Reply To: Arya Monasteries

…Here’s a good video of the place, although a little idealized https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AKyKczBP6k There’s about 40 monks there and 12 anigarikas. The place is still under construction and is a quite…

Reply To: What is dukkha dukkha?

…prolong sukha vedana as much as possible, they engage in sankhara dukkha (the suffering of burdensome activities). For example, they work strenuously at jobs in order to have enough money…

Reply To: Difficulty accepting the 31 realms theory

…merits..they are sure to descend to the four woeful states’ The Buddha mentioned instances where so-and-so had ascended to such-and-such deva (or brahma) realm and ‘will obtain release from there’…

Samādhi, Jhāna, Magga Phala – Introduction

October 12, 2017; revised April 28, 2018; February 11, 2020; June 26, 2022; rewritten February 1, 2023 Introduction 1. Many people have recently attained magga phala (with or without jhāna)…

Is Cakkhu Viññāṇa Free of Defilements?

example, “Sanidāna Sutta (SN 14.12).” All that can happen in a short time. For example, the decision to lie, steal, sexually misbehave, or even kill can occur in a split…