I remember watching this before...I enjoyed it a lot! Glad others do too...Thanks to whoever created it

Martin Luther King had a dream too, but there are still conflicts and inequalities between races. Even within the Theravāda tradition it's barely possible for monks from different traditions to live together without conflict. There are so many different nikayas and lineages. Within the Burmese Vipa...

I don't feel like i can answer this question as it is posed with a simple binary response - We should bridge the two vehicles. Mahayanists and Theravadans agree on the 4 Noble Truths, and the Noble 8 Fold path. They both teach dependent origination. They both teach about rebirth and samsara and Nirv...

Hi Vincent, As I understand it (conceptually) there is "something" (for lack of a better word) "outside" the chain of dependent origination. It is Nibbana. Nibbana is not a self of any kind. When I read the sutta selection you quoted, my impression is that the Arahant has destroy...

Excellent, Thank you for posting this! I really want to start dealing with the thoughts associated with desire/ill will/cruelty that arise spontaneously. I've become increasingly aware that restraining outward conduct, while a necessity, is not enough. The commentary you posted (Bhikkhu Bodhi) defin...

Yes

It is simply adding more akusala..

Thank you!

Could someone please explain the traditional (Vimuttimagga, Visuddhimagga, commentary tradition) explanation of the differences between each arupa jhana and the exper ence of Nibbana? You do mean abstractly, as a thought game? -- Who here will pretend to explain Nibbana from their own experience? F...

Hi everyone, Did the Buddha give advice for what to do when we break a precept? And if not, what is the proper way to discipline ourselves and also not end up beating ourselves up over it? Thank you for your replies, Jackson I'm working my way through the Samyutta Nikaya and just read this sutta to...