April 23, 2017; revised July 15, 2020; April 19, 2024 Ngày 23/04/2017; chỉnh sửa ngày 15/07/2020; 19/04/2024 Learning Dhamma (or following the Path) is very different from learning mundane subjects like history, economics, or even science and mathematics. Việc học Dhamma (hay hành Đạo) rất khác so với học các môn thế gian như lịch […]

Pre-2015 post; rewritten December 15, 2022; revised December 18, 2022 (#10); revised April 19, 2024 Bài viết trước năm 2015; viết lại ngày 15/12/2022; chỉnh sửa ngày 18/12/2022 (#10); chỉnh sửa ngày 19/04/2024 Anāriya (or mundane) jhāna are unnecessary to attain Nibbāna and can be a distraction if one is not careful. Anāriya (thuộc thế […]

March 24, 2017; revised April 28, 2018; July 11, 2021; August 4, 2023 (#16); April 19, 2024 Ngày 24/03/2017; chỉnh sửa ngày 28/04/2018; 11/07/2021; 04/08/2023 (#16); 19/04/2024 There are many misconceptions about the relationship between jhāna and magga phala (the four stages of Nibbāna). Some view that jhāna is necessary to attain magga phala, and […]

Revised August 27, 2018; April 19, 2024 Sửa ngày 27/08/2018; 19/04/2024 Most people know about Buddha Gotama as a knowledgeable and compassionate human being. In “Dhamma and Science – Introduction,” I pointed out the similarities and differences between a scientist and a Buddha. Here I want to discuss in detail the incomprehensible complexity of the […]