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- Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:06 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Two Types of Jhāna
- Replies: 30
- Views: 688
Re: Two Types of Jhāna
Auto... maybe you could clarify what you're trying to say and perhaps use 'relevant' sutta references to make it clear to an idiot like me. Commentaries and their dozen or so grandmas is of little interest to me when we have a large portion of the Peerless Ones Dhamma readily available. No need to ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:20 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Two Types of Jhāna
- Replies: 30
- Views: 688
Re: Two Types of Jhāna
What is "object-scrutinising Jhāna"? "Jhāna is twofold: that which (views or) examines closely the object and that which examines closely the characteristic marks. Of these two, "object-scrutinising" Jhāna examines closely the devices [e.g., Kasiṇas] as mental objects. Insi...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Learning and counterpart sign comparing with some other description
- Replies: 5
- Views: 206
Re: Learning and counterpart sign comparing with some other description
It's always a pleasure to see the nuts & bolts of the Buddha's Dhamma discussed so enthusiastically. Even if I have to intentionally blur my focus to do so. Have you tried watching stereo images? There will 3D image appear once you get the eyes, focus correct. Also it is kind of different from ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Learning and counterpart sign comparing with some other description
- Replies: 5
- Views: 206
Re: Learning and counterpart sign comparing with some other description
open the eyes and see bright disk like red or white in relaxed blurred vision.. u can blur ur vision by defocus ur entire vision by relaxing ur eye (i dont know how to type this exactly) in blurred vision, keep staring bright disk against contrast surface.. the bright object becomes sign.. check n ...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Learning and counterpart sign comparing with some other description
- Replies: 5
- Views: 206
Learning and counterpart sign comparing with some other description
What is of interest is the last sentence:"..as if he were seeing the reflection of his face on the surface of a looking glass" . I think it is about how to place the eyes. 28. If he opens his eyes too wide, they get fatigued and the disk becomes too obvious, which prevents the sign becomin...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9334
Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
.. I was trying to say about the ghostly realm which is invisible or naked, first levels in cultivation leading to becoming a ghost. I thought this level can be avoided, but seem not. Other words the sutta what say about sentient beings who are not free from sensual pleasures, is a stage one goes t...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9334
Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
What is burning here? Is the woman (the object of sight) burning? NO. Is the object reflected within the man's consciousness burning? YES it is burning with lust. Can the fire Dept. help, to put out this fire? NO. Now imagine another man's body was set on fire due to an accident. Body on fire means...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1086
Re: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
So what is one to focus on if not the colour brown? Surely you wouldn't chant some sort of mantra like earth... earth... earth... but the Visuddhimagga states exactly that. The Tibetans have more interesting mantras. .. 29. The colour should not be reviewed. The characteristic should not be given a...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9334
Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
A statement Pretty sure you going to say the food is good when it tastes good. Nothing wrong with the statement food is good when it tastes good. It is an indication of how the food was perceived. Levels of ignorance vary. With Love :candle: Getting beaten by the stick pretty sure you will say it h...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:23 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9334
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:30 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9334
Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
“In the same way, the eye is not the fetter of sights, nor are sights the fetter of the eye. Evameva kho, āvuso, na cakkhu rūpānaṁ saṁyojanaṁ, na rūpā cakkhussa saṁyojanaṁ. The fetter there is the desire and greed that arises from the pair of them. Yañca tattha tadubhayaṁ paṭicca uppajjati chandarā...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9334
Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
later Buddhist traditions treat Rupa of DO as physical matter. Buddha presented DO as events happening within consciousness. However like-minded people think alike. A conundrum. Was Buddha right? or were the later traditions right? Why does DO need happen within the consciousness. Is your argument ...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:25 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9334
Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
The Pali translators manipulated the translation when it comes to contact. In Chinese agama contact is called "Fine" only. in the Pali translation contact is called "gross and fine" it is the solid food what is called gross and fine. What four? Katame cattāro? Solid food, whethe...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:00 am
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: did the buddha teach vipasanna meditation?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 41466
Re: did the buddha teach vipasanna meditation?
I was merely asking how people understood the statement Sariputta through insight into mental qualities one after another. ...... It requires only a brief answer. It does not require sutta quotations, neither a knowledge of Pali. Thank you :candle: You said that the sutta confirms your understandin...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:48 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
- Replies: 136
- Views: 9334
Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
If you hang onto the belief that in Son's Flesh, Buddha is referring to the the first nutrient as meat and potatoes, this entire thread is a waste of time for you. With Love :candle: It's not a belief, when it is written in the sutta. Whereas your claim is not written in sutta, thus you are hanging...