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- Thu Jan 17, 2019 4:44 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Does Theravāda avoid elitist interference in the affairs of others?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3542
Re: Does Theravāda avoid elitist interference in the affairs of others?
But what of Theravada Buddhism and what of the Buddha's teachings themselves? Is our religion guilty of the same hectoring and proselytization, or did the Buddha successfully tread a "middle way" between offering what he considered valuable, and forcing it upon others against their will? ...
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:52 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is timeless model of the dependent origination of conditioned phenomena?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4108
- Wed Jan 16, 2019 4:16 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: the great Nibbana = annihilation, eternal, or something else thread
- Replies: 2423
- Views: 601029
Re: the great Nibbana = annihilation, eternal, or something else thread
Just wanted to post my understanding (which is subject to change :smile:): Nibbana is the annihilation (cessation) of whatever originated. With the cessation of whatever originated, there's clarity of only 'what never originated'. So, nibbana is not the annihilation of 'what never originated'. Origi...
- Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:42 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Are all subject to suffering (Dukkha) except Arahants?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1290
- Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:16 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Signs of Liberation
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4347
Re: Signs of Liberation
Hi :smile: I don't mean 'enlightenment' in the usual new-age spirituality context. I mean parinirvana, escaping the cycle of births and deaths. Now read on ... Let's say a person has no craving, lives an ethical life. He is not a Buddhist, nor does he know much about Buddhism. He doesn't meditate, ...
- Sun Jan 06, 2019 5:55 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Is Dependent Origination deterministic?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2410
Re: Is Dependent Origination deterministic?
Is Dependent Origination deterministic? Where do you find the free will in Dependent Origination? This question is a result of the following discussion. https://dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=33291 "Free Will" implies a "free will-er", an agent. There is no free will i...
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:57 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Baba Lokenath (indian yogi lived 160 years)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4026
Re: Baba Lokenath (indian yogi lived 160 years)
Either way, I don't think there is such a thing as "Hinduism." Its an umbrella term for the protean Brahman view of animal sacrifice, combined with some South Indian Dravidian paganism that includes human sacrifice and cow worship. There is basically a different "Hinduism" per e...
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 2:14 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Does the rupa khandhas in the five aggregates is referring to as materiality ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3838
Re: Does the rupa khandhas in the five aggregates is referring to as materiality ?
Correct, in my understanding, Rupa is not about physicality as understood in modern era. Sure. This is your understanding, as was posted twice. But how is your understanding related to Buddhism? I think it is related. rupa is the appearance itself or form or shape. So when people have major surgery...
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:41 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: At what point the causal link can be broken?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3806
Re: At what point the causal link can be broken?
For final liberation from chain of rebirth: at upadana --> bhava. No upadana, no bhava.
Which will happen only if there is no tanha, which is possible only when there is no avijja. So, the answer is avijja.
Which will happen only if there is no tanha, which is possible only when there is no avijja. So, the answer is avijja.
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 1:24 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Selling the dhamma for profit... Meditation apps
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2632
Re: Selling the dhamma for profit... Meditation apps
Selling the dhamma is getting crazy... ... What do you think? Is selling guided meditations ethical? Is it even Buddha-dhamma, or is it just meditation. Some of their employees are ex-bhikkhus. I always disliked the idea of selling dhamma (for profit or not). It is undoubtedly not good but it may n...
- Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:56 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Does the rupa khandhas in the five aggregates is referring to as materiality ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3838
Re: Does the rupa khandhas in the five aggregates is referring to as materiality ?
(Shapes and color do not exist independent of experiences. Actually, shapes/colors are the experiences.) I think you could say that shape, colour and movement are the "raw data" of the visual field, and that these are derived from visible form. There is then the process of recognition ( s...
- Sat Nov 10, 2018 4:59 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Stop thinking as extinction (nibana) ? Shortcut meditation?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4973
Re: Stop thinking as extinction (nibana) ? Shortcut meditation?
No. I think that this is a wrong conclusion based on half a sentence of the translated sutta which itself could possibly be an inaccurate translation.cappuccino wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:40 pmAnd so consciousness remainsdylanj wrote:When consciousness is unestablished
- Sat Oct 27, 2018 4:35 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Understanding Vinnana and Namarupa is the key to Nibbana?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 8182
Re: Understanding Vinnana and Namarupa is the key to Nibbana?
Understanding Vinnana and Namarupa is the key to Nibbana? After much contemplation, I came up with the above idea. It is important to understand what exactly the meaning of Vinnana and Namarup in Dependent Origination. Vinnana has many meanings. The way I understand the Vinnana in DO means the rebi...
- Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:37 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Which realm does the Mara belongs to ?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3644
Re: Which realm does the Mara belongs to ?
It was said that the Hindu God Shiva is Mara ? Shiva is known as the "destroyer" in some Hindu sects, so that would make some sense, I suppose. No, Shiva is not Mara. What is the source of this view? Shiva has the (or, one of the) highest status in Hinduism -- he is considered the Deva of...
- Sun Oct 07, 2018 3:59 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What is it that take birth ?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7517
Re: What is it that take birth ?
Hello , In the paticasamuppada , the Jati link ie birth , referring to what exactly ? Is it birth of a physical body ? A thought take birth ? If it is a thought , it should be at or after sanna link . Suttas and many related texts are very clear that birth includes birth of a new body (at re-birth)...