Hi Adrien,
nice to see you here : )
the web in English is much wider and richer. Almost another realm.
So now, after having made this step, you won't need to read my translations any more : )
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- Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:31 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Adrien from France
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3920
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:45 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The path of the Bodhisattva in Theravada Buddhism
- Replies: 61
- Views: 17163
Re: The path of the Bodhisattva in Theravada Buddhism
I would like to undertake the Bodhisattva path but not through the Mahayana tradition and these qualifications make it look rather bleak. Are there any here who aspire to the Bodhisattva path through the Theravadin tradition? Are you prepared for several asankheyyas of becoming? It took 4 to Gotama...
- Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:28 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: How to deny Atman - Help defending Buddhadhamma
- Replies: 96
- Views: 19003
Re: How to deny Atman - Help defending Buddhadhamma
- What is the cause, the reason, Master Kaccana, why ascetics dispute with ascetics?
- It is, brahmin, because of lust for views, because of adherence, bondage, greed, obsession and cleaving to views, that ascetics dispute with ascetics.
AN 2.38
what is the point of engaging into disputes?
- It is, brahmin, because of lust for views, because of adherence, bondage, greed, obsession and cleaving to views, that ascetics dispute with ascetics.
AN 2.38
what is the point of engaging into disputes?
- Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:38 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Are there beings becoming buddhas in deva realms?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3243
Re: Are there beings becoming buddhas in deva realms?
and what is the reason for that?Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Prior to their final existence, when the Bodhisattas attain all four stages of the Noble Path and became Buddhas and Arahants, the Bodhisattas reside in the Tusita deva realm.
- Sun Jan 24, 2010 4:41 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Māra
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2200
Re: Māra
There is a translation of Māratajjaniya Sutta here :
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- Sun Jan 24, 2010 4:37 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Māra
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2200
Re: Māra
The Five Māras So, it depends on the context. Māra may refer to a being with five aggregates, the five aggregates themselves can be called Māra, the defilements are Māra, and gaining freedom from death (Arahantship) is to escape from the clutches of Māra, which is a synonym for death. Māra devaputt...
- Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:51 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Māra
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2200
Māra
is he a being endowed with 5 khandhas or is it just a poetical term?
- Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:24 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Are there beings becoming buddhas in deva realms?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3243
Re: Are there beings becoming buddhas in deva realms?
interesting indeed. thanxcooran wrote: This may be of interest:
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:45 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Are there beings becoming buddhas in deva realms?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3243
Are there beings becoming buddhas in deva realms?
well... you know the question already
- Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:39 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Pañhabyākaraṇa Sutta
- Replies: 0
- Views: 705
Pañhabyākaraṇa Sutta
Hello friends, I am creating a website where I publish french translations of suttas, from English translations. I wonder if anyone here would be skilled enough, or would know a place where I could find such people, to help with the translation of Pañhabyākaraṇa Sutta, the last versified part, as I ...