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by kirk5a » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:08 pm
On the Wikipedia entry for "nirvana" there are citations like this:
"'the liberated mind (citta) that no longer clings' means nibbāna" (Majjhima Nikaya 2-Att. 4.68).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NirvanaHow is the sutta reference number deciphered here? Can someone provide a cross-reference in the more typical style? Thanks!
"When one thing is practiced & pursued, ignorance is abandoned, clear knowing arises, the conceit 'I am' is abandoned, latent tendencies are uprooted, fetters are abandoned. Which one thing? Mindfulness immersed in the body." -AN 1.230
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by daverupa » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:42 pm
It resembles
This is deathless: the liberation of the mind through lack of clinging/sustenance.'
from
MN 106. Probably "2-Att" in that cite is referencing a commentary (atthakatha).
"There is, headman, dhammasamādhi. If you were to obtain cittasamādhi in that, you might abandon this state of perplexity. And what, headman, is dhammasamādhi?
[kammapatha & brahmavihara, & a method of arousing gladness]"
- SN 42.13 - Pāṭaliya"Others will misapprehend according to their individual views, hold on to them tenaciously and not easily discard them; we shall not misapprehend according to individual views nor hold on to them tenaciously, but shall discard them with ease — thus effacement can be done."
- MN 8 - Sallekha Sutta
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by piotr » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:53 pm
daverupa wrote:It resembles
This is deathless: the liberation of the mind through lack of clinging/sustenance.'
from
MN 106. Probably "2-Att" in that cite is referencing a commentary (atthakatha).
That's right. A commentary to the sutta says:
aññattha ca “anupādā cittassa vimokkho”ti nibbānaṃ vuccati.
Or elsewhere ‘the liberation of the mind through lack of clinging’ is called Unbinding (nibbāna).
Which is the quote from Wikipedia.
Bhagavaṃmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā...
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by kirk5a » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:01 pm
Excellent, thanks for the replies.
"When one thing is practiced & pursued, ignorance is abandoned, clear knowing arises, the conceit 'I am' is abandoned, latent tendencies are uprooted, fetters are abandoned. Which one thing? Mindfulness immersed in the body." -AN 1.230
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