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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · 1d

Ud 2.8 is one of the weird sutta in the EBT. The story reminds me of the myth of Laozi, he was in his mum's womb for decades and born an old man. But that's not weird enough. The pregnant lady who bore the child for 7 years wanted to have 7 more pregnancies!!!

SuttaCentral

Early Buddhist texts from the Tipitaka (Tripitaka). Suttas (sutras) with the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness, insight, wisdom, and meditation.

suttacentral.net

Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · 3d

What a pile of rubbish for the mind! I cannot finish reading the article.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · 5d

They don't know what's good for them.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · 5d

The PaliVerse project?

PaliVerse: Making Ancient Wisdom Accessible -

At its core, PaliVerse embodies a mission of profound significance: enabling people worldwide to discover the Buddha's teachings in their native languages. The project draws inspiration from remarkable examples within the ancient texts, such as the Aggañña Sutta, which described the universe's expansion and contraction centuries before modern telescopes or advanced physics—a concept that even Einstein initially resisted accepting.

paliverse.org

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · 25d

Definitely not aggressive, I tried to stir it gently without any protection. Luckily, nothing happened. I'm not sure what type of bees though.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · 26d

Why sit down and wait when you can just lie down?

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Sep 3

No idea what kind of frog this is.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 30

It seems like the translator of Pali Canon to modern Chinese, 莊春江 had passed away yesterday due to 21 fast.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 28

I regret reading your post. Now, I'm hungry

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 28

Untranslated Pali words stand out: sammāpāsa, vājapeyya, niraggaḷa

Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is very heartwarming.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 24

Oh dear, there is a long essay by Bhante Sujato on this topic: discourse.suttacentral.net/t/one-in-suc...

“one in such a state” while walking

The Pali phrase evaṁbhūta is one of those little details that is easy to take for granted, but which seems to have more to it than meets the eye. The grammatical basics are clear enough. Evaṁ means “...

discourse.suttacentral.net

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 24

If I understand this sutta correctly, here it says that one can walk while in Jhana.

Then, brahmin, when I am in such a state, if I walk back and forth, on that occasion my walking back and forth is celestial.

This is definitely different from what I was taught, not that I can get into one.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 20

Wow, found this book in the library. Not sure what to say!🙊

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 20

不见棺材不掉泪。They don't see the inherent danger until it's too late. In this case, their vision is hindered by the dollar bills stacking in front of their very own eyes.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 20

NRA is more appropriate in this context, eh.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 15

I'm always suspicious of this organization but it's none of my problem.

Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 13

What is Bhante's opinion on Buddhist specific AI tool like Norbu, dharmamitra or Deerpark AI? I find dharmamitra make classical text in Agama more accessible because classical Chinese is hard to understand some time.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 12

good, of course

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 12

Too cool for school vibe there

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 12

That's a nice pun

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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · Aug 10

How a small island nation that produced virtually none of the emissions changing Earth's climate is struggling to move its people and villages uphill amidst USAID and other foreign assistance cutbacks: wapo.st/3JsEao4 [gift link]

Faced with rising seas and falling aid, Fijian villages move uphill

As the effects of climate change are felt across the Pacific, Fiji has become an authority on the logistically and culturally fraught process of community relocation.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 11

I just kept quiet after hearing the end goal.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 11

A local bhikkhuni told me that she's pursuing PhD to study the efficacy of meditation techniques by gathering data from yogis on retreats. The goal: AI agent that can dish out advice on meditation and monastics can have more free time by offloading this to AI. I wasn't sure if she was serious.

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Ang Way Chuang 洪伟壮 @wcang79.bsky.social · Aug 10

Ven Yifa, that sounds familiar. Is she the Mahayana nun who told Ajahn Brahm that he's more Mahayana than her!

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