Jāti and the 11 Fires for understanding the First Sacca.

…saṃkhittena pañc·upādāna·k·khandhā dukkhā. (https://www.buddha-vacana.org/sutta/samyutta/maha/sn56-011.html) I tried to co-relate these 2 lists, after listening to Venerable waharaka Theras teachings and of- course Lal Sirs Essays, and I could end up with…

A Meditation Table on Anicca from SN 56.11

…than one thought before. It is not something which comes and goes here and there , then and now. Life, Youth and Vigour and Health, joy and happiness, pain and…

Kasina meditation?

From https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=142 “The Buddha consenting, Santati rose to a height of seven toddy-palms into the sky and there, while meditating on the element of fire (tejo kasina), he passed away…

Reply To: Namaskaraya and Tisarana Vandana

Link to sutta where buddha describes various ways in which Puthujjano praises the buddha and buddha describes how they should actually do it. And it’s in Brahmajala Sutta!!! https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.01.0.bodh.html…

Reply To: Early Buddhism vs Theravada

I hadn’t heard of Chinese Agama before so I did a little check. I found a website where Agama is accessible. www.ahanjing.top Interestingly, it’s linked to Accesstoinsight.org as an English…

Reply To: Clarification of definition – " anantariya"

…From what I understood, he killed his parents in a previous life. Ref: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/hecker/wheel263.html#ch9 10. The Death of Maha Moggallana From your explanation, once a person commits an anantariya karma,…