In my understanding there "is" something which is eternal, It is beyond being and not being. Do notice my verbal contradiction: about what I said that IS, I can't say that is beyond being and nod being :smile: [is = being]. The only safe way is to talk about asankhata in negative terms, a...

A Boris, if you don't mind me asking what is your understanding of Nibbana? In my understanding there "is" something which is eternal, something which does not change with time. It is not perceivable, because it is what makes perception possible. It is beyond being and not being. Self, ou...

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That‘s not even the best part. I‘m on my mobile now and can‘t open the document, but if I remember correctly 1- There were three beings that appeared in the beginning of time, one white, one black, and one silver, and they have been in a cosmic battle since, in the process creating everything that ...

This is from: Journal of Buddhist Ethics ISSN 1076-9005 http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/ Volume 19, 2012 Esoteric Teaching of Wat Phra Dhammakāya Mano Mettanando Laohavanich Pridi Banomyong International College, Thammasat University Found this piece. If that stuff's true, then Dhammakaya...

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I would ask, how does Maha Bua's description: the citta’s true nature, existing naturally alone on its own, forever independent of time and space" differ from the Upanishadic idea of the Atman? Can you provide a passage from the Upanishads to look at? Though much more developed in the later Up...

Absolutely true, and I don't think anyone here would disagree. But nowhere in there is it written: "the citta’s true nature, existing naturally alone on its own, forever independent of time and space". Does this say something very different? This is deathless: the liberation of the mind t...

183. To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas. 5. Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṃ kusalassa upasampadā183 Sa citta pariyodapanaṃ etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/dhp.14.budd.html Absolutely true, and I don't thi...

Relevant Ajahn Maha Bua quotes (emphasis mine): 'Being intrinsically bright and clear, the citta is always ready to make contact with everything of every nature. Although all conditioned phenomena without exception are governed by the three universal laws of anicca, dukkha, and anattã, the citta’s t...

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