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by auto
Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:20 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Two Types of Jhāna
Replies: 26
Views: 506

Re: Two Types of Jhāna

What is "object-scrutinising Jhāna"? "Jhāna is twofold: that which (views or) examines closely the object and that which examines closely the characteristic marks. Of these two, "object-scrutinising" Jhāna examines closely the devices [e.g., Kasiṇas] as mental objects. Insi...
by auto
Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Learning and counterpart sign comparing with some other description
Replies: 5
Views: 206

Re: Learning and counterpart sign comparing with some other description

It's always a pleasure to see the nuts & bolts of the Buddha's Dhamma discussed so enthusiastically. Even if I have to intentionally blur my focus to do so. Have you tried watching stereo images? There will 3D image appear once you get the eyes, focus correct. Also it is kind of different from ...
by auto
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:13 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Learning and counterpart sign comparing with some other description
Replies: 5
Views: 206

Re: Learning and counterpart sign comparing with some other description

open the eyes and see bright disk like red or white in relaxed blurred vision.. u can blur ur vision by defocus ur entire vision by relaxing ur eye (i dont know how to type this exactly) in blurred vision, keep staring bright disk against contrast surface.. the bright object becomes sign.. check n ...
by auto
Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:54 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Learning and counterpart sign comparing with some other description
Replies: 5
Views: 206

Learning and counterpart sign comparing with some other description

What is of interest is the last sentence:"..as if he were seeing the reflection of his face on the surface of a looking glass" . I think it is about how to place the eyes. 28. If he opens his eyes too wide, they get fatigued and the disk becomes too obvious, which prevents the sign becomin...
by auto
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

.. I was trying to say about the ghostly realm which is invisible or naked, first levels in cultivation leading to becoming a ghost. I thought this level can be avoided, but seem not. Other words the sutta what say about sentient beings who are not free from sensual pleasures, is a stage one goes t...
by auto
Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:17 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

What is burning here? Is the woman (the object of sight) burning? NO. Is the object reflected within the man's consciousness burning? YES it is burning with lust. Can the fire Dept. help, to put out this fire? NO. Now imagine another man's body was set on fire due to an accident. Body on fire means...
by auto
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
Replies: 43
Views: 1083

Re: Origins of Kasina Meditation?

So what is one to focus on if not the colour brown? Surely you wouldn't chant some sort of mantra like earth... earth... earth... but the Visuddhimagga states exactly that. The Tibetans have more interesting mantras. .. 29. The colour should not be reviewed. The characteristic should not be given a...
by auto
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

A statement Pretty sure you going to say the food is good when it tastes good. Nothing wrong with the statement food is good when it tastes good. It is an indication of how the food was perceived. Levels of ignorance vary. With Love :candle: Getting beaten by the stick pretty sure you will say it h...
by auto
Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

Pulsar wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:00 pm What is burning here? Is the woman (the object of sight) burning? NO.
  • Is the object reflected within the man's consciousness burning? YES
  • it is burning with lust.
Pretty sure you going to say the food is good when it tastes good.
by auto
Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:30 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

“In the same way, the eye is not the fetter of sights, nor are sights the fetter of the eye. Evameva kho, āvuso, na cakkhu rūpānaṁ saṁyojanaṁ, na rūpā cakkhussa saṁyojanaṁ. The fetter there is the desire and greed that arises from the pair of them. Yañca tattha tadubhayaṁ paṭicca uppajjati chandarā...
by auto
Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:01 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

later Buddhist traditions treat Rupa of DO as physical matter. Buddha presented DO as events happening within consciousness. However like-minded people think alike. A conundrum. Was Buddha right? or were the later traditions right? Why does DO need happen within the consciousness. Is your argument ...
by auto
Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

The Pali translators manipulated the translation when it comes to contact. In Chinese agama contact is called "Fine" only. in the Pali translation contact is called "gross and fine" it is the solid food what is called gross and fine. What four? Katame cattāro? Solid food, whethe...
by auto
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:00 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: did the buddha teach vipasanna meditation?
Replies: 86
Views: 41439

Re: did the buddha teach vipasanna meditation?

I was merely asking how people understood the statement Sariputta through insight into mental qualities one after another. ...... It requires only a brief answer. It does not require sutta quotations, neither a knowledge of Pali. Thank you :candle: You said that the sutta confirms your understandin...
by auto
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

If you hang onto the belief that in Son's Flesh, Buddha is referring to the the first nutrient as meat and potatoes, this entire thread is a waste of time for you. With Love :candle: It's not a belief, when it is written in the sutta. Whereas your claim is not written in sutta, thus you are hanging...
by auto
Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:59 pm
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: did the buddha teach vipasanna meditation?
Replies: 86
Views: 41439

Re: did the buddha teach vipasanna meditation?

This further confirms my understanding that To Sariputta Rupa was a mental factor, not a physical factor. i.e. mental rupas generated by a mind engaged in papanca. The comment is followed by Rūpa is not on the list of jhāna factors. And he distinguished the phenomena in the first absorption one by ...