Sakka - the king of the 33 divinities - once spoke these verses to the Blessed Buddha: Having slain what, does one sleep in peace ? Having slain...
First, the conceit 'I Am' is constructed and becomes established. Then follows the distortion of the processes of thought, view and experience,...
Now, I'm laughing ... Not at gp's cosmic joke, but that I too had that very thought today while feeding the dogs ...
Call it what you will to justify your false views. It doesn't really seem to matter much anyway, right? That's It !!! Sure you do. I've also...
What are the 20 invalid Theories of an only apparently existing 'self' ? 1: My 'self' is identical with my Body; this physical...
There neither ever was, nor is now, nor will ever be any 'Person'... There neither ever was, nor is now, nor will ever be any 'Self'... There...
Buddha never taught a "Supreme consciousness". He never mentioned a "Supreme consciousness". He never indicated a "Supreme consciousness". What...
At Savatthi the Blessed Buddha said: Bhikkhus, the uninstructed ordinary person regards form as self, or self as possessing a form, or form as...
At Savatthi the Blessed Buddha said this: Bhikkhus, when what exists, by clinging to what, by adhering to what, by insisting dogmatically on...
At Savatthi the Blessed Buddha said this: Bhikkhus, desire and lust for the ability* to see forms is an obstructing corruption of the mind...!!!...
The eye is a source of Suffering... Forms are a source of Suffering... The ear is a source of Suffering... Sounds are a source of Suffering... The...
This have I heard. At this time the Blessed One was living in the Natika Brick-House. Then while being secluded & all alone, the Blessed Buddha...
Bhikkhus, leave whatever is not yours, give it up! Having left it, relinquished it and in every respect released it, that will lead to your...
Hmmm... Sounds familiar !
Mind precedes & initiates all phenomena, mind is their chief, mind is their maker... When one speaks or performs an action with a mind that is...
Then the Venerable Ananda approached the Blessed One and asked him: Venerable Sir, it is said: Empty is the world, empty is the world ... In what...
Patience, Miss Molly, patience. I do believe our friend, Meagain said: He might have more ... I don't know !!! Besides, why get stuck up on...
Your opinion ... not mine !!! Besides, no matter what translation I read The Buddha's teaching from, he will always use "consciousness" in a...
A certain Bhikkhu once asked the Blessed Buddha: Venerable Sir, how should one know and see, in order to eliminate all ignorance and to facilitate...
MTH: that is word jugglery that any religionist would speak likewise... All beings engage in "word jugglery" everytime they open their mouths....
Separate names with a comma.
