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by Pondera
Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:03 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Immersed in Freedom
Replies: 2
Views: 70

Immersed in Freedom

Samadhi has seen an evolution in translation with people these days seemingly deciding for themselves what the appropriate meaning is. We have, however for example, the tried and true example of Thanissaro using “concentration” and Sujato using “immersion”. But new suggestions seem to be popping up...
by Pondera
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:42 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: Which one should I follow?
Replies: 12
Views: 465

Re: Which one should I follow?

“Follow your nose.”

If there was ever an “ism” which has and does and will forever more stand the test of time, it’s the above.

Anapanasati?

Follow your nose?

Problem with the five hinderances?

Follow your nose?

Watch it.

Observe it.

Get to know it!
by Pondera
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:34 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?
Replies: 40
Views: 1149

Re: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?

“The manner of consciousness is to cling.” “The manner of release is to not cling.” “The harder you cling to consciousness, the harder it clings to you .” (lost in translation) I almost get what you’re saying. As cryptic as ever, cap. That’s why we love you. Don’t ever “change”. I was there for fou...
by Pondera
Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:17 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?
Replies: 40
Views: 1149

Re: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?

I could support it with sutta references. What would be the point? You’ll have some refutation which you’ve grounded in the suttas, but not in experience. The suttas are our common reference point. Besides, I doubt anyone here has attained such a state. Modern interpretations don’t always hurt. You...
by Pondera
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:36 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?
Replies: 40
Views: 1149

Re: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?

Takes one to know one. How long were you in the hurt locker for? Everyone is always in the hurt locker I thought that was reason not to live my life Not everyone thinks that apparently But the world is changing Maybe you don’t catch my drift. “The manner of consciousness is to cling.” “The manner o...
by Pondera
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:32 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?
Replies: 40
Views: 1149

Re: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?

cappuccino wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:27 pm
Pondera wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:21 pm You’re quite right. I’d love to know how you know that. Would you love to know how I know that?
You experienced it


How I know? :?
Takes one to know one. How long were you in the hurt locker for?
by Pondera
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:30 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?
Replies: 40
Views: 1149

Re: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?

Consciousness is a carrier particle which acts as a messenger between sense media and sense faculties. In time, science will discover that, much like gravitons, consciousness creates a field in which a force of attraction and binding is created between sense objects and sense faculties. These are i...
by Pondera
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:21 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?
Replies: 40
Views: 1149

Re: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?

cappuccino wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:59 pm
Pondera wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:56 pm the “null space” which is cessation of perception and feeling …
It’s a temporary state
You’re quite right. I’d love to know how you know that. Would you love to know how I know that?
by Pondera
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:56 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?
Replies: 40
Views: 1149

Re: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?

What a farce it would be if the goal of Buddhism was to eradicate experience. Only the deeply misguided hold such a view, tripped up by the neti-neti descriptions of nibbana without any direct experience. Nibbana is the liberation of experience from all limitations; freedom from limitations of any ...
by Pondera
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:54 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?
Replies: 40
Views: 1149

Re: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?

The computer analogy is something I’ll likely receive flack for. Admittedly it was not well developed when I posted it. To amend the analogy. You can have a hard drive and you can have software on the hard drive. As long as there is “power” running to the PC, the computer will compute. It is not pos...
by Pondera
Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:33 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?
Replies: 40
Views: 1149

Re: Question re Cessation of perception and feeling?

Corpses dont have 'exceptionally bright and clear faculties'. To claim it is 'corpse like' is inverting the suttas to suit your personal predilections when the comparison in the suttas is clearly refuted in this way. Corpse-like doesn't mean one is a corpse. The suttas themselves draw a connection ...
by Pondera
Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:57 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Origins of Kasina Meditation?
Replies: 43
Views: 1083

Re: Origins of Kasina Meditation?

Direct question... do you see any similarity between the Visuddhimagga's earth teaching and the Buddha's teaching? I dislike Visuddhimagga. Let's take Vimuttimagga. And Sutta as Buddha's teaching. Vimuttimagga does not teach about earth. That would be geology :tongue:. I see many passages in Vimutt...
by Pondera
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:35 am
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh
Replies: 136
Views: 9329

Re: Ahara Sutta, Son's Flesh

An excerpt from thomaslaw's comment The body originates from food Can you clarify to the Forum on Early Buddhism , how Choong or you understood the words "body" and "food?" . Were these words understood by Choong, as in Early Buddhism or as in Late Buddhism? There are several la...
by Pondera
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:31 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: The great cappucciNO SELF debate
Replies: 760
Views: 19390

Re: The great cappucciNO SELF debate

The Dhamma is timeless, but it is always changing. No… Don't misrepresent the Blessed One. Explain how the Dhamma is always the same? For as long as samsara lasts it will be marked by the three characteristics Is it a structure in logic that can be found by any species to always represent the exact...
by Pondera
Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:23 am
Forum: Sīla
Topic: sīlabbata parāmāsa
Replies: 43
Views: 891

Re: sīlabbata parāmāsa

I heard Nietzsche saw a man beating his horse and lost his mind. Did he really think he was Christ? I have read that he believed Jesus to be the anti-Christ, and yes, the story of a man beating a horse coincided with his mental breakdown - as the story goes. I do not remember where i read it, but w...