Dhamma Wheel

Metta,
Paul.

Greetings, If you include Timeless/Atemporal/Structural & Multiple Lives I know a lunatic that would vote for it (me) I don't understand why the poll needs multiple options per line. Isn't it about which "resonates with you the most"? Even if you accept more than one, I'm sure one still "resonates w...

Greetings,

dylanj wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:00 am

This existing, this exists;
this arising, this arises;
this not existing, this does not exist;
this ceasing, this ceases’.

Metta,
Paul.

Greetings DCM,

DCM wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:28 pm

What are you practising for, and why?

At this point it's because, to quote the Theosophical Society, "there is no religion higher than the truth".



Metta,
Paul.

Greetings SDC,

I hope you have a chipper day!



Metta,
Paul.

Greetings Kareem, My biggest question is: Do you have to be aware of anothers suffering in order for lovingkindness meditation to be effective? No, actually, in this aspect at least, you're mistaking compassion (karuna) for loving-kindness (metta). Metta works for all, but if you like, you could als...

Greetings, becoming a stream enterer is not about dependent arising it's rather about seeing arising and ceasing Agreed, which is why I asked Circle5... What do you think it is that arises? What do you think it is that the arisen is dependent upon? He did answer one question I put to him, but not th...

Greetings SDC,

SDC wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 17, 2018 12:08 am

Option 8: Timeless/Atemporal/Structural

As per my response here, that's what I would have selected too.

Metta,
Paul.

Greetings Circle5, Besides this problem of not even reading the sutta following the first one, there is also the problem of this sutta being a super small part of the explanation regarding how a living being works. It's just one page out of 1500. Even if one understands this one, there are still 149...

Greetings, Gombrich makes the interesting observation (I'm not sure if it's true) that DO is unique in that there is an account of the Buddha saying that it is deep and extremely hard to understand. (This is to Ananda at the start of the Maha Nidana Sutta). I'd believe it. But then, given that it is...

Greetings Dinsdale, I don't think the 3-lives model is well understood by those who criticise it. Or alternatively, to quote Nanavira Thera... This Note will take for granted first, that the reader is acquainted with this traditional interpretation, and secondly, that he is dissatisfied with it. It ...

Greetings, Not having an intelligent or logical response to the points being made, the ignorant turn immediately to sectarianism, blissfully unaware of the fact that it is not traditions but sectarian posturing that lead to schisms. OK, that's enough meta-discussion, thank you. :focus: Metta, Paul. :)

Greetings,

Personally I'd call my understanding "non time-delineated" (akālika), but as far as the available options go, it correlates most closely to what Leigh defined as "moment-to-moment" (whilst also rejecting the notion of atomized and discrete "moments"!)

Metta,
Paul.

Greetings Alfa, Didn't the Buddha (and many others after him) leave the world? This doesn't mean to hide in a forest, or board a spacecraft... :alien: Rather, they "abandon" (or more specifically, "lay down") that which could be described as "the world" Then a certain monk went to the Blessed One an...

Greetings Circle5, I have no idea what "meditatin on the true nature of reality" is supposed to mean but I sure was funnier in the past :mrgreen: Your English skills have certainly improved. Once you've learnt which witch is which, we'll know whether you've truly mastered the language. Metta, Paul. :)

Greetings Zan, I am curious as to whether or not there are any convincing arguments against this view? Not necessarily just that the Buddha said that oneness is an extreme that he did not teach, I already know that, I am wondering if there are any actual arguments that directly refute the idea of "o...

Greetings Grigoris, I'm not saying I have proof to provide an iron-clad substantiation, I'm saying I have reasons to believe it is so. Similarly, the situation in Syria. I think there's a very small percentage of people in the world with all the intelligence resources at their fingertips to know the...

Greetings, It seems that retrofuturist is having difficulty rationalizing current events and that he has a somewhat delusional view of what transpired in north korea months ago. It seems that chownah fails to realise that it's OK for people to have different opinions to chownah, and that chownah doe...

Greetings, Oh, you mean it does not have to do with petrol monopolies and power hegemonies like it did with past administrations? Phew, that a relief! :? Despite your obvious sarcasm, yes that's precisely what I mean. You may be a conservative, but sourcing tabloids and "covert operation" conspiraci...

Greetings, And, really, you think Trump and his cronies actually gives a crap about Syrian civilians? Really? Of course, don't you? This whole deal stinks of the same stench as the reasoning behind invading Iraq and all the reasons for invading are identical. I can understand why people would apply ...