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by brahmabull
Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:38 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: dhammas
Replies: 58
Views: 13575

Re: dhammas

I would agree with the previous poster Nana that indeed there is no difference in views. The Mahayana/Vajrayana add special methods to 1) add merit to teach in the three realms; 2) go fast. 1) and 2), so they claim, but then I'd go with the claim of the Satipatthana Sutta. Buit again, stay on topic...
by brahmabull
Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:25 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: dhammas
Replies: 58
Views: 13575

Re: dhammas

I would agree with the previous poster Nana that indeed there is no difference in views. The Mahayana/Vajrayana add special methods to 1) add merit to teach in the three realms; 2) go fast.
by brahmabull
Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:47 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: dhammas
Replies: 58
Views: 13575

Re: dhammas

. . . Does not answer the question. I think it does. There is no object that objectively corresponds to what is perceived because it is perception itself that synthesizes its objects after having been conditioned approriately. Kind regards You are harboring a gross misunderstanding of impermanence....
by brahmabull
Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:22 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: http://www.protobuddhism.com/ (Ven. Punnaji)
Replies: 26
Views: 7878

Re: http://www.protobuddhism.com/ (Ven. Punnaji)

This guy gets it. He is fantastic. I'm in love.
by brahmabull
Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:02 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: dhammas
Replies: 58
Views: 13575

Re: dhammas

That is brilliant. Thanks for sharing that Tilt. For me, it describes the experience during insight meditation where Dhammas are perceived rising and falling in rapid succession, just like froth. Like bubbles effervescing. Waves of phenomena shimmering like auroras. Man that sounds so cool. What's ...
by brahmabull
Fri Nov 04, 2011 3:56 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Should the world exist?
Replies: 19
Views: 3751

Re: Should the world exist?

Sherab wrote:What does it mean to be beyond existence and non-existence?
12-links are birth and death, existence and non-existence. Nibbana is the deathless. "Consciousness without surface, without feature, luminous all around."
by brahmabull
Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:41 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: dhammas
Replies: 58
Views: 13575

Re: dhammas

Brahmabull i have to disagree with teaching that samsara is nibbana samsara is cycles of suffering it is 31 plains of existence it includes the sense sphere realm it includes the fine material realm it includes the immaterial realm if we look at the suttas the one is free from this world using unes...
by brahmabull
Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:21 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Should the world exist?
Replies: 19
Views: 3751

Re: Should the world exist?

So what was the point in proposing the alternative, given that it's illogical and imponderable? This hypothetical question is neither illogical nor imponderable. It's not illogical as this reality, as opposed to the one in which we live, is free from suffering.. and freedom from suffering is the go...
by brahmabull
Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:16 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Should the world exist?
Replies: 19
Views: 3751

Re: Should the world exist?

Answer: No. It arises from an error. But it is here nonetheless and worlds will continue to arise forever. There's no use celebrating it or pouting about it. Our job is to awaken from the dream and help others to do so as well.
by brahmabull
Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:43 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Cause and Result
Replies: 22
Views: 4687

Re: Cause and Result

DarwidHalim wrote::rofl:

May be.

Well, please don't assume I want to ask which one come first.

That silly topic Father and Son particularly is quite important.
This is the point at which those in the know will give you no further response. If we were face to face, you would be looking at a blank stare.
by brahmabull
Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:53 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Father And Son
Replies: 9
Views: 1510

Re: Father And Son

The question is not just a simple one, which one come first, father or son? The question is a pointless one — like many of your previous questions. You're in danger of being added to my ignore list since I don't think you're really interested in learning about the Buddha's teaching. You're beginnin...
by brahmabull
Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:40 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Source of consciousness Vs Object of consciousness
Replies: 4
Views: 1444

Re: Source of consciousness Vs Object of consciousness

DarwidHalim wrote:Let's use example between eyes consciousness and a car.

Without a car as an object, can we have eyes consciousness?
No. You have eye + car = eye perception.
by brahmabull
Thu Nov 03, 2011 3:36 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Cause and Result
Replies: 22
Views: 4687

Re: Cause and Result

DarwidHalim wrote:Oh yes, you are right.

However, that is not what I want to ask. What I want to ask is cause and result.

Can they occur simultaneously?
Irrelevant to a dhamma discussion. This topic is an endless metaphysical speculation.
by brahmabull
Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:51 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Cause and Result
Replies: 22
Views: 4687

Re: Cause and Result

DarwidHalim wrote:Dear Members,

Which one comes first, cause or result?

Can the cause and result exist simultaneously?
Cause and result is a mistranslation of kamma and phala. Kamma is activity. Phala is result. Of course first there is activity, then following that there is a result.
by brahmabull
Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:19 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: dhammas
Replies: 58
Views: 13575

Re: dhammas

The quoted Theravada view of dhamma is in complete agreement with Nagarjuna so long as you take the word "arising" to mean an arising in the sense of provisionally saying "arising" and not a "truly arising" arising, because Nagarjuna's main point was that conditional ar...