Importance of lotus in Buddhism

…site of the Bodhi-pallanka when the earth gradually emerges after the destruction of the world (DA.ii.411). https://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_names/s/suddhaavaasaa.htm Is that one of the reasons why the lotuses are important in buddhism?…

Reply To: Different types of Buddhism

Throughout the years, I have seen many discussions online in regards to Tibetan (Vajrayana) Buddhism. Many many times I wanted to comment but in the end decided to keep quiet….

Reply To: Pure Dhamma zoom meeting!

…invited! As time progresses more people will join it. Details: English Dhamma discussions 01 by Ven. Lal Ariyaratna Pinnaduwage (www.puredhamma.net) Sunday, 14th January, 2024 (12:30 GMT) Google meetup link: https://meet.google.com/wtz-qaff-iag…

Multiverse: Different Physical Laws and Different Dhamma?

In Prof Stephen Hawking’s multiverse finale http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43976977 “As physicists analysed the idea it emerged that it carried with it the implication that the Big Bang would create not just one…

Reply To: Tilakhanna III

…not in the anatta (totally helpless) state during his life. If you want to see real dukha and real anatta, please watch the video “Earthlings” at this site: http://www.nationearth.com/ I…

Lord Buddha’s Relics

Theruwan Saranai Dhamma friends!!! Sharing an amazing information which is very intriguing. Hope you get to acknowledge the amazing qualities of our Lord Buddha. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnpL8TyVn9w&ab_channel=XTVNews Now…

anicca, dukkha, anatta in Sinhala

…https://puredhamma.net/historical-background/misinterpretation-of-anicca-and-anatta-by-early-european-scholars/, anicca, dukkha, anatta is අනිච්ච දුක්ඛ අනත්ත. This site specifically talks about “the 3 words and 8 letters” After some playing with http://www.kaputa.com/uniwriter/roman2.php, a unicode Sinhala script encoder, it…

Reply To: If You Were To Die Tomorrow…

…responding to the original post in this series, I mentioned the story of the weaver’s daughter, and my impression was that death awareness practice does remove defilements. http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/busc/busc13.htm Best, Lang…

Reply To: Sakkaya vs Sakkaya ditthi

…Saddhu saddhu saddhu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN5bEr86l2Y&list=PLicd0gkZBCmF0vg_7NuRc4ZIXBsGGpXdb&index=13 “pancupadanakkhandha is a subset of pancakkhandha” – Geez . . . never thought of it that way . . . Tremendous help. “I tend to think…