I don't see why the putting out the fires of raga, dosa and moha excludes nibbana being a sphere. I don't see why they are mutually exclusive. And I don't see how you come to the conclusion that nibbana might be a sphere in the first place. The use of "atthi" ( "exists" ), sugge...

Nibbana certainly involves the cessation of craving, aversion and delusion, but that is not the only description of Nibbana in the suttas. What is your take on the OP passage? It seems to describe Nibbana as always having been there, so more like a transcendent realm or sphere. You're right, the ce...

Goofaholix wrote:I would think it is a transcendent state of mind. I don't think the word "just" is appropriate.

I second that.

We should keep in mind that nibbana is essentially a description for the final ending of greed, hatred and delusion.

best wishes, acinteyyo

Not particularly. If I understand the rest of your post, it is the assumption of a self in the process of seeing, not assumptions about external reality. However, I'm not sure I completely grasped it... From the assumption of a self in the seen comes the assumption of an external world. Remarkable ...

"In the seen, just the seen" suggests that there is something to be seen. It's as if the subject has gone ( "no you there" ) but the object remains ( "the seen" ). What if you assume that it was always this way, “objects“ only and that the mistake is to consider one or...

Interesting point. I wonder if the Bahiya Sutta passage is relevant here, it seems to describe liberation from the assumption of "me" as a subject, the assumption of an "in here" as opposed to an "out there". But there is then the question of how we interpret "in ...

But is the "bound" interpretation inexorable? Could you please give me a hint what exactly you are referring to? Hi acinteyyo It was a point canvassed in the Timeless Model thread, where 2 variants of Phenomenology's "bound" interpretation were addressed by pointing out 3 parado...

Sylvester wrote:But is the "bound" interpretation inexorable?

Could you please give me a hint what exactly you are referring to?

Sure, dependent arising and conditionality. But that requires the presence of sense-objects, and sense-objects imply something "out there". And in the Loka Sutta contact arises in dependence on sense-base, sense-object and sense-consciousness. But there would be no contact without sense-o...

Witch view is correct ? 1) The "external world" [...] does not really exist. 2) The "external world" exists [...] Both views are examples of wrong view. By & large, Kaccayana, this world is supported by (takes as its object) a polarity, that of existence & non-existence....

No, because just telling someone the truth, is in most cases, not enough to clear his or her ignorance. What if science dispoves all those things? Would you say that people will continue to believe in them because just telling someone the truth, is in most cases, not enough to clear his or her igno...

I just wonder even if science proves that there is re-birth, Kamma, Vipaka, Deva and Brahma worlds, super normal powers will the people are going to be different. Will this be a better place? Will we see many Arahants? Will there be many Buddhist. If your answer is "No" give reasons. Then...

Nobody else but the “outsider“ himself is to blame for his “outsiderdom“. He or she does not want to make the slightest effort to change and to make a step towards the path to liberation. That is why he or she stands outside. The thing is that many theists use this same rhetoric: "If you end u...

It seems that all this focus on otusiders and what it takes to be one has at its core concerns over who's to blame, who's responsible for someone's outsiderdom, and whether insiders get to take the credit for being insiders. Nobody else but the “outsider“ himself is to blame for his “outsiderdom“. ...

davidbrainerd wrote: Is it that he create one mind-made body, and then from that one another mind-made body?

Yes, it is.

...“creating a mind-made body... from this he creates another body, having material form, mind-made...“