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- Fri Apr 28, 2017 4:38 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: New book from Venerable Analayo
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2011
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 3:50 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Anatta, Sakkaya-ditthi (self view),Mana (pride)?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1259
Re: Anatta, Sakkaya-ditthi (self view),Mana (pride)?
theY wrote:Only with lobha (desiring). Buddha and arahanta are still compare themselves with another. But they have not mana.
I guess, they don't have a māna mainly because they got rid of the notion "I am", which is a prerequisite for comparing oneself to others.
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:37 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Anatta, Sakkaya-ditthi (self view),Mana (pride)?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1259
Re: Anatta, Sakkaya-ditthi (self view),Mana (pride)?
Conceit or pride are not the best translations for māna since in the English they mean only "unduly favorable estimation of one's own abilities or worth; overly positive self-regard." Whereas māna in the Pāli means thinking about oneself as better, equal or worse from others.
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:31 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The Fourfold Negation in the Pāli Canon
- Replies: 11
- Views: 746
Re: The Fourfold Negation in the Pāli Canon
Why [X; not-X; X and not-X; not-(X or not-X)] is called "The Fourfold Negation"? It obviously doesn't negate a proposition in four ways.
- Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:28 pm
- Forum: Early Buddhism
- Topic: Early Buddhism resources
- Replies: 163
- Views: 58735
- Sun Aug 28, 2016 5:44 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: How is sunna different to anatta?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 956
Re: How is sunna different to anatta?
There's good sutta introduction on this topic written by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: There [in the Canon] you find emptiness approached from three perspectives, treating it (1) as a meditative dwelling, (2) as an attribute of objects, and (3) as a type of awareness-release. The first approach is obviously t...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 9:15 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The Great anattā/anātman debate
- Replies: 588
- Views: 27513
Re: On anattā/anātman
Hi, here's very short sutta ( SN 1.25 ) for all who like to make a big deal out of language conventions and claim that there's something deeper going on: “If a bhikkhu is an arahant, Consummate, with taints destroyed, One who bears his final body, Would he still say, ‘I speak’? And would he say, ‘Th...
- Wed Aug 10, 2016 8:15 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The Great anattā/anātman debate
- Replies: 588
- Views: 27513
Re: On anattā/anātman
Hi, The question is whether from this it follows that there is no soul, ever, anywhere --? In Samanupassana Sutta ( SN 22.47 ) the Buddha said that: Monks, whatever contemplatives or brahmans who assume in various ways when assuming a self, all assume the five clinging-aggregates, or a certain one o...
- Wed Aug 10, 2016 6:20 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The Great anattā/anātman debate
- Replies: 588
- Views: 27513
Re: On anattā/anātman
Hi, Hi, jīva/sarīra was a dichotomy which wasn't taken up by the Buddha in his teachings. He famously rejected to answer if the soul (jīva) and the corpse (sarīra) are the same or different. Instead, to prevent from falling into sassata and uccheda possitions, he taught about name-form with cognizan...
- Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The Great anattā/anātman debate
- Replies: 588
- Views: 27513
Re: On anattā/anātman
Hi, jīva/sarīra was a dichotomy which wasn't taken up by the Buddha in his teachings. He famously rejected to answer if the soul (jīva) and the corpse (sarīra) are the same or different. Instead, to prevent from falling into sassata and uccheda possitions, he taught about name-form with cognizance (...
- Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:49 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Dharma Talks or Videos
- Replies: 69
- Views: 13806
Re: Dharma Talks or Videos
The Thai Forest Masters by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu The Thai forest tradition is well-known for the style of its teachings–direct, down-to- earth . . . but very little has been written about the content of its teachings: the positions it took on controversial issues regarding virtue, concentration, disce...
- Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:13 am
- Forum: Modern Interpretations
- Topic: A Review of Ven. Ñānavīra's "Notes on Dhamma"
- Replies: 390
- Views: 36307
Re: A Review of Ven. Ñānavīra's "Notes on Dhamma"
No, his idea is that phassa is contacting "me" with something which is not "me". As he says, otherwise his paṭiccasamuppāda model would make no sense because phassanirodha would be unintelligible. The same applies to feelings, conciousness, and so on.
- Wed Jun 24, 2015 12:24 pm
- Forum: Sīla
- Topic: Is animal euthenasia 'humane'?
- Replies: 227
- Views: 15503
Re: Is animal euthenasia 'humane'?
Hi,
And Venerable Vakkali.tiltbillings wrote:Except for Ven Channa.
- Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:31 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Possible misconception of cessation of suffering?
- Replies: 114
- Views: 5841
Re: Possible misconception of cessation of suffering?
Hi acinteyyo , It seems to me that for example in SN 12.51 cessation ( nirodha ) is equated with nonexistence ( asata ) of things: “When there are utterly no volitional formations, with the cessation of volitional formations, would consciousness be discerned?” “No, venerable sir.” — Parivīmaṃsan...
- Sat Jun 13, 2015 3:38 pm
- Forum: Modern Interpretations
- Topic: A Review of Ven. Ñānavīra's "Notes on Dhamma"
- Replies: 390
- Views: 36307
Re: A Review of Ven. Ñānavīra's "Notes on Dhamma"
Hi Mike , I don't think they made any mistake in this regard. If you look into the Brahmajāla-sutta (DN 1) where ucchedavāda is disscused then you can see how this two issues are connected. For example in case of first view it's said: Herein, bhikkhus, a certain recluse or a brahmin asserts the foll...
- Sat Jun 13, 2015 11:14 am
- Forum: Modern Interpretations
- Topic: A Review of Ven. Ñānavīra's "Notes on Dhamma"
- Replies: 390
- Views: 36307
Re: A Review of Ven. Ñānavīra's "Notes on Dhamma"
Hi Mike , The Buddha sometimes says in the suttas that he was accused of being an ucchedavādin because "he teaches the annihilation, the destruction, the extermination of an existing being (sato sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññāpeti) " ( MN 22 ). His response to this was that he teaches that ...
- Wed May 13, 2015 1:33 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What would like be like for an arhat?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1858
Re: What would like be like for an arhat?
Hi, There's a great description of way of arahant's life in Dhatuvibhanga-sutta ( MN 140 ): "Sensing a feeling of pleasure, one discerns that it is fleeting, not grasped at, not relished. Sensing a feeling of pain... Sensing a feeling of neither pleasure nor pain, one discerns that it is fleeting, n...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:25 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Dependent Origination as Process (or not).
- Replies: 191
- Views: 12116
Re: Dependent Origination as Process (or not).
Hi Dave And yet, some people feel that they can't possibly understand this topic unless they understand the 12-step program, but that's not the case. So, why then do people always seem to use the 12-step program to assess their understanding, or that of others? Maybe because of this? http://www.arro...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:08 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Dependent Origination as Process (or not).
- Replies: 191
- Views: 12116
Re: Dependent Origination as Process (or not).
Hi Mike , My understanding, is that these processes generally take place over time. I realise that there are some who disagree and favour Ven Nanavira's "timeless" model. In that case, the questions I have posed are probably of little interest. I don't think that Ñāṇavīra is questioning the fact tha...
- Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:34 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Dependent Origination as Process (or not).
- Replies: 191
- Views: 12116
Re: Dependent Origination as Process (or not).
Hi acinteyyo I agree. There are so many variations that there seems to be no reason to think of the 12 link version as particularly special. The common point seems to be relational expansions of the noble truths, i.e. craving -> dukkha. :anjali: Mike Hm... I disagree because I actually don't perceiv...