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by acinteyyo
Tue Jan 17, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: How does one Buddha know the life of a previous Buddha?
Replies: 18
Views: 803

Re: How does one Buddha know the life of a previous Buddha?

SarathW wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 9:46 am How does one Buddha know the life of a previous Buddha?
The reason I am asking this is that the previous Buddha had already attained Nibbana.
The attainment of nibbana doesn't erase the traces of a life lived.

best wishes, acinteyyo
by acinteyyo
Sun Jan 15, 2023 1:13 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: New Member: OldNovice
Replies: 6
Views: 624

Re: New Member: OldNovice

Hi,

:namaste:
by acinteyyo
Sun Jan 15, 2023 1:05 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Illusion , I , me or mine
Replies: 20
Views: 926

Re: Illusion , I , me or mine

How and where do we get trapped in to Illusion , is it with the feeling of I, me and or mine against anattalakkanasutta Is there a specific sutta for such an explanation ? Hi justindesilva, I would suggest SN22.47:Samanupassanāsutta in particular this part: Struck by feelings born of contact with i...
by acinteyyo
Sun Jan 08, 2023 3:51 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: In your view, understanding, Parinibbana is:
Replies: 275
Views: 221900

Re: In your view, understanding, Parinibbana is:

I couldn't choose any one of the options, because none really describes what I think parinibbana describes. The best way I am able to describe my view of parinibbana is probably: the final dissolution of a particular set or arrangement or framework of pancakhanda Though not the pancakhanda themselve...
by acinteyyo
Tue Aug 27, 2019 5:20 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The meeting of the three is contact
Replies: 44
Views: 8786

Re: The meeting of the three is contact

Hi Dinsdale, I still don't get it. Consciousness arises in dependence upon a duality (eye and form)[...] Eye-consciousness does arise in dependence of the eye and forms, but for eye-consciousness to appear there must also be a corresponding engagement. ( see MN28 ) ..., but then another duality ( of...
by acinteyyo
Mon Aug 26, 2019 8:10 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The meeting of the three is contact
Replies: 44
Views: 8786

Re: The meeting of the three is contact

Hi Bundokji, Why the Buddha did not say: the meeting of the two is contact? It is probably misleading to assume that contact ( phassa ) is to be understood as "contact between these three things". The sentence " The meeting of the three is contact " wouldn't make much sense if it...
by acinteyyo
Sat Aug 24, 2019 5:51 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Another "Moin"
Replies: 38
Views: 17433

Re: Another "Moin"

Moin , so what can I say... My name is Florian. I'm 23 years old and I live in Neuburg/Germany. I'm able to read and understand english quite well, but my writing experience, especially with respect to these particular buddhism topics, is rather nothing. So I guess the terminology needed for effici...
by acinteyyo
Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:12 pm
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: Letting go
Replies: 29
Views: 7839

Re: Letting go

I also found this 8 min. explanation by Ajahn Amaro quite helpful.

"Letting Go in a balanced way"


best wishes, acinteyyo
by acinteyyo
Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:48 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: How to stop associating yourself with your thoughts?
Replies: 47
Views: 12834

Re: How to stop associating yourself with your thoughts?

Right Effort, Right Intention and Right Concentration are skills to be developed. They aren't developed by mere will. I cannot simply decide to have Right Effort and Right Intention, but by constantly choosing wholesome conditions over unwholesome conditions (in order to know what is what there mus...
by acinteyyo
Tue Nov 14, 2017 8:46 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: How to stop associating yourself with your thoughts?
Replies: 47
Views: 12834

Re: How to stop associating yourself with your thoughts?

That's interesting, and the ( lack of ) control aspect is useful to consider, particularly at the mind-base. But what about the application of Right Effort Right Intention and Right Concentration, choosing to develop more skillful states of mind? And what about the view that mindfulness ( paying at...
by acinteyyo
Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:59 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Difference between Mind and Consciousness
Replies: 17
Views: 4140

Re: Difference between Mind and Consciousness

DCM wrote: Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:50 pmAren't these factors a part of Mind Consciousness though?
I assume they are, yes.
by acinteyyo
Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:12 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Difference between Mind and Consciousness
Replies: 17
Views: 4140

Re: Difference between Mind and Consciousness

Thank you. The universals as they are called in the Ahidhamma are numerate as 7. Are the 5 you have mentioned listed in any suttas and labelled as Citta? No, they aren't mentioned in the suttas labbeling citta. They are mentionend in the suttas describing nama in namarupa. When I remember the sutta...
by acinteyyo
Mon Nov 13, 2017 6:05 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Difference between Mind and Consciousness
Replies: 17
Views: 4140

Re: Difference between Mind and Consciousness

Hi, I have just read the Mahānidāna Sutta (The Great Discourse on Origination), and going through the stages of dependant origination we have 'Mind-and-body conditions consciousness'. What is the difference between mind and consciousness? Thanks. Hi, “mind“ here is usually defined as attention (man...
by acinteyyo
Sun Nov 12, 2017 9:51 pm
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: How to stop associating yourself with your thoughts?
Replies: 47
Views: 12834

Re: How to stop associating yourself with your thoughts?

I don't think it's something that you want to "root out". It comes back to mindfulness. Simply observe the rising and passing away of thoughts. If you can maintain the continuity of mindfulness, then the true nature of thoughts will reveal themselves. Then you will come to the realization...
by acinteyyo
Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:41 pm
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Buddho
Replies: 239
Views: 66789

Re: Buddho

I am interested in Buddho as Vipassana, are there more instructions on how it can be used in this sense? In the mental recitation method for one-pointedness of the citta notice "who" is reciting "Buddho". One should look at the citta when it is calm. Let mindfulness watch the ba...