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- Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:03 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Abhidharmadharmaskandhapādaśāstra
- Replies: 7
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Abhidharmadharmaskandhapādaśāstra
An AI translation of a section of the Sarvāstivādin Dharmaskandha, which is quite an old Abhidharma text sharing some content in common with the Theravādin Vibhaṅga. As you can see, their definition of Samādhi is the same as what we see in the Visuddhimagga. "How is the attainment of spiritual ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:48 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 352
Re: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
Kasina was mentioned in the Sutta but the actual practice was kind of not clear to me. The most comprehensive sources I know were from Visuddhi/Vimutti-magga. So, please elaborate your take in detail and share the references from the Pali canon, if possible the actual practice itself and not just w...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 352
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:31 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 352
Re: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
Personally I don't think it matters if you gain the perception in a grove or via a clay disc, as long as the result is the same. When I practice for the fire Kasiṇa i focus on a candle flame, trying to ignore everything else. This is incorrect method. Kasina is a non-dual perception inside jhana, n...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:16 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1852
Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
He is a realist, and you are a Christian. I didn’t say he was wrong for being a realist. I said a realist wouldn’t agree, which is true.cappuccino wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:14 pmYou said he is a realist
Similar to saying I am a Christian hence I cannot know
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1852
Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
I wasn’t attacking his personality.cappuccino wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:34 pmPlay the ball not the man
(object to the argument itself instead of their personality)
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:26 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1852
Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
I wouldn't say these concepts really apply to nibbāna. Yes they do. They are concepts that are used to describe Nibbana. When you reach the far shore, you give up the notion of either shore. When you reach nibbāna, you give up the notion of nibbāna. The Buddha reached the far shore, yet he still us...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1852
Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
Ultimate Reality is beyond all notions. Yet it does have attributes. It is Uncreated being one of them. The Ultimate Dhamma is the Permanent, the Stable, the non-disintegrating. Not quite beyond all notions then :shrug: These are from the 33 synonyms of Nibbana. It is beyond all notions, but we are...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:23 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 352
Re: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
In Pali canon kasinas are not devices. They are states of mind in jhanic samadhi. Since that is so, "kasina meditation" was just an aspect of jhanic meditation, something to be done when jhanas are already attained. Centuries later someone introduced kasinas as physical disks, which is ob...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:17 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 352
Re: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
I found some Kasina Meditation Vimt. Dharmaskandha, Mahaprajnaparamitasastra, Abhidharma-sajgīti-paryāya-pāda But I don't know which is the oldest record What is the oldest record about Kasina Meditation? The suttas/sutras themselves. Regarding Abhidharma the Sangītiparyāya is probably the oldest ...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1852
Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
Absence of what notion? Ultimate Reality is Ultimate Reality Ultimate reality. When there is nibbāna there are no distinctions. Ultimate Reality is beyond all notions. Yet it does have attributes. It is Uncreated being one of them. The Ultimate Dhamma is the Permanent, the Stable, the non-disintegr...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1852
Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
Ultimate reality. When there is nibbāna there are no distinctions.Cause_and_Effect wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:59 pmAbsence of what notion?
Ultimate Reality is Ultimate Reality
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:46 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1852
Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
In the end the Dhamma is let go of too. It’s conventional. There are two, at first sight seemingly conflicting definitions in the suttas regarding this. However it can be reconciled by what I said earlier in that the term Dhamma is a multifaceted term that can have different connotations depending ...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
- Replies: 61
- Views: 1852
Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
I think one needs to go beyond concepts of 'God' and 'creation' that we are familiar with, and simply see that there is the Dhamma. On some level it is totally transcendent and unfathomable, but beings can align and live in accordance with its known principles and how it manifests in the universe, ...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:10 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Jhāna in the Śāriputrābhidharma-śāstra
- Replies: 16
- Views: 476
Re: Jhāna in the Śāriputrābhidharma-śāstra
Do you mean independent of the non-sectarian Abhidhamma. In the abhidahmma literature, I have read that Buddhist schools borrowed material from each other's later developed Abhidhamma, (cherry-picking). Theravāda developed its Abhidhamma independently, yes (accept for the bits it holds in common wi...