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The Essence of the Orthodox Theravada
The Essence of the Orthodox Theravada
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Re: The Essence of the Orthodox Theravada
Greetings,
This looks like word salad, and from the parts I can decode, the remainder looks as if it's not worth the effort.
Sidenote - I'm not sure how this constitutes a "discussion topic".
Metta,
Paul.
This looks like word salad, and from the parts I can decode, the remainder looks as if it's not worth the effort.
Sidenote - I'm not sure how this constitutes a "discussion topic".
Metta,
Paul.
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I agree with the above two posts; what a jumbled mess. It looks like someone copied and pasted a bad translation from google translate or something.
The Essence of Orthodox Theravada? No need for that mess, it's simple:
Sutta Pitaka
Vinaya Pitaka
Abhidhamma Pitaka
Visuddhimagga
Commentaries
That's it!
The Essence of Orthodox Theravada? No need for that mess, it's simple:
Sutta Pitaka
Vinaya Pitaka
Abhidhamma Pitaka
Visuddhimagga
Commentaries
That's it!
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Re: The Essence of the Orthodox Theravada
Disagree. It's a perfect example of Abhidhammic teaching/language/rhetoric, so obviously requires further study.retrofuturist wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 10:49 pm Greetings,
This looks like word salad, and from the parts I can decode, the remainder looks as if it's not worth the effort.
Sidenote - I'm not sure how this constitutes a "discussion topic".
Metta,
Paul.
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Reading that one could be excused for thinking that Classical Theravada is a collection of books.
I would have thought that among other things its a collection of practices (vinaya, meditation, folk buddhism etc) that may or may not align or contradict with some of these books.
I think the essense of Classical Theravada when compared with the alternastive is probably more reliance on contemporary teachers, dating back to Buddhaghosa.
Pronouns (no self / not self)
“Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.”
― Ajahn Chah
“Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.”
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The essence of Orthodox Theravada is the conviction that
1. there is a living tradition that goes back to the Buddha, an unbroken lineage (consisting of teachers and students);
2. this tradition has the right understanding of what the Buddha taught and meant;
3. said tradition has preserved the Buddha's teachings and is capable to continue to do so into the future.
1. there is a living tradition that goes back to the Buddha, an unbroken lineage (consisting of teachers and students);
2. this tradition has the right understanding of what the Buddha taught and meant;
3. said tradition has preserved the Buddha's teachings and is capable to continue to do so into the future.
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Buddha is the teacher
There is no lineage
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If there is no lineage, how do you know that Buddha is the teacher?
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Oh no dear, the essence was about the fundamental theories.Radix wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 6:20 pm The essence of Orthodox Theravada is the conviction that
1. there is a living tradition that goes back to the Buddha, an unbroken lineage (consisting of teachers and students);
2. this tradition has the right understanding of what the Buddha taught and meant;
3. said tradition has preserved the Buddha's teachings and is capable to continue to do so into the future.
It should be at least something like the below.
A brief Comparison of Fundamentals with Other Sects like Sarvastivada and Madyamaka.
At 18:46 timestamp:
Now i think it's clear that the practice would completely and greatly differ from each other if the fundamentals are different. So it's very vital if we want to practice the Theravada path. We have to understand the Theravada-fundamentals very clearly. I'm not saying that this is correct or other traditions are wrong. But the disaster would be very pity, "thinking that we are following the Theravada doctrine some would be following another sort of a practice". It's okay it's the right of a person to follow whatever doctrine he or she likes, but we have to be very clear on which path we are following. So that is the purpose of this lecture.
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He is the Awakened one
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Sounds like how Zen describe themselves, probably every other tradition too.Radix wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 6:20 pm The essence of Orthodox Theravada is the conviction that
1. there is a living tradition that goes back to the Buddha, an unbroken lineage (consisting of teachers and students);
2. this tradition has the right understanding of what the Buddha taught and meant;
3. said tradition has preserved the Buddha's teachings and is capable to continue to do so into the future.
Pronouns (no self / not self)
“Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.”
― Ajahn Chah
“Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher. Where you experience suffering, you can also find freedom from suffering. Trying to run away from suffering is actually to run toward it.”
― Ajahn Chah
Re: The Essence of the Orthodox Theravada
Dear?
What you're talking about aren't "theories", they are doctrines, dogmas. "Doctrine" and "dogma" are not dirty words.
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Re: The Essence of the Orthodox Theravada
Relevant to the OP author, EBT cannot claim those three items (given his inclination, I surmise that this was the most important contradistinction he was after).Goofaholix wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 8:11 pmSounds like how Zen describe themselves, probably every other tradition too.Radix wrote: ↑Fri May 05, 2023 6:20 pm The essence of Orthodox Theravada is the conviction that
1. there is a living tradition that goes back to the Buddha, an unbroken lineage (consisting of teachers and students);
2. this tradition has the right understanding of what the Buddha taught and meant;
3. said tradition has preserved the Buddha's teachings and is capable to continue to do so into the future.
Other Buddhist schools need additional items for their definitions, since they include later teachings which they acknowledge were not taught by the Buddha himself.
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Here are the five main ones:
1. Pāḷi canon --> scripture
2. Aṭṭhakathā --> explanation of Pāḷi canon
3. Great Council I--III --> lineage
(only Theravādo lineage is pure [proven])
4. Council IV--VI --> the Pāḷi canon was unveiled
(last council in Myanmar (addition of 3 books [in
Thailand there was also a council, but THERE WAS
THE PRESENCE OF THE LAWY SO IT TOO DIFFICULT
TO AVOWED]))
5. Visuddhimaggo --> meditation practice
Gwi: "There are only-two Sakaṽādins:
Theraṽādå&Ṽibhajjaṽādå, the rest are
nonsakaṽādins!"
Theraṽādå&Ṽibhajjaṽādå, the rest are
nonsakaṽādins!"