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…how the key Pali terms originated (“pada nirukti”). Kusala comes from “ku” + ”sala”, where “ku” refers to “kunu” or keles or defilements, and “sala” means “to get rid of”….
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…how the key Pali terms originated (“pada nirukti”). Kusala comes from “ku” + ”sala”, where “ku” refers to “kunu” or keles or defilements, and “sala” means “to get rid of”….
Moreover,one should judiciously take advantage of the free available time one has. If one has to choose between Insight Meditation/ Tilakhanna bhavana and circumnanbulations…well the decision isn’t difficult to make….
…to read to perceive or comprehend, although theory is certainly helpful. Which is why I reiterate that through experiencing the effects of the technique, one could come to their own…
…have not read that parinibbana means, for example, that mind becomes totally free of any body and is, for ever and Always, happy and beyond samsara in some kind of…
…that killing other people can lead to good results. So, an action like that has bad kammic consequences due to two factors. Most of Siebe’s comments in that post and…
…shall describe the coming and going of consciousness, its passing away and re-appearance, its growth,increase, and maturation” – that is impossible”. Yes. Thank you for saving my time looking for…
…is possible that one can deliberately come back to ‘this world, the 31 realms of samsara, while one is totally freed from samsara, to help other beings? kind regards, Siebe…
…five aggregates subject to clinging, the residual conceit ‘I am,’ the desire ‘I am,’ the underlying tendency ‘I am’ that had not yet been uprooted—this comes to be uprooted.” https://suttacentral.net/en/sn22.89…
…life, become completely free of whatever it normally perceives or experieces, such as thoughts, feelings, perceptions, mental formations and consciousness (seeing, hearing, smelling, sensing a body etc) and stil one…
Oh sorry I didn’t see the panel at the side asking not to direct questions at the admin, if anyone else knows feel free to answer or suggest :)…