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- Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:46 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: On Thanissaro Bhikkhu's anatta teachings
- Replies: 356
- Views: 66484
Re: On Thanissaro Bhikkhu's anatta teachings
I don't say nibbana is not quenching, I say that for the arahant that has attained nibbana (quenching definition is right) after death the aggregates -viññana included- don't appear again (which is good).
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:41 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: On Thanissaro Bhikkhu's anatta teachings
- Replies: 356
- Views: 66484
Re: On Thanissaro Bhikkhu's anatta teachings
Yes... you are right... But you yourself stated it, the arahant is not reborn after death... so after death he doesn't experience the five khandas, form, sensation, perception, determination and conciousness... The Buddha put aside the definition of the arahant after death as existence, non existenc...
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:51 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: On Thanissaro Bhikkhu's anatta teachings
- Replies: 356
- Views: 66484
Re: On Thanissaro Bhikkhu's anatta teachings
W E W I L L N E V E R A G A I N LIE I N T H E W O M B ; ) But don't worry, the trick of parinibbana is that it can be enjoyed without conciousness, as a matter of fact, the five khandas are stressful for the arahant, so parinibbana is final release from these final burdens (the five khandas). Anyway...
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 2:29 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: On Thanissaro Bhikkhu's anatta teachings
- Replies: 356
- Views: 66484
Re: On Thanissaro Bhikkhu's anatta teachings
You want proof that in parinibbana there is no conciusness or proof that some people are scared at this fact? or proof of both?
- Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:10 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: On Thanissaro Bhikkhu's anatta teachings
- Replies: 356
- Views: 66484
Re: On Thanissaro Bhikkhu's anatta teachings
Some people are scared at the fact that in parinibbana there is no conciousness...
- Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:09 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The Work of Venerable Ñānavīra Thera
- Replies: 247
- Views: 55698
Re: The Work of Venerable Ñānavīra Thera
nanavira rulez
- Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:31 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The Dhamma eye: "whatever aising-dhamma cessation-dhamma"
- Replies: 133
- Views: 30217
Re: The Dhamma eye: "whatever aising-dhamma cessation-dhamma"
Yes, the dhamma-eye is not common understanding, it is experienced in an "intuitive" trascendental way. I wish I had it.
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:03 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: If there is no self, where does Kamma accumulate?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7935
Re: If there is no self, where does Kamma accumulate?
Pondering about these thing doesn't lead to Self-Awakening.