What is the color of the horn of a hare?Aloka wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:40 amhim ?? ....does this "soul" have an exclusive male sex then?Mahabrahma wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 5:31 am Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all.
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Soul theories and the Dhamma
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Cleared. αδόξαστος.
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Oh no, how boring, not something else you've lifted from Tibetan Buddhism!
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Of course not. If you believe in the soul you can understand the soul to be male, female, or both even in the same body. Or neither, depending on the person or being, and still amazing.Aloka wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:40 amhim ?? ....does this "soul" have an exclusive male sex then?Mahabrahma wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 5:31 am Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all.
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That sage who has perfect insight,
at the summit of spiritual perfection:
that’s who I call a brahmin.
-Dhammapada.
at the summit of spiritual perfection:
that’s who I call a brahmin.
-Dhammapada.
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Buddhists don't believe in a soul.Mahabrahma wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:31 pmOf course not. If you believe in the soul you can understand the soul to be male, female, or both even in the same body. Or neither, depending on the person or being, and still amazing.Aloka wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:40 amhim ?? ....does this "soul" have an exclusive male sex then?Mahabrahma wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 5:31 am Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all.
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https://www.budsas.org/ebud/whatbudbeliev/115.htm
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The Buddha may have taught at certain points in time to a group of atheists or agnostics, or to those who needed to preach such philosophy to certain atheists or agnostics, the teaching that there is no soul, while all the while there was a systemic process of philosophy in Buddhism by which they could understand who they are. This is beautiful and wonderful. However there is nothing wrong with believing in a soul and Buddha understood what the soul was fully, His entire life being a testament to what the soul could do and accomplish. It's okay to believe in no-soul and hold the powerful "not-self" meditation, but eventually through your Spiritual journey in Buddhism you will find to know that there is a soul, regardless of the obstructions and atheistic or agnostic theories. I do respect your opinion though, and it is valid, so please continue in your meditation. Om.Aloka wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 3:25 pmBuddhists don't believe in a soul.Mahabrahma wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 2:31 pmOf course not. If you believe in the soul you can understand the soul to be male, female, or both even in the same body. Or neither, depending on the person or being, and still amazing.
https://www.budsas.org/ebud/whatbudbeliev/115.htm
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"Is it true, friend Yamaka, that this evil supposition has arisen to you: 'As I understand the Teaching explained by the Blessed One, a monk with no more effluents, on the break-up of the body, is annihilated, perishes, & does not exist after death.'
"Yes, friends. As I understand the Teaching explained by the Blessed One, a monk with no more effluents, on the break-up of the body, is annihilated, perishes, & does not exist after death."
"Don't say that, friend Yamaka. Don't misrepresent the Blessed One. It's not good to misrepresent the Blessed One, for the Blessed One would not say, 'A monk with no more effluents, on the break-up of the body, is annihilated, perishes, & does not exist after death.'"
Yamaka Sutta
"Yes, friends. As I understand the Teaching explained by the Blessed One, a monk with no more effluents, on the break-up of the body, is annihilated, perishes, & does not exist after death."
"Don't say that, friend Yamaka. Don't misrepresent the Blessed One. It's not good to misrepresent the Blessed One, for the Blessed One would not say, 'A monk with no more effluents, on the break-up of the body, is annihilated, perishes, & does not exist after death.'"
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SteRo wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 11:29 amWhat is the color of the horn of a hare?Aloka wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:40 amhim ?? ....does this "soul" have an exclusive male sex then?Mahabrahma wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 5:31 am Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all.
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𝓑𝓾𝓭𝓭𝓱𝓪 𝓗𝓪𝓭 𝓤𝓷𝓮𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓿𝓸𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓓𝓮𝓬𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽
𝓐𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓽ā 𝓜𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓘𝓼
- Iᴅᴇᴀ ᴏꜰ Sᴏᴜʟ ɪs Oᴜᴛᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀɴ Uᴛᴛᴇʀʟʏ Fᴏᴏʟɪsʜ Vɪᴇᴡ
V. Nanananda
𝓐𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓽ā 𝓜𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓘𝓼
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Re: Soul theories and the Dhamma
This question about the horn of a hare is not connected to Theravada teachings, but is a well-known phrase borrowed from Tibetan Buddhism, see the "Conclusion" at the Tibetan Buddhist link below
In Buddhist scriptures, the analogy of horns of a rabbit are presented to describe our illusory mode of perceiving the world and being within. If rabbits have no horns, investigating how long a rabbit can have horns is rather foolish. Understanding that ultimately nothing can arise, it is conclusive that nothing abides or ceases. All appearances are mere appearances that do occur but have no solid, self-existing reality of their own. Since nothing abides, nothing can arise, nor can things be stopped from arising when causes and conditions prevail. Ultimately, everything is beyond conceptuality, the meaning of shunyata, the ultimate truth that is the ground for the relative truth of being and becoming.
http://www.rinpoche.com/teachings/Open% ... ndoor1.htm
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the angels are spiritsAloka wrote: Buddhists don't believe in a soul.
for what it's worth
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Can someone give me a summary of the Waharaka Abhayaratanalankara / PureDhamma teachings about hadaya-vatthu and bhava, which are like a soul and outer-soul if I understood it correctly..?
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forget about the soul
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A question - has anyone come across anywhere of the notion that the iddhipada are the (manifestation of the) self?
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Someone find me a specific Sutta where the Buddha explicitly stated that there is no soul at all.
That sage who has perfect insight,
at the summit of spiritual perfection:
that’s who I call a brahmin.
-Dhammapada.
at the summit of spiritual perfection:
that’s who I call a brahmin.
-Dhammapada.
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Mahabrahma wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 5:50 pm Someone find me a specific Sutta where the Buddha explicitly stated that there is no soul at all.
The least you could do is at least pretend to have even the slightest bit of respect for the Buddha's Dharma while you use the usual Hindu tricks to try to twist it.
What is the Uncreated?
Sublime & free, what is that obscured Eternity?
It is the Undying, the Bright, the Isle.
It is an Ocean, a Secret: Reality.
Both life and oblivion, it is Nirvāṇa.
Sublime & free, what is that obscured Eternity?
It is the Undying, the Bright, the Isle.
It is an Ocean, a Secret: Reality.
Both life and oblivion, it is Nirvāṇa.