whatever u say is unrelated to what i postconfusedlayman wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 1:29 pm if one can't enter jhana at will, then he can be tempted.. that's all I can say
it is obvious u did not read what i posted
whatever u say is unrelated to what i postconfusedlayman wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 1:29 pm if one can't enter jhana at will, then he can be tempted.. that's all I can say
I find your comments fascinating, in the most meaningful way.Just as some people wanted the Buddha to have had a wife or wives and a son (and then assumed that he must have had) some people (including myself) want the Buddha not to have left his wife or wives and child and would like to assume he had none. Neither imposition of our culturally derived preferences will tell us what historically happened. They will tell us about ourselves, how our preferences shape our perceptions, and why we should take our beliefs lightly.
The Chinese express their personal preferences, "dimly lit love chambers"? Seriously?he 佛本行集經 (T3n0190) describes a 'dimmly lite love chamber' that the prince had. Samuel Beal's translation says "thus did the prince pass his time with the beautiful woman of his harem, and recive every possible pleasure "
It prefers its own exaggerations, or is good at multiplications.In the Buddhavamsa it notes that there were 40,000 beautiful women with Yasodhara (also called Bhaddakacca, and sometimes Rahulamata) as the wife.
It seems the other 39,999 might have been concubines - as there were presented to the prince by the Sakiyans.
Atthadanda sutta...https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/S ... p4_15.htmlhe saw people fight like fish in a drying pond?
I think it's better to call as prince Siddhartha's wife rather than the Buddha's.DNS wrote:Buddha's wife (wives)?
Just a peccadillo. Don't the Sarvastivadins say past, present, future all exist. What does the Theravadin say regarding this matter? Regarding Jhana they have a mulitplicity of views. Some say jhana was not invented by the Buddha. If so who invented jhana? Do they think it was the Mafia's invention?I think it's better to call as prince Siddhartha's wife rather than the Buddha's.
But the texts never refer to her as "the Buddha's wife" or even "the Buddha's former wife". In Pali literature as a whole, by far the commonest designation for her is Rāhulamātā, "Rāhula's mother". Other names (or possibly epithets) are Bhaddakaccānā (in the suttas) and Yasodharā, Bimbā, Bimbādevī and Bimbāsundarī (in later texts).