Seven Enlightenment Factors

Ajahn Appichato talks about the Seven Enlightenment Factors

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• 2010
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[TheApatheticGuy]

@DerrenBrown100

Morning: The Noble Eightfold Path

Noon: The Noble Eightfold Path

Evening: The Noble Eightfold Path

This should suffice. :D

[dropcum]

This is an interesting lecture, but I don't think it is appropriate for the audience. It is a very technical lecture suited to those who are conversant with the suttas, Pali words & detailed Dhamma eg Kasina practice etc. And were all 7 factors covered? I heard only about mindfulness, but I may be mistaken. So, very interesting but perhaps too complex for the lay community. Thank you, Ajahn Appichato. With metta & gratitude.

[TheShahin21]

the lecture is good,no doubt.and yes one should aspire to get enlightened.but celibacy is not good.its the job of angels .neither lust....cause animals are for that purpose.human beings are in the middle....capable of rising higher then angels and go lower then beasts.marriage is must and if one is sincerely devoted to spritual pursuits,he will soon loose shackles of lust and that would lead him to a far greater states.take my word for it.

[mayhemsci]

@BaiserdeRenaissance Mahayanists and Theravadins keep the same precepts. Whether it is lawful marriage or otherwise is simply an interpretation. The core meaning of the 5 precepts in Chinese (a major source of Mahayana teachings) does not mention a wife either. Am not sure about Tibetans though, doubt so.

[Ryuu44]

@BaiserdeRenaissance You're right. That is also the reason why bhikkhus are celibate. The lay practitioner however seldom tries to reach nirvana in this life. He works to create a chance for a good rebirth in which it will be possible for him to become a bhikkhu and practice in a monastic setting. The standard 3rd precept is enough in a situation like that. There's no reason to put any weight on a civil law concept of marriage However if someone is capable of doing more, like you, that's great.

[BaiserdeRenaissance]

@Ryuu44

Yes,I am practicing Mahayana,but I also am studying all the canons from Theravada since it is the very foundation of Buddha's teachings. I believe that the reason whicu you can only engage sexual behaviour with your lawful spouse in Mahayana is to accommodate more people. However just as I quoted from the shuragama sutra saying that if one wishes to break the cycle of samsara,one must completely remove the lust. Thats why I am celibate.

[Ryuu44]

@BaiserdeRenaissance I have to disagree with you. The 3rd precept doesn't require getting married. agent0sephiroth wrote about the people you shouldn't have sex with according to the Pali cannon. There is nothing about a wife there. If you could read the article Buddhism and Sex shown above you could get some more info on this subject. This of course is a Theravada perspective and you refer to Dae Soen Sa Nim and the 6th Patriarch so it looks like you are a Mahayana practitioner.

[tevung64]

@10axyz It is not a good place for the most part of the vital force to be, because satisfying lust can never lead to unconditioned happiness. So you rechannel your life force to higher planes of consciousness through meditation.

[10axyz]

Please, dont remove "the lustful desire". Christianity and religions have tried enough for humiliation of the alive man and carnal terrestrial love.

Here (in sexual sphere) is the most part of our vital force, which if (!) creatively altered is capable to struggle for our children, for their worthy place under the sun (which strong and malicious people has taken away, braking progress of best mankinds).

[10axyz]

@Ashitanoyuki Yes- it is the short moment of rising in high spheres.

And exists a lot of kinds of enlightment, as we are all different individuals.

[minchi279]

I spoke to this man(wonderful human being) few times and he is a great intellectual

[satjathamma]

it is helful to reject sex, aswell as all other relationships because they are making suffering through craving and get rise to fear, for a monk, love should be totally abandoned, since love makes fear arising, note that this kind of love between man and woman and compassion are not the same kind of love. Buddha allows a man to have a wife with all of what that means, what he didn't allow is sexual missconduct wich are another thing, that would be like criminal sex. like cheating or worse