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Like when enter or join, a shrine, another's sphere, or back: good for greating, bye, veneration, short talks, quick help. Some infos on regards .


2023 Jun 01 19:44:38
blazer: Sure

2023 Jun 01 19:33:23
Ruslan1: I'll make a post in your thread if you don't mind. Can do in a couple hours.

2023 Jun 01 19:25:50
blazer: It would be interesting to have a longer answer, maybe open a topic if needed

2023 Jun 01 19:22:41
Ruslan1: If i was to answer in short. It is a safe bet whereas taking chances with people is more of a risk.

2023 Jun 01 19:07:05
blazer: Nice quote Ruslan, thanks. But for which reasons it would be better for me to dwell alone instead than a monastery?

2023 Jun 01 18:58:17
Ruslan1: "It's not the case, Moggallana, that I praise association of every sort. But it's not the case that I dispraise association of every sort. I don't praise association with householders and renunciates. But as for dwelling places that are free from noise, free from sound, their atmosphere devoid of people, appropriately secluded for resting undisturbed by human beings: I praise association with dwelling places of this sort." -an7.58

2023 Jun 01 18:56:16
Ruslan1: All is good here Blazer, hope your retreat goes well. I would suggest spending time alone in nature instead of going to a monastery tho

2023 Jun 01 18:47:26
blazer: Hello everyone. Is it allright?

2023 Jun 01 03:07:46
Ruslan1: I don't know who is legally liable for the data management on this forum but i strongly advise whoever it is to run this forum in accord with laws governing such operation

2023 Jun 01 02:58:52
Ruslan1: Also keep in mind that this forum us not like DW, it doesn't have Section 230 (Com Decency Act) protection. I could sue you even without the GDPR as you are basically reviling me in public...

2023 May 30 18:06:53
Ruslan1: You have a month to comply before i file a complaint and pursue a ban on processing. Good day.

2023 May 30 17:38:31
Ruslan1: I don't accepts your giving me a guarantee, you keep that guarantee for yourself, it belongs to you Samana.

2023 May 30 08:31:41
Johann: Atma can give Nyom Ruslan a garantie that he will not fnd away to prevent himself from the lowers realms. A person guaranteed to destruction. Nobody can help a fool.

2023 May 29 16:31:55
Ruslan1: I've sent a "gdpr compliance request" to samana johann's sangham.net email, i used an email not registered to this account. I am posting here to confirm that it is a legitimate request.

2023 May 19 12:53:17
Johann: May all spend a blessing Uposatha New moon based on metta.

2023 May 15 18:40:18
Johann: Once uncontrolled emotions and angry birds have entered the fake liberation disguise, it's a quaranty that they even destroy their whole kind by increasing the killing and battle fields. Long is the pain for those approving wrong for a "good".

2023 May 14 22:19:00
Johann: Put into topic: Every joy leads to certain release, but...!

2023 May 14 22:16:22
Vilā: => សត្វទាំងឡាយមានកម្ម ជារបស់ខ្លន

2023 May 14 22:12:29
Johann: And what are the joys like snares? Release on joy in Sign is a snare, ...sound is a snare..., smell, taste, bodily touch, release by joy over ideas is a snare, leading to birth, aging, sickness, death and seperation, again and again.

2023 May 14 22:07:54
Vilā: ប្រសិនបើឃើញអន្ទាក់ថា ជាអន្ទាក់ហើយចេះដើរ ដោយសុវត្ថិភាព តាមវិធីរបស់ខ្លួន មានអីមិនល្អ?

2023 May 14 22:06:42
Vilā: ការបានរូចខ្លនពីអន្ទាក់ ជាភាពរីករាយ។ ពួកគេនឹងជាប់អន្ទាក់ដោយ សារឃើញនុយ ដែលចូលចិត្ត

2023 May 14 21:40:43
Johann: Every joy leads to certain release. But it's just right joy that leads toward lasting, right release.

2023 May 14 18:00:02
Vilā: មេឃងងឹត និងកំពុងភ្លៀង នៅភ្នំពេញ  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 May 13 22:08:08
Vilā:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 May 12 16:58:21
Johann: ...and ពិសាខ អដ្ថមី បូជា Atthamī Pūjā: The Day of the Buddha's Cremation

2023 May 12 07:26:55
Johann: A blessed Uposatha- observing this Sila-day.

2023 May 11 22:36:00
Johann: A great lesson, reminder, to reflect on sport by Nyom Gernot, once Atma still was a child: "If they would give out 22 balls on the soccer field, they would not need to fight over one." It might help Dhammika to see the dangers of games and sports.

2023 May 11 22:30:12
Johann: Not-knowing being the cause of wrong deeds, knowing so, how could a Dhammika ever have a thought like "this is an enemy". The Brahmaviharas don't have a place for 'but' and exclusion all around.

2023 May 09 14:38:28
Johann: Nyom Gernot

2023 May 09 14:37:32
Johann: Doubt that there isn't more sublime pleasure and peace to be found when going forth, living the Brahmacaria.

2023 May 09 14:36:31
Johann: The same: fear of losing sensual pleasure and arising of doubt, Nyom.

2023 May 09 14:28:04
Moritz: Hard to understand context. I will try to understand more later. Now must go back to work stress. _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 May 09 14:12:54
Johann: Good to encourage Nyom Vila likewise she once did when doubts on the path in Nyom Moritz arose and he seeked to go back into the war zones of the world.

2023 May 09 14:11:09
Johann: Nyom Moritz

2023 May 09 14:09:07
Moritz: Vandami Bhante _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 May 05 21:18:00
Johann: Some moved there

2023 May 05 18:45:49
Vilā: 😒

2023 May 05 16:44:26
Johann: A man said: "The worst peace is better then war." Actually any peace isn't war. And violence for what ever reason can never be justified. That why the one putting away weapons always wins, not to speak of those follow him right after, right here and yet. How can one, for the sake of own ignorance, encourage even others to fight and kill and lead others to wrong doings and into hell. Violence is never overcome by violence, but by non-violence. This is an eternal law. The law of not giving any flame only a little fuel. Etena saccena suvatthi hotu. Ratana Sutta

2023 May 04 21:44:40
Johann: មុទិតា (shares moved here )

2023 May 04 21:12:32
Vilā:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_ កូណានៅលើវេរ៉ង់ដា ស្រឡះល្អ

2023 May 04 21:08:57
Johann: May all spend a peaceful and liberating Vesakh Puja Uposatha by means of letting go of desires to control the world of senses and dwell within the Brahma-realms.

2023 May 03 23:24:59
Johann: Global holocaust... not 'just' WW, initiated by "tech revolution" as means... May all strive consciously for what's beyond struggles and gains in this world, how ever ease it might still be perceived by most. May all, by their right choices, find and develop firm Refuge into the Gems, gain a footing toward the deathless timely.

2023 Apr 29 11:14:02
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 28 18:15:14
Johann: A blessed rest of Sila-day today, for those observing it today.

2023 Apr 28 09:45:18
blazer: good morning everyone

2023 Apr 27 11:32:09
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 27 11:15:08
Vilā: សាធុ សាធុ សាធុ _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 27 06:10:57
Johann: A Blessed Sila-day by observing the conducts of the Arahats.

2023 Apr 26 00:45:37
blazer: Very good reading, thank you  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 25 15:25:49
Johann: To have the Khmer below also in English: Mangala Sutta , and mudita.

2023 Apr 25 11:55:49
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 25 11:51:13
Johann: As for Atma... enough (or say: die spinnen, die Römer)

2023 Apr 25 11:48:26
Johann: Yes, maybe some like to read about it...

2023 Apr 25 11:45:25
blazer: This is fantastic and more! It was great to see someone training in austerity, solitude, aiming for liberation, someone having some urgency to leave for a simple life. This encounter have left me a bit sleepless, many sensations and toughts have arisen. Will write a few lines soon.  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 25 10:07:42
Johann: Fantastic of what one could perceive, could meet, isn't it...

2023 Apr 25 07:28:04
Johann: Mudita

2023 Apr 25 06:00:48
blazer: Just met a person, who is practicing renunciations, meditation, planning to depart for a solitary life, in contemplation, far from society, looking for liberation as final goal. Much good talk. Gave good inspiration.  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 24 23:36:27
Johann: That's why they bow down to stones... those stones and images, or books aren't so 'violent' toward defilements.

2023 Apr 24 21:16:58
Vilā: សេចក្តីគោរពចំពោះបុគ្គលដែលគួរគោរព ១ ការប្រព្រឹត្តិបន្ទាបខ្លួន ១ សេចក្តីត្រេកអរចំពោះរបស់ដែលមាន ១ ភាពនៃបុគ្គលអ្នកដឹងឧបការគុណដែលអ្នកដទៃធ្វើដល់ខ្លួន ១ ការស្តាប់ធម៌តាមកាល ១ (ទាំង ៥) នេះ ជាមង្គលដ៏ឧត្តម។  សេចក្តីអត់ធន់ ១ ភាពនៃបុគ្គលដែលប្រដៅងាយ ១ ការបានឃើញ បានចួបសមណៈទាំងឡាយ ១ ធម្មសាកច្ឆាតាមកាល ១ (ទាំង ៤) នេះ ជាមង្គលដ៏ឧត្តម។  សេចក្តីព្យាយាមដុតបាបធម៌ ១ ការប្រព្រឹត្តិនូវធម៌ដ៏ប្រសើរ ១ ការឃើញនូវអរិយសច្ចទាំងឡាយ ១ ការធ្វើឲ្យជាក់ច្បាស់នូវព្រះនិព្វាន ១ (ទាំង ៤) នេះ ជាមង្គលដ៏ឧត្តម។

2023 Apr 24 21:13:56
Vilā: ចិត្តនៃបុគ្គលណា ដែលលោកធម៌ពាល់ត្រូវហើយ មិនរំភើបញាប់ញ័រ ១ មិនមានសេចក្តីសោក ១ មានធូលី គឺរាគៈ ទៅប្រាសហើយ ១ ចិត្តក្សេមក្សាន្ត ១ (ទាំង ៤) នេះ ជាមង្គលដ៏ឧត្តម។

2023 Apr 24 21:13:50
Vilā:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 24 20:49:31
Johann: If it's not dead, or without any life, people are incapable to take as refuge. For how could they hold control over something not dead?

2023 Apr 23 10:52:23
blazer: Hello  _/\_

2023 Apr 20 19:43:00
blazer:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 20 18:52:30
Vilā: សាធុ សាធុ សាធុ _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 20 06:13:14
Johann: And, as well today, for those conducting it today.

2023 Apr 19 13:17:12
Johann: A blessed New Moon Uposatha and ending of New Year fests.

2023 Apr 19 09:49:26
blazer:  _/\_ good morning everyone  _/\_

2023 Apr 13 11:10:07
blazer: Ven. Johann  _/\_

2023 Apr 13 10:16:55
Johann: Nyom. Good time for a good morning. Mudita

2023 Apr 13 10:13:00
blazer:  _/\_ Good morning  _/\_

2023 Apr 13 07:15:05
Johann: A blessed Sila-day by observing conducts in line with metta.

2023 Apr 09 19:52:37
Johann: There is a huge different between refuge in common creativity, open source, GNU, and the Community of Noble once, a huge: right or wrong view.

2023 Apr 09 01:07:08
Johann: Like a former leader of an large Asian country shortly encouraged his folk: if they withdraw from us, just copysteal all, organize a downloader and simply download it and share it for free.... Well than: may you find the way to happiness with ease by yourself. No slightest hope for any having fallen into the range of people with grave wrong view and deluded after pseudo-liberality (free plunder). Atma would say all for good here. No more need for it, because Sangha has gone.

2023 Apr 05 07:05:37
Vilā: សាធុ សាធុ សាធុ _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 05 06:05:41
Johann: A harmless chinese ancestor day, really care of all.

2023 Apr 05 06:04:30
Johann: A blessed full-moon Uposatha by good conducts, remembering also former relatives.

2023 Apr 04 17:43:37
Vilā:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_?

2023 Apr 04 13:34:41
Johann: Enough...

2023 Apr 03 11:36:05
blazer: Good morning  _/\_

2023 Apr 02 16:32:05
Vilā:  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_ ទឹកចិត្តឪពុក 😌

2023 Apr 02 07:28:20
Johann: Destroyed, cast off, killed that what nurished them, eaten off parents, no prosperity upwardly can be gained, path cut off.

2023 Apr 01 19:14:21
blazer: Ven. Johann  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 01 17:21:40
Johann: Nyom

2023 Apr 01 17:07:40
blazer: Good afternoon everyone  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Apr 01 12:05:40
Johann: "Rest in peace" where there isn't, is as harmful as running on the wrong path. Slowly, slowly, knowing steady oneself, step by step.

2023 Apr 01 12:02:58
Johann: Neither stopping (skilful) nor cramping (to do skilful), a long journey can be brought to it's end.

2023 Apr 01 10:14:01
Johann: ... "for free" ,for no benefit world, with no way out from open source, common creativity and public domain. Relay on real goodness seems to much liberating and consequently.

2023 Apr 01 10:10:32
Johann: That what people at large think as "free world" is the area where allowed to freely what's unskillful. Wheras in the "un-free world" peole are given to make whar ever skilful, free to do meritorious deeds. You wouldn't like the freedom of a intact world, would you? That's why caught in the "for free

2023 Apr 01 06:19:19
Johann: All done what's good. Remember the told. Duties done, no fault. Making oneself with Dhamma an island. Free to go, free to come, going on, or stay, how ever, when proper.

2023 Mar 31 23:07:49
Vilā: ព្រោះ​គ្មានអ្នកណាស្គាលខ្ននច្បាស់ ក្រៅពីខ្លនឯង។

2023 Mar 31 23:07:02
Vilā: កូណា​ធ្វើអ្វីមួយចេញពីចិត្ត មិនដែលចង់បានមុខមាត់អ្វី ទើបធ្វើ។ កូណាគិតថាមានគ្រូជាទីពឹង បើខ្លួនមិនទាន់ស្គាល់ផ្លូវច្បាស់ តែឥលូវមានតែដើរតាមផ្លូវរបស់ខ្លន

2023 Mar 31 22:59:32
Vilā: កូណាមិនអាចរកផ្លូវបដិបត្តិទៅមុខដោយវិធីដដែលនេះ នឿយហត់  _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Mar 31 00:47:30
Johann: 'Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it.' comment at Labor makes free .

2023 Mar 29 13:25:07
Vilā: សាធុ សាធុ សាធុ _/\_ _/\_ _/\_

2023 Mar 29 12:27:38
Johann: A blessed Sila Day today.

2023 Mar 29 11:13:31
Johann: Nyom Blazer

2023 Mar 29 11:08:57
blazer: Good morning  _/\_

2023 Mar 28 10:02:34
Johann: Sadhu Sadhu

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Re: Association with pets - Associated rebith?
« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2018, 01:26:29 AM »
Althought it seems that there is actually not much interest to listen and read but merely the wish to gain the favor of an audience, my person will answer nevertheless, Nyom Danilo.

I've brought here the suttas in which my view was based for the purpose of, if wishing so, Bhante could address to it in order to make his point more clear. It happens that the range and possible application of right view is relatively broad and your line of reason in this matter comes from a unfamiliar interpretation, oriented to a very specific situation and it was presented in a diluted and disperse way in the previous posts amongst much additional information, but this last post was succint and straightfoward. It made things more clear.

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Re: Association with pets - Associated rebith?
« Reply #16 on: April 03, 2018, 07:35:34 AM »
Nyom Danilo , is it so far clear now, that it:

* it does not require to break Silas to fall into a state of animals (yet not common). If for example, one believing in kamma, and addopts the behaviour of lower one.

* even if not breaking Silas, dependent on the grad of wrong view, and one inclination, such can lead even to fall into the state of common animals.

* if behavior like a pet, an existence like a pet can be expected, if associate with pets in inproper way, it's a matter of nature to addopt their ways. If wishing, thinking "pets-life is desireable", there are all ways to gain it.

Either is speaking about the danger of falling into lower realms, nor to make clear that especially broad modern behavior of a consumer world beloved or even "political correct", e.g. would not bring any favor exept wise people. And since the topic is such, the Buddha did not want to answer at first, as it can give a lot of disappointment, having often ap-pointed one focus on that.

Danilo, others then those in Europe or in other countries in the north, can, could, easily obsere the different states of dog lifes, and the different states of human conditions, yet still living next each other, "owner"/"lords" and their "pets".

So for the sake of gaining right view and possible path and fruit, the sooner one accepts this matter, and sees modern broad missconcepts, the better.

My person does not it is easy, but knows that time is running, as well as too many lure everywhere, makes it difficult and seldom to receive straight words.

"We", at least my person, is not here to fondle defilments, or keep pets, for the sake of winning a favor for any wordly gain.

How ever, since my words are often not pleasant, and one could say "oh he keeps no pets, he does not like them", maybe Nyom Binocular, as living in probably near association with many pets, likes to risks to analyze the topic and if not already knowing, after that, help with more pleasant approaches to make the importand meaning, behind just this or that stand, more visible.

Since people seldom understand that there could be those who had worn all kinds of shoes and those have been abound, and it's not a matter that not wearing shoes means not knowing them.

So sometimes a smoker, seeing the danger, but not yet able to abound, can give motivation to seek for those who know how to get ride. What do you think, Nyom Binoclar, in association and bound to pets, here and there? In favor of certain pets? Maybe cats? The look so smart and independent and have a fondling behaviour.  :)

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I've brought here the suttas in which my view was based for the purpose of, if wishing so, Bhante could address to it in order to make his point more clear.

It should be clear, that one who cares about his duties, cares about those bound to one, is not something bad, but praiseworthy to this regard. Not to speak of rightly abound merely common duties and take on higher. How ever, the problem of getting bound has it's reason as well to get ride of it. Given, that from the Buddhas point of view, leaving behind beloved, and seek, if possible, the way for liberation as homeless, abounding not only beloved sensuality but also those provinding for it, it would be not proper to praise such general. It's of course possible to gain even the highest path and fruits, if still living near and in certain association with pets (defilements), like if bound to parents, childs, master... but at the highest fruit, life from association with such, is impossible.

It's not proper to compare abounding of partner, children or even parents with abounding pet, now looking at this, seeing a monk keeping pets and care for them, what would you think? Or keeping behind ones children and care later about other young men, seek favor and association, yet not tend to seek for higher, but common, just for approval of their ways and views?

That is something worthy to think of, of what is the different of goodness and goodness and general hierarchy in regard of duties. If not taking care of ones parents but for pets, for example, or leaving behind good to serve worse and unvirtuose... such, even common, would be not really honest, or?

It may happen, that having abound all, certain beings, out of nissaya, upanissaya, may live near one, in what ever intent they might have and seek for. If they don't get of what they are up to, they would not stay long.

Beings with similar tendency gather together and seldom is it that "families" are changed, even to the ancestor ship of the Noble one.

Maybe also worthy to point out, that at Buddhas time, like today still in country areas, there have been not such strange broad association with pets as they clearly had only the purpose to gain from them, today not so clear, and therefore, normal undesirable becomes even desirable at large.
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Re: Association with pets - Associated rebith?
« Reply #17 on: April 03, 2018, 06:11:07 PM »

My person really ask you, near or far, associate and seek for people of integrity, who leave you opening for doubt. Don't waste time in much enjoying this or that when work should and can be done, here or there. Don't watch pets unwisily or even play with them around but try to increase samvega, that it is even not common to gain a pets existence. No, or not easy, merits can be made in this state.

MN 75 has actually less openings to speculate with nice "endings" anyway.

For one, having firm and strong faith, that eye and it's objects, ear and it's objects... intellect and it's objects, are not real, not lasting, suffering and no refuge, even if not seeing for himself as it is, for now, such person tends away from delight in sensuality, doing so, till he reaches the path, is no more able to fall down.

The more one who investigated intellectual, and one who has seen as it is, is a person having entered the stream, has a immeasurable mass of suffering behind, no more destinated for an animal womb and lower realms, heeded toward final awakening.

Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa

"In the same way, Magandiya, if I were to teach you the Dhamma — 'This is that freedom from Disease; this is that Unbinding' — and you on your part were to know that freedom from Disease and see that Unbinding, then together with the arising of your eyesight you would abandon whatever passion & delight you felt with regard for the five clinging-aggregates. And it would occur to you, 'My gosh, how long have I been fooled, cheated, & deceived by this mind! For in clinging, it was just form that I was clinging to... it was just feeling... just perception... just fabrications... just consciousness that I was clinging to. With my clinging as a requisite condition, there arises becoming... birth... aging & death... sorrow, lamentation, pains, distresses, & despairs. And thus is the origin of this entire mass of stress.'"

"I'm convinced, master Gotama, that you can teach me the Dhamma in such a way that I might rise up from this seat cured of my blindness."

"In that case, Magandiya, associate with men of integrity. When you associate with men of integrity, you will hear the true Dhamma. When you hear the true Dhamma, you will practice the Dhamma in accordance with the Dhamma. When you practice the Dhamma in accordance with the Dhamma, you will know & see for yourself: 'These things are diseases, cancers, arrows. And here is where diseases, cancers, & arrows cease without trace. With the cessation of my clinging comes the cessation of becoming. With the cessation of becoming comes the cessation of birth. With the cessation of birth then aging & death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair all cease. Such is the cessation of this entire mass of suffering & stress."

So, for now my person will step a little away here and pardons for often stressing with a tune of urgency and hard words not easy to take, it's already malaria and many disease time here and the own ways are good urged when dukkha is near and truth approaches more sense-able.
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Re: Association with pets - Associated rebith?
« Reply #18 on: April 04, 2018, 12:03:40 AM »
Bhante, all,


Since I've been repeatedly asked to say something about this --

I'm speaking here as someone helping to take care of eight cats.
To begin with, this is how we came to have eight cats: At first we had only one. Before we adopted her, she was a stray cat that was wandering around the neighborhood, and we took her in out of mercy. The other seven are a mother and her six children (two litters, each of three). The mother of six was a stray cat who had kittens in our shed. At first, we wanted to give them to an animal shelter, but shelters here are full, they don't accept new animals. We also tried to find them a new home in some other way, but nobody wanted them. We also considered that even if an animal shelter were to accept them, they would most likely not be adopted by anyone, because they are too shy and not used to living indoors only. The animal shelter kills the cats that nobody adopts within one to three months. We didn't want this to happen. So we later adopted them. We sterilized all the females (five), and we plan to sterilize the males as well, so as to not produce more unwanted cats.
We live in the countryside, with a big garden, so it's not so crowded despite so many cats. Also, in my family, we've always had cats; it's always been normal to have cats.

Here in the countryside, there would normally be no stray cats, because all the cats would live on farms, and the farmers would kill the cats they don't want. The main reason why there are stray cats here is because people from the city abandon them. When they don't want to have a cat anymore, they take it to the countryside, throw it out of the car, and then we who live in the countryside have to take care of them. Also, one of the cats is black. Many people here have prejudice against black cats and don't want them and treat them very badly, and that was another reason we took her in.

A monk living in Thailand said that in Thailand, when people have cats they don't want, they bring them to the monastery, while in many other countries, people kill unwanted cats. So this is how there are sometimes many cats living in a monastery. A monk is appointed to look after them.

I think there are many reasons why people have cats, or pets in general. In the countryside, on farms, cats are usually kept to catch mice. Beyond that, I think that for many people, having a pet is the closest to experiencing unconditional love. For many people, having a pet is the main or the only source of gentleness and kindness in their lives. Some people feel that the animal is the only being for whom they can safely have affection.

Then there are dysfunctional families where the pet is a kind of psychological safe haven for the people, and a safe topic to talk about with other family members. In such families, even though the people don't care much about eachother, or are afraid of eachother, or distant to one another, they can still all care for the animal. Caring for the animal together like that can make life in such a family more bearable.

In my opinion, the people who have purebred cats and dogs as pets often see them as status symbols. They don't really care about the animal itself, they care just about the social status that having a particular breed of a purebred cat or dog implies. (The business with purebreds is brutal. Many kittens and puppies of purebred parents are killed; either because of some minor "flaw" or to artificially keep the price of the breed high.)

As for individual monks who keep animals as pets: I wonder about that too. Like I said above, some monks living in monasteries are assigned the duty to look after the monastery cats. Some monks seem to have deliberately adopted a pet. Of course, it's also possible that the animal sought out the monk, in the hope to be adopted by him. Perhaps the monk, out of mercy, gave the animal some food, and that was enough for the animal to want to stay with him.

Personally, one of the main reasons why I'm still interested in Buddhism despite all the difficulties, are the cats. I do care about them, and I feel responsible for them, not just in the ordinary worldly sense, but in religious terms as well. I have already outlived several cats, I have seen them die. I was there when they were tiny kittens, and then when they grew up, and eventually grew old and died from old age. This has been a sobering experience.  I don't know if there is rebirth. But if there is, I feel it is my responsibility that I do everything in my power to make sure that those beings that are currently our cats, get a good rebirth. I don't know how all this works, or how to come to know the truth about it, but mainly because of the cats, I feel responsible to learn and realize these things.

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Re: Association with pets - Associated rebith?
« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2018, 01:55:50 AM »
Whould modern person generally call house pet a sad and poor existence?

I've never found a person, in contemporary world, who seriously thinks that life as a animal would be really a good thing. Some may see as a good thing a life without responsabilities (a aspect of a pet's life), but overall, usually nobody would say that to be a animal is more advantageous than to be a human for obvious reasons. There is a gap between these two things.

If associating with being without virtue, lazy, without gratitude, without idea of ownership, with being just eating and sleeping, no idea of
making merits, selfish and only when a stranger enters, making "roof, roof, roof", sniffing the back... e.g. approving the pets duty, more
and more... it's clear that one will land there.

Knowing this, even seeing this, one should be clear, that pets, living in near association, in dependency of one, have strong Upanissaya to one,
are dear old relatives, and so should tread them dutyfull and nice like a family member, but in no way approve a pets behaviour or even, like
may, play with the thought "ohh, what a comfortable live". It's like if my person sees the "owner and pets"-family of Sutta central. Brahmas
and their Devas, trade, consume and wasting off possibilities, owner and slaves.

Apply the same strict value judgment to animals as it is applied to humans doesn't seems reasonable to me. After all, animals are... ...animals!
People tend to be more complacent towards animal's behavior simply because we all know that they are not endowed with the same intellect and discerniment as humans are. So I don't see the point of apply the same criterias of judgment to them as if they are humans. What would be a approvement of pet's behavior? Is plain complacency (taking their unfortunate condition in consideration) a approvement?


if behavior like a pet, an existence like a pet can be expected, if associate with pets in inproper way, it's a matter of nature to addopt
their ways. If wishing, thinking "pets-life is desireable", there are all ways to gain it.

Why/how a sane person would behave like his pet?


Pets do not make merits, and it's because someone gives them food easy avaliable, they will stay there and waste their time off...

Ok, but what else are they suppose to do other than this? and how? As mentioned before, they are deprived of intellect and discernment falcuties, how domestic animals would not rely on humans?

It's of course possible to gain even the highest path and fruits, if still living near and in certain association with pets (defilements), like if bound to parents,
childs, master... but at the highest fruit, life from association with such, is impossible.

There is a contradiction here. Is it possible or not?
highest fruit is nibbana?

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Re: Association with pets - Associated rebith?
« Reply #20 on: April 04, 2018, 06:23:29 AM »
Bhante, all,


Since I've been repeatedly asked to say something about this --

I'm speaking here as someone helping to take care of eight cats.
To begin with, this is how we came to have eight cats: At first we had only one. Before we adopted her, she was a stray cat that was wandering around the neighborhood, and we took her in out of mercy. The other seven are a mother and her six children (two litters, each of three). The mother of six was a stray cat who had kittens in our shed. At first, we wanted to give them to an animal shelter, but shelters here are full, they don't accept new animals. We also tried to find them a new home in some other way, but nobody wanted them. We also considered that even if an animal shelter were to accept them, they would most likely not be adopted by anyone, because they are too shy and not used to living indoors only. The animal shelter kills the cats that nobody adopts within one to three months. We didn't want this to happen. So we later adopted them. We sterilized all the females (five), and we plan to sterilize the males as well, so as to not produce more unwanted cats.
We live in the countryside, with a big garden, so it's not so crowded despite so many cats. Also, in my family, we've always had cats; it's always been normal to have cats.

Here in the countryside, there would normally be no stray cats, because all the cats would live on farms, and the farmers would kill the cats they don't want. The main reason why there are stray cats here is because people from the city abandon them. When they don't want to have a cat anymore, they take it to the countryside, throw it out of the car, and then we who live in the countryside have to take care of them. Also, one of the cats is black. Many people here have prejudice against black cats and don't want them and treat them very badly, and that was another reason we took her in.

A monk living in Thailand said that in Thailand, when people have cats they don't want, they bring them to the monastery, while in many other countries, people kill unwanted cats. So this is how there are sometimes many cats living in a monastery. A monk is appointed to look after them.

I think there are many reasons why people have cats, or pets in general. In the countryside, on farms, cats are usually kept to catch mice. Beyond that, I think that for many people, having a pet is the closest to experiencing unconditional love. For many people, having a pet is the main or the only source of gentleness and kindness in their lives. Some people feel that the animal is the only being for whom they can safely have affection.

Then there are dysfunctional families where the pet is a kind of psychological safe haven for the people, and a safe topic to talk about with other family members. In such families, even though the people don't care much about eachother, or are afraid of eachother, or distant to one another, they can still all care for the animal. Caring for the animal together like that can make life in such a family more bearable.

In my opinion, the people who have purebred cats and dogs as pets often see them as status symbols. They don't really care about the animal itself, they care just about the social status that having a particular breed of a purebred cat or dog implies. (The business with purebreds is brutal. Many kittens and puppies of purebred parents are killed; either because of some minor "flaw" or to artificially keep the price of the breed high.)

As for individual monks who keep animals as pets: I wonder about that too. Like I said above, some monks living in monasteries are assigned the duty to look after the monastery cats. Some monks seem to have deliberately adopted a pet. Of course, it's also possible that the animal sought out the monk, in the hope to be adopted by him. Perhaps the monk, out of mercy, gave the animal some food, and that was enough for the animal to want to stay with him.

Personally, one of the main reasons why I'm still interested in Buddhism despite all the difficulties, are the cats. I do care about them, and I feel responsible for them, not just in the ordinary worldly sense, but in religious terms as well. I have already outlived several cats, I have seen them die. I was there when they were tiny kittens, and then when they grew up, and eventually grew old and died from old age. This has been a sobering experience.  I don't know if there is rebirth. But if there is, I feel it is my responsibility that I do everything in my power to make sure that those beings that are currently our cats, get a good rebirth. I don't know how all this works, or how to come to know the truth about it, but mainly because of the cats, I feel responsible to learn and realize these things.

Nyom Binocular,
as the origin of this topic, it is clear seen, that "love" binds to either the cats at home or "pets" DW. Nevertheless, the message here stands. What ever tend and devoted to, to that one falls.

And, if not done yet, don't ever sterilize, approve or order. Let being be there way. Wish to control and "love" is for all the reason for even harder pain at least.

And monks are neither appointable to do so, nor allowed to take on such task. They just fear, if not seeking socialization direct with animals, favor and livelihood. Fools.

May Nyom reflect this topic and by it really deep into Dhamma. Sozial disfunction, gender problems, no children, pets behavior, all modern issues... they have causes in a pets world.

Don't sacrifice downward. Duties are good if fulfilled, but nothing more.
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Re: Association with pets - Associated rebith?
« Reply #21 on: April 04, 2018, 06:32:51 AM »
Whould modern person generally call house pet a sad and poor existence?

I've never found a person, in contemporary world, who seriously thinks that life as a animal would be really a good thing. Some may see as a good thing a life without responsabilities (a aspect of a pet's life), but overall, usually nobody would say that to be a animal is more advantageous than to be a human for obvious reasons. There is a gap between these two things.
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It seems to be clear that Nyom does not know much obout the world and lifes of beings but is merely informed by new media. So it's good to travel much, get known beings and their lifes.

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If associating with being without virtue, lazy, without gratitude, without idea of ownership, with being just eating and sleeping, no idea of
making merits, selfish and only when a stranger enters, making "roof, roof, roof", sniffing the back... e.g. approving the pets duty, more
and more... it's clear that one will land there.

Knowing this, even seeing this, one should be clear, that pets, living in near association, in dependency of one, have strong Upanissaya to one,
are dear old relatives, and so should tread them dutyfull and nice like a family member, but in no way approve a pets behaviour or even, like
may, play with the thought "ohh, what a comfortable live". It's like if my person sees the "owner and pets"-family of Sutta central. Brahmas
and their Devas, trade, consume and wasting off possibilities, owner and slaves.

Apply the same strict value judgment to animals as it is applied to humans doesn't seems reasonable to me. After all, animals are... ...animals!
People tend to be more complacent towards animal's behavior simply because we all know that they are not endowed with the same intellect and discerniment as humans are. So I don't see the point of apply the same criterias of judgment to them as if they are humans. What would be a approvement of pet's behavior? Is plain complacency (taking their unfortunate condition in consideration) a approvement?
Mind and body are two things. While it is difficult to change body kammas effects, on mind ones existence can be changed. If finding that barking is not proper, it would be possible to abound dog-like behaviour.

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if behavior like a pet, an existence like a pet can be expected, if associate with pets in inproper way, it's a matter of nature to addopt
their ways. If wishing, thinking "pets-life is desireable", there are all ways to gain it.

Why/how a sane person would behave like his pet?
There are less not really sane people behaviour like dogs or other animals, starting greed.
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Pets do not make merits, and it's because someone gives them food easy avaliable, they will stay there and waste their time off...

Ok, but what else are they suppose to do other than this? and how? As mentioned before, they are deprived of intellect and discernment falcuties, how domestic animals would not rely on humans?
Even if in a human state (body), many are (had deprived them) deprived of intellect and discernment, and as domestic beings relay on humans... or socialism... iat places where pets-like being is dominant.
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It's of course possible to gain even the highest path and fruits, if still living near and in certain association with pets (defilements), like if bound to parents,
childs, master... but at the highest fruit, life from association with such, is impossible.

There is a contradiction here. Is it possible or not?
highest fruit is nibbana?
No "it is possible that one may obtain...". Yes Nibbana is the highest fruit.

Nyom Danilo , you may think as you like. My person sees no usefull point here and aside of doubt and search for excuses is not found. It is merely a useless debate. But as told, maybe to less patient by my person, sure you even do not know malaria. You wouldn't understand anything at the right place for now. But there is less not possible with proper faith and urged effort.
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Sterilization - Castration, a matter of compassion or just unskilfull?
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2018, 09:51:14 PM »
* Johann : Since this matter is actually a serious, and as it is actually astry the topic here, a cut was made, hopefully at a line that leaves both important topics in modern times alive to keep on investigation aside of common usual ways. Both are very "political incorrect" approaches in a very wired modern world, and of cource not easy to bear, or better penetrate. It's good to try to find the reasons and release here and there, totally against the grain.

Aramika   *

Ein oder mehrer Beiträge wurden hier im Thema abgeschnitten und damit in neues Thema "Sterilization - Castration, a matter of compassion or just unskilfull? " eröffnet, dem angehäng.
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Re: Association with pets - Associated rebith?
« Reply #23 on: April 07, 2018, 10:19:05 PM »
Why does one sacrifices downward? Does it make one feel better with actually less real sacrifices? Isn't it not all but food for conceit?
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Re: Association with pets - Associated rebith?
« Reply #24 on: May 26, 2018, 01:07:52 PM »
If seeking for other western Ajahn Chah monks devoted to pets-duty practice, of cause you match them in relation of Brahm in the sugar-mountain (zuckerberg) realms:

What a nonsens and leading people to gain pets rebirth...
http://forum.sangham.net/index.php/topic,8467.0.html

How poor must one be in heart to be of such corruption and low politic for poor becoming... of cause Brahm would neither check nor see his tail. That is why the Buddha didn't left it to your own judgment in regard of defilements but to seek for admirable friend, not pets or pets keeper. Seeking after right livelihood and holly live rather to make a living in pets entertaining and sharing crackers...

It's possible time to finish this "emergency" visit of the realms of pets and hungry ghost like existence and put left fuel into worthy
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Re: Association with pets - Associated rebith?
« Reply #25 on: January 29, 2019, 11:42:45 AM »
The "sad" reality of not grasping the Dhamma and not even respecting Vinaya... the animal heritage: how pleasant... this touching and calling it Brahmacariya



Suidide Monk worshipping, and "The man and the mountains "-romantic...

http://www.hillsidehermitage.org/

It's known told that animals at monasteries are used to have been monks and nuns, not so really observing the Vinaya and engaged in lower sense pleasure.

Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa

This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "It is in accordance with their properties that beings come together & associate with one another. Beings of low dispositions come together & associate with beings of low dispositions. Beings of admirable dispositions come together & associate with beings of admirable dispositions. In the past, it was in accordance with their properties that beings came together & associated with one another... In the future, it will be in accordance with their properties that beings will come together & associate with one another... And now at present, it is in accordance with their properties that beings come together & associate with one another. Beings of low dispositions come together & associate with beings of low dispositions. Beings of admirable dispositions come together & associate with beings of admirable dispositions."


The underbrush born
of association
is cut away
by non-association.
Just as one riding
a small wooden plank
   would sink
in the great sea,
so does even one of right living
   sink,
associating with the lazy.

So avoid the lazy,
those with low persistence.
Live with the noble ones —
secluded, resolute, absorbed in jhana,
their persistence constantly aroused
         : the wise.

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Re: Association with pets - Associated rebith?
« Reply #26 on: April 01, 2023, 11:52:25 AM »
People at large don't understand that identification with animal binds, leads to related birth. In pseudo-liberal societies who like the view that all are equal, every moral shame decays.

Animal are not capable to restrain in regard of sensual misconduct. As nice as they may come about, they do not only steal but also kill.

Animal (like) are incapable to grow in Dhamma and so some very sensible and authority areas aren't given to them to avoid dangers for many. Not able to distinguish the different between skilful and desire, a society that has started to focus and sacrifice downwardly is on the road of decay and every righteous person loses all inspiration to give into a society heading towardcanimal states.

Years ago my person asked of what LBGT freaks will approve next, as stilling sensual desires and degeneration knows no end: marriage with and under children? Sex between animals and human. Marriage between animals and human.

It's normal that animals do their joy on village roads, and no good society would feel aversive and punish them, except if a bad neighbors dog jumps on beloves own beauty dog...

While one in "free world" might be able to sue a dog-owner for having let his dog make his dog pregnant, it's to assume that many have nomore chances to get their beloved protected from degenerating tendencies, give up encouragement for efforts to try to work to gain footing in a peaceful and "ordained" society with it's peace also with co-existing border sociaties an different realms.

Stealing, no shame of misconduct and try to copy of what's not at all given, that are outcomes of pseudo-liberal leaders attracting the weak with making "incapacity to a virtue". What one approves, nourishes, grows for one, will be one's chosen slayer.

Metta leaves them on their own, isn't an approve or attachment, love, toward tendencies leading toward bonds and upward. Metta might tell about ways one decides to take, but let them leave the sphere of one's share of food for such. "may yor find the way to happiness by right decisions by yourself". With metta one can leave them behind.

If one wishes to force, to take on control, it would just turn into harming. At least yourself, like a man sitting on a river wishing it flowing upwardly, as he desired to reach higher land with pleasing common support.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10523529/Bidens-pick-nuclear-waste-job-Southern-Baptists-son-turned-drag-queen-Sister-Ray-Dee-OActive.html

Just because people think that giving into pride on low, and equality for the sake of consume, isn't a fatal destructive root.

Growth to more sublime, to liberation, isn't something in common sphere, isn't in the sphere of unrestrained and very strict discrimination between right and wrong, bond strongly to real right way, not a corrupt right or left.

If wishing the favor of bind people, people with animal-equanimity, than you might stay bond right with them and their habits, pleasures and onturning suffering and pain.

Don't one think that those deluded could dwell peacefully with countless and dangerous being in the forests, or unprotected areas with no rights at all, resist only on goodness, or even not.

Immoral defending is an endless, ever ongoing dog and ox-duty practice.
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