What exactly is 'Unbinding'?

[ground]

It appears that the end of suffering can be explained as knowing that "the seen is merely what is seen" and one is not "with that".

"Knowing that ... is ..." may not be appropriate.
Why?
Because it reads "you should train yourself thus" which means to condition oneself or to cultivate a view. So it is not a description of a sort of "how it really is" that could be known and that by knowing this there would be "unbinding" but it is a mental cultivation that may lead to a kind of "(non-)perception" that is not described here.
If "final" perception would be as it is decribed than it would be conditioned by training and most likely this could not be called "unbinding" or "nibbana".
The statement "This, just this, is the end of stress" in the context of this training therefore can only refer to a temporary result.

Kind regards

[retrofuturist]

Greetings,

I may have missed it, but can someone tell me what Pali word is being translated here as "unbinding"?

Thanks.

Metta,
Retro.

[tiltbillings]

Greetings,

I may have missed it, but can someone tell me what Pali word is being translated here as "unbinding"?

Thanks.

Metta,
Retro.

If we are following Ven Thanissaro, I would think it would be nibbana.

[mikenz66]

Yes, that's just his translation of nibbana:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/glossary.html#n" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-subject.html#n" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Mike

[vinasp]

Hi everyone,

In the AN 4.179 passage "totally unbound" is parinibbayanti.

Are there any passages which are regarded as unambiguous references to
the attainment of parinibbana in this life?

Regards, Vincent.

[retrofuturist]

Greetings,

OK, thanks, it just seems strange seeing nibbana portrayed as a verb... that's all.

Metta,
Retro.

[tiltbillings]

Greetings,

OK, thanks, it just seems strange seeing nibbana portrayed as a verb... that's all.

Metta,
Retro.

Probably not so strange.

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... averb.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Assaji]

Hi,

The Chachakka sutta, which Buddha called "the Dhamma admirable in the beginning, admirable in the middle, admirable in the end; the holy life both in its particulars & in its essence, entirely complete, surpassingly pure", - this sutta brings together 'anicca', Conditioned Arising, 'anatta', and Nibbana:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Metta, Dmytro

[Nyana]

The Chachakka sutta, which Buddha called "the Dhamma admirable in the beginning, admirable in the middle, admirable in the end; the holy life both in its particulars & in its essence, entirely complete, surpassingly pure", - this sutta brings together 'anicca', Conditioned Arising, 'anatta', and Nibbana:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Sarva]

Thank you Dmytro and Ñāṇa
This quote has helped!

metta