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santa100 wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 6:55 pm And here I'll cut you some slack, even if the vagina word was there, that'd still not back up your claim about a direct comparison, all it said is the "act of putting the monk's organ there" would result in much graver consequences than putting it inside a cobra's mouth or a charcoal pit. This is as clear as it can get. But I still wait for you to point out a single sentence to back up your claim of the Buddha directly compared the vagina to the cobra's mouth.
He already has. The problem is that you refuse to accept it. You refusing to accept conclusions that clash with your particular view of what the Buddha was like is a common theme in your posting.
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And you clearly are not even able to tell the difference between the act and the object.
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santa100 wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 2:16 pm
Sam Vara wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:26 am Would they give a cr*p about the word "cr*p"? :D
Guess the only time in their lifetime when they say "Oh crap!" is the moment they realize their time in the heavenly world is up and they're about to join the company of those dirty-mouth humans :tongue:
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Ceisiwr wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 6:58 pm
santa100 wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 6:55 pm And here I'll cut you some slack, even if the vagina word was there, that'd still not back up your claim about a direct comparison, all it said is the "act of putting the monk's organ there" would result in much graver consequences than putting it inside a cobra's mouth or a charcoal pit. This is as clear as it can get. But I still wait for you to point out a single sentence to back up your claim of the Buddha directly compared the vagina to the cobra's mouth.
He already has. The problem is that you refuse to accept it. You refusing to accept conclusions that clash with your particular view of what the Buddha was like is a common theme in your posting.
Not me, it's you who already have a set particular wrong view of what the Buddha was like. I simply correct it for you.
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Coemgenu wrote
The second time it appears in the translation from Ven Brahmali it is shortened to "...to enter a woman," but I do believe that the full Pali phrase is "...than (for your penis) to enter a woman." That is debateable, perhaps I'm wrong whether or not "for your penis" belongs in the second unit of repeated words, either way it doesn't matter.
Looks like someone is obsessing over a penis? Just a mere organ in a human male subject to decay and rot. likewise the female counterpart. Why not contemplate on the purpose of the teaching? to get rid of sensual pleasures, to get rid of Papanca?
What is the sensual pleasure to a child molester? To each his own. Metaphors would differ depending on what kind of monk wrote it, a monk yearning for men or women? Did Buddha yearn?
However, is not the Buddha's main teaching about getting rid of obsession? as Santa pointed out.
More the object is focussed upon, the further one gets away from Buddha's teaching.
Did not the sutta on Donkey meditation emphasize that the Fool meditates on the object? I think Coemgenu is influenced by abhidhamma and commentaries which focus on object meditation like dead bodies and pus oozing bodies, instead of thinking of these as metaphors for rotten thoughts and pus oozing thoughts. Coemegenu fails to make the connection that Buddha intended.

As for V. Brahmali's translation, once he objected to I. B. Horner's translation, saying she misunderstood the grammar. I related to Horner's translation, in that instance.
Who can determine who the best translator is. I have no doubt it is the Buddha, his awakening is enough of a translation for me, and his advice to break the bond to Samsara, the best advice, not some monk's comparisons regarding worldly human body parts.
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santa100 wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:01 pm
Ceisiwr wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 6:58 pm
santa100 wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 6:55 pm And here I'll cut you some slack, even if the vagina word was there, that'd still not back up your claim about a direct comparison, all it said is the "act of putting the monk's organ there" would result in much graver consequences than putting it inside a cobra's mouth or a charcoal pit. This is as clear as it can get. But I still wait for you to point out a single sentence to back up your claim of the Buddha directly compared the vagina to the cobra's mouth.
He already has. The problem is that you refuse to accept it. You refusing to accept conclusions that clash with your particular view of what the Buddha was like is a common theme in your posting.
Not me, it's you who already have a set particular wrong view of what the Buddha was like. I simply correct it for you.
Rather you have a pre-existing idea and then make the texts fit that view, going through extraordinary mental gymnastics to do so whilst also making a fool of yourself in the process.

Now waiting for the “No, you are” retort :roll:
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This is very rough. My Pali is not exemplary. If there are mistakes in this, please correct it. It is very broken, because I don't want to proclaim that the "-assa" as dative or genitive per se. I think it's "to the snake" and "to the woman," datives, but I might be wrong. My Pali is quite less than exemplary. Also, the declension of the participle of "pakkhitta" is very complicated to me.

1)
āsivisassa ghoravisassa
a venomous snake
mukhe
in the mouth
aṅgajātaṁ pakkhittaṁ
the genitals put down into

2)
mātugāmassa
a woman
aṅgajāte
in the genitals
aṅgajātaṁ pakkhittaṁ.
the genitals put down into
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Ceisiwr wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:09 pm
santa100 wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:01 pm
Ceisiwr wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 6:58 pm

He already has. The problem is that you refuse to accept it. You refusing to accept conclusions that clash with your particular view of what the Buddha was like is a common theme in your posting.
Not me, it's you who already have a set particular wrong view of what the Buddha was like. I simply correct it for you.
Rather you have a pre-existing idea and then make the texts fit that view, going through extraordinary mental gymnastics to do so whilst also making a fool of yourself in the process.

Now waiting for the “No, you are” retort :roll:
Hey, I'm not the one who claimed that the Buddha still has likes and dislikes, or still use swear words in private. You are. So lets' be very clear about who is really the one with a pre-existing idea and bent the texts to fit their view, going thru extraordinary mental gymnstaics to do so while also making a fool of himself in the process, OK?
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Pulsar wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:09 pmLooks like someone is obsessing over a penis?
Please cease these ad homs and this irrelevant chatter. I am not influenced by Abhidhamma in analysing this grammar.
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santa100 wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:12 pm
Ceisiwr wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:09 pm
santa100 wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:01 pm
Not me, it's you who already have a set particular wrong view of what the Buddha was like. I simply correct it for you.
Rather you have a pre-existing idea and then make the texts fit that view, going through extraordinary mental gymnastics to do so whilst also making a fool of yourself in the process.

Now waiting for the “No, you are” retort :roll:
Hey, I'm not the one who claimed that the Buddha still has likes and dislikes, or still use swear words in private. You are. So lets' be very clear about who is really the one with a pre-existing idea and bent the texts to fit their view, going thru extraordinary mental gymnstaics to do so while also making a fool of himself in the process, OK?
Those are conclusions drawn from the texts. Your “arguments” to the contrary were simply more of the same that we see here.
“Knowing that this body is just like foam,
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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Pulsar wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:16 pm
What a low opinion of SammaSambuddha? I wonder what C thinks of Buddhaghosa?
I think Venerable Buddhaghosa had far better critical thinking skills than many of the posters here with their ridiculous views based on extremely piss-poor arguments.
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understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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Ceisiwr wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:16 pm Those are conclusions drawn from the texts. Your “arguments” to the contrary were simply more of the same that we see here.
No, there're simply no texts that you've provided that clearly backed up your false claims about the Buddha. And throughout the many exchanges between you and me, I have consistently asked for a single explicit message, which you have consistently failed to provide. And quite frankly, all your posts really just smell the same, the odor of putting words into the Buddha's mouth.
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ceisiwr replied to Santa
Those are conclusions drawn from the texts.
The texts Were these the earliest texts?
Can you bring me an example from Samyukta agama? Or were these the texts written later by monks under the influence of Vibajjavadin abhidhamma.
They wrote suttas like MN 10/DN 22 and MN 111. Those and related suttas do not count. Those who did not understand Buddha's awakening wrote that Buddha again and again had to enter first or second jhana even after the awakening.
This clearly tells me, they could not figure out Buddha's awakening.
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santa100 wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:19 pm
Ceisiwr wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:16 pm Those are conclusions drawn from the texts. Your “arguments” to the contrary were simply more of the same that we see here.
No, there're simply no texts that you've provided that clearly backed up your false claims about the Buddha. And throughout the many exchanges between you and me, I have consistently asked for a single explicit message, which you have consistently failed to provide. And quite frankly, all your posts really just smell the same, the odor of putting words into the Buddha's mouth.
When people do provide the passages, you simply claim they haven’t done so. It’s the kind of moronic arguments flat earthers and anti-vaxxer twerps use. Simply repeating that your opponent has “consistently failed” to do something when they clearly have done it is a cheap way for someone to try to look better than their interlocutor. I say try, because intelligent folks see straight through it.
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understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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Pulsar wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:24 pm ceisiwr replied to Santa
Those are conclusions drawn from the texts.
The texts Were these the earliest texts?
Can you bring me an example from Samyukta agama? Or were these the texts written later by monks under the influence of Vibajjavadin abhidhamma.
They wrote suttas like MN 10/DN 22 and MN 111. Those and related suttas do not count. Those who did not understand Buddha's awakening wrote that Buddha again and again had to enter first or second jhana even after the awakening.
This clearly tells me, they could not figure out Buddha's awakening.
Be well :candle:
I’ve brought numerous passages to show that rupa includes the physical. You have also been shown sutras which discuss the formless. Despite being shown them, repeatedly over and over again, you still claim they don’t exist or haven’t been shown. You can drag a horse kicking to water, but if it refuses to drink there isn’t much you can do.
“Knowing that this body is just like foam,
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
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