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- Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:49 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The value in learning about other traditions
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6397
Re: The value in learning about other traditions
I hope I understand your question right. Don't worry Martin. I just wanted to tell our young readers that things are more than what they are, as just mere unavoidable facts; namely that they are essentially (in some Indian philosophies, of which Buddhism is a part) byproducts of some aggregate that...
- Sat Sep 20, 2014 3:34 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The value in learning about other traditions
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6397
Re: The value in learning about other traditions
...there are necessarily all sorts of people, good and bad, honest and dishonest. They're part of the world and none of our business. I agree with the last part (see this short Indian tale - The lion & the crane - http://bit.ly/1ykgDKm ); but I must temperate on the last part. "There are n...
- Sat Sep 20, 2014 1:42 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The value in learning about other traditions
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6397
Re: The value in learning about other traditions
gangsters, monks, business people... Right in the middle! Haha! (In france, the mob is called "le milieu" (the middle) - Accomodating perversion of the pristine message, I suppose. The Noble and the ignoble, as Buddha would call it. Though I have to admit that I have met some delightful m...
- Fri Sep 19, 2014 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Who is a person of integrity?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1036
Re: Who is a person of integrity?
MN11 0Cula-Punnama Sutta: http://bit.ly/1mmfbSl or http://bit.ly/1o9fJGKSarathW wrote:Who is a person of integrity?
Cheers.
Please check the post on how to search offline http://bit.ly/1r6V5dH
- Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:05 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The value in learning about other traditions
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6397
Re: The value in learning about other traditions
Knowledge and tradition. Good question indeed. What does samkhya (http://bit.ly/YYsKxd) say about the way to knowledge (from best to subordinate): 1. Experience. 2. Inference. 3. Tradition The last one being considered the lowest form of knowledge. Where does Buddhism stand in all this? IMHO, if we ...
- Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:18 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Unwholesome versus Evil in the Suttas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1083
Re: Unwholesome versus Evil in the Suttas
I know that there is a distinction between actions that are evil (papam) versus being merely unwholesome (akusala) and it makes perfect sense, but I was wondering where this kind of teaching is first articulated, in the suttas or in the commentaries. I don't remember ever coming across this kind of...
- Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:57 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Consciousness v. perception
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6109
Re: Consciousness v. perception
Friend, this feeling, perception, and this consciousness, are these associated or dissociated? Is it possible to differenciate them and show them apart?: Friend, feelings, perceptions and consciousness are associated and not dissociated and it is not possible to differentiate them and show them apa...
- Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:09 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Google Saffron - Theravada Search Engine
- Replies: 44
- Views: 138824
Re: Google Saffron - Theravada Search Engine
This is not a comment about Google Saffron search engine, but some tips to search offline as well. Download the Pali Canon at: Metta: http://www.metta.lk/tipitaka/tipitaka.zip (pretty comprehensive - the all Majjhima Nikaya) or Access to insight: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tech/download/bulk.htm...
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:42 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Could someone please explain or rephrase this passage?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3753
Re: Could someone please explain or rephrase this passage?
Greetings all, There is this passage from the Maha-nidana Sutta, (as translated by Ven. Thanissaro): "'From name-&-form as a requisite condition comes contact. Thus it has been said. And this is the way to understand how, from name-&-form as a requisite condition comes contact. If the ...
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:13 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: the great rebirth debate
- Replies: 7539
- Views: 1327304
Re: Rebirth
O, speculations about the Future (Aparantakappika) - Doctrines of Nibbāna Here and NowAloka wrote:the freshness of the here and now
(Ditthadhammanibbānavāda) - That does not seem very "Buddhistic".
Brahmajāla Sutta http://bit.ly/1uO03N3
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:48 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Why contemplation on death is so difficult?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8347
Re: Why contemplation on death is so difficult?
Buddha also spoke about contemplating all the other bonds of this world. Yet. Cheers. :?: "Bhikkhus, twofold are the searches: The noble search and the ignoble search. What is the ignoble search. Here, bhikkhus, one subject to birth searches birth. One subject to decay searches decay. One subj...
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:53 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: "Others are cruel, we shall not be cruel"
- Replies: 37
- Views: 12325
Re: "Others are cruel, we shall not be cruel"
May all of us lots of peace and progress in our practice, while facing whatever cruel and unjust treatments. Starter We all know how asuras can be cruel with us; particularly in these times of power & money. The only way to deal with them is to give them back what they are laying upon you. &quo...
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:23 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Why contemplation on death is so difficult?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8347
Re: Why contemplation on death is so difficult?
Because contemplating death is to give death and its followers a hold on you. "' The perception of death, when developed & pursued, is of great fruit, of great benefit. It gains a footing in the Deathless, has the Deathless as its final end ': Thus was it said. In reference to what was it ...
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:12 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is unique in Buddha’s teaching?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3038
Re: What is unique in Buddha’s teaching?
What is unique in Buddha’s teaching? We all know that some of the teachings of Buddha are already found in other religions. The question is what exactly unique to Buddha’s teaching. Is it Anatta? In Brahmajāla sutta ( http://bit.ly/1uO03N3 ) Buddha describes sixty-two philosophical and speculative ...
- Sun Sep 14, 2014 11:50 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Why does the body die upon enlightenment?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2914
Re: Why does the body die upon enlightenment?
Cula-suññata Sutta states it pretty straightforwardly:JC33 wrote: Why does the body 'die' upon enlightenment?
After reaching the last stage,there is no more (need for) perception and feelings.