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- Sun Sep 11, 2016 3:19 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Soul theories and the Dhamma
- Replies: 879
- Views: 305559
Re: Soul theories and the Dhamma
Some people in the no-self camp think this same way: "If you don't say there is no soul, this means you're saying there is a soul." Well, the targets of this "reasoning" do expose themselves eventually. Ven T's famous not-self strategy is supposed to point the way to the post-mo...
- Sun Sep 11, 2016 3:14 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Sentence structure: adverbs of time
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3505
Re: Sentence structure: adverbs of time
First off, what is the distinction between atthi and honti? It seems that hoti/hū is derived from bhavati/bhū ... so, what's the distinction between the three then? "Bhavati" has "to become" included in the definition, from what I've found, whereas the other two are merely "...
- Sun Sep 11, 2016 3:01 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 20399
Re: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
1. I have to confess i still don't get the dwellings bit. May i trouble you to dwell on it and elaborate? Are you saying that viharati is a verbal noun? That is unlikely, as a form is available in Pali to convey this. It looked like "dwelling" was being used to mean a participial action -...
- Sat Sep 10, 2016 3:09 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 20399
Re: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
1. I have to confess i still don't get the dwellings bit. May i trouble you to dwell on it and elaborate? Are you saying that viharati is a verbal noun? That is unlikely, as a form is available in Pali to convey this. 2a See the CPD entry 2b You'll have to read the entire Timeless Model of PS thread...
- Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:19 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Sentence structure: adverbs of time
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3505
Re: Sentence structure: adverbs of time
I'm a bit confused as to how the sentence works without containing a verb, even though I get the meaning of the Pāḷi after looking up the words. In the Pāḷi construction, it's that three causes, kammas, arise from. Why not a verb instead of a noun? Hope the query is no longer stale, but as to why t...
- Sat Sep 10, 2016 8:20 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Soul theories and the Dhamma
- Replies: 879
- Views: 305559
Re: Soul theories and the Dhamma
Some people in the no-self camp think this same way: "If you don't say there is no soul, this means you're saying there is a soul." Well, the targets of this "reasoning" do expose themselves eventually. Ven T's famous not-self strategy is supposed to point the way to the post-mo...
- Sat Sep 10, 2016 7:57 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Soul theories and the Dhamma
- Replies: 879
- Views: 305559
Re: Soul theories and the Dhamma
Huh?
Reasoning = argument = premises + conclusion (hopefully coupled with a logical operator for the conclusion to be derived logically from the premises).
Your example comes nowhere near to being an argument.
Reasoning = argument = premises + conclusion (hopefully coupled with a logical operator for the conclusion to be derived logically from the premises).
Your example comes nowhere near to being an argument.
- Sat Sep 10, 2016 7:40 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Soul theories and the Dhamma
- Replies: 879
- Views: 305559
Re: Soul theories and the Dhamma
Anyone? What is your point? Absence of evidence is evidence of absence? I can't think of the fancy name for this particular fallacy you are applying. The Buddha didn't mention Flying Spaghetti monsters either... :anjali: Mike Hmm, is he saying - "If there is evidence, then the soul exists. The...
- Sat Sep 10, 2016 3:07 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 20399
Re: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
It might be useful to analyse the pericope in detail: So cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā na nimittaggāhī hoti nānubyañjanaggāhī. Yatvādhikaraṇamenaṃ cakkhundriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ viharantaṃ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṃ tassa saṃvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati cakkhundriyaṃ, cakkhund...
- Fri Sep 09, 2016 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 20399
Re: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
I don't think anyone is doubting the importance and relevance of teeth-gnashing, when one is desperate enough to reach for the last resort. I doubt the importance and relevance of teeth-clenching/toungue-pressing it to some extent. Personally, I have never found it to be effective. I find breath-ob...
- Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:31 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 20399
Re: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
Could you explain your points pls? I can't follow.
- Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:24 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 20399
Re: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
L.N. wrote:...
Hi L.N.
I don't think anyone is doubting the importance and relevance of teeth-gnashing, when one is desperate enough to reach for the last resort.
But the question remains - is that the establishment of mindfulness?
- Fri Sep 09, 2016 4:01 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 20399
Re: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
As far as watching, it is better to watch a good thing, than a bad one.[ The process is the same; but with less dukkha. And you will see them "better" and "truer", (if there are no hindrances,) say the suttas. So maybe for some people, there will be a little (or a lot of) aversi...
- Fri Sep 09, 2016 2:19 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 20399
Re: Mindfulness of defilements - gently accept or vanquish?
:woohoo: Again that assumption that "I don't uderstand the grammar of the suttas"; Well, my "woohoo" was not an indictment of your grasp of grammar, but of your eel-wriggling. But on the subject of grammar, didn't you yourself concede this - and picking on me, on the fact that I...
- Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:05 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Yoniso Manasikara
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5391
Re: Yoniso Manasikara
spacenick wrote: ...