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- Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:59 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Buddhist insight vs ordinary experience
- Replies: 119
- Views: 4029
Re: Buddhist insight vs ordinary experience
The Buddha taught: Blind is the world; here only a few possess insight . Only a few, like birds escaping from the net, go to realms of bliss. The Pali is "vipassati". Thank you :anjali: I am ignorant in pali language, but the term vipassati seems close to vipassana. I have heard that vipa...
- Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:56 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Buddhist insight vs ordinary experience
- Replies: 119
- Views: 4029
Re: Buddhist insight vs ordinary experience
directly seeing impermanent in 5 aggregates which is possible in jhana or see it outside jhana but requires 5 hinderance off and then enlightenment factors to full degree so it insight sinks like how cotton absorbs water Thank you for your answer. What you are describing is " by definition &qu...
- Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:03 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Buddhist insight vs ordinary experience
- Replies: 119
- Views: 4029
Buddhist insight vs ordinary experience
This is an attempt to investigate the criteria of Buddhist insight when compared/contrasted with worldly knowledge. The Buddha taught: Blind is the world; here only a few possess insight. Only a few, like birds escaping from the net, go to realms of bliss. It would be easier to begin with worldly kn...
- Sun Aug 22, 2021 1:16 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Quietly enduring sufferings
- Replies: 8
- Views: 299
Re: Quietly enduring sufferings
I fail to see the misunderstanding. This is what i answered: If we understand what he taught, we no longer have to endure suffering, according to his teachings. How does that contradict with the points you introduced, that is: The First Enobling Truth is the truth of suffering, and the first duty i...
- Sun Aug 22, 2021 12:49 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Quietly enduring sufferings
- Replies: 8
- Views: 299
Re: Quietly enduring sufferings
This is not how i understand what he taught. If we understand what he taught, we no longer have to endure suffering, according to his teachings. That's a misunderstanding. The First Enobling Truth is the truth of suffering, and the first duty is that suffering is to be comprehended. You must bear w...
- Sun Aug 22, 2021 11:37 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Quietly enduring sufferings
- Replies: 8
- Views: 299
Re: Quietly enduring sufferings
This is not how i understand what he taught. If we understand what he taught, we no longer have to endure suffering, according to his teachings.
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 7:15 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Tao vs Enlightenment?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 417
Re: Tao vs Enlightenment?
They are compatible. Zen Buddhism is a hybrid between Daoism and Buddhism. Both are nature driven, and both help developing intuition. Buddhism is a complete system dividing followers into lay and monastics while Daoism is usually coupled with confucianism, so you end up with two enlightened masters...
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 11:32 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
- Replies: 20
- Views: 677
Re: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
Thus there is the production of renewed becoming in the future . "Becoming" is an "asava". An "asava" is a mental state. Thus MN 121 refers to absence of becoming but the existence of life. He comprehends: 'This perceiving is empty of the canker of sense-pleasures.' He...
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 7:10 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Jati and Jara Marana (birth and death) in Dependent Origination?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 1546
Re: Jati and Jara Marana (birth and death) in Dependent Origination?
I think they represent the underlying logic of existence. They can be applied in various forms.
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 6:28 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
- Replies: 20
- Views: 677
Re: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
The seed of consciousness does not appear related to the physical seeds of ovum and sperm. Maybe its not limited to it, but it seems relevant to the production of renewed becoming, which seems contingent to the perception of "new being": "Thus kamma is the field, consciousness the se...
- Sat Aug 21, 2021 5:49 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
- Replies: 20
- Views: 677
Re: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
The act of planting the seed of consciousness into the sensual field is "kamma". Yes, this is what i meant. In the act of copulation to propagate the species, the male plants the seed (the sperm) into the female (the field) and it takes time for the results to appear in the world. Conscio...
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 12:06 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
- Replies: 20
- Views: 677
Re: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
Would highly recommend Thannissaro Bhikkhu's ' Paradox of Becoming ' for an in depth exploration of the application of this teaching. https://www.dhammatalks.org/Archive/Writings/Ebooks/TheParadoxofBecoming_181215.pdf The paradox seems to be included in the first statement: "Ananda, if there w...
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 11:45 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
- Replies: 20
- Views: 677
Re: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
I edited my comment to be more clear. The seed depends on the field and the moisture. Without the field, there is no seed. Without moisture, the seed is inactive. An Arahant, while having consciousness, has no more moisture, thus his consciousness is limited. Furthermore once his seed dies, there w...
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 11:34 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
- Replies: 20
- Views: 677
Re: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
The field represents opportunity, if there is no opportunity, there is no consciousness. Moisture is what fertilizes that opportunity. Without moisture, the opportunity is not developed or made use of, thus it becomes irrelevant. Conversely, if there is no consciousness, there is no opportunity. Fo...
- Fri Aug 20, 2021 11:12 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
- Replies: 20
- Views: 677
Kamma is the field, Consciousness the seed
In AN 3.77, the Buddha taught: "Ananda, if there were no kamma ripening in the sensuality-property, would sensuality-becoming be discerned?" "No, lord." " Thus kamma is the field, consciousness the seed, and craving the moisture. The intention & aspiration of living bein...