Dear Venerable Sir, I've read that when someone is dying, chants can help he/she attain a better rebirth. If it's true, is it also helpful that a woman has...
... Not only lay people, but also many monks are still at the mercy of their untrained minds. Ordaining in itself doesn't change the deep-rooted tendencies,...
... Yes. Everyone who attains enlightenment must pass through the same stages of insight. With the benefit of absorption (jhana) the progress of insight may be...
... of this "thing" where we came from, are we just part of it? If we are not individuals, unique souls, do we stop being ourselves, like reasoning, being...
... a better rebirth. If it's true, is it also helpful that a woman has chants as a background by the time she's delivering a baby? Would that help the baby...
... The best I could find at the moment is the Manual of Abhidhamma from Buddhanet. The following extract deals with the ten fetters. Page 42 22. Eradication...
... From: "Bhikkhu Pesala" <pesala@...> ... Most Venerable Bhikkhu Pesala, I have a father who is days, or a week or two, away from passing this cycle...
Having lived a long life, it is sad to die a painful death. One is helpless to console even one's own relatives at the end if they haven't made preparations...
Thank you again for your answer! My question was more towards the baby himself and not the mother. What kind of benefit would a baby have if, while he is...
To Most Venerable Bhikkhu Pesala, Thank you so much for your reply on consideration of ordination. I also have been pondering the possibilities of become a...
My question was more towards the baby himself and not the mother. What kind of benefit would a baby have if, while he is coming to world, his mother had chants...
... Thank you, most gracious Bhikkhu Pesala. Thank you. My father is not Buddhist, however, his Christian denomination (Christian Science) belives that matter...
Dear venerable Bhikku Pesala, I really appreciate your reply because I learn a proper posture in meditation.But,I still have distraction during metta...
... recorder playing music which I listened before.I don't know how to note distraction because the more I observe, the music gets stronger in my mind. Please...
Dear Venerable Monks, One of the difficulties I face is renunciation (not giving in to the sense cravings). I think I am afraid of giving up my habitual ...
... change my thinking so that I don't have to distract myself - the desire itself will be gone. I feel that this problem is getting in the way of my feeling...
Dear Ven. Master, Please help me how to stop suffering? What method or methods that can easy to help us realize lobha, dosa, moha (greed, aversion, delusion)...
Venerable Monks, I have a question for you. I feel like I just can't make any progress in my meditation. I try to focus on the breathe but the mind just...
... Dave, you asked this same question before (How to meditate 352) and I answered it then in message 353. Have you done any research? Bhikkhu Pesala...
Ven. Bhikkhu Pesala, I appologize for asking essentially the same question twice. I did read that article (in fact I printed it at that time have have ...
For the beginner in meditation there are two major obstacles: wandering thoughts and painful sensations. It seems that if you don't have one, you inevitably...
I sometimes try to practise awareness in a heightened way when I am doing domestic tasks - washing up, etc.. I find there are 2 ways in which I can do this....
Dear Ven. Monk I'm not sure I understand the concept of the Six Realms that we can be reborn into. For example, sometimes I feel that the Hungry Ghost Realm...
... when I am doing domestic tasks - washing up, etc.. I find there are 2 ways in which I can do this. One is to "go with the flow" - to watch things happen...
... we can be reborn into. For example, sometimes I feel that the Hungry Ghost Realm fits the life I'm living, while other times the Jealous God or Animal...
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Swapna
swapumanu@...
Aug 20, 2003 7:42 pm
Ven. Bhikku Pesala, I'd read in a book that "arahantship can be obtained only for the first 1000 years of Buddha's dispensation and likewise the attainment of...
... 1000 years of Buddha's dispensation and likewise the attainment of the other 3 stages of sainthood will keep diminishing gradually until the 5000 years of...
Venerable Bhikkhu Pesala, I just got the chant cd the other day by mail. I am impressed! You live in UK, so far and still sent me this cd! Thank you so...
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Bhikkhu Pesala
bhikkhupesala@...
Aug 21, 2003 7:50 pm
You can listen to it any time you like, but best if in reflective mood. Try to learn at least the Metta and Mangala sutta well enough so that you can...
Dear Venerable sir, I'd read in The Debate of King Milinda: "If a layman attains arahantship, he must either enter the order that very day or die". It happens...
