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by Pulsar
Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:03 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
Replies: 146
Views: 4295

Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol

Dearest OP: In your first comment on the first page you also wrote The Buddha said in a sutta that each person needs a standard Can you please bring us the sutta that says this? You continue and as the supreme being he has no one as standard so he venerates the Dhamma, which is not just the practice...
by Pulsar
Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
Replies: 146
Views: 4295

Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol

OP writes in his very first statement: There is the structure of the planes of being, there is the structure of the known universe. How does a human being come into existence? How does a universe come into existence? Did the Buddha address the latter? If not why are we wasting our time trying to fig...
by Pulsar
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
Replies: 146
Views: 4295

Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol

An excerpt from SN 12.55 The Great Tree “Suppose, bhikkhus, there was a great tree, and all its roots going downwards and across would send the sap upwards. Sustained by that sap, nourished by it, that great tree would stand for a very long time. So too, when one lives contemplating gratification in...
by Pulsar
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
Replies: 146
Views: 4295

Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol

OP writes So I state that "the conditioned Dhamma has its roots in the Unconditioned Dhamma ". The Noble 8-fold path is conditioned. Yet it leads to the Unconditioned. Are the roots and fruits of a tree the same thing? Roots feed the tree, and with the help of the sun, fruits arise over ti...
by Pulsar
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

Dear Jack19990101: when I asked you whether physical food can create consciousness you replied It is 'nutriment' vs 'creates/origin' - the distinction is not too hard to grasp. What is the distinction of nutriment vs creation/origin? in the context SN 12.63. according to your understanding? In the A...
by Pulsar
Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:24 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
Replies: 146
Views: 4295

Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol

OP writes The conditioned dhamma that the Buddha teaches and that we practice, has it's basis in the Unconditioned Dhamma Now I know that ignorance is the culprit, the basis of our suffering, never that unconditiond Dhamma. You continue that has no explanation You are underestimating the Buddha. You...
by Pulsar
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

Jack19990101 wrote Noteworthy is - food is nutriment for the human station of consciousness. Do you mean physical foods like meat or caviar, or elegant desserts, can directly create a consciousness, just like nama rupa creates a consciousness? Buddha only claimed that Nama-rupa gives rise to conscio...
by Pulsar
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol
Replies: 146
Views: 4295

Re: Venerating the Dhamma as the Impersonal Divine Cosmic Order symbolized by the Thousand Spoked Wheel symbol

Cause_and _Effect writes I interpret thus the last verse in the Garava sutta as the Buddha paying the supreme act of homage and reverence to the supreme thing that can be paid homage and reverence. The Buddha paying homage to that eternally self-existant principle of Cosmic Order that leads to Ultim...
by Pulsar
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Abhidharmadharmaskandhapādaśāstra
Replies: 15
Views: 471

Re: Abhidharmadharmaskandhapādaśāstra

Ceisiwr writes As you can see, their definition of Samādhi is the same as what we see in the Visuddhimagga. Are you implying visuddhimagga contains oldest abhidhamma? Oldest abhidhamma is part of the Tripitika. My understanding is that the sectarians, while they cherry picked the oldest stuff, they ...
by Pulsar
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Dhp. 97
Replies: 9
Views: 376

Re: Dhp. 97

Dear Sam, Here is the remaining notes from the verse. I already copied the first note. The verse: *The man who is not crdeulous** who understands the Uncreate ***(Nibbana) who has cut off the links **** who has put an end to occasion ***** (of good and evil), who has eschewed *******all desires ****...
by Pulsar
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Abhidharmadharmaskandhapādaśāstra
Replies: 15
Views: 471

Re: Abhidharmadharmaskandhapādaśāstra

SarathW wrote "simultaneous cognition" There is no teaching of "simultaneous cognition" in Theravada. A person cognise only one at a time. SarathW is correct, based on my understanding of DO. How can there be simultaneous cognition in any Buddhism, (Theravada or not) if the Dhamm...
by Pulsar
Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Dhp. 97
Replies: 9
Views: 376

Re: Dhp. 97

Hi Sam Vara: Apologise for the delay. The asterisks point to selected words. V. Narada explains each one in the footnotes.   Below is V. Narada's translation and the first footnote. I will copy the rest of the footnotes soon enough. Dhammapada: Verse 97 *The man who is not crdeulous** who understand...
by Pulsar
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:01 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

Getting beaten by the stick pretty sure you will say it hurts.
:offtopic:
by Pulsar
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:39 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

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:
by Pulsar
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

A statement Eye consciousness's arising/burning depends on the eye and its object. Let us check this out, with a down to earth example. A man of uncontrollable lust is gazing upon a nude and salivating. A follower of Buddha who comprehends DO, as Buddha taught it , looking at the man feels sorry for...