevertheless, you should not specula...

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