BuddhaLord

Here :

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Buddhism_FAQ

Buddhists , what do you think?

You may access entire Abhidhamma in English (as well as in pali) here on wikipitaka:

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Abhidhamma_Pitaka

Though it is only a compilation from various sources.

Heaven & Its Mansions

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'Vimanavatthu' is now available at :

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Vimanavatthu

Pl read & tell how is it ?

Enjoy

Presenting the biggest source of Tipitaka (in English) on world wide web at Wikipitaka :

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

It has now 2351 pages of suttas i.e. more than 1000 suttas have been added before 31 Dec 2014 .

The unique thing about the Wikipitaka is that , besides mirroring Accesstoinsight :

(1) It has Dhammapada in complete detail (423 nos.) with all the actual events/stories (sourced with thanks from Nibbana.com) which helps to understand it very well given the circumstances.

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Dhammapada

(2) The complete Jataka Tales (547 nos.) in plain English (the version in archaic English was taken from sacred texts site) . This was added on the Buddha's birthday this year.

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Jataka

This kind of Jataka is not available anywhere else.

Also the wikipitaka was populated with from all suttas (taken thankfully) from Accesstoinsight site for the sections i.e. Samyutta Nikaya, Anguttara Nikaya, Theragatha, Therigatha, Vimanavatthu & Petavatthu .

Besides some suttas were also correctly interpreted as in the case of :

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/SN_47.6_Sakunagghi_...

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/SN_36.19_Pancakanga...

http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/SN_47.41_Amata_Sutt...

Also the MS-Word files of Jataka and Dhammapada are available , these can be provided free to anyone who requires these, if email address is provided.

May all benefit from it.

May All Beings Be Happy.

As you know many experiences occur with meditation. Some times trance experiences. But is it possible to make others also experience the trance experience what you yourself experience.

A suggestion : Meditate together and develop your experience , when you start feeling light within you , is it possible that other person also start experiencing the same by -- Induction.

Details : When the experience comes the head swells with power & bliss & you'd experience a glow radiating from you , is it possible that this glow , like electricity (Faraday's law Hah ha) also induces others to make them feel the same thing. Could it be like lighting one lamp with another.

This is secret temple which has only one pillar & no walls, which only the holy, pure & meek people can access and others cannot even know its location.

And when they behold the deity inside they are changed totally and they come out transformed for life. The deity removes all guile from them and they are blessed forever.

Those who dont know:

This qn is inspired from elder scrolls game.

I say, what if all human beings are dragon born

but need awakening

from Buddhism point of view:

The dragon rules the world

it kills ppl by several means but

it gives rebirth too

we are all trapped in the cycle of rebirths

The real self of us

the brain & spine

look like a snake

a hidden dragon

but we need to be awakened

and understand that

we are trapped inside body

Lets first realize that

we are all dragons inside

thats how the dragon created us

in his image (snakelike)

But what if we find a way out

transcend & realize

so what shall we find?

Jesus recorded "Woe to you" to Jewish people , in his gospels (Matthew) and foretold about his false victimization by Jewish Israelites and announced destruction of Israel & suffering to Jews , also told about destruction of their temple ,

announced "chaff will be burnt in fire" .

And it actually happened --

In 70 AD romans destroyed Israel & their temple, made many Jews slaves & carried them to Europe and many Jewish ppl were hanged on cross, it is said that the road to rome was littred with jewish people's bodies hanging on cross.

All this because he admitted that Jewish religion has faltered and did not practice the compassion and were haughty with superiority complex.

In ww2 they were burnt in fire.

In todays world we see oppression of non-jews in Israel especially muslims. They are heckled . they are sneered , abused and stones are thrown at their houses day & night. Actually apartheid being practiced by Jews .

So if they didnt learn the lesson , are they inviting a similar wrath?

Abrahamic religions have it

Judaism - Its their standard practice of killing animals & birds in temple , offer their blood to the Yahweh who gets pleased with it.

Christianity - Its mentioned in Bible and every Church has an alter. Catholic colonists sacrificed millions to gain wealth & power.

Islam - Most Muslim do sacrifice of animals on Bakrid & other festivals , they first raise the animal lovingly but then one day they just kill it & eat it & offer its prayer to their God for its soul .

Hinduism - It was a vedic practice of fire worship followed by bali (sacrifice) of animals , scarifice of human is mentioned in Rigveda (Purusha sukta)

Sikh - Their gurus sacrificed humans (paanch pyare) but they say they resurrected them later and teach people to carry arms all the time & sacrifice themselves or kill others for the cause of their religion

and others

and so we atheists who practice humanism , need to be careful in dealing with them considering that their attitude may turn any time ?

in their religious books , in some form or another

and if so,

Atheism is so humane, modern & better & the way to go

due to social pressure and for being so different.

I think he achieved the highest possible position by any religious man.

Yet it looks like he is not not satisfied by what he can see.

What is it actually?

Scientists seeking surrogate mother for resurrecting Neanderthal from its DNA.

Its known that other species of humans are extinct (probably eaten by prehistoric cannibal humans).

Cannibalism was prevalent in earlier times (especially in Europe) so it is assumed that early humans species hunted each other for food (in many places monkeys are still eaten today).

So probably Neanderthals were eaten and became extinct.

However with scientists claiming to resurrect Neanderthal human from its DNA , it seems that the barbaric man will come alive and may even lead to a new arms race between species .

Implications?

Link :

http://news.discovery.com/human/evolution/surrogat...

Fundamentalists

I mean believers