Dharma Wheel

Love as infatuation between a man and a woman is a common phenomena. It is necessary for the continuity of the race and for making families, but it does not last. In that sense, it can be said to be delusional. Between birth and death, where the human experience takes place, there is a wide spectrum...

Try to recollect the good qualities of your father. You can be certain that he has some. This could help you being less fixated about his short-comings, and would help you change your approach when you convey certain truths to him as you see them. It would also help him being more receptive to your ...

I know I'm the cause of my own suffering if I don't do anything about it. I guess I'm just weak and have too many ridiculous excuses why it's hard to stop using social media. For the most part it's fine. I limit what I watch and/or follow and if someone upsets me or there's a topic that upsets me i...

I know people might say, just take a break from all social media and take a break from the internet and I might but that might be a little hard to be honest. I'm just wanting some insight Ave guidance from people who have helped me before. You want some insight and guidance from others, and at the ...

"So the monk approached the Great Brahma and, on arrival, said, 'Friend, where do these four great elements — the earth property, the liquid property, the fire property, and the wind property — cease without remainder?' "When this was said, the Great Brahma said to the monk, 'I, monk, am ...

Buddhism does not directly address every possible single issue facing humans, but offers a framework that can be applied to wide variety of contexts. Worldly knowledge lacks certainty, and depends on reason to explain phenomena. The lack of certainty is non-linear, hence usually a coherent worldly v...

She wasn't able to get divorced because her husband is making it difficult to proceed with the documentation. Do you know why her husband is making it difficult to proceed with the documentation? and if you do, would that affect what is considered "adultery" in your POV? In general, the l...

I tested positive three weeks ago, so i isolated myself at home for two weeks with very little movement except inside my small apartment. After the quarantine period my body was really stiff, but gradually, and after getting back to work, it is getting better. We have a total curfew every Friday, so...

Compassion, when defined in terms of absence, is to be free from delusion and ill will, and therefore not different from wisdom. From that perspective, practicing the 8FP is a training in compassion.

From what i know, it is an offense for monastics and a mixed karma for lay followers.

Self continuity is a dependently originated phenomena and therefore there is no ultimate truth in it.

There is no one correct way of explaining/determining causes except through purpose. In general, the Buddha taught that ignorance has no known beginning and that desire or craving is what fuels or maintains ignorance. Recent scientific theories such as natural selection would explain certain desires...

I received a lot of good advice or teachings in my path, such as:

1- The Buddha did not only teach not self
2- To live harmoniously in the world, right thinking is the way.

All is one can be proved from the prospective that when elements are compounded, they can function as one unity recognizable as independent from its surrounding. It can be disproved by highlighting that the one becomes independent only through negating its surrounding, and therefore, it is dependent...

The Buddha taught: A monk is not an elder because his head is gray. He is but ripe in age, and he is called one grown old in vain. One in whom there is truthfulness, virtue, inoffensiveness, restraint and self-mastery, who is free from defilements and is wise — he is truly called an Elder. The abov...

The Buddha taught: A monk is not an elder because his head is gray. He is but ripe in age, and he is called one grown old in vain. One in whom there is truthfulness, virtue, inoffensiveness, restraint and self-mastery, who is free from defilements and is wise — he is truly called an Elder. The above...

I am a heavy smoker, i don't think of quitting, i like smoking. I stopped smoking few times in the past, but without much struggle. Taking the whole thing personal makes quitting more difficult. What stops you from quitting is just another cigarette, this is how the logic goes. It seems more about t...

The ability to masturbate shows how the mind/self/clinging aggregates have no ultimate truth to them. Instead of thinking about it from doctrinal perspective, think of it in terms of opportunity cost, you are limited in time and energy. Humans can do better than seeking sensual pleasure, that does n...

Hi there, One theory to explain it is that the stilling of the body and focusing on meditation object increases consciousness (predictability) which increases neuroticism. This manifests itself as strange experiences that shakes the mind out of its habitual ways. which gradually increases both creat...

The confusion is the worst part. It would be ideal if we had consistent guidance on best practices and national coordination on making and distributing safety equipment. We have a lot of really smart people in the country who could help get us on the right track, and most would feel it their duty t...