There are many who knows Buddhism exist but few truly follows the teachings.
There are many who teaches but few truly knows / understands..... via realisation of the teachings.

.....“dream” and the so called “real life” isn’t the same.....you’ve already confirmed it as a “dream”.....because you have awaken from it. ....”real life” isn’t real either.....the only reason you call it real is because you haven’t awaken from it either!.....hence under delusion. It’s like being t...

It is rare to know what Enlightenment really is. Most people have strange ideas about it. And then only a few of those really try to get it. The failure rate is almost perfect and nothing beats a daily practice for a constant reminder of this fact. Places like this forum should be full of finders r...

cappuccino wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 4:44 am

justindesilva wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 4:39 am May I suggest that consciousness can be replaced with citta

I don't know,

I know the goal is everlasting

Would the word “awareness” appeal to you?

.....becoming nothing etc..

If this were the case.....Nibbana would not be possible !

It ought to be experienced !

.....birth and death are one thread.....the illusion.

One can conquer the illusion of birth and death by reaching Nibbana.....that transcends.....all dualities.....

.....how can one die as one were never born.....?

.....reaching the unconditioned.

.....Birth and death are merely illusions! AN 10.81: "Just as a red, blue, or white lotus born in the water and growing in the water, rises up above the water and stands with no water adhering to it, in the same way the Tathagata — freed, dissociated, & released from these ten things — dwells with u...

it's about self (no-self) Its irrelevant. There is really not much difference between no-self and not-self. For example, the Buddha said things are empty of self. Empty of self or without self or no self is not much different...... No-self is annihilation based on delusion. Not-self is transient......

AN 10.81:

Just as a red, blue, or white lotus born in the water and growing in the water, rises up above the water and stands with no water adhering to it, in the same way the Tathagata — freed, dissociated, & released from these ten things — dwells with unrestricted awareness.

Nibbana does exist according to the suttas. It is said to be a thing (dhamma). But since it is not part of DO, it does not solve the issue. If nothing exists but nibbana, we have all already reached nibbana, since that's all there is. If you're correct and it can't be said to exist, then there's li...

Or there's some other explanation that truly avoids this extreme. Truly, not just saying that extreme should be avoided, but solving the issue satisfactorily. Teaching teaches via the “ middle way ” which avoids the extremes.....to allow one to escape. To truly solve it, one must reach the uncondit...

"The Tathagata — a worthy one, rightly self-awakened — directly knows earth as earth. Directly knowing earth as earth, ..... An experience which is “ unconditioned ” and beyond the “ ALL ”.....which is “ directly ” experienced.....hence the word knowing. Knows.....refers the the Thus-one gone.....T...

Mundane is conditioned.....therefore subject to time.
Supramundane is unconditioned.....therefore not subject to time.

In terms of "mentality".....the difference is ignorance.....i.e. one is aware their experience is conditioned.....while knowing it's an illusion......which includes "time".

Ito 43: "The escape from that is: calm, permanent, beyond inference, unborn, unproduced, the sorrowless, stainless state, the cessation of stressful qualities, the stilling of fabrications, bliss" AN 3.47: “Bhikkhus, there are these three characteristics that define the unconditioned ❗️ What three? ...