cappuccino wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 3:50 am

skandha wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 3:44 am What do you think of the Nibbana element without remainder

There is that sphere

OK there is that sphere, the dhatu, that remains. However this sphere is unconditioned and nothing to do with the self. This unconditioned sphere is timeless unlike the self which arises and passes away.

Another famous Buddhist folk etymology. nis = out/away vāna = sewn The sense of vāna is playing on the two meanings of vāyati. https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vayati. It is quite possible that a Prākrit form of vināti merged with vāyati. https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vinati So it seems ...

cappuccino wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:20 am

Ceisiwr wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:19 am They can’t see the utter emptiness of the Totality.

they teach emptiness, they teach no self


such is their extreme view

What do you think of the Nibbana element without remainder (anupādisesanibbānadhātu). Nothing conditioned remains, which includes the self. Is that an extreme view?

everyone thinks Nirvana is annihilation because they think no-self is the teaching because not-self is difficult to understand :computerproblem: The putthujana thinks in terms of the continuance of the self or the annihilation of the self. The ariyas teach us to think in terms of the extinguishing ...

everyone thinks Nirvana is annihilation because they think no-self is the teaching because not-self is difficult to understand :computerproblem: The putthujana thinks in terms of the continuance of the self or the annihilation of the self. The ariyas teach us to think in terms of the extinguishing ...

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9C%9F%E8%A7%89%E5%AF%BA%E9%87%91%E5%88%9A%E5%AE%9D%E5%BA%A7 ? I don't know Mandarin, so had to use google translate. Does it really say "King Kong" King Kong Throne of Zhenjue Temple Jgbzt.jpg National key units Promulgated by the State Council of the Peo...

The 5 aggregates are not self, but that doesn't mean one does not exist. To see this subtle discernment takes practice. Hint: there's things that exist aside from the 5 aggregate My take is that there is a nominal self that operates. However this self is subordinate to the 5 aggregates and operates...

Whatever living beings there may be; Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none, The great or the mighty, medium, short or small, The seen and the unseen, Those living near and far away, Those born and to-be-born — May all beings be at ease! - Metta Sutta Perhaps these beings that are "to ...

In Buddhism consciousness only arises when external object comes into contact with the senses. If the consciousness rely on external objects and the senses, how can that be the self. :thanks: MN 148 paragraph 10 :thumbsup: the sutta shows that the Buddha's idea of consciousness (viññāṇa) is differe...

the Buddha taught consciousness is part of the self. How can consciousness be apprehending when there is not-self? the buddha taught consciousness is not-self (SN 22.59)... In Buddhism consciousness only arises when external object comes into contact with the senses. If the consciousness rely on ex...

Yes that’s true. Either way citta isn’t above, beyond or outside of the All/Totality/Whole. Agree. The All is about all that we can ever experience. There are things outside of the All that actually exist, objects that stimulate the senses but we can only know them through the All. The All includes...

So we have the Totality of vision and forms, mentality and dhammā. Based on these dualities we get viññāņa. Citta can, as far as I'm aware from a sutta only position, be read as non-disturbed viññāņa or it can simply mean "mind" as a whole. I actually think that citta from the sutta posit...

So we have the Totality of vision and forms, mentality and dhammā. Based on these dualities we get viññāņa. Citta can, as far as I'm aware from a sutta only position, be read as non-disturbed viññāņa or it can simply mean "mind" as a whole. I actually think that citta from the sutta posit...

He was talking about not having a permanent non changing self, which is by far what you know your Soul not to be, practicing Right Anatta. There's nothing scary about the most beautiful features of life, but we have to respect and maintain their truths so that they are not misinterpreted. Saying th...

ToVincent wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:15 pm

Sabbe_Dhamma_Anatta wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:11 pm Quite simple as that: The supramundanes you put forward as "outside the realm of the senses" are evidently knowable and, of course, within the realm of the senses.

Where do you locate citta?
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Citta is an activity within the body upon stimulation of the six sense bases.