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- Wed Feb 28, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: An Anapanasati Question
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1616
Re: An Anapanasati Question
Hi Heaviside, Thanks to everyone who responded. I learned a new Pali word! But I think the introduction of yet another Pali term does not increase clarity. I tend to think the tip of the nose is not the intended meaning. Here's why. Any reasonable interpretation of ``him'' would include all body par...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: What is more reliable? Visuddhi Magga or Vimuttimagga?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 9102
Re: What is more reliable? Visuddhi Magga or Vimuttimagga?
Hi Frank, I've sent a few emails to the address listed on that university website over a period of 2 years inquiring about whether the paper book would ever be available on amazon, and asked about the PDF of volume 2, and have never gotten any response. Checked my spam folder, nothing. Doesn't seem ...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:09 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: What is more reliable? Visuddhi Magga or Vimuttimagga?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 9102
Re: What is more reliable? Visuddhi Magga or Vimuttimagga?
Dmytro, in the link you posted, I can only find content from Volume 1 of the Vimuttimagga book, which ends at Page 512. Will the Volume II of the book be uploaded separately? When everyone has fully developed samādhi and is ready for the wisdom teachings in Volume II ... (joking) :) Really, that's ...
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 3:16 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: What is more reliable? Visuddhi Magga or Vimuttimagga?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 9102
Re: What is more reliable? Visuddhi Magga or Vimuttimagga?
Hi Dhamma friends, The new translation of the Vimuttimagga by Ven. Nyanatusita is now available as a free eBook at: https://www.buddhism.hku.hk/publication-post/the-path-to-freedom-vimuttimagga/ :anjali: Thank you Dmytro.. You are welcome, Arkaprava! The accompanying glossaries can be found at: htt...
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Stone chambers dating back 1400 years, filled with stone slabs inscribed with Buddhist scriptures
- Replies: 10
- Views: 543
Re: Stone chambers dating back 1400 years, filled with stone slabs inscribed with Buddhist scriptures
Hi, In the southwest suburbs of Beijing, the capital city of China, there are several mysterious caves on a high mountain. These caves are filled with stone slabs with Buddhist scriptures engraved on them. According to research, these stone slabs are about 1,400 years old. Who dug these caves? Why a...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: What is more reliable? Visuddhi Magga or Vimuttimagga?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 9102
Re: What is more reliable? Visuddhi Magga or Vimuttimagga?
Hi Dhamma friends,
The new translation of the Vimuttimagga by Ven. Nyanatusita is now available as a free eBook at:
https://www.buddhism.hku.hk/publication ... uttimagga/
The new translation of the Vimuttimagga by Ven. Nyanatusita is now available as a free eBook at:
https://www.buddhism.hku.hk/publication ... uttimagga/
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 7:11 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Me sutanti dvedhāvitakkasuttaṃ
- Replies: 8
- Views: 705
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:55 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali Term: Nimitta
- Replies: 85
- Views: 45250
Re: Pali Term: Nimitta
Hi Frank, Good to see you! Hope all is well where you are. Nice to see you as well. Thank you, I am fine. I would much rather see translations of Smb of yogacaribhumi with sanskrit and english side by side than a scholar's research summary. I don't mind their summary, but without seeing the actual s...
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:28 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali Term: Nimitta
- Replies: 85
- Views: 45250
Re: Pali Term: Nimitta
Hello Pali friends, German scholar Martin Delhey has explored the meaning of this term in relatively early Yogacara Sanskrit texts, and after a long and difficult research, concluded the following (in English translation): 5.4.3 Techniques of object contemplation: discussion of the concept of nimitt...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Why is the authenticity of Digha nikaya so often disputed?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2415
Re: Why is the authenticity of Digha nikaya so often disputed?
Greetings Mike Ralph King, Independently of the sources or opinions cited here, I came to the conclusion a while back that the Digha Nikaya did not reach the standards of the Majjhima, the Samuyutta or the Anguttara, though taken as a whole these four constitute the 'serious' part of the Canon. It i...
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:39 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali Term: Sakkāya
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9045
Re: Pali Term: Sakkāya
Visuddhimagga (ХХII, 56): "Cankers (āsava): ... is a term for greed for sense desires, greed for becoming, wrong view, and ignorance, because of the exuding (savana) [of these defilements] from unguarded sense-doors like water from cracks in a pot in the sense of constant trickling, or because...
- Thu Apr 13, 2023 6:32 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali Term: Sakkāya
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9045
Re: Pali Term: Sakkāya
Hi Asahi, The contradiction lies in the Pointing Out of an existence of an arahant itself , the assumption somehow there is an arahant somewhere . If the arahant cannot be found or to be found from or on the five aggregates , then there is no such thing as arahant to be said of . Similarly with this...
- Tue Mar 28, 2023 8:19 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali Term: Sakkāya
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9045
Re: Pali Term: Sakkāya
Ps . Perhaps if you to rethink a baby has five clinging aggregates ? Does the baby already being accompanied by defilements or that is tainted earlier on and taken up as one's own ? 😉 The text of the Sutta talks about āsava s, not "defilements" ( kilesa ). Āsava s are rather preconditions...
- Tue Mar 28, 2023 7:47 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali Term: Sakkāya
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9045
Re: Pali Term: Sakkāya
Hi Asahi, Are you saying both below translation are outdated ? Yes, a better translation is needed. Ps . If you say cant pinpoint the arahant as the five aggregates . Yes, this is clearly stated in the Suttas, e.g. in the Bhikkhu Sutta: https://accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn22/sn22.036.than.html...
- Tue Mar 28, 2023 7:13 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Welcome new admin Sam Vara!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7161
Re: Welcome new admin Sam Vara!
Greetings, Sam Vara, and best wishes with this difficult work