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I'm reading the vinaya now and turns out my initial guess was right. The op statement comes from the story of the first monk to have intercourse and how the first major rule came to being: Ven. Sudin… (View Post)
(Quote) This is obviously about the monks since we are talking Patimokkha. Putting your penis into a vagina or any other hole is of course a defeat... you can no longer become a monk again in this li… (View Post)
I just read this and in all honesty I cannot disagree with basically anything he has said. I also think what he is asking for, ie a way to test whether a teacher is legit or not, is something the Bud… (View Post)
because there IS no holy book.. just in the theravada in the pali cannon the 4 main nikayas equal to about 6 bibles, let alone the other nikayas and then adding on the mahayana texts. (View Post)
This has been on the news in my state(nj) . The first time i heard this my thought was that this kid was the best dhamma teacher ever. I wouldn't of even tried to fix it.. Putting it into the hudson … (View Post)