Saṅkhāradukkhatā - Suffering due to Volitional Formations

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Re: Saṅkhāradukkhatā - Suffering due to Volitional Formations

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Paññāsikhara wrote:
Further permutations can be made through, say, genitive relationships, ie. the suffering of volitional formations. Perhaps then the solution would be one of dissociation, ending the possessive relationship rather than the thing itself.

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Re: Saṅkhāradukkhatā - Suffering due to Volitional Formations

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Hi,
Paññāsikhara wrote:Well, for example (...)
Thanks for more thoughts on that point. Now, do you think that there are hints in other parts of Canon which might suggest which interpretation should be prefered? I also wonder if different schools had different views on that issue. That would be interesting to know.
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