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- Thu Mar 23, 2023 11:16 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali Term: Sakkāya
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8946
Re: Pali Term: Sakkāya
Hi Asahi, When in several suttas, including MN 44, but also SN 22.105, satkāya is equated with panc'upādānakkhandhā , the question is what the compound panc'upādānakkhandhā means and how it differs from pancakkhandhā. The standard translation of upādāna as 'clinging' may miss another important aspec...
- Wed Mar 22, 2023 8:15 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali Term: Sakkāya
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8946
Re: Pali Term: Sakkāya
Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi wrote: Sakkāya is a term for the five aggregates as a collective whole (III 159,10–13). The word is derived from sat + kāya , and literally means “the existing body,” the assemblage of existent phenomena that serve as the objective basis of clinging. The interpretation of sat + k...
- Tue Jan 17, 2023 11:15 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali Resources
- Replies: 115
- Views: 226096
Re: Pali Resources
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- Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:24 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Help with translating an inscription in Pali/Brahmi
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1263
Re: Help with translating an inscription in Pali/Brahmi
Hi James,
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This is a typical Thai bronze temple bell. The inscriptions must be in Thai:
https://www.farangshop.co.uk/products/t ... igh-cm6056
- Sun Nov 13, 2022 8:04 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: passaddhi and pasāda have different roots, but do they both mean 'tranquility' or 'calm'?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 382
Re: passaddhi and pasāda have different roots, but do they both mean 'tranquility' or 'calm'?
Hi Frank, passaddhi: [pa + √sambh + ti] ● and pasāda [pa + √sad + *e + a] ● are completely different AFAIK root. √sad・1 a (sink, sit, settle) 253 root. √sambh・4 unā (reach, attain) 7 root. √sambh・1 a (be calm, confident) 28 Surely, they are very different. I've seen both get translated as 'tranquili...
- Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:38 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Translating commentary
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1214
Re: Translating commentary
You may also find useful: What is Theravāda? Only in two discourses, we meet the term of Theravāda. Viz, in the Ariyapariyesana and Saṃgārava Sutta of the Majjhima Nikāya. But, its commentary describes Theravāda as “theravādan’ti thirabhāvavādaṃ” (stable knowledge). Therefore, these two discourses h...
- Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:36 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Translating commentary
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1214
Re: Translating commentary
Hi Ceisiwr, I'm having trouble translating this line from the Vinaya commentary. Any help would be appreciated. apica suttantābhidhammavinayaṭṭhakathāsu āgato sabbopi theravādo “attanomati” nāma. The relevant passage has been translated by Rupert Gethin in his paper "Was Buddhaghosa a Theravadi...
- Thu Sep 22, 2022 2:36 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Nibbana and nirodha - synonymous?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 2762
Re: Nibbana and nirodha - synonymous?
Hi Asahi, I would question , say if ignorance nirodha means ignorance get eliminated or sankhara nirodha is sankhara get eliminated ! But what one called ignorance or sankhara is something of the past hence you cant eliminate it as the thing no longer present or it has gone . What one can eliminate ...
- Thu Sep 22, 2022 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Nibbana and nirodha - synonymous?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 2762
Re: Nibbana and nirodha - synonymous?
I assumed dukkha-nirodha, but it's worth clarifying. Yes, it is worth clarifying. Nirodha may refer to many different things: https://www.palikanon.com/english/wtb/a/anupubba_nirodha.htm Since Brahmavamso conflated all the various meanings of nirodha into a single one, this new concept makes some p...
- Thu Sep 22, 2022 2:03 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali Term: Nirodha
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13381
Re: Pali Term: Nirodha
I got interested in the etymology of the word It originates from the verb "nirundhati", which comes from "ni" plus "rundhati". https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/pali_query.py?qs=nirodha&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/pal...
- Thu Sep 22, 2022 1:58 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Nibbana and nirodha - synonymous?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 2762
Re: Nibbana and nirodha - synonymous?
"Nirodha" means "cessation". Like an English word "cessation", it refers to different things in different contexts. Sometimes it refers to "dukkha nirodha", sometimes not. See, for example, nine various types of nirodha described at: https://www.palikanon.com...
- Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:40 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Nibbana and nirodha - synonymous?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 2762
Re: Nibbana and nirodha - synonymous?
I assumed dukkha-nirodha, but it's worth clarifying. Yes, it is worth clarifying. Nirodha may refer to many different things: https://www.palikanon.com/english/wtb/a/anupubba_nirodha.htm Since Brahmavamso conflated all the various meanings of nirodha into a single one, this new concept makes some p...
- Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:31 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Nibbana and nirodha - synonymous?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 2762
Re: Nibbana and nirodha - synonymous?
What kind of nirodha are you asking about? The cessation of what? There are at least a dozen of them. Is it correct that nirodha refers to cessation per dukkha nirodha vs samudaya ? Cessation means something has ceased . If nirodha refer as stopping it means not continuing . "Nirodha" mea...
- Sun Aug 28, 2022 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Nibbana and nirodha - synonymous?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 2762
Re: Nibbana and nirodha - synonymous?
Greetings,
Metta,
Assaji
What kind of nirodha are you asking about? The cessation of what? There are at least a dozen of them.retrofuturist wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 9:07 pm To what extent can nibbana and nirodha be regarded as synonymous?
To what extent may they not be?
Metta,
Assaji
- Thu Jul 21, 2022 4:28 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Piti and pamojja
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3200
Re: Piti and pamojja
Hi Frank, I wonder about that. (your assertion that pamojja is less intense than pīti). What happens when people become skilled in all 4 jhānas, and their natural inclination is upekkha, really not prone to any strong emotion? Is it not possible for them to have pīti sambojjhanga and do first and se...