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- Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:21 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Are there any arhats still alive today ?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 5955
Re: Are there any arhats still alive today ?
Now if the description that is clearly set down in the suttas is something you disagree with, that is fine, but please do not use the internet to tell others that there is no straightforward description, because there are dozens. If it was clear there really wouldn't be debates and interpretations ...
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 4:13 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Are there any arhats still alive today ?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 5955
Re: Are there any arhats still alive today ?
The problem is that no one has ever been able to provide a straight-forward definition of enlightenment in all of this movement's history, and no one has recourse to anything in personal meditative experience to know if they are really, finally, achieving the real thing. In other words, without fals...
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:56 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Are there any arhats still alive today ?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 5955
Re: Are there any arhats still alive today ?
Any longer for someone to attain enlightenment outside the Buddhist establishment would be a copyright violation.mjaviem wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:49 pmWhy 24 hs?confusedlayman wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:26 pm yes of course only exception is layman attains arhantship before less than 24 hours
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 1:30 am
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: An important insight from the comparative Dhammapada work on the formation of early Buddhist canons
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2382
Re: An important insight from the comparative Dhammapada work on the formation of early Buddhist canons
I wonder whether there is a single sutta, in the entire canon that was literally spoken by the Buddha from start to finish. Mhm. Me too. And I doubt it. These passed through who knows how many hands and ears. Even the best argued hypotheses held up by textual criticism are pretty nebulous. I mean, ...
- Fri Jan 29, 2021 3:20 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Was the Buddha secretly teaching Ajnana doctrine?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4019
Re: Was the Buddha secretly teaching Ajnana doctrine?
The acceptance of this dichotomy between conventional and transcendental language is widespread today, as is the suppositious parallel distinction between conventional and absolute truth, or reality. Therefore some may be surprised to learn that such a distinction (whether with regard to language, ...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 2:49 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: No one asked budda how to meditate?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2473
Re: No one asked budda how to meditate?
Teachers are indispensable. Gotama is said to have had 2 meditation teachers that he held in high esteem. Even in colleges today professors inherit a 'lineage' from their graduate school mentors and pass this on to their students. IMHO folks who say teachers are not needed don't know what they are ...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 1:01 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: No one asked budda how to meditate?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2473
Re: No one asked budda how to meditate?
Like the non-ordained they follow their teachers even if they don't name these "teachers". Teachers are indispensable. Gotama is said to have had 2 meditation teachers that he held in high esteem. Even in colleges today professors inherit a 'lineage' from their graduate school mentors and...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 12:48 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Anthropic principle
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3200
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 12:32 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: No one asked budda how to meditate?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2473
Re: No one asked budda how to meditate?
Don't expect sutta to provide what it can't. There is a reason why there are commentaries and teachings by teachers. Why do you think there is so much discussion and dissent here? If the meaning of suttas were obvious there would be no need for discussion and dissent. Indeed they're vague and contr...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 11:24 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: No one asked budda how to meditate?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2473
Re: No one asked budda how to meditate?
I study on more or less daily basis of sutta but I am having trouble with applying You can follow Thai or Burmese meditation masters, although they are thoroughly embedded in the reformation movement. The older Theravada meditation lineages, from my understanding, went extinct with the 19th century...
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 10:59 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: No one asked budda how to meditate?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2473
Re: No one asked budda how to meditate?
Don't expect sutta to provide what it can't. There is a reason why there are commentaries and teachings by teachers. Why do you think there is so much discussion and dissent here? If the meaning of suttas were obvious there would be no need for discussion and dissent. Indeed they're vague and contr...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 7:14 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Unconditioned
- Replies: 559
- Views: 33602
Re: Unconditioned
Clearly the mind's state and its contents are continually changing - I'm not suggesting otherwise. I'm suggesting that the bit (aspect?) of the mind which observes need to be stable and unchanging. Have you ever tried stargazing with a pair of hand-held binoculars? It's very difficult! You need to ...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:23 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Unconditioned
- Replies: 559
- Views: 33602
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Unconditioned
- Replies: 559
- Views: 33602
Re: Unconditioned
Are you saying the mendicant is mind observing another thing called mind?
This is too amusing...
This is too amusing...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Unconditioned
- Replies: 559
- Views: 33602
Re: Unconditioned
Satipatthanasutta wrote:It’s when a mendicant knows mind
I think my point stands.Coëmgenu wrote:Do you think they are using