Reply To: Humility & Apology

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taryal
Participant

Those Ariyas below the Arahant stage may have minor wrong views (but not the three samyojana of sakkaya ditthi, vicikiccha, silabbata paramasa).

In my country (Nepal), people are heavily influenced by silabbata paramasa. This includes my family members who tried to spam me with rituals as soon as I came to visit. While they probably don’t have bad intentions, I think I am educated enough to know that visiting a land rumored as “sacred” or taking a bath in a lake doesn’t wash anyone’s “sins”. I get told logicless statements like “let’s do this pooja, your income will improve” or “don’t travel in these specific days, it can cause misfortune”, etc.

This has made think it would be utterly difficult for me to effectively share the Dhamma in my home community. While I am a bit saddened to see my country infected with the business minded Pundit culture, I would like for my family members to enter the Noble stream. But I don’t know if I am capable of doing so right now (I am not an Anagami). Is there any specific approach that Buddha recommended in situations like these? I am little hesitant to wait as well since there is no certainty of when death will transpire. Any advice here would be appreciated.