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by fifthson
Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:25 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Ref. for "all 8 factors can be present simultaneously"?
Replies: 33
Views: 8039

Re: Ref. for "all 8 factors can be present simultaneously"?

I am not capable of finding reference in Sutra for you guys. I can only reply from what I read and heard of. In general, jhana is difficult to attain but very easy to lose it. Jhana is difficult to have, then also difficult to maintain it. Before the Buddha, jhana had been practiced but those who at...
by fifthson
Mon Aug 05, 2013 3:24 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Ref. for "all 8 factors can be present simultaneously"?
Replies: 33
Views: 8039

Re: Ref. for "all 8 factors can be present simultaneously"?

There are two types of Arahants - one who attained Arahantship through vipassana (then he or she had no need to gain jahna for the enlightenment), and the one who attained the enlightenment started with samadhi, then vipassana. So if that Arahant (or the lower level of attainment) is the latter then...
by fifthson
Mon Aug 05, 2013 9:16 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Ref. for "all 8 factors can be present simultaneously"?
Replies: 33
Views: 8039

Re: Ref. for "all 8 factors can be present simultaneously"?

All the eight must happened together to do so.
by fifthson
Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:13 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Ref. for "all 8 factors can be present simultaneously"?
Replies: 33
Views: 8039

Re: Ref. for "all 8 factors can be present simultaneously"?

If the 4 jhanas is not "the type of sammasamadhi leading to magga", why is it mentioned in the Noble Eightfold Path? sammasamadhi (right concentration), the 4 jhanas is also the right concentration. However, attainment of the jhanas alone is mainly the concentration which is not totally er...
by fifthson
Sun Aug 04, 2013 11:51 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Two Kinds of Arahants
Replies: 4
Views: 2098

Re: Two Kinds of Arahants

Two kinds of Arahants (I cannot find the correct word in Pali, I merely produce the sound) 1. suk-ka-vi-pas-sa-ka arahantship purely from vipassana 2. sa-ma-dha-ya-nik arahantship who started from samadhi until getting one of the jan-na, then vipassana Both attain the arahants but the first merely a...