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by Polar Bear
Tue Nov 28, 2023 5:41 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Pīti
Replies: 26
Views: 1162

Re: Pīti

Apparently, cittasankhara is an aspect of feelings. This reads a little confused but it seems that clearly in mindfulness of breathing the 'feelings' one is supposed to be mindful of are pīti and sukha. Whenever a mendicant practices breathing while experiencing rapture, or experiencing bliss, or ex...
by Polar Bear
Mon Sep 12, 2022 6:28 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Why do sotapannas have the fear of death if they have right view?
Replies: 27
Views: 816

Re: Why do sotapannas have the fear of death if they have right view?

In which part of the sutta said Mahanama was a sakadagami ? :thinking: It is heavily implied he was a sotapanna, but not sakadagami. He has the four requisites of stream entry, faith in the triple gem and virtue dear to the noble ones. The Buddha also says to have no fear, his death won’t be bad. O...
by Polar Bear
Mon Sep 12, 2022 5:22 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Why do sotapannas have the fear of death if they have right view?
Replies: 27
Views: 816

Re: Why do sotapannas have the fear of death if they have right view?

There is this sutta that suggests a sotapanna could fear death if it were to occur in a distracted mind state: “Sir, this Kapilavatthu is successful and prosperous and full of people, with cramped cul-de-sacs. In the late afternoon, after paying homage to the Buddha or an esteemed mendicant, I enter...
by Polar Bear
Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:11 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: I don’t belong to anyone anywhere
Replies: 8
Views: 715

Re: I don’t belong to anyone anywhere

I was reading the Jain Ācārāṅga Sūtra today, which some consider to be quite old. I was struck by this passage But when the hot season has come, one should leave off the used-up clothes; one should be clad with one or no garment--aspiring to freedom from bonds. Knowing what the Revered One, &c....
by Polar Bear
Thu Mar 10, 2022 12:01 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Alcohol
Replies: 14
Views: 980

Re: Alcohol

That's the point. The Buddha's teachings are not about health issues, they are about well being. They are not about physics and chemistry, and cosmological theories of the universe. They are about the human experience of suffering. I suspect he did not know alcohol is harmful to the physical body. ...
by Polar Bear
Sun Feb 27, 2022 7:03 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Buddhist position on defending one´s nation
Replies: 121
Views: 6470

Re: Buddhist position on defending one´s nation

“Even if low-down bandits were to sever you limb from limb, anyone who had a malevolent thought on that account would not be following my instructions.” My energy shall be roused up and unflagging, my mindfulness established and lucid, my body tranquil and undisturbed, and my mind immersed in samād...
by Polar Bear
Tue Feb 22, 2022 8:02 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: The offense of lokāyata (metaphysics/cosmology)
Replies: 8
Views: 760

Re: The offense of metaphysics

The term was first used by the ancient Buddhists until around 500 B.C.E. to refer to both a common tribal philosophical view and a sort of this-worldly philosophy or nature lore. Reference maybe? . . Unfortunately the article doesn’t give it, you’d have to look at the bibliography and peruse the wo...
by Polar Bear
Tue Feb 22, 2022 8:10 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: The offense of lokāyata (metaphysics/cosmology)
Replies: 8
Views: 760

Re: The offense of metaphysics

- Does anyone know what Pali word is being translated here as "metaphysics"? Lokāyata does not mean metaphysics. On the contrary it means materialism. Like the materialistic view of the Cārvāka - or to some extent, the positivism of the nyāya and vaiśeṣika. . . According to the Internet E...
by Polar Bear
Sat Feb 19, 2022 4:51 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Skilful Thoughts of Renunciation
Replies: 30
Views: 1669

Re: Skilful Thoughts of Renunciation

Good ol’ Access to Insight has a page with sutta quotes on renunciation worth reading:

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dha ... index.html


:anjali:
by Polar Bear
Sat Feb 19, 2022 4:36 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Skilful Thoughts of Renunciation
Replies: 30
Views: 1669

Re: Skilful Thoughts of Renunciation

If those monks n ascetics whom already absence of illwill harmful thoughts are immediately equipped with metta and karuna , then there is no need for the Buddha to teach to develop the four brahma vihara separately as can be seen in many discourses . Perhaps there is a difference between His mind i...
by Polar Bear
Sat Feb 19, 2022 4:14 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Skilful Thoughts of Renunciation
Replies: 30
Views: 1669

Re: Skilful Thoughts of Renunciation

Thoughts of non-ill will would be loving-kindness. Thoughts of harmlessness could be compassion. That is commentary explanation . Say you are now without thought of ill will , do your mind state now have loving kindness ? Similar with absence of harmful thought , do your mind state somehow full of ...
by Polar Bear
Sat Feb 19, 2022 3:37 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Skilful Thoughts of Renunciation
Replies: 30
Views: 1669

Re: Skilful Thoughts of Renunciation

I’ve wondered about this too. There’s a decent amount of material focusing on the drawbacks of sensuality, but for a balanced approach I think we also need to reflect on the positive experiences that come when we aren’t immersed in sensuality. So we contemplate the burning writhing fever-like nature...
by Polar Bear
Sat Feb 05, 2022 4:52 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Stream Entry first, then Mindfulness of Breathing
Replies: 89
Views: 3258

Re: Stream Entry first, then Mindfulness of Breathing

Greetings, To conclude then Stream-entry depends upon seeing dependent origination, without Jhāna. Stream-entry, and so seeing dependent origination, is achieved with a concentration that is weaker than Jhāna yet is still considered to be Right Samādhi. Stream-entry is required before practicing lo...
by Polar Bear
Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:27 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Sotapanna and killing
Replies: 345
Views: 10327

Re: Sotapanna and killing

I think the pea has pretty thoroughly demonstrated an unwillingness to let go of his clearly unsupported view. But suppose you think this: ‘I will be troubled and the other individual will be hurt, for they’re irritable and hostile. And they hold fast to their views, refusing to let go. I cannot dr...
by Polar Bear
Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:47 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Sotapanna and killing
Replies: 345
Views: 10327

Re: Sotapanna and killing

I think the pea has pretty thoroughly demonstrated an unwillingness to let go of his clearly unsupported view. But suppose you think this: ‘I will be troubled and the other individual will be hurt, for they’re irritable and hostile. And they hold fast to their views, refusing to let go. I cannot dra...