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I've posted this article by Bhikkhu Bodhi before on another thread and will do so here again as you may have not seen it and might find it useful. From "Living with pain, not with suffering"… (View Post)
It is said in the Pali Canon that after his enlightenment, the Buddha decided to give his first sermon in Benares and on the way there he met Upaka who, struck by the serene appearance of the Buddha,… (View Post)
In the Pali Canon, the teachings of the Buddhas have been summed up in the Dhammapada as follows: "To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to purify one's mind - this is the teaching of the Bu… (View Post)
Hi TheEccentric, I suppose that the trouble you have with believing in rebirth is because you have no proof of it. But what I wonder then is whether you have any sort of belief about what happens aft… (View Post)
Citta, My main point was simply this. When teachers such as Ven. Sayadaw U Silananda or the Dalai Lama speak of life-after-life rebirth, it does not mean that these people believe that time is linear… (View Post)