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by pegembara
Sat Feb 16, 2019 3:35 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Post sutta quotes that utterly rule out nibbana being consciousness or self
Replies: 69
Views: 20414

Re: Post sutta quotes that utterly rule out nibbana being consciousness or self

"Now what, bhikkhus, is the Nibbana-element with no residue left? Here a bhikkhu is an arahant... completely released through final knowledge. For him, here in this very life, all that is experienced, not being delighted in, will be extinguished . That, bhikkhus, is called the Nibbana-element ...
by pegembara
Fri Feb 15, 2019 3:27 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Eternal citta in "Theravada"? ---> probably Found.
Replies: 80
Views: 9523

Re: Eternal citta in "Theravada"? ---> probably Found.

Speaking of annihilation - complete destruction or obliteration of the idea of being a 'being'. I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Savatthi at Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Then Ven. Radha went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him sa...
by pegembara
Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:56 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: Correct apprehension of impermanence
Replies: 12
Views: 6294

Re: Correct apprehension of impermanence

All that arises passes away. Going, going, gone. “Bhikshus,when the perception of impermanence, is cultivated, often developed, completely destroys all sensual lust, completely destroys all lust for form, completely destroys all lust for existence, completely destroys all ignorance, abolishes all &q...
by pegembara
Thu Feb 14, 2019 4:22 am
Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
Topic: Why aren't volitional formations the only aggregate?
Replies: 21
Views: 3817

Re: Why aren't volitional formations the only aggregate?

This rendering, as pointed out by Ven. Nanananda [Towards calm and insight, 1993] may best do justice to Buddha's effort to make his language understood to all, who are ready to open themselves to his message of salvation, without discrimination as to one's social and educational background. 'Prepe...
by pegembara
Tue Feb 12, 2019 3:27 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Happiness does NOT exist
Replies: 17
Views: 2596

Re: Happiness does NOT exist

"With regard to those brahmans & contemplatives who are of the view, of the opinion, that 'All is pleasing to me': That view of theirs is close to being impassioned, close to bondage, close to delighting, close to holding, close to clinging. With regard to those brahmans & contemplativ...
by pegembara
Mon Feb 11, 2019 4:45 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Self vs Not-Self
Replies: 12
Views: 1163

Re: Self vs Not-Self

Greetings, You are right. Things being not self would imply that there is an actual self! Sorry, but this logic is absurd. To say "A is not B, therefore B exists" makes no sense whatsoever. This hand is not a unicorn... therefore there is an actual unicorn!? :shrug: I think not. Metta, Pa...
by pegembara
Thu Jan 31, 2019 4:49 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Self vs Not-Self
Replies: 12
Views: 1163

Re: Self vs Not-Self

Buddha teaches what the self is NOT. This doesn't mean that there is no self at all. You are right. Things being not self would imply that there is an actual self! But then there is the teaching Sabbe sankhara anicca, Sabbe sankhara dukkha, Sabbe dhamma anatta. Dhamma means all things(conditioned a...
by pegembara
Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:46 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Rareness of human birth
Replies: 35
Views: 3711

Re: Rareness of human birth

See SN 12.17 "'The one who acts is the one who experiences [the result of the act]' amounts to the eternalist statement, 'Existing from the very beginning, stress is self-made.' 'The one who acts is someone other than the one who experiences'[2] amounts to the annihilationist statement, ' For ...
by pegembara
Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:27 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Who put's down the burden ?
Replies: 40
Views: 6494

Re: Who put's down the burden ?

Annihilation An*ni`hi*la"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. annihilation.] 1. The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation. http://...
by pegembara
Wed Jan 30, 2019 2:32 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Rareness of human birth
Replies: 35
Views: 3711

Re: Rareness of human birth

This is not only a wrong view but a logical contradiction. If you're implying the individual/identity is nothing but a fabrication, then the individual never existed in the first place, only delusion did. The Buddha many times says "I was that brahman in that life". Also identity labels a...
by pegembara
Tue Jan 29, 2019 3:12 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Rareness of human birth
Replies: 35
Views: 3711

Re: Rareness of human birth

But the individual called budo or Mark Twain will never again be reborn. This is not only a wrong view but a logical contradiction. If you're implying the individual/identity is nothing but a fabrication, then the individual never existed in the first place, only delusion did. The Buddha many times...
by pegembara
Mon Jan 28, 2019 6:38 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: What is the difference between Bhava and Jati?
Replies: 12
Views: 1591

Re: What is the difference between Bhava and Jati?

Jati is conventional birth. Bhava- 'existence' Bhava Tanhā -craving for continuity of 'existence' “There are these three states of existence. What three? Existence in the sensual realm, the realm of luminous form, and the formless realm. These are the three states of existence. The noble eightfold p...
by pegembara
Mon Jan 28, 2019 3:29 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Rareness of human birth
Replies: 35
Views: 3711

Re: Rareness of human birth

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” – Mark Twain That quote doesn't align with Buddhism , which believes in rebirth. Also unless you're an arahant the moment up until death the mind is ...
by pegembara
Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:18 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Rareness of human birth
Replies: 35
Views: 3711

Re: Rareness of human birth

“Bhikkhus, suppose a man would throw a yoke with a single hole into the great ocean, and there was a blind turtle which would come to the surface once every hundred years. What do you think, bhikkhus, would that blind turtle, coming to the surface once every hundred years, insert its neck into that...
by pegembara
Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:30 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Wisdom vs will
Replies: 13
Views: 1381

Re: Wisdom vs will

The first step is right view. Then the will to take the right steps. One starts from the position that there is a 'self'' that needs to be liberated. "And how is right view the forerunner? One discerns wrong view as wrong view, and right view as right view. This is one's right view. And what is...