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by Assaji
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...
by Assaji
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...
by Assaji
Tue Jan 17, 2023 11:15 am
Forum: Pāli
Topic: Pali Resources
Replies: 115
Views: 226096

Re: Pali Resources

Ashin Issariya is teaching a video course in his "Pāli for Everyone":
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by Assaji
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,

This is a typical Thai bronze temple bell. The inscriptions must be in Thai:

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by Assaji
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...
by Assaji
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...
by Assaji
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...
by Assaji
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 ...
by Assaji
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...
by Assaji
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...
by Assaji
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...
by Assaji
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...
by Assaji
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...
by Assaji
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,
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?
What kind of nirodha are you asking about? The cessation of what? There are at least a dozen of them.

Metta,
Assaji
by 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...