Recent content by Dhammañāṇa Bhikkhu

And now?

Samatha does just another temple, house, as long as the builder isn't cut off. Having burned away all old merits, exhausted the refined grasp, the uninstructed reapears in the lowest dwellings, in the realms of devastation.

Classical Brahmanism (if eastern religion means such) requires the right birth, right cast, at first place. If one isn't a "child of God", si.ilar with Jewish Brahmans, one is far of of the "auspicious clan". So pretty nonsensical to grasp it from outwardly as it comes. Aside that it's wrong...

Do "religious" people here have themselves interests above the world, beyond sensuality? So it's just running the way desired. Conflicts are always for sure if higher is used for serving low. By the way "religious freedom" is a total absurdum, since re-legion means (re)bond. One who seeks for...

As they believe such, they remain inactive in efforts to change their ways, from bad habits to what's releasing. Reasoning for that kind of effortlessness are countless, but fall into the rubric of Tittha Sutta: Sectarians. ...and there are also those who think to act on, given and dictated, by...

Once seeing all suffering and stress related to the ever "building on, things may become auspicious, if getting known the escape:

It wasn't said without reason, as cherry picking has it's cause...

Lack of right discernment and improper attention are conditions to perceive improper, good householder, next of being wrong informed. Hindus have as many believes as there are Hindus, like others who didn't arive at the Buddha-Dhamma.

Who would care of what ideas good householder places upon the Juwels. It nevertheless stays as told. And of course, wrong view is the base of those qualities.

Good to gain a first hand answer then, good householder.

No serious religion doesn't "demand" appreciation toward the liberality of one's parents, good householder. Nobody asked you to take on given opportunity to take birth and what ever large or little hospitality. Ideas of rejecting goodness received come along with wrong view, ideas of having a...

The middlepath means also, right after right view, right after right resolve (which has abstaining from any sensual pleasure as 1. factor) abstaining from taking intoxication, drinking, and no, absolutely no, good teaching will tolerate drinking as something minor fault. The Sublime Buddha...

If some would be wise, they would understanding it as a well meant, but not really wise transported meaning, which simply explains the truth of goodness (via a "banal" simile, since most regard body as own, self, would be incapable to understand "good" beyound just goods), dependence, debt. What...

Total reasonable once having surveying a little, good householder, as of course my person fault in regard of to long. Which seems to be clear, and so better back to what's proper: Take care, time's precious!

A religious forum, spirtual forum suggest by definition of this name, that there are interests beyong sensual satisfaction, beyong flesh. Maybe more accurate to ask why somebody who doesn't have faith in lesser painful and destructive seeks such forums, good householder. Actually it's nearly...