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- Sat Jun 26, 2021 3:14 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What remains when the nidanas cease?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 615
Re: What remains when the nidanas cease?
Is nidana the pali word for the sense media including the mind? No, they are the twelve items that make up the commonest way of describing dependent arising: ignorance, formations, consciousness ... birth, aging and death. The six sense bases are just one nidāna. Thanks for dispelling a little bit ...
- Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:38 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Any real life examples these days of Tetralemma (Catuskoti) fourfold negation? What would be the fifth ('true') corner?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 7008
Tetralemma simplified part 2
With my previous post as background and explanation of the structure of a truth table and my claim that the tetralemma has the same structure as the truth table.....with that I'll move to the tetralemma itself. There is more than one occurance of the tetralemma in the suttas and I will use the one f...
- Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:02 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: What remains when the nidanas cease?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 615
Re: What remains when the nidanas cease?
Is nidana the pali word for the sense media including the mind? I'll answer assuming this is correct. Some people define the nidanas to be the sense media arising conditioned by ignorance. They then say that what remains when the sense media arising through ignorance do not arise is the sense media ...
- Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:35 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Any real life examples these days of Tetralemma (Catuskoti) fourfold negation? What would be the fifth ('true') corner?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 7008
Re: Tetralemma simplified
This is for those who have no training or understanding of formal logic, mathematics, etc.....so they find this discussion unhelpful: The tetralemma comes from the very most basic part of what is known as a "truth table". A truth table (go look at wikipedia but it won't be a simple explan...
- Tue Jun 22, 2021 2:50 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Any real life examples these days of Tetralemma (Catuskoti) fourfold negation? What would be the fifth ('true') corner?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 7008
Re: Any real life examples these days of Tetralemma (Catuskoti) fourfold negation? What would be the fifth ('true') corn
I'll return to continue my simple explanation of the tetralemma but for now I think I have a modern day example of a tetralemma where all the possible are negated: The two statements are: 1. is a failed attempt red? 2. is a failed attempt blue? Since it is inappropriate to discuss a color with respe...
- Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:49 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: The Dhamma is simple (if we want it to be)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 963
Re: The Dhamma is simple (if we want it to be)
(From DN15) I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was living among the Kurus. Now, the Kurus have a town named Kammasadhamma. There Ven. Ananda approached the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to the Blessed One, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blesse...
- Mon Jun 21, 2021 5:31 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Why Is There Anything At All?
- Replies: 100
- Views: 3752
Re: Why Is There Anything At All?
The buddha dhamma is deep....it is not an obvious thing.....
chownah
- Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:19 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Why Is There Anything At All?
- Replies: 100
- Views: 3752
Re: Why Is There Anything At All?
There is no way to show that there is anything at all
Never has been, never will be
This may seem unsatisfactory
chownnah
Never has been, never will be
This may seem unsatisfactory
chownnah
- Sun Jun 20, 2021 2:45 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Any real life examples these days of Tetralemma (Catuskoti) fourfold negation? What would be the fifth ('true') corner?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 7008
Re: Tetralemma simplified
This is for those who have no training or understanding of formal logic, mathematics, etc.....so they find this discussion unhelpful: The tetralemma comes from the very most basic part of what is known as a "truth table". A truth table (go look at wikipedia but it won't be a simple explan...
- Sun Jun 20, 2021 6:13 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Any real life examples these days of Tetralemma (Catuskoti) fourfold negation? What would be the fifth ('true') corner?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 7008
Tetralemma simplified
This is for those who have no training or understanding of formal logic, mathematics, etc.....so they find this discussion unhelpful: The tetralemma comes from the very most basic part of what is known as a "truth table". A truth table (go look at wikipedia but it won't be a simple explana...
- Sun Jun 20, 2021 5:47 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Reality
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1958
Re: Reality
"Reality" is something that the buddha never reported to have mentioned....
chownah
chownah
- Sat Jun 19, 2021 2:58 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Reality
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1958
Re: Reality
Yeah, that is a great post because it shows consistencey in that it construes a self for both the observer and the observed!Sabbe_Dhamma_Anatta wrote: ↑Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:43 pm
That answer encompasses both reality & concept.
chownah
- Fri Jun 18, 2021 2:53 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Any real life examples these days of Tetralemma (Catuskoti) fourfold negation? What would be the fifth ('true') corner?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 7008
Re: Any real life examples these days of Tetralemma (Catuskoti) fourfold negation? What would be the fifth ('true') corn
From the Kalama Sutta
chownah
For examples of why logical conjectures are suspect take a look at sutta DN1.So, as I said, Kalamas: 'Don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, ......etc.....
chownah
- Thu Jun 17, 2021 4:57 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Any real life examples these days of Tetralemma (Catuskoti) fourfold negation? What would be the fifth ('true') corner?
- Replies: 104
- Views: 7008
Re: Any real life examples these days of Tetralemma (Catuskoti) fourfold negation? What would be the fifth ('true') corn
In the suttas isn't the tetralemma always about exists and does not exist? If it covers something else can you bring the reference?
chownah
chownah
- Wed Jun 16, 2021 4:03 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: from name-&-form as a requisite condition comes consciousness.?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1286
Re: from name-&-form as a requisite condition comes consciousness.?
1) from name-&-form as a requisite condition comes consciousness https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn12/sn12.067.than.html Then: 2) Dependent on eye & forms, eye-consciousness arises [similarly with the rest of the six senses]. The meeting of the three is contact. With contact as ...