If it's not all clear then maybe leave it alone for now...Ceisiwr wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:59 pmRegarding Theravāda, in that system of thought nibbāna exists in it's own right, as the sole unconditioned dhamma. Insight clears the defilements revealing nibbāna, at which point the defilements are expunged from the mind. After this there is reviewing conciousness, which reviews the attainment and also reviews nibbāna which is taken as an object of the mind base (and cognised by consciousness). It's an interesting theory, and it's not all that clear what it means for nibbāna to be an external cognised object of the mind
Sigh..the interlocutor has no freaking idea what is the cessation attainment and is trying to figure it out. Being dead is just the only thing he could think of for comparison.
It's like if a person has never seen an giraffe but only hears about it's long neck.
- Is giraffe like an ostrich? He asks
- They both have long necks, can't fly and live in warm climate. But giraffe is a big mammal whereas ostrich is a big bird.
You can't rightly say that interlocutor asks because the two are so similar.
I've given you an analogy but you are just ignoring it.
I can come up with a thousand more where i compare two different things as to delineate a difference but i don't think it matters because you have for a long time been entertaining this interpretation of yours.
Anyway i don't have anything else to add