Hi Retro,retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Virgo,
It seems to take a lot of bizarre and elaborate explanations to maintain your view, Virgo... especially after all your repetition about panna (wisdom) being concurrent with the development of the paramis! Again, it just doesn't stack up.Virgo wrote:[Yes, even someone with very high Parami could have a very bad wind disease, leading to temporary insanity, schizophrenia, and various other mental ailments. One may also have the kamma that one is taught that such things are correct to do (as Angulimala thought he was beings instructed to do these by a good teacher who he had faith in) even though it goes against ones natural instincts and so on. One could also be influenced by spirits, and so on. So I think it is certainly possible, yes.
Can you please explain further? I don't see anything bizarre being used to support what I said. I am honest with myself and with others. When I my points are shown to be wrong with sound logic, I concede them, adopt a more logical pov, and move on.
Everything fits into place fine for me.retro wrote: If you took Dhamma-Vinaya on its own terms rather than through the lens of tenet systems created by non-Sammasambuddhas, you might find that things slot into place well without these elaborately fantastic and grandiose explanations.
Sure it is. It is also unexcelled in the three times of past, present, and future.retro wrote: The Dhamma isn't something elaborately fantastic and grandiose...
I don't see where any "wow factor" has been added Retro. Can you please elaborate?retro wrote: it's just meant to lead to the cessation of suffering. It doesn't need "wow factor" to go with it.
Kevin