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by samseva
Wed Oct 20, 2021 1:19 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ven. Anālayo uses circular reasoning, to assert that jhāna is not possible while walking
Replies: 176
Views: 11537

Re: Ven. Anālayo uses circular reasoning, to assert that jhāna is not possible while walking

I’m sure we could dedicate an entire thread to obscure passages that hold up entire interpretations, including those of the orthodoxy. IMO, lack of frequency is not a strong argument for whether or not a passage is trustworthy. It is important. You're suggesting it's not? If jhāna is possible while...
by samseva
Tue Oct 19, 2021 1:41 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: So whats 'wrong' with Mahayana?
Replies: 54
Views: 3548

Re: So whats 'wrong' with Mahayana?

Yesterday I briefly watched a documentary on how Buddhism integrated with other belief system like shamanism, original Taoism. The researchers believe there are very early Chinese and Indian cultural exchange. Visitors from both sides cross over the border to preach and brought back the I from the ...
by samseva
Tue Oct 19, 2021 12:13 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Are cloths I am wearing, a part of my Nama-Rupa?
Replies: 23
Views: 734

Re: Are cloths I am wearing, a part of my Nama-Rupa?

I would say these are examples of rupa. Nama is about how you experience and relate to these "material" rupa elements. MN140 makes the distinction between internal and external rupa, which seems to mean inside v. outside the body. I looked over MN 140. It deals with dhātu, not rūpa (and a...
by samseva
Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:56 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Are the aggregates dukkha?
Replies: 225
Views: 10506

Re: Are the aggregates dukkha?

[...] The problem isn't either objective or subjective. Either doesn't exist in a vacuum. Yes, suffering is mostly due to the defilements of an individual, however it is much rather the object and the defilement together that gives rise to suffering. Without an object, the defilement can't arise. S...
by samseva
Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:32 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ven. Anālayo uses circular reasoning, to assert that jhāna is not possible while walking
Replies: 176
Views: 11537

Re: Ven. Anālayo uses circular reasoning, to assert that jhāna is not possible while walking

Here also is Bodhi's Foot Note on AN 3.63: Mp says that his walking back and forth is celestial when, having entered the four jhānas, he walks back and forth; and his walking back and forth is celestial when, after emerging from the four jhānas, he walks back and forth. This seems to imply that wal...
by samseva
Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:29 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ven. Anālayo uses circular reasoning, to assert that jhāna is not possible while walking
Replies: 176
Views: 11537

Re: Ven. Anālayo uses circular reasoning, to assert that jhāna is not possible while walking

Interestingly, we have also the opinion of Bhikku Kumara in his book about Jhana and Samadhi which certainly is able to evaluate the Pali by himself. Ven. Kumāra doesn't say anything new. He just quotes and describes AN 3.63, and talks a bit about the Abhidhamma. He doesn't even go over the Pāḷi of...
by samseva
Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:47 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Are cloths I am wearing, a part of my Nama-Rupa?
Replies: 23
Views: 734

Re: Are cloths I am wearing, a part of my Nama-Rupa?

Are cloths I am wearing, a part of my Nama-Rupa? Nāma-rūpa is mind-and-body, or mentality-corporeality. Your clothes aren't part of your body, so no. Some might say rūpa from nāma-rūpa also includes all physical objects that aren't body, like a table, and other people. Although, nāma-rūpa implying ...
by samseva
Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:44 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Having to go to the bathroom during meditation
Replies: 14
Views: 1125

Re: Having to go to the bathroom during meditation

If you have to go the bathroom more than once in a 1-2 hour sitting, something's out of balance. Going to the bathroom twice in two hours is nothing out of the ordinary. Still, things like drinking coffee (a diuretic), or drinking too much water will especially result in having to go to the bathroo...
by samseva
Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:17 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ven. Anālayo uses circular reasoning, to assert that jhāna is not possible while walking
Replies: 176
Views: 11537

Re: Ven. Anālayo uses circular reasoning, to assert that jhāna is not possible while walking

They never explain why they think the grammar is misunderstood. There is though: https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/an-3-64-walking-while-in-jhanas/3368/11 https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/an-3-64-walking-while-in-jhanas/3368/21 I will assume that their argument is something like that when he...
by samseva
Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:01 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Samādhi
Replies: 28
Views: 2507

Re: Samādhi

As Ven. Anālayo says, there are instances in the Suttas where sammā-samādhi isn't defined as the four jhānas, such as MN 117: What, bhikkhus, is noble right concentration with its supports and its requisites, that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right e...
by samseva
Tue Oct 19, 2021 5:00 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ven. Anālayo uses circular reasoning, to assert that jhāna is not possible while walking
Replies: 176
Views: 11537

Re: Ven. Anālayo uses circular reasoning, to assert that jhāna is not possible while walking

its because I had instantly thought of a sutta where Buddha says he is in jhana while walking, and I hadn't read SDC's post...and I don't believe its this same sutta, because I think its in Majjhima Nikaya or Sutta Nipata. If I'm right, then its not just one sutta claiming this. But I don't remembe...
by samseva
Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:40 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ven. Anālayo uses circular reasoning, to assert that jhāna is not possible while walking
Replies: 176
Views: 11537

Re: Ven. Anālayo uses circular reasoning, to assert that jhāna is not possible while walking

I didn’t follow the link in the OP and don’t really understand what the issue is here, but this bit from AN 3.63 is explicit that one can walk in jhana: It's explicit because the English is explicit. The translation is possibly not correct. We discussed this for multiple pages in frank's previous t...
by samseva
Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:26 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Having to go to the bathroom during meditation
Replies: 14
Views: 1125

Re: Having to go to the bathroom during meditation

[...] Sure, but that's not samatha meditation. When doing samatha meditation for long periods of time (1-2 hours, for example), where you are developing samādhi, being encumbered by constantly having to go to the bathroom—of which, coming back to your meditation, you then have to develop your conce...
by samseva
Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:08 pm
Forum: Pāli
Topic: Nāmarūpa
Replies: 48
Views: 2748

Re: Nāmarūpa

So no answer if it’s grammatically correct to translate as “named forms”? I don't know if this is implied by you, but there is only one subject in your translation—forms, with named being an adjective describing forms. Nāma-rūpa, although conjoined, is two terms and two things. This being common in...
by samseva
Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:06 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Having to go to the bathroom during meditation
Replies: 14
Views: 1125

Re: Having to go to the bathroom during meditation

If you're de-hydrated, you won't be able to meditate, and will only be able to think about water. The medical term has made its way into common speech, and its meaning changed. Being only slightly less hydrated than optimal levels of hydration for a few hours won't affect your health. Not only is no...