Reply To: Validity of current interpretation of Satipatthana Sutta
…do every day. Whenever needed, I get up to look up a sutta or do an online search. The goal is to increase one’s understanding, not to be forced to…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…do every day. Whenever needed, I get up to look up a sutta or do an online search. The goal is to increase one’s understanding, not to be forced to…
…(ii) Words are combined to minimize the number of ola leaves used. For example, “cakkhuviññÄį¹aį¹” appears instead of “cakkhu viññÄį¹aį¹.“ Therefore, it is critical to be able to interpret a…
…comments by two people in online discussion forums. Those are representative of the comments of many others and thus I would like to address those. First Myth – Fear of…
…commit a pÄrÄjika. Thus, Buddha established pÄrÄjika 4. If to show off, a bhikkhu knowingly claims that he has eliminated kilesÄ or that he has obtained realizations (one of the…
SN 10.1 Indaka Vagga is about a conversation between a yakkha and the Buddha. The yakkha asked the Buddha how does one obtain the body. I read a dhamma book…
Thank you Lal, Lang and Cubibobi. I am beginning to obtain some clarity on this subject. Reading many current books and papers on the topic of consciousness from Roger Penrose…
…‘Currently, there is plenty of food, it is easy to obtain alms food. So it is easy to maintain oneself by obtaining alms food. But when there is a famine,…
As always Lal, thank you for your time and teachings, much merits to you. May any merits we obtain from this meritorious act be shared/transferred/offered to all the Satta’s and…
…Killing (or paying others to kill) to obtain that flesh compounds the bad karma. Eating of meat itself, is ok, but how is one going to acquire that meat without…
Hi wta, Some people feel lonely because they are searching for meaning in their lives and are not content with the answers that they find, such as ‘contributing to society’,…