Summary: Dhamma Questions answered: Question 90: a: Is practicing martial arts yourself breaking the first precept not to kill? b: What about martial arts teachers showing others how to harm? Question 91: a: Is there a difference in generosity when giving from oneself (donations, etc..) or when someone asks for money? Difference is the sense of merit, or other... b: What about loaning money? Generally it seems and uncomfortable when the loaner cannot later pay back. Please share your thoughts on this. Question 92: When a lay person is seriously following the Noble Eight Fold Path, a) Does his inclination or appetite for worldly targets or achievements gradually decrease? b) If yes how does he find motivation to remain engaged in his job related matters, most of which nowadays are driven by craving to achieve more and more worldly gains. c) When one is progressing on the spiritual path one is getting enough fulfillment which is more refined in nature and is therefore losing motivation for worldly things which now is understood as irrelevant for that person. Is it so? Question 93: How to overcome mental distractions and thought noise? Question 94: Why each Buddha has to rediscover the path of enlightenment every time and why can't the predecessor Buddha give his knowledge to successor Buddha? The Buddha on the Searches of life: https://what-buddha-said.net/drops/II/The_Three_Searches.htm https://what-buddha-said.net/library/ati_website/html/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.252.than.html The Removal of Distractions: Majjhima 20 https://what-buddha-said.net/drops/II/How_to_Remove_Distracting_Thoughts.htm The Removal of Distracting Thoughts: Full text and commentary by the late Soma Thera is here: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/Wheels/wh021.pdf Corresponding Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m34aE1_F6xM If you wish to become a Patron of these Buddhist Videos: https://www.patreon.com/samahita All Dhamma on Airs are listed and linked here: http://what-buddha-said.net/various/Dhamma_on_Air.htm All Buddhist Question and Answer sessions are linked here: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/various/Questions_and_Answers.htm Dhamma on Airs MP3 Audios are streaming & downloadable here: https://soundcloud.com/bhikkhu-samahita/sets/early_buddhism Please email New Questions to bhante.samahita@gmail.com
