As found in phrases like: "here & now".
Or, is there any actual "Here" at all?
Where exactly is "Here" ?
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Where exactly is "Here" ?
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
- Nᴏ sᴜᴄʜ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀs ᴀ Sᴇʟғ, Sᴏᴜʟ, Eɢᴏ, Sᴘɪʀɪᴛ, ᴏʀ Āᴛᴍᴀɴ
V. Buddhādasa
Re: Where exactly is "Here" ?
It's where you are, relative to the things around you.Sabbe_Dhamma_Anatta wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 7:09 am As found in phrases like: "here & now".
Or, is there any actual "Here" at all?
Re: Where exactly is "Here" ?
That has always been the case, isn't it?
If not you are not here, where would you be?
If not now, when?
Just this.
“ Svakhato Bhagavata Dhammo, Sanditthiko, Akaliko, Ehipassiko, Opanayiko, Paccatam Veditabbo, Vinnuhi’ ti.”
If not you are not here, where would you be?
If not now, when?
Actually, there isn't a here or there.Or, is there any actual "Here" at all?
Just this.
“ Svakhato Bhagavata Dhammo, Sanditthiko, Akaliko, Ehipassiko, Opanayiko, Paccatam Veditabbo, Vinnuhi’ ti.”
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And what is right speech? Abstaining from lying, from divisive speech, from abusive speech, & from idle chatter: This is called right speech.
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Re: Where exactly is "Here" ?
Thanks.
To rephrase, it is where "I" am? Or, imo, it is more appropriate to say: it is where "I" is ?
When observing: "tip of the nose" or something like that, the tip of my nose seems "over there", not very "here-ish". The same may apply to the center of the chest/body/etc.
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
- Nᴏ sᴜᴄʜ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀs ᴀ Sᴇʟғ, Sᴏᴜʟ, Eɢᴏ, Sᴘɪʀɪᴛ, ᴏʀ Āᴛᴍᴀɴ
V. Buddhādasa
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Re: Where exactly is "Here" ?
Deep
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
- Nᴏ sᴜᴄʜ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴀs ᴀ Sᴇʟғ, Sᴏᴜʟ, Eɢᴏ, Sᴘɪʀɪᴛ, ᴏʀ Āᴛᴍᴀɴ
V. Buddhādasa
Re: Where exactly is "Here" ?
The former is more grammatically correct, but they both appear to mean the same thing.Sabbe_Dhamma_Anatta wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 7:32 am
Thanks.
To rephrase, it is where "I" am? Or, imo, it is more appropriate to say: it is where "I" is ?
Yes, in these adverbs relating to position there is always an element of performativity; you are pointing something out, either to yourself or to another person. "Here" can mean "where I am now", as is when we call a dog to us. Or it can mean "where I am pointing to", as in "I am here on the map", or "I have a pain here", or "I feel the breath here". As it is difficult to spatially locate an "I" or "you", it's best to think of it as an act of pointing or referral.When observing: "tip of the nose" or something like that, the tip of my nose seems "over there", not very "here-ish". The same may apply to the center of the chest/body/etc.
'and now' is the key pointing to the present moment, moment to moment as each moment becomes the present. Wherever the conventional I is at that moment. Another way of saying 'that which is real', which is always in the present which is where one is, as opposed to 'that which is not real', the past (memories) or the future (imaginings) which is where one is not.
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Re: Where exactly is "Here" ?
consciousness cognising its object ... or consciousness bound to object
I may be slow learner but im at least learning...
Re: Where exactly is "Here" ?
What do you mean by actual?
And the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus, saying: "Behold now, bhikkhus, I exhort you: All compounded things are subject to vanish. Strive with earnestness!"
This was the last word of the Tathagata.
This was the last word of the Tathagata.
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Re: Where exactly is "Here" ?
It's very easy to get lost in word games and tangled in a complication of deep meaning.
"Here" is very simple. No need to complicate.
"Here" is very simple. No need to complicate.
Re: Where exactly is "Here" ?
A good friend of mine used to stand outside the door way and exclaim, “Glad to be here!”
Then he’d walk through the door into the house, stand straight up in one spot and exclaim, “Glad to be here!”
(I think it might have been an old John Lennon joke).
“Here” is a very conventional concept. The above illustrates how absurd it can be on a readily accessible level. If there is anatta, there is no here (nor there). But, neither here nor there; I’m glad to be here at “Dhammawheel” - wink, wink (oh no. existential crises coming. Oh boy! Here we go again. There! I said it again!!! OH ... NO. I’m staring into the abyss).
Viz - there is no “here” - there is only suffering and despair. So, go “somewhere” else - wink, wink
Then he’d walk through the door into the house, stand straight up in one spot and exclaim, “Glad to be here!”
(I think it might have been an old John Lennon joke).
“Here” is a very conventional concept. The above illustrates how absurd it can be on a readily accessible level. If there is anatta, there is no here (nor there). But, neither here nor there; I’m glad to be here at “Dhammawheel” - wink, wink (oh no. existential crises coming. Oh boy! Here we go again. There! I said it again!!! OH ... NO. I’m staring into the abyss).
Viz - there is no “here” - there is only suffering and despair. So, go “somewhere” else - wink, wink
Like the three marks of conditioned existence, this world in itself is filthy, hostile, and crowded
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Re: Where exactly is "Here" ?
When the phrase is used to translate diṭṭhadhammika (e.g., when jhāna is described as "a pleasant abiding in the here and now" or when certain of the Buddha's teachings are said to be "for the sake of welfare in the here and now"), the "here" is that portion of the okāsaloka which is accessible to your sense-bases and the "now" is the duration of your present life.Sabbe_Dhamma_Anatta wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 7:09 am As found in phrases like: "here & now".
Or, is there any actual "Here" at all?
Yena yena hi maññanti,
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
tato taṃ hoti aññathā.
In whatever way they conceive it,
It turns out otherwise.
(Sn. 588)
Re: Where exactly is "Here" ?
This is part of working with the experience of the five aggregates. Form or materiality is where you are. Here, if you prefer. Feeling is how you are. Perceptions, impulses, and consciousness are harder to say.
Re: Where exactly is "Here" ?
"Here" is where directed thought "here" arrives.Sabbe_Dhamma_Anatta wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 7:09 am As found in phrases like: "here & now".
Or, is there any actual "Here" at all?
Cleared. αδόξαστος.