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- Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:03 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: "Gata" translated as "Immersed"
- Replies: 35
- Views: 455
Re: "Gata" translated as "Immersed"
What is the meaning of "gata" in "tiracchānagatā" (in SN 22.100, which is a current topic)? How does it differs from "tiracchānayoni"? Thank you if you can answer. I salute you, Sir. "Gata" here means "being in (a certain state or condition)", and "tiracchānagatā" means "those who are in the animal...
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:25 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: "Gata" translated as "Immersed"
- Replies: 35
- Views: 455
Re: "Gata" translated as "Immersed"
Hi Frank, can you expand on what you mean contradicting the cmy? KN Ps bit you quoted looks like it's defining KGS (kaya gata..) as the exercises listed in MN 119. Does "Mindfulness Immersed in the Body" contradict that? Yes. Nine charnel ground contemplations are related to the body, there's no "im...
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:11 am
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Photo Dharma (Over 15,000 photographs of Buddhist archeological sites)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 137
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:05 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: "Gata" translated as "Immersed"
- Replies: 35
- Views: 455
Re: "Gata" translated as "Immersed"
In http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/bodymind.html I see Aj Thanissaro translating Kayagata-sati as "Mindfulness Immersed in the Body" Seems like a stretch to me to translate "gata" as "immersed". What do you think? "Immersed" surely contradicts the Commentary: Bhāvetabbaniddese kāyagatāsatī...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:34 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Why we cannot remember our past lives?
- Replies: 109
- Views: 6531
Re: Why we cannot remember our past lives?
Could it be due to psychological protective mechanism? Cos we can't handle the truth? Yes, indeed. Too much pain and uncomfortable things there. This is IMHO also the reason why people vehemently oppose the very possibility of rebirth. But why, then, enormous amounts of love, pleasure and fulfilmen...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 7:52 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello, everyone! Nice to meet you (:
- Replies: 8
- Views: 195
Re: Hello, everyone! Nice to meet you (:
Nice to meet you, Arturo!
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- Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:18 am
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: The Historical Authenticity of Early Buddhist Literature: A Critical Evaluation
- Replies: 9
- Views: 333
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 3:11 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: If the aim of meditation is calm and a pleasure not-of-the-5-senses, what is the difference if it is lite or not??
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3895
Re: If the aim of meditation is calm and a pleasure not-of-the-5-senses, what is the difference if it is lite or not??
What matters is: is this concentration performing its job? Making you calm? Making you lose your interest in sensual pleasure? Making you feel happy throughout the day? If so, great! If not, there is something wrong with it! It's just like sīla. We do good deeds because it helps end our suffering. ...
- Thu Dec 31, 2020 2:46 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: How long to attain first jhana?
- Replies: 105
- Views: 18251
Re: How long to attain first jhana?
Is it because they had a purer mind? What role does purity of mind (by which I mean lack of Kleshas, the ten defilements listed in Abhidhamma) have to play? In most cases, people confuse jhāna with exhilarated, spaced out or blacked out states. This doesn't require any purity of mind. However, if y...
- Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:40 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Esoteric Theravada - Kate Croby
- Replies: 66
- Views: 6978
Re: Esoteric Theravada - Kate Croby
Here’s a freely available article on Ānāpānasati from Skilton and Choompolpaisal. The Ancient Theravāda Meditation System, Borān Kammaṭṭhāna: Ānāpānasati or ‘Mindfulness of The Breath’ in Kammatthan Majjima Baeb Lamdub Andrew Skilton and Phibul Choompolpaisal King’s College London Thank you, - let ...
- Mon Dec 28, 2020 7:53 am
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: Is there consciousness in Nirodha Samāpatti?
- Replies: 89
- Views: 80455
Re: Is there consciousness in Nirodha Samāpatti?
Hello Rhinoceroshorn, What does it mean in practical terms? One in Nirodha Samapatti ceased feelings and perceptions, but is also conscious of this state, since the 5 senses are "clear"? Probably the best description is given in the Vimuttimagga: https://archive.org/details/ArahantUpatossa-Vimuttima...
- Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:05 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Why we cannot remember our past lives?
- Replies: 109
- Views: 6531
- Thu Dec 24, 2020 10:07 am
- Forum: Non-English Resources
- Topic: Chinese-language books, etc.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 20157
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:56 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Esoteric Theravada - Kate Croby
- Replies: 66
- Views: 6978
Re: Esoteric Theravada - Kate Croby
I've no knowledge or experience of these practices, but I'm a little surprised that almost all of the reactions to this book are along the lines of : "Whatever was being practised in SE Asia before the reforms of the 19th and 20th C was a load of rubbish...." Having taken up Theravada specifically ...
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 11:47 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Esoteric Theravada - Kate Croby
- Replies: 66
- Views: 6978
Re: Esoteric Theravada - Kate Croby
The name may sound similar, but the Burmese "weikza-do" (Vidyādhara) movement is very different from the "Borān kammaṭṭhāna" which was preserved in Ayutthaya and never made its way to Burma.Sabbe_Dhamma_Anatta wrote: ↑Sun Dec 20, 2020 12:59 pm May be not contained in the Book. But, similar name is found in Burma.