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- Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:28 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: He breathes far (lofty) & close (low)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 677
Re: He breathes far (lofty) & close (low)
From what has been said above, I am just adding these two links: - One about how to breathe in Ānāpānasati, from this new perspective: https://justpaste.it/7296c Having folded one's legs crosswise, and straightened one's body. Secluded from sensual pleasures (vivicceva kāmehi) and secluded from unpr...
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:14 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Science “Proves”/finds accurateness in some Buddhist concepts of Consciousness
- Replies: 33
- Views: 977
Re: Science “Proves”/finds accurateness in some Buddhist concepts of Consciousness
. https://i.imgur.com/DmQHvqA_d.jpg?maxwidth=300 . I think it's time to close this forum. As Mr. Bean and Sabbe-dhamma-anatta have definitely proved that all this can't be proven . Don't see any scientific bigotry into that. It has just been empirically proven that there is "no way to prove" . .. N...
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:49 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Science “Proves”/finds accurateness in some Buddhist concepts of Consciousness
- Replies: 33
- Views: 977
Re: Science “Proves”/finds accurateness in some Buddhist concepts of Consciousness
... Indeed. No "whys" have ever been really proven. They remain just pure theories. Even if these theories are not truly "scientific", they have to move forward. The "heliocentric" ("scientific") model that replaced the "geocentric" model, is still just a computational model [angular momentum, heli...
- Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:18 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Translating 'paṭighaṃ rūpasaññā ca' & 'paṭighasaññānaṃ' ???
- Replies: 10
- Views: 744
Re: Translating 'paṭighaṃ rūpasaññā ca' & 'paṭighasaññānaṃ' ???
Correct lexicography of paṭigha: Paṭighasaññānaṃ atthaṅgamā, With the vanishing of perceptions of (based upon) the organs of senses (ajjhattikāni āyatanāni (particularly mano - as the following verse is: "not striving with the mind (manasa/mano) to perceptions of manifoldness (lit. (what is) differe...
- Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:41 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Science “Proves”/finds accurateness in some Buddhist concepts of Consciousness
- Replies: 33
- Views: 977
Re: Science “Proves”/finds accurateness in some Buddhist concepts of Consciousness
It is not Fenwick's idea. It is Chalmers' idea. The question is: In Chalmers' video, did Penrose prove anything when he said that quantum mechanical collapse IS consciousness? Did he prove scientifically the why? Isn't this just the apparent law of the how? Just an apparent law of the how, and still...
- Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:40 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Is everyting predetermined?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1518
- Fri Aug 30, 2019 6:25 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Science “Proves”/finds accurateness in some Buddhist concepts of Consciousness
- Replies: 33
- Views: 977
Re: Science “Proves”/finds accurateness in some Buddhist concepts of Consciousness
in Buddhism, the arising of consciousness is dependent upon sense organs, including mano. Arising of sense -consciousness. Nuance. https://justpaste.it/1bzye Chalmers, was the first proponent of a theory of a consciousness as a law, like gravity - He says that consciousness might influence body; an...
- Fri Aug 30, 2019 5:27 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Science “Proves”/finds accurateness in some Buddhist concepts of Consciousness
- Replies: 33
- Views: 977
Re: Science “Proves”/finds accurateness in some Buddhist concepts of Consciousness
There is in science the how - the laws that explains how something happens. But laws don't tell us why things happen. Theories do. Newton's law tell us how gravity works, but not why. Einstein's theory of general relativity explains why. Definition of Theory in the Cambridge dictionary Something sug...
- Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:31 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Science “Proves”/finds accurateness in some Buddhist concepts of Consciousness
- Replies: 33
- Views: 977
Re: Science “Proves”/finds accurateness in some Buddhist concepts of Consciousness
Establishment of conciousness, maybe?
- Thu Aug 29, 2019 1:16 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: I don’t understand rejecting life’s pleasures
- Replies: 43
- Views: 1939
Re: I don’t understand rejecting life’s pleasures
SN 42.12 is an interesting sutta for that matter.
Interesting also, is the parallel in SA 912.
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Interesting also, is the parallel in SA 912.
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- Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:39 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Is everyting predetermined?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1518
Re: Is everyting predetermined?
Macroscopic objects average out microscopic quantum uncertainties and probabilities to accomodate a somewhat satisfactory "determinism" that appears in the visible "Laws of Nature." For the purpose of simplifying physics - to allow mathematical and logical methodologies like differential equations -...
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 6:28 pm
- Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
- Topic: Does the aims of breathing training is to cut off thoughts totally ?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1154
Re: Does the aims of breathing training is to cut off thoughts totally ?
.... In my quote to which you are just referring, you have forgotten this part. A lofty blank out, I suppose ? What the suttas are saying clearly - (that is to say, what the Buddha said clearly ) - is that you don't let everything in. https://legacy.suttacentral.net/en/sn35.245/14-15 Also MN 19 "or...
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 5:37 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: He breathes far (lofty) & close (low)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 677
He breathes far (lofty) & close (low)
A possibility . In the case of the verbs assasanto & passasanto, the Sanskrit considers dīgha (दीर्घ dīrgha) and rassa (ह्रस्व hrasva [hras-va]), as adverbs - whose translation is far (lofty) & close (low) - and not long & short (as adjective). Another possibility: In Anapanasati, Paṇidhāya parimuk...
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Buddhism and What it Offers
- Replies: 73
- Views: 2284
Re: Buddhism and What it Offers
Either experience continues or it does not. Be more precise on what you ask. This is an old note on asavas. It certainly has to be reviewed and canvassed again (as far as // and lexicography are concerned): https://justpaste.it/q4ki Once you've read it, go for these suttas https://legacy.suttacentr...
- Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:58 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Buddhism and What it Offers
- Replies: 73
- Views: 2284
Re: Buddhism and What it Offers
Oh, darn - I thought you had just written:cappuccino wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 4:49 pmBuddha was silent.ToVincent wrote: So no, I am not saying "there is no self"
Buddha is saying it
"Buddha was silent not to imply that there was no self".
You changed your mind for a shorter, more potent haïku, I suppose.
Ouch!
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