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- Sun Mar 13, 2022 4:58 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: “There is no self.”- “Nope, never said that, either.”—The Buddha
- Replies: 606
- Views: 18859
Re: “There is no self.”- “Nope, never said that, either.”—The Buddha
Consistently, over and over, you use Bhante's terrible "not-self strategy" to argue for some kind of existing self, a self which also changes as you think this dodges the anicca critique. It's disturbing if you aren't honest enough to admit this, or alternatively if you aren't self aware ...
- Sun Mar 13, 2022 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: “There is no self.”- “Nope, never said that, either.”—The Buddha
- Replies: 606
- Views: 18859
Re: “There is no self.”- “Nope, never said that, either.”—The Buddha
I think there is an issue when the "the buddha never said no-self, it's not-self" argument becomes a way to sneak an atta in somewhere. Let's assume good faith arguments from others :smile:. I don't think all of the 'not-selfers' are doing that. As to your other post, yeah I don't really ...
- Sun Mar 13, 2022 4:39 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: “There is no self.”- “Nope, never said that, either.”—The Buddha
- Replies: 606
- Views: 18859
Re: “There is no self.”- “Nope, never said that, either.”—The Buddha
To me, this doesn't seem like such a critical distinction No self will lead to the realm of Nothingness Hence it does not lead to Nirvana I will respond to you this one time. You didn't read my post carefully. Even if we believe the view of no-self leads to nothingness, if a 'no-selfer' practices d...
- Sun Mar 13, 2022 4:31 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: “There is no self.”- “Nope, never said that, either.”—The Buddha
- Replies: 606
- Views: 18859
Re: “There is no self.”- “Nope, never said that, either.”—The Buddha
All you have to do ToVincent is cease trying to build an abstract philosophical system out of the Dhamma and cease looking for dubious translations to support that enterprise. Instead accept the standard ones and simply practice it. Speaking of which--in terms of actual practice I wonder how much t...
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 6:46 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Can We Hear Sound in Jhāna?
- Replies: 183
- Views: 41168
Re: Can We Hear Sound in Jhāna?
Hi Assaji, Q. What is the meaning of nimitta ? A. “Cause” ( kāraṇa ) is the meaning of nimitta. As the Buddha taught: “Monks, all vicious unskillful modes of conduct arise with a cause (nimitta)” [AN 2.78]. This is the meaning of “cause.” I'm a little confused by this. Perhaps I'm missing something...
- Fri Mar 11, 2022 5:33 pm
- Forum: Abhidhamma
- Topic: what is difference between suttas and Abhidamma
- Replies: 166
- Views: 24440
Re: what is difference between suttas and Abhidamma
We can recognize temporal strata without needing to throw away anything. Knowing the temporal strata of a text helps us put it into context and understand more clearly what the concerns of the specific text is, and how those may be aligned or misaligned with the intent of the earlier teachings. None...
- Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:57 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Free introductory essay to Keren Arbel's excellent book: Early Buddhist Meditation: The Four Jhānas as the Actualization
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2009
Re: Free introductory essay to Keren Arbel's excellent book: Early Buddhist Meditation: The Four Jhānas as the Actualiza
The second part of my post was meant for people in general who are reading this thread. If you already approach things that way then that’s excellent IMO.BrokenBones wrote: ↑Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:37 pm I think you'll find the pupil finds a teacher and not vice versa... not that your advice isn't good... just a bit presumptuous.
- Wed Mar 09, 2022 3:25 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Free introductory essay to Keren Arbel's excellent book: Early Buddhist Meditation: The Four Jhānas as the Actualization
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2009
Re: Free introductory essay to Keren Arbel's excellent book: Early Buddhist Meditation: The Four Jhānas as the Actualiza
I'm in with a shout then 😅 Heh, you still have to put in the careful work. Put aside your personal biases and school affiliations, put aside your personal assumptions and beliefs, put aside what “seems obvious” to you, take a few deep breaths and open up the suttas. Pick one passage and read it slo...
- Wed Mar 09, 2022 2:34 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Free introductory essay to Keren Arbel's excellent book: Early Buddhist Meditation: The Four Jhānas as the Actualization
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2009
Re: Free introductory essay to Keren Arbel's excellent book: Early Buddhist Meditation: The Four Jhānas as the Actualiza
Vajrayana and Mahayana at least, take very little time and energy for any average intelligent person to sort out and see that they differ greatly from EBT. Theravada LBT (Vism., later Abhidamma), it seems to take quite a bit more intelligence for people to sort through LBT Theravada's false claims ...
- Sun Mar 06, 2022 7:43 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Dhammasaṅgaṇī
- Replies: 8
- Views: 826
- Sun Mar 06, 2022 2:36 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Dhammasaṅgaṇī
- Replies: 8
- Views: 826
Re: Dhammasaṅgaṇī
Please stick to answering the questions I asked. If they can’t be answered without the commentary then please use the earliest strata of abhidhamma/commentary available to address them. (For example does the vibhanga, patisambhimagga, petakopodesa, or other such earlier works help us here?) I should...
- Sat Mar 05, 2022 4:40 am
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Dhammasaṅgaṇī
- Replies: 8
- Views: 826
Dhammasaṅgaṇī
In the Dhammasaṅgaṇī what is going on with the exclusion of the form khanda, and the inclusion of only the mind and mind objects in the kusula sections? The text has "on that occasion the khandhas are four, and the sense spheres are two", and this is even for the kamavacara which "has...
- Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:50 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Are we aware of Advaita on this forum?
- Replies: 97
- Views: 4273
Re: The Eye
In Venerable Sujato's translation of SN 26.1 we find the following “Yo kho, bhikkhave, cakkhussa uppādo ṭhiti abhinibbatti pātubhāvo, dukkhasseso uppādo, rogānaṁ ṭhiti, jarāmaraṇassa pātubhāvo. “Mendicants, the arising, continuation, rebirth, and manifestation of the eye is the arising of suffering...
- Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:17 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Question about "luminous mind" in Thai Forest Buddhism
- Replies: 203
- Views: 7777
Re: Question about "luminous mind" in Thai Forest Buddhism
One can be in this kind of luminous mind perpetually, even within your usual mundane environments. This understanding is in line with the Thai Buddhist monk, Ajaan Mahā Boowa who had a similar outlook to the luminous mind. It fits quite well with my understanding, too. Some questions about this lum...