Reply To: Four Conditions for Attaining Sōtapanna Magga/Phala
…my mind was then set free. ” In Pali it is: “Vīrā vīrehi dhammehi, bhikkhunī bhāvitindriyā; Dhāreti antimaṃ dehaṃ, jetvā māraṃ savāhinin”ti ” That is not the Pali verse for…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…my mind was then set free. ” In Pali it is: “Vīrā vīrehi dhammehi, bhikkhunī bhāvitindriyā; Dhāreti antimaṃ dehaṃ, jetvā māraṃ savāhinin”ti ” That is not the Pali verse for…
…the humans (scientists coming up with breakthrough innovations in their minds). Mind comes first and this is what is expressed in the very first Dhammapada gāthā: “manōpubbangamā dhammā..” or “mind…
…an ethical ordinary person, a hundred thousand. To an outsider free of sensual desire, 10,000,000,000. But a gift to someone practicing to realize the fruit of stream-entry may be expected…
…is worth more than 100 000 (ethical ordinary person) but will be much less than 10 000 000 000 (outsiders of Buddhism who are free of sensual desires), and it…
…did not know or doubted their Ariya status. They were mentioned on this forum. If someone knows the exact references, please feel free to share. In one case in the…
…have avecca pasada.” Very good point. I should have been more careful. Thank you, upekkha100! It seems that the Sotapanna Anugami is NOT FREED from the apayas, but it merely…
…does not come home. You are very worried because of these murders. And yes, it is true. She is found killed, cut of fingers, murdered. Would you really still reason…
…are in the same way loyal to family, country, company, etc. They only want to do good. So they kill do to good, to get a compliment, to proove one…
Lal: I myself had made reference to that Sutta (AN 9.12) in the post ‘Sotapanna information from the Sutta-pitaka’ in the Sotapanna Forum (18 Oct) having come across it myself…
…the Buddha explained how long it would take to attain Arahanthood from the lower phala stages. Basically, one may think that as long as one is free from the apayas,…