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by Ananda
Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:58 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Self in Theravada
Replies: 78
Views: 157093

Re: Self in Theravada

Ajahn Punnadhammo's Dharma Talks http://www.dharmaseed.org/teacher/8/talk/30534/ We can't talk to well about experience beyond concepts, only how to get there! Ajahn Sumedho - Kamma And Rebirth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_b1x2_sS80 Thanissaro Bhikkhu http://www.audiodharma.org/teacher/16/ Ajah...
by Ananda
Tue Mar 21, 2017 3:32 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Self in Theravada
Replies: 78
Views: 157093

Re: Self in Theravada

"The implication is that the householder can never reach nibana, but he/she will forever remain in samsara" NO! NO! NO! One can touch Nibbana at any time dependent on past kamma fading away and present intention striving on in the 8 fold path. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ekGfIFRRU0 Pa...
by Ananda
Tue Mar 21, 2017 2:32 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Self in Theravada
Replies: 78
Views: 157093

Re: Self in Theravada

" The rebuke fell into two major parts. In the first part, the Buddha reminded Ven. Sudinna of his position as a sama˚a—a monk or contemplative—and that his behavior was unworthy of his position. Also, the Buddha pointed out to him the aims of the teaching and noted that his behavior ran counte...
by Ananda
Tue Mar 21, 2017 9:03 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Self in Theravada
Replies: 78
Views: 157093

Re: Self in Theravada

Mara also tempted Stephen and enticed him to write about yours truly!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBLObtU ... 5A2FC0076A

"And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season" "SEASON"
~KJV

How subtilty cunning!
by Ananda
Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:42 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: How did early Christian texts just go missing?
Replies: 128
Views: 72428

Re: How did early Christian texts just go missing?

"Did someone intentionally suppress them"

The texts themselves might very well have been sexually abused.
by Ananda
Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:27 am
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Self in Theravada
Replies: 78
Views: 157093

Re: Self in Theravada

Burning embers, blazing and glowing will have an end but the ways of craving extend beyond the bend. 108 you come to see, Mara has a vast army.
by Ananda
Mon Mar 20, 2017 10:17 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: ~Religious Blues~proving the devils existence
Replies: 2
Views: 8901

~Religious Blues~proving the devils existence

RJ.jpg 3MCHI23FTP8 I) Reviewing the devil in culture. Forthcoming: Evidence for the existence of the devil. My first witness giving oral testament and written evidence, "Me and the Devil Was walkin' side-by-side" Me And The Devil Blues Robert Johnson Early this morning When you knocked up...
by Ananda
Mon Mar 20, 2017 8:20 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: I am not asking you, I am telling you! Fantasy based
Replies: 74
Views: 110183

Re: I am not asking you, I am telling you! Fantasy based

A fancy fan to see, Christianity, spinning tales of awakened gales as the soul rocks and the spirit sails. "For some people religion is useful but for others, it is only a policeman" ~G. Gurdjieff The Reason The Mulla went to see a rich man. 'Give me some money.' 'Why?' 'I want to buy an e...
by Ananda
Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:59 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: Self in Theravada
Replies: 78
Views: 157093

Re: Self in Theravada

Letters are fetters of a reality-tethered, but an oral exchange leaves no change! lol

"Pañha Sutta: Questions" (AN 4.42), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (Legacy Edition), 3 July 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html .
by Ananda
Mon Mar 20, 2017 1:12 pm
Forum: General Religious Discussion
Topic: I am not asking you, I am telling you! Fantasy based
Replies: 74
Views: 110183

Re: I am not asking you, I am telling you! Fantasy based

I seem to have fallen into a condition,(dukkha) vertigo, best described by Andrew Keen but I did learn you don't need a comma after a question mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjrXRSQhquk