Buddhism without Rebirth and Nibbāna?

…Buddhism, but they cannot understand what the big deal is about rebirth, and they cannot comprehend what Nibbāna is. Thinking is: Why can’t we have Buddhism without rebirth (because I…

Loka and Nibbāna (Aloka) – Complete Overview

…rupa, and arupa) of the world. February 8, 2025; minor revisions on the same day Download/Print: “Distorted Saññā, Loka, and Nibbāna“ Loka and Nibbāna – Overview 1. Attachment to the…

Reply To: Taking Back my old claim based on newfound awareness

…an example, he wrote a little booklet called “The Basic Method of Meditation”, which one can actually download from here: https://bswa.org/bswp/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Ajahn_Brahmavamso_the_Basic_Method_of_Meditation.pdf He described how to get to the 1st jhana,…

Reply To: Buddha’s Views on Responsibilities

Sigalovada Sutta – The Layman’s Code of Discipline Download link: https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/ethics_s.htm (Sorry not able write in a clean way, using mobile phone for this posting.)…

Quantum Entanglement – We Are All Connected

…Bell’s inequality was confirmed in three “loophole-free” experiments; see the pdf, “Wiseman-Death by experiment for local realism-Nature-2015“. And the first of those experiments is: “Hensen-Loophole-free Bell Inequality-Nature-2015“. Details at “Quantum…

Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana

Regarding posting long comments: I always use a word processor but it hasn’t seemed to help unfortunately. To continue the thread: I will copy-paste Lal’s reply from the other thread…

Reply To: Thai Forest Tradition

Another part When I have recommended body contemplation to others, some answered: “That is only one valid way of practice, but other ways are equally good. To say that only…

Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Wrong Interpretations

…transmission; see “Sutta Interpretation – Uddēsa, Niddēsa, Paṭiniddēsa.” Commentaries were written to explain critical concepts in the Tipiṭaka, and only three of those original commentaries have survived. We need to…