There is no "in Nibbana". hey, i don't mean this rudely but i find comments like this almost immensely unhelpful. that a sentient being has achieved nirvana or that a bundle of skandhas have been purified - or seen to be originally pure etc etc.., can be viably expressed as a being "...

This is an old discussion but if I can add to it: There are no such thing as stream-enterers; that is, "stream-entering persons." This is only a conventional expression Not ultimately a "person" no but am I right that there is "ultimately" a set of skandhas that enter ...

i don't know that i'm conflating them, i've related them in ways that i've seen in the literature.

except the comment on heat - that's a misunderstanding on my part.

a current concern I have is the claiming of attainments a more interesting IMO question would not be what to make up people that claim certain attainments but what to make of people that do so sincerely and know how important it is and so are a little bit mad. i don't think pity is the right word b...