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by convivium
Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:08 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Downloading books you have had physical copies of
Replies: 41
Views: 7789

Re: Downloading books you have had physical copies of

if you download things on university servers you might have problems.
by convivium
Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:18 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Downloading books you have had physical copies of
Replies: 41
Views: 7789

Re: Downloading books you have had physical copies of

Blackbird, your argument goes something as follows: Suppose someone A has regular access to the internet. Suppose someone B doesn't. A references copyrighted texts online without downloading. B references copyrighted texts, the same amount of time etc., offline by downloading them. You would claim t...
by convivium
Tue Jul 30, 2013 7:19 am
Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
Topic: What do you sit on?
Replies: 27
Views: 8293

Re: What do you sit on?

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by convivium
Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:32 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Practicing Celibacy - Advice needed
Replies: 29
Views: 8846

Re: Practicing Celibacy - Advice needed

So you're not ready to ordain, but are ready to abstain from the orgasm. How long have you done that before, if you don't mind my asking? Do you have a teacher that practices brahmacariya and supports you in cultivating it?
by convivium
Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:24 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Zizek on Buddhism
Replies: 5
Views: 2048

Re: Zizek on Buddhism

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by convivium
Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:20 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Ontology of Nibbana
Replies: 44
Views: 6790

Re: Ontology of Nibbana

I'm also interested in correlations between citta in the thai forest tradition and certain formulations of buddha nature. I've heard a buddhist scholar simply equate the two (my aunt's son who wrote http://www.amazon.com/dp/019537519X told my this in person when i asked him). However, I'd also like ...
by convivium
Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:12 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Downloading books you have had physical copies of
Replies: 41
Views: 7789

Re: Downloading books you have had physical copies of

the dhamma should always be free.
by convivium
Sun Jul 28, 2013 2:01 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Ontology of Nibbana
Replies: 44
Views: 6790

Re: Ontology of Nibbana

Is the nibbana element in any way comparable to other elements (dhatu)?
by convivium
Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:56 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Ontology of Nibbana
Replies: 44
Views: 6790

Re: Ontology of Nibbana

Could you possibly give, etymologically or otherwise, a breakdown on the word "element" here?
by convivium
Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:37 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Ontology of Nibbana
Replies: 44
Views: 6790

Re: Ontology of Nibbana

Of course, we couldn't be having this conversation without (impersonal) consciousness.
by convivium
Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:15 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Ontology of Nibbana
Replies: 44
Views: 6790

Re: Ontology of Nibbana

In my eyes transcendental implies some sort of existence That's why I called it "effectively transcendental". The only possible sense in which the world of becoming could stop becoming, as it were, is if somehow consciousness (first person, qualitative, subjective experience) does not ari...
by convivium
Sun Jul 28, 2013 1:00 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Ontology of Nibbana
Replies: 44
Views: 6790

Re: Ontology of Nibbana

If the five aggregates cease and don't reappear in a next life, then parinibbana must be effectively transcendental.
by convivium
Sun Jul 28, 2013 12:55 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Ontology of Nibbana
Replies: 44
Views: 6790

Re: Ontology of Nibbana

To say "one is not reborn again" entails what exactly, in reference to the five aggregates?
by convivium
Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:22 am
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Ontology of Nibbana
Replies: 44
Views: 6790

Re: Ontology of Nibbana

also don't forget the difference between nibbana-while-alive and nibbana-after-death
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
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And yet, "(s)he will not be born again"; in what sense exactly?