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by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Why Abhidhamma is the road to eternal puthujjanaism
Replies: 39
Views: 1296

Re: Why Abhidhamma is the road to eternal puthujjanaism

Greetings Robert, Well it says "rise and fall" . And? There's no idappaccayatā simply in recognising that phenomena arise and pass away. It is like this sutta: Mahāniddesa 42 Fake Sutta - proto-commentary smuggled into the Canon before the Councils rightly put at end to such sectarian inse...
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Why Abhidhamma is the road to eternal puthujjanaism
Replies: 39
Views: 1296

Re: Why Abhidhamma is the road to eternal puthujjanaism

Greetings Robert,
robertk wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:44 am Dear Paul
this is the Saṅkhata-lakkhaṇa sutta. Is there a difference between this and Abhidhamma?
Yes, much.

Is there any purpose in this line in inquiry?

Metta,
Paul. :)
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mindfulness is a technique?
Replies: 116
Views: 3299

Re: Mindfulness is a technique?

Greetings Sam, But it is less than persuasive for changing my view on this, for the following two reasons. 1) There may be more of a personal impact if the Buddha's words were augmented by a technique. That's a matter of personal investigation rather than it being self-evidently or analytically untr...
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Why Abhidhamma is the road to eternal puthujjanaism
Replies: 39
Views: 1296

Re: Why Abhidhamma is the road to eternal puthujjanaism

Greetings Robert, Not sure why you dhammas are 'reified' in Abhidhamma. Is a response required to this? It seems completely obvious to me as someone who has read Abhidhammattha Sangaha, Visuddhimagga and Buddhism In Daily Life by Nina Van Gorkom. I'm sure you've read those and many more. As for mome...
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:04 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mindfulness is a technique?
Replies: 116
Views: 3299

Re: Mindfulness is a technique?

Greetings Sam, And beyond that, the deeper question of whether the sola scriptura approach is based on anything more than circular reasoning. Not circular, and it's pretty straightforward. - Become established in Right View - Become independent in the teaching - Follow the Buddha instructions, backe...
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:54 am
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Ajahn Martin is Despondent
Replies: 58
Views: 3332

Re: Ajahn Martin is Despondent

Greeting, I'm listening now to this man's words and I have nothing but respect for him and how authentic he is. What he is describing now is precisely what I was talking about when I recently said, "I'd already become disillusioned with the institution of modern monasticism, its sectarianism, a...
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:53 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Why Abhidhamma is the road to eternal puthujjanaism
Replies: 39
Views: 1296

Re: Why Abhidhamma is the road to eternal puthujjanaism

Greetings Robert, so the momentariness of dhammas (ayatanas, khandhas, dhatus) as per Abhidhamma and Commentaries is what you reject in this statement? I reject its reified conception of dhammas (phenomena), which ignores the Buddha's teaching on samudaya and nirodha, which details what sankhata-dha...
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:22 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mindfulness is a technique?
Replies: 116
Views: 3299

Re: Mindfulness is a technique?

Greetings, Thank you for your opinion. I will simply repeat that I don't believe that anyone here has views that they believe run contrary to Buddhadhamma. That's nice, but in the end, what do their views amount to? If they want to be in alignment with the Buddhadhamma, they'll make the appropriate ...
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:08 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mindfulness is a technique?
Replies: 116
Views: 3299

Re: Mindfulness is a technique?

Greetings Mike, all, If people have long-standing attachment to things which run contrary to Buddhadhamma and they willingly choose to continue to align themselves and their identity with those things, in direct rebellion against the Suttas, then isn't it natural that they would feel the downstream ...
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:51 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Why Abhidhamma is the road to eternal puthujjanaism
Replies: 39
Views: 1296

Why Abhidhamma is the road to eternal puthujjanaism

Greetings Broken Bones, Robert, all, [ Split from Mindfulness is a technique? ] Thanks Robert. If there's one thing that convinces me that there are worthwhile teachings within the Abhidhamma it is how you conduct yourself on DW... you must concentrate on the good bits 😊 Very well said, BrokenBones ...
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:37 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19721

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings cappuccino,
cappuccino wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:20 am
retrofuturist wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:03 am Or, life is joy.
Fool's Paradise
Not if one's joy is in the eternal.

Metta,
Paul. :)
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:03 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Christian-Buddhism?
Replies: 876
Views: 19721

Re: Christian-Buddhism?

Greetings,
cappuccino wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:59 am
Rambutan wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:47 am It’s like asking how we can be certain that a car shouldn’t be malfunctioning,
Life is stress
Or, life is joy.

Metta,
Paul. :)
by retrofuturist
Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:18 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mindfulness is a technique?
Replies: 116
Views: 3299

Re: Mindfulness is a technique?

Greetings, But if meditation doesn't increase sensuality, and makes keeping sila more likely, then there seems to be much to recommend it. Possibly, although this runs counter to Broken Bones' experience shared above. I can also say my sila has improved over the past 18 months too, in the near compl...
by retrofuturist
Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mindfulness is a technique?
Replies: 116
Views: 3299

Re: Mindfulness is a technique?

Greetings Broken Bones, Hi Paul It was a gradual realisation. I was basically asking myself if I was a better person in regards to virtue and understanding coupled with a wider familiarity of the Buddha's teachings. The answer was a definite no to the first part, I found myself numb to the world aro...
by retrofuturist
Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:21 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mindfulness is a technique?
Replies: 116
Views: 3299

Re: Mindfulness is a technique?

Greetings, We should be talking about Dhamma, not persons. Not speaking to what has been said earlier, as I haven't read that. I don't advocate misrepresenting the Dhamma, but I do think that if one tailors one's presentation of the Dhamma in such a way that it can be effectively understood by the r...