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Noble Silence is a term attributed to the Gautama Buddha, for his reported responses to certain questions about reality. One such instance is when he was asked the fourteen unanswerable questions . In similar situations he often responded to antinomy-based descriptions of reality by saying that both antithetical options presented to him were ...
The sutta criticizes the "common worldling" who sees that the Buddha abstains from taking life, calls this virtuous, and stops there. The common worldling is not wrong in noticing that this is virtuous, but they are missing the "why" in the equation.
Guessing at letters traced with the finger in the air or on a friend's back. (letters in the Brahmi script) Guessing a friend's thoughts. Imitating deformities. Playing with someone's ears, eyes or nose; Although the modern game of chess had not been invented at the time the list was made, earlier chess-like games such as chaturaji may have ...
The Buddha-range of the Buddhas [i.e., the range of powers a Buddha develops as a result of becoming a Buddha]; The jhana-range of one absorbed in jhana [i.e., the range of powers that one may obtain while absorbed in jhana]; The [precise working out of the] results of kamma (Karma in Sanskrit);
The Buddha enters the chamber and begins meditating, the nāga then appears and angrily creates smoke. The Buddha responds by entering into a "fire-element" meditation and using his psychic powers to create his own smoke. [25] [26] The nāga then fills the chamber with fire, which the Buddha responds to by bursting into flames and becoming fire ...
According to early Buddhist sources like the Mahāpadesasutta, a text said by someone other than the Buddha may be certified as true buddhavacana by four "great references to authority" (mahāpadeśa): (1) the buddha himself (who often certified the statements of others as buddhavacana in the sutras), (2) a sangha of wise elders, (3) a small ...
Events involving the Buddha's family, including his return home and the ordination of his son, [18] the rebellion of Devadatta, [19] ordination of the Buddha's step-mother as the first bhikkhuni, [20] found mostly in the Vinayas. The Buddha's last journey, passing away, and subsequent events are told in the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta. [21]
In Buddhist discourses, the Great Renunciation and Departure are usually mentioned in the life of the Buddha, among several other motifs that cover the religious life of the Buddha-to-be, Prince Siddhārtha Gautama (Pali: Siddhattha Gotama): his first meditation, marriage, palace life, four encounters, life of ease in palace and renunciation, great departure, encounter with hunters, and ...