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by Viachh
Sun Oct 04, 2020 7:06 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Are there any analogues of the practice of vipassana?
Replies: 5
Views: 4474

Are there any analogues of the practice of vipassana?

Are there any analogues of the practice of vipassana among Hindus and Taoists? If so, how do they differ from Buddhist vipassana?
by Viachh
Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:39 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: concept of luck
Replies: 25
Views: 3696

Re: concept of luck

Buddhism teaches Niyama or Pacaya. Kamma is only one of them. So chance or luck play a part in it too. ======= Causality The Abhidhamma teaches us that: there are natural laws which govern the universe (niyaama dhammaa); our mental and physical states arise dependent on causes — dependent originati...
by Viachh
Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:55 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: concept of luck
Replies: 25
Views: 3696

concept of luck

Good luck in the world is what Buddhism calls good karma. There is no concept of luck in Buddhism.
by Viachh
Mon Jul 27, 2020 2:16 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: Is it possible to see khandhas?
Replies: 12
Views: 20373

Re: Is it possible to see khandhas?

I think the purpose of the satiratthana is to see the emergence and disappearance of dhammas. What you think is wrong. Here, a bhikkhu lives a seer ( anupassī ) of body with reference to the body... a seer of feelings with reference to feelings ... a seerer of mind with reference to the mind .... a...
by Viachh
Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:38 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: Is it possible to see khandhas?
Replies: 12
Views: 20373

Re: Is it possible to see khandhas?

DooDoot wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2020 9:08 am
Viachh wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2020 4:28 am Is it possible to see khandhas as a result of advancing in the practice of vipassana
Yes. That is the purpose of satipatthana.
I think the purpose of the satiratthana is to see the emergence and disappearance of dhammas.
by Viachh
Sun Jul 26, 2020 4:28 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: Is it possible to see khandhas?
Replies: 12
Views: 20373

Is it possible to see khandhas?

Is it possible to see khandhas as a result of advancing in the practice of vipassana or khandhas are just one of the varieties of dhamma sorting?
by Viachh
Sun Jul 26, 2020 3:41 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: the name of the sutra?
Replies: 10
Views: 12100

Re: the name of the sutra?

Doodoot wrote:
"Thus associating with good persons, becoming full, fills up hearing the good Dhamma. Hearing the good Dhamma, becoming full, fills up faith."
Isn't it weird that the word hearing is used here instead of "listening to"?
by Viachh
Sat Jul 25, 2020 12:52 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: the name of the sutra?
Replies: 10
Views: 12100

Re: the name of the sutra?

Is there no such matrix in its pure form in the whole Theravada (sutras, abhidhamma, shastras)?
by Viachh
Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:45 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: the name of the sutra?
Replies: 10
Views: 12100

the name of the sutra?

Could you tell me the name of the sutra, which explains "listening, thinking, meditating", please.
by Viachh
Mon Jun 15, 2020 3:35 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: On the role of primary sources in Buddhism
Replies: 15
Views: 1478

Re: On the role of primary sources in Buddhism

The correct view from the Eightfold Path of the Noble one (the fourth Truth of the Noble one) is not a philosophically (mentally, logically, theoretically) correctly constructed view. This is a yogically (experimentally) correctly achieved and correctly described (inventorisied) view. I.e the word &...
by Viachh
Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:05 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: On the role of primary sources in Buddhism
Replies: 15
Views: 1478

Re: On the role of primary sources in Buddhism

Practice is the practice of concentration (samatha) and the practice of contemplation (vipassana). Neither one nor the other needs any philosophy.
by Viachh
Mon Jun 15, 2020 12:19 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: On the role of primary sources in Buddhism
Replies: 15
Views: 1478

Re: On the role of primary sources in Buddhism

Only practice itself (without any philosophy) helps to generate yogic experience.
by Viachh
Mon Jun 15, 2020 3:24 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: On the role of primary sources in Buddhism
Replies: 15
Views: 1478

On the role of primary sources in Buddhism

The philosophical study of the verbal cast from the yogic experience of the Buddha (sutra, tantra) in the hope that this will somehow generate the same yogic experience or help to generate it during yoga practice is a mistake. This is the misunderstood role of Buddhist primary sources. Their role is...
by Viachh
Mon Jun 08, 2020 3:26 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Is Nirvana a suicide in the good sense of the word?
Replies: 60
Views: 5738

Is Nirvana a suicide in the good sense of the word?

Is Nirvana a suicide in the good sense of the word?
by Viachh
Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:40 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: The practice described in the Vitakkasanthana Sutta
Replies: 3
Views: 3285

The practice described in the Vitakkasanthana Sutta

Is the practice described in the Vitakkasanthana Sutta (MN 20) a separate practice or is it one of the aspects of Vipassana practice?