Reply To: Prayers and Merits

…seems a bit more complicated since they cannot directly listen if they are far away, but perhaps there is someway for the message to reach them via the nāma loka….

Āṇi Sutta (The Drum Peg)

Āṇisutta At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati. “Once upon a time, mendicants, the Dasārahas had a clay drum called the Commander. “Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, dasārahānaṁ ānako nāma mudiṅgo ahosi. Each time the Commander…

Venerable Arahant Dabba the Mallian.

He is a highly respected Venerable who attained the arahant stage at the age of seven. He possessed remarkable iddhi powers and was renowned for his mastery of the fire…

Reply To: Felt Like a Jhāna

…this. All this to say that he has unusual methods of teaching the Dhamma!! Jethavaranama Buddhist Monastery uses a particular method too. Nandasutta Then the Buddha took Nanda by the…

Reply To: Significance of bodily feelings

https://puredhamma.net/key-dhamma-concepts/nama-rupa-to-namarupa/four-mental-aggregates/vedana-and-samphassa-ja-vedana/?highlight=Upekkha%20l In this post, you have stated: “Even an Arahant will experience those dukha or sukha vedana as long as he/she is alive. Only “samphassa-jā-vēdanā” will not arise in an…

“San” is not a word in the Pāli Canon.

If San is Raga, Dwesha, Moha, there cannot be Sankhara Paccaya Vinnana in Avyakata Paticca Samupada. …vipākaṃ cakkhuviññāṇaṃ uppannaṃ hoti upekkhāsahagataṃ rūpārammaṇaṃ, tasmiṃ samaye saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṃ, viññāṇa paccayā nāmaṃ, nāma…