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Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:09 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Timeless model of Paṭiccasamuppāda
Replies: 403
Views: 77445

Re: Timeless model of Paṭiccasamuppāda

Sorry if a "with this, this is not" scenario has emerged from what I said, but I was not conceding that there could be feeling without craving. In the first proposition I was indicating that, through jhanas, a putthujana can temporarily alleviate the entire mass as a whole, feeling includ...
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Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:54 am
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: Can we keep "God" (Abrahamic religion) as the meditation object?
Replies: 60
Views: 13777

Re: Can we keep "God" (Abrahamic religion) as the meditation object?

The question is whether five hindrances be suppressed by keeping "God" as the meditation object. (Under AN 9.64: Hindrances): "Monks, there are these five hindrances. Which five? Sensual desire as a hindrance, ill will as a hindrance, sloth & drowsiness as a hindrance, restlessne...
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Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:53 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Timeless model of Paṭiccasamuppāda
Replies: 403
Views: 77445

Re: Timeless model of Paṭiccasamuppāda

atemporal : (adj) existing or considered without relation to time. DO is conditioned as it is part of the path.....headed by "Ignorance".....therefore it is considered existing by run-of-the-mill person.....or DO goes "beyond" the current boundary/condition/plane of existence......
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Tue Mar 22, 2016 7:50 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Right knowledge and right view technically the same?
Replies: 6
Views: 1171

Re: Right knowledge and right view technically the same?

The N8P itself provides the "right view" / pointing / directing / aiming / looking towards.....to what is being directed. This is why N8P itself is the teaching.....but has a purpose / intention.....to enable one to cross the shore. The "right knowledge" or rather "direct kn...
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Mon Mar 14, 2016 1:36 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness
Replies: 42
Views: 8973

Re: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness

Now that this thread has gone quiet, there are matters I wish to attend to which will go off-topic (hence the delay) but has genuine interest related to this thread itself. (mods, split if you wish) Anything that we can point or refer to is not self. Awareness is clearly not self since we can talk a...
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Mon Mar 14, 2016 1:08 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness
Replies: 42
Views: 8973

Re: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness

Ajahn Sumedho from his book Intuitive Awareness : In terms of this conditioned realm that we perceive, create and hold to, it is a very unstable, uncertain, undependable and changing condition in itself. That’s just the way it is. The Buddha pointed to the instability of conditioned phenomena, to t...
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Sat Mar 12, 2016 5:57 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Consciousness
Replies: 182
Views: 32938

Re: Consciousness

The "conscious mind as explored and examined in modern psychology and psychiatry and medicine" is based on careful study as well as sophisitcated observation and examination of the body and of information gathered either from people that explain what they've experienced or deduced from th...
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Fri Mar 11, 2016 7:39 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: karmic conundrum
Replies: 34
Views: 6220

Re: karmic conundrum

.....but what is your vibe on the repercussions of this act???. The Buddha describes the unpleasant consequences of not sticking to the precepts: (AN 8.40: Results): "Monks, the taking of life — when indulged in, developed, & pursued — is something that leads to hell, leads to rebirth as a...
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Fri Mar 11, 2016 1:30 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness
Replies: 42
Views: 8973

Re: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness

Is there any mention of this mystery in the Suttas? "mystery".....(noun).....something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain. The most obvious one is probably the suttas themselves.....some are easier and some are very difficult to see its true meaning.....so suttas can...
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Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:55 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness
Replies: 42
Views: 8973

Re: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness

Sometimes an ironic, paradoxical, or illogical description can highlight the profoundness of the mystery, other times it's just BS. I'm inclined towards the latter regarding the description we're discussing. It all depends.....but no matter how much we like to read, to hear and even point at it.......
by equilibrium
Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:33 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness
Replies: 42
Views: 8973

Re: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness

It seems all pretty Mahayana to me,..... Be it Mahayana or Theravada, maybe Zen or Vajrayana.....doesn't matter.....all labels.....the purpose for their existence is to ship beings from one shore to the other.....for different discriminative minds. .....just because we're talking about a state that...
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Thu Mar 10, 2016 1:06 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness
Replies: 42
Views: 8973

Re: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness

If we analysis further on awareness here, we see that at one point, it is conditioned.....then at another point, it is unconditioned.....this gives an impression that it changes.....this change is an illusion.....the reason being is that awareness had always been unconditioned.....at all times. Sou...
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Wed Mar 09, 2016 1:57 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness
Replies: 42
Views: 8973

Re: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness

The point is that awareness is not inherently unconditioned, which is the view I think the OP posited. For most people awareness is very much conditioned, but for those who are awakened I believe it's reasonable to say awareness is unconditioned. If we analysis further on awareness here, we see tha...
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Tue Mar 08, 2016 2:49 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness
Replies: 42
Views: 8973

Re: Thai forest tradition - Refuge in Awareness

Ajahn Sumedho from his book Intuitive Awareness : In terms of this conditioned realm that we perceive, create and hold to, it is a very unstable, uncertain, undependable and changing condition in itself. That’s just the way it is. The Buddha pointed to the instability of conditioned phenomena, to t...
by equilibrium
Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:44 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Delusion
Replies: 3
Views: 883

Re: Delusion

You can say the difference between Nibbana and Samsara is delusion.....Not knowing. AN 3.33: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.033.than.html SN 35.80: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.080.than.html AN 3.68: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.0...