New book: Motivation and Effort in Buddhist Soteriology

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New book: Motivation and Effort in Buddhist Soteriology

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Hi everyone. Highly recommended new book by venerable Mahaviveka.

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Cool, thanks!

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You're welcome!
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This book is really good, I recommend it.
"Does Master Gotama have any position at all?"

"A 'position,' Vaccha, is something that a Tathagata has done away with. What a Tathagata sees is this: 'Such is form, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is feeling, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is perception...such are fabrications...such is consciousness, such its origination, such its disappearance.'" - Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta


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Pseudobabble wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:05 am This book is really good, I recommend it.
Can you share which part you liked the most?
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budo wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 1:20 pm
Pseudobabble wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 11:05 am This book is really good, I recommend it.
Can you share which part you liked the most?
I skipped straight to the sections on Iddhipādā and Sammappadhānā, 6.1 and 6.2.
"Does Master Gotama have any position at all?"

"A 'position,' Vaccha, is something that a Tathagata has done away with. What a Tathagata sees is this: 'Such is form, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is feeling, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is perception...such are fabrications...such is consciousness, such its origination, such its disappearance.'" - Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta


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Vimalayaka wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:27 am Hi everyone. Highly recommended new book by venerable Mahaviveka.

Webpage: https://mahaviveka.wordpress.com/mebs/
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Hi. Where is the PDF located? How can the book be read? Thanks
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DooDoot wrote: Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:00 pm
Vimalayaka wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:27 am Hi everyone. Highly recommended new book by venerable Mahaviveka.

Webpage: https://mahaviveka.wordpress.com/mebs/
Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Motivation-Effor ... 497070459/
Hi. Where is the PDF located? How can the book be read? Thanks
There's a download link at the bottom of the wordpress page. The link text is 'First digital PDF edition, May 2019.'

EDIT: here is the link.
"Does Master Gotama have any position at all?"

"A 'position,' Vaccha, is something that a Tathagata has done away with. What a Tathagata sees is this: 'Such is form, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is feeling, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is perception...such are fabrications...such is consciousness, such its origination, such its disappearance.'" - Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta


'Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return.' - Genesis 3:19

'Some fart freely, some try to hide and silence it. Which one is correct?' - Saegnapha
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Pseudobabble wrote: Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:41 am I skipped straight to the sections on Iddhipādā and Sammappadhānā, 6.1 and 6.2.
Yes chapter 6 is my favorite too. I also liked 2.2 Self-Stimulation (Bhava-Tanhā) and 2.3 Depression (Vibhava-Tanhā). and chpter 5 about meditation and 5.4 Self-Awareness (Sati & Pañña). I didn't skip! :)
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