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What Do You Know?

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

Tags: applying theory to life, buddhist practice, theory vs practice
Posted in direct experience, MN 38 Destruction of Craving, Rebirth | 3 Comments »

MN 117 Take Two

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Tags: fruit and result of good and bad actions, given offered sacrificed, hutam, kamma, merit, Pali, right view, sacrifice, taints, translation, word context, wrong view
Posted in asava, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Buddhist History, context, DN 5 Bloodless Sacrifice, lokuttara, MN 117 Great Forty, Rebirth, Suttas, Translating | 5 Comments »

Speaking Only From Direct Experience

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Tags: dependent arising, direct experience, memes, Pali, rebirth, teaching, translation, word context
Posted in MN 38 Destruction of Craving, paticca samuppada, Rebirth, Suttas, Translating | 2 Comments »

In Translation, but not just from the Pali to English

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Tags: a k warder, ahetuvada, Ajivikas, akiriavada, asava, Gombrich, Jains, Kalama Sutta, liberation, lokuttara, natthivada, nihilism, non-causality, non-doing, Pali, sasava, supramundane, translation
Posted in A K Warder, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Bhikkhu Nanamoli, Buddhist Vocabulary, MN 117 Great Forty, Richard F Gombrich, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Translating | 2 Comments »

If the Buddha Taught Karma and Rebirth, He Also Taught Ritual Sacrifice (and that the world exists just as we believe it to be)

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Tags: asava, fruit and result of good and bad actions, given offered sacrificed, Gombrich, kamma, rebirth, right view, taints, Theravada, Vedas, wrong view
Posted in Bhikkhu Bodhi, Bhikkhu Nanamoli, causality / non-causality, kamma, MN 117 Great Forty, nihilism, non-action, Rebirth, Richard F Gombrich, Suttas, Thanissaro Bhikkhu | 5 Comments »