A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…see “Recovering the Suffering-Free Pure Mind“) hidden underneath our defiled minds. Here, note that “pabhassara cittas” or “suffering-free, uncontaminated cittas” arise in a “pabhassara mind” free of defilements. The mind…
…intent is not to put down this bhante (I myself is vegetarian), but to share with everyone here the consequence of not comprehending Anicca enough can be disastrous. https://www.bhantedhammika.net/to-eat-or-not-to-eat-meat/the-last-link-in-the-chain https://www.bhantedhammika.net/to-eat-or-not-to-eat-meat/meat-in-the-buddhist-tradition…
…Issa, and Macchariya Just as I read that book in the Thai translation, I responded a little late because I had to search for an English translation that has the…
Original written before October 23, 2015; Revised March 4, 2017; October 8, 2018 I had not given this issue much thought until someone at an online forum pointed out in…
…reincarnationresearch.com from time to time. In one particular case, the subject describes the interval state (the bottom of the page). Here they call it a spirit being orb. https://www.reincarnationresearch.com/spirit-being-orbs-and-the-reincarnation-case-of-shanti-devi-mathur/ Lang…
…and should NEVER be translated into English, for example, as “consciousness” and “name and form.” For example, “avijjÄ paccayÄ saį¹ khÄra” in the uddesa (summary) form in the “Paį¹iccasamuppÄda Sutta (SN…
I came across the article below by PaññobhÄsa Bhikkhu through an online discussion forum. This is really relevant to the current topic. Before one starts “meditating,” one needs to know…
…to interpret compared to uppatti Paį¹icca SamuppÄda, which describes events leading to future lives, especially in rebirths. Let us revisit a simple example that we discussed in #13 of the…
June 2, 2018; revised December 14, 2021; June 8, 2023 1. Änantarika or Änantariya comes from “na” + “an” + “antara“. That rhymes like “Änantara.” There are many words like…
Dear Lal, Here is the link from Waharaka.com, “ą¶Æą·ą¶ą·ą¶ ą·ą¶ą·ą¶ŗ” ą·ą· “ą¶Æą·ą¶ą·ą¶ ą¶ą¶»ą·ą¶ŗ ą·ą¶ą·ą¶ŗ” ą¶ ą¶ą¶» ą·ą·ą¶±ą· ą¶ą·ą¶øą¶ą·ą¶Æ? (waharaka.com) Also, https://waharaka.com/listen/CD101-08 if the above one is not accessible. Mettha, Ravi….