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- Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:27 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Theravada and Zen - a comparative analysis
- Replies: 74
- Views: 41524
Re: Theravada and Zen - a comparative analysis
In other words, Huineng took what was becoming a ridiculous superstition and then tried to turn it into something useful. Gautama did the same thing with proto-Hindu beliefs... I see Bodhidharma and Huineng turning Chinese folk religion on its head as basically being the same thing Gautama did with...
- Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:03 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Theravada and Zen - a comparative analysis
- Replies: 74
- Views: 41524
Re: Theravada and Zen - a comparative analysis
However, since exposure to chat sites, I notice Zen adherents verge towards extremes of nothingness and are soft in moral foundation. A further problem is that many of them believe in a sudden instance of Enlightenment rather than a gradual experience. Hence they see the non necessity of studying s...
- Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:49 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Temporary Arahantship?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5625
Re: Temporary Arahantship?
According to Kathavatthu, Points of Controversy, arahantship must be permanent,clw_uk wrote:Thank you both, as i do not believe arahantship is temporary it must mean jhana state or something like it.
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:23 pm
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Entering the stream
- Replies: 38
- Views: 13076
Re: Entering the stream
1. As with all the ariyan paths and fruits, the supramundane jhāna at the moment of attaining the path and fruit of non-returning may be at the level of any of the five jhānas. 2. The fact that non-returners are reborn in the Suddhāvāsas is due to their eradication of all the causes for rebirth in ...
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 2:57 pm
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Entering the stream
- Replies: 38
- Views: 13076
Re: Entering the stream
I think I've posted this somewhere here already. The Jhānas and the Lay Disciple According to the Pāli Suttas ~ Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi http://mail.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/ebdha267.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Thanks for the articles, it confirms my previous guess that pra...
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:04 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: Entering the stream
- Replies: 38
- Views: 13076
Re: Entering the stream
As far as I can see you're all entangled in a great tangle, and too far away from attaining at least the first jhana. :cry: Except that one can enter the stream without Jhanas, even the some hardcore Theravadins will agree that access concentration is enough for the entry and at that instance, supe...
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:44 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: How necessary is Abhidhamma study?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 13683
Re: How necessary is Abhidhamma study?
Not necessary.....perhaps but waste of time???? Come on, where do you get this from?Element wrote:Offering my opinion, studying Abidhamma is a total waste of time. Ajahn Chah did not study it nor Ajahn Buddhadasa.