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by retrofuturist
Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:21 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 20607

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings Mahabrahma, In Christianity it is understood that there is the experience of fully accepting Christ and the Holy Spirit, by in which, it is said one can no longer sin, as they have Christ in them. No, that's not the case at all. See earlier posts on the differentiation between sanctificati...
by retrofuturist
Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:02 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mindfulness is a technique?
Replies: 116
Views: 3532

Re: Mindfulness is a technique?

Greetings auto, Your post is hypothetical. Lol. Even if you know that something is already there, taught thanks to teachers like you quoted, the mind doesn't know that something is already there, it will still go out to seek for example to get more knowledge of what was meant with this teaching, lik...
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:56 pm
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: There is nothing there, without substance
Replies: 460
Views: 10963

Re: There is nothing there, without substance

Greetings friend Pulsar, Retro wrote (I would suggest though that paticcasamuppada starts earlier, and comprises of ignorantly creating fabrications which "one" engages via phassa. A lot happens in arising before craving comes into the picture, as first you need something to crave.) Is not...
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Duration of Avicii hell
Replies: 27
Views: 944

Re: Duration of Avicii hell

Greetings Pulsar, Retro wrote Please point to any reference to Avicii hell in the Sutta Pitaka and then we'll talk. If you are referring to Samyutta nikaya (Scholars have said other nikayas hold mythology and other elaborations of hell and heaven for the less advanced) I think for those who truly me...
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:16 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mindfulness is a technique?
Replies: 116
Views: 3532

Re: Mindfulness is a technique?

Greetings, I’m fully prepared to get into the weeds with anyone who is interested. I just don’t like to start there. Getting straight to the point is neither "the weeds", nor "theatrics". Holding back lacks transparency. I thought you knew that about me after all this time. I kno...
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mindfulness is a technique?
Replies: 116
Views: 3532

Re: Mindfulness is a technique?

Greetings, I’m not precisely sure the context of Paul’s comment, but the general arguments that oppose the use of “techniques” are meant to emphasize that other developments need to be in place prior to anything like jhana or mindfulness of breathing to be at all useful. I'm actually quite surprised...
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Disrespecting Vipassana
Replies: 105
Views: 4490

Re: Disrespecting Vipassana

Greetings Mike, Yes, follow the Satipatthana Sutta. Not technique. This distinction you are trying to draw between "following the suttas" and "using a technique" is not clear cut. It is actually. The factors for Right View and the factors for stream-entry have been shared. Sutta ...
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:54 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Duration of Avicii hell
Replies: 27
Views: 944

Re: Duration of Avicii hell

Greetings Mario,
mario92 wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:19 am Hello all, what is the duration of Avicii hell? How many aeons?
Please point to any reference to Avicii hell in the Sutta Pitaka and then we'll talk.

Metta,
Paul. :)
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:40 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Form belonging to a form?
Replies: 6
Views: 284

Re: Form belonging to a form?

Greetings,
Joe.c wrote: Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:03 am Imagine if you know many many people got misled, how do you feel?
:anjali:

Metta,
Paul. :)
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:47 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Hi
Replies: 6
Views: 395

Re: Hi

G'day James.

Metta,
Paul. :)
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:51 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Disrespecting Vipassana
Replies: 105
Views: 4490

Re: Disrespecting Vipassana

Greetings Auto, Like with the mn117, noble right view is had by an arhant And sekhas. noble disciple who has right view understands all the noble truths. Yes. I think the regular right view is about kammavāda, efficiency of deeds Agreed. Good sources, and good chat. Thanks. Metta, Paul. :)
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:09 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Disrespecting Vipassana
Replies: 105
Views: 4490

Re: Disrespecting Vipassana

Greetings Mike, No excuse for a Buddhist doing otherwise other than rebellion against the Buddha's word. Indeed! Who would suggest not: "practice in line with the teachings" (dhammānudhammappaṭipatti)? Such practice is described in many suttas, such as the Satipaṭṭhānasutta... https://sutt...
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:16 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Disrespecting Vipassana
Replies: 105
Views: 4490

Re: Disrespecting Vipassana

Greetings appamaada,

Bingo. And there it is.

No excuse for a Buddhist doing otherwise other than rebellion against the Buddha's word.

:buddha1:

Metta,
Paul. :)
by retrofuturist
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:05 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Disrespecting Vipassana
Replies: 105
Views: 4490

Re: Disrespecting Vipassana

Greetings Goof, We can't just twiddle our thumbs and wait for right view to magically appear, right view won't jump out of the pages of a book. True. The Buddha explains the conditions for it. "Monks, there are these two conditions for the arising of right view. Which two? The voice of another ...
by retrofuturist
Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:26 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Disrespecting Vipassana
Replies: 105
Views: 4490

Re: Disrespecting Vipassana

Greetings, It's about Right View, not technique. Technique is only an issue to those commoditizing and consuming them. There are techniques. (Example from some alchemy text).- 'Teachings of the Hui-Ming Ching and Liu Hua-Yang' That's no different to saying there is Goenka Vipassana. No matter how ma...