Dhamma talk and meditation studio-recorded by Phra Nicholas Thanissaro at DIMC Azusa CA and broadcast on 1 September 2024.
Subjects Covered:
1. Sources
2. Sutta name meaning
3. Interlocutors
4. Placenames
5. Backstory
- ancient funeral practices in India
- the tenfold path of unwholesomeness
- the Buddhist idea of what constitutes 'food'
7. Realms where deceased relatives cannot receive dedicated merit
- hell realms
- animal realm
- human realm
- heaven realms
8. 40-minutes meditation
9. Realms where deceased relatives can receive dedicated merit
- peta realms
- the Tirokuddha Sutta and merit dedication
10. The holding over of merit
11. Cases of mixed karma
12. Summary of the Sutta
13. Some issues raised by the sutta
- the logic of cremation or burial
- how one person’s merit can be shared with another
- the objectives of a Buddhist funeral
- some examples of Buddhist funerary rites and their logic
Questions and Answers:
- is a 'warm fuzzy feeling' a reliable indicator that a deed is good?
- what is the purpose of Thai spirit houses?
- is rebirth as an animal a dead-end existence?
- are after-death visitations by relatives to be expected?
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15 сен 2024
