I asked my teacher, Bhante Gunaratana, about the "eight heavy duties", the special restrictions on Bhikkhunis. His answer was unequivocal. The rules were...
The Meaning of Dhamma, no 4. As we have seen in the Atthasaalinii, dhamma can also mean hetu: <Hetumhi ~naa.na.m dhamma pa.tisambhidaa"ti-aadiisu (vibha. 720)...
Dear All, I was not writing about omniscience but about the apparent paradox of believing at the same time of us as being conditioned and free which is typical...
Hi, you have posed a question of great importance here Sumana: "What kind of strategy can we have to combat sexism in Theravada Buddhism?" I think it is...
John Green
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... I am coming into this a little late and am surprised that no one has yet mentioned the Sandaka Sutta (MN 76). This would surely be the obvious starting...
Dear Bhante Dhammanando, ... I am not sure how this gives much help with the question of a Buddha's "omniscience". Could you indulge me and spell things out a...
Dear Sumana, I an curious how your venerable teacher knows this. When did the women hating monk add this in to the Tipitaka? I wonder why other monks didn't...
The Meaning of Dhamma, no. 5. The Saddaniti gives the same meanings of dhamma as stated in the Atthasaalinii, but in addition it gives several more meanings of...
The Meaning of dhamma, no 6. The Saddaniti states with regard to the meaning of dhamma as pa~n~naa: <Yassete caturo dhammaa, saddhassa gharamesino; For the...
1.Rattaa gaaviyo khette aahi.ndantiyo bahu.m ti.na.m khaadi.msu. red / cows / [in] field / wandering / much / grass / ate The red cows wandering in the field...
... Buddhism. ... Buddha's ... Hello friends theres an article here http://www.buddhanet.net/budsas/ebud/ebdha234.htm (my only reserevation is that The Theory...
Dear Yong Peng, op 07-06-2006 08:45 schreef Ong Yong Peng op pali.smith@...: please advise on the word: aruupasa~n~nii 21-25. Saddhindriya.m bhaaveti......
The Meaning of Dhamma, no 7 The Saddaniti explains dhamma as pariyatti, the scriptures and dhamma as nissattanijjiivataa, without a being, without a living...
The Meaning of dhamma, no 8. The Saddaniti mentions further on more meanings of dhamma. some of them have been classified already and some of them not yet: ...
Dear Yong Peng, op 12-06-2006 18:38 schreef Ong Yong Peng op pali.smith@...: I still have a question. When the monk thinks/says "jaanaami passaami", what...
Dear Yong Peng, ... This is about arupa jhanas throuh kasina practice. See the translation of Thanissaro Bhikkhu: (iii) "One percipient of the formless...
Dear Dmytro and Yong Peng, At first I also thought of aruupa jhaanas, but this was my rpoblem: internally, as to own body. And externally: limited, whereas for...
Dear Dmytro and Nina, thanks. It seems like there are two schools of thoughts here, one of which identifies with the commentarial interpretation. Perhaps this ...
Dear Nina, Dmytro and friends, here is the next instalment of the vagga. 54-61. Ruupii ruupaani passati... ajjhatta.m aruupasa~n~nii bahiddhaa ruupaani passati...
Dear Yong Peng, It seems that I've been wrong, but I didn't understand what this passage means in practice. Now I have found a coherent explanation in...
Dear Dmytro, Yes, you are right. It actually means: all encompassing. That is why the device that is prepared in the case of earth, is a circle of earth....
The Meaning of Dhamma, no. 9 The Saddaniti explains dhamma as pu~n~na, virtue: <"Dhammo have rakkhati dhammacaarin"ti evamaadiisu pu~n~ne. In a passage such as...
9.Daharaa kaaa mudunaa hatthena rattaani padumaani ga.nhaati. young / girl / soft / [with] hand / red / lotuses / takes The young girl takes the red...
1.A white cow drank much water from that big tank. seto / go.no / pivi / bahu.m / udaka.m / taaya / mahantaaya / vaapiyaa Seto go.no taaya mahantaaya vaapiya...
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