Reply To: Parents

Hello Lal Sir ! I tried reading the link you shared about the deep kindness of parents. It lead me to this page-https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/filial-sutra.htm I feel that this can’t be Buddha’s…

AN10.177, about the death partaking of offerings

…also often described there. I do not understand why only peta-rebirth is the kind of rebirth in which death relatives partake of offerings. Does anyone know? https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an10/an10.177.than.html kind regards, Siebe…

Difference between Tanha and Upadana

…clinging/grasping/holding on to? 2) upadana= attachment/clinging/grasping/holding on to? 3) In the Paticca Samuppāda cycle, upadana comes after tanha. Thus upadana is a consequence of tanha? Once you crave something, you…

Reply To: Four Conditions for Attaining Sōtapanna Magga/Phala

…down right there on the ground. Seeing the drawbacks of the body, my mind was then set free. https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/thig/thig.01.00x.than.html#sutta-1 Can we really know the conditions for such breaktrough moments? Sieb…

Reply To: Kammic Outcomes of Ambiguous Behavior

…And at the right moment that i’m writing the latter it suddenly comes to my mind…: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.028.nymo.html “The eye is burning, forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact is burning,…

Reply To: Kammic Outcomes of Ambiguous Behavior

Yeos said: “comes to my mind…: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.028.nymo.html “The eye is burning, forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact is burning,..” The sutta is Adittapariyaya Sutta (SN 35.28): The sutta is…

the effects of practices and contemplations.

…happened? Due to this practice many bhikkhu’s committed suicide. https://suttacentral.net/sn54.9/en/sujato I think this is an example of a serieus issue. The issue of the effect of certain practices on us….