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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…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
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,…
@Lal said : “One will never be free from death”…Neither from life ? Thank you….
…if someone can point out a sutta in the Tipiṭaka that is inconsistent with this post. Possible inconsistencies MAY arise if one tries to make them compatible with late commentaries…
Johnny, I mostly agree with you. There is one part though that I would like to comment on. You wrote: If they don’t go looking for dukkha, how do they…
…mind becomes free of a large fraction of defiled thoughts. That is the first stage of “cooling down”. However, as I said elsewhere, different people comprehend things differently at one’s…
Siebe, Look back upon your past life experiences and your current day-to-day life. Also examine the lives of people around you. Do you agree with The Buddha that there is…
…“I now enter this or that jhana” or “I now leave this or that jhana”. A sutta tells this was how Sariputta experienced it. He was totally free from I…
…for an Arahant to be free of the khandhas and yet is not annihilated although He now ‘has no mind’ (Lal); how it can be that He ‘neither exists, nor…
…if they understand the dhamma. So we can even wish saying “may all beings understand this Dhamma, eliminate the chance of being born in the lower realms and be free…