Since there is no "I", is it right to tell people that Dhamma can be practiced with the lesser aim of a more fortunate rebirth? Isn't that misleading since the "I" that will be reborn will be a totally different "I" only related to the previous "I" through the Aggregates? If in the context of such ...

So, out of compassion for the next "I", we try to accumulate good kamma in this present "I"? No, ouf of compassion for the potentially 5 succeeding aggregates, self-perceiving themselves as "I" and "mine" surrounded by equally ignorant self-perceiving phenomena, no kamma should be accumulated at al...

martian wrote: If this is the case, then is there any need to be concerned about kamma beyond the present life and furthermore, rebirth? Hoping for some clarity.

What cares and hopes?

Is Dhamma really an idea? Is decaying & rotting impermanence [of the vile body] an idea? ... Is ultimate reality an idea? If not, how can Samyaksambuddha be an idea when Samyaksambuddha is the same as Dhamma? Is anatta an idea? Is Jesus loves me an idea? Which of these are ideas ( papanca ) & which...

I seem to sense an emphasis on the negative in alot of buddhism. Just watch the voidness and passing away of this sense and the voidness and passing away of the sense of "buddhism". Then, can you see that actually there is nothing? If not then it is due to the immediate arising (again) of something...

Maybe you are trying to introduce another spring? If so go ahead. Human creativity must not be blocked. :sage: Mentality, what did Jesus teach (practically) different from Samyaksambuddha? See from my perspective "Jesus" and "Samyaksambuddha" are ideas, i.e. products of human creativity in the firs...

Maybe you are trying to introduce another spring? If so go ahead. Human creativity must not be blocked.

"the same subterrestrial water reservoir" stands for the source of human creativity in the context of humans dealing with their dilemma Does the literature about Jesus include a search for enlightenment to solve suffering? Or did Father God send his Only Begotten Son into the world, already complet...

When there are two springs conveying water that originates from the same subterrestrial water reservoir it may not be appropriate to say that one spring "borrows" from the other spring. In Wikipedia, is the idea of one Samyaksambuddha different from the idea of two springs? What of the Christian id...

But that is not the point here in this context. Having not experienced dependent origination of what is called "self" you still may think about or discuss about "self" endlessly. But all you are thinking and discussing about are just abstractions of wavering thoughts. That is why it has been said t...

Direct experience or not, if you postulate "sweet" you should know what you are talking about. " sweet" has been applied to illustrate was has been said in the context of "self" and "no-self". But it is not about ideas but experiences . If you postulate self you should know what it is you are talki...

If you postulate "sweet" you should know what you are talking about. You should know your experience and how can you know by means of arguments instead of observation? To call something "sweet" is something I've learned; it's not my direct experience. The direct experience of tasting sugar has no v...

When there are two springs conveying water that originates from the same subterrestrial water reservoir it may not be appropriate to say that one spring "borrows" from the other spring.

But it is not about ideas but experiences. If you postulate self you should know what it is you are talking about. If you postulate no-self you should know what you are talking about. You should know your experience and how can you know by means of arguments instead of observation? How can one obse...

Feelings of loneliness and/or alienation are conditioned too. Work on the conditions. Metta and/or compassion practice may be appropriate