In english we have a colloquial saying which explicitly talks about how long one spends in hell....we say it is "one hell of a long time".
chownah

imho, different place have different consensus and different interpretation about vinaya. imho usually lay people like to see monks performing very strict vinaya. because they feel they support monks and nuns. lay people also feel that monks are their property. imho so, as a reaction to lay people ...

I think that several recent posts have demonstrated that among modern philosopher/logicians there is considerable consternation around the construct called catuskoti or tetralemma. I think if one goes and reads what is available on line one will find that a lot of the conversation is concerned with ...

Seems like when the buddha was near death he said that the vinaya could dispense with minor, insignificant rules but he never said which rules those were.....it is my understanding that there was a big discussion about what rules he was talking about and no consensus could be reached so they decided...

Bundokji wrote: ↑Sun Jul 25, 2021 9:29 pm One interpretation of DO is the mutual dependence of a child and his/her mother, resulting in attachments that are difficult to overcome in order to reach independence/adulthood, .

I've never heard of this.....can you bring a link to where this interpretation of DO is expressed?
chownah

Mr. Seek,
It looks like you think you have found the one and only correct approach to the one and only goal that everyone has for their practice.....
chownah

My main interest here is finding out why the Pali tradition doesn't like going raftless; whether anyone is practicing like that, what are their experiences, etc. From AN7.51 https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an07/an07.051.than.html#fnt-2 The uninstructed run-of-the-mill person doesn't dis...

In this rendering of the sutta the buddha indicates that he (at the time of his speaking these words) is not those things and gives a detailed explanation of why. https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.036.than.html On one occasion the Blessed One was traveling along the road between ...

Thanks for bringing this post. I'll make some comments about the part I bring below and perhaps I'll make comments about other parts later. Just found this topic of 2017: Based on the definitions for tetralemma and catuskoti found at wikipedia the sutta excerpt above does not qualify as being eithe...

The wording does not restrict this instruction to just some of the undeclared issues so likely it is applicable to all undeclared issues. Before we continue, do we have a shared agreement that this restriction of matters to "the undeclareds" is correctly described as a "restriction o...

[...] But the instructed disciple of the noble ones discerns view, discerns the origination of view, discerns the cessation of view, discerns the path of practice leading to the cessation of view, and so for him that view ceases. He is freed from birth, aging, & death; from sorrows, lamentation...

Thanks for bringing this post. I'll make some comments about the part I bring below and perhaps I'll make comments about other parts later. Re-posting (adapted) what I posted previously... Referring back to the topic title: I would very much like to know the every day examples of four fold negation,...

Fourfold "negation" would be 1. not X 2. not not X 3. not both x and not x 4. not neither x nor not x "Four theses" are 1. X 2. not X 3. X and not X 4. neither X nor not X I think your formulation of the negation is confusing in that it uses double negatives. I think the idea is...

Re-posting (adapted) what I posted previously... Referring back to the topic title: I would very much like to know the every day examples of four fold negation, four fold affirmation, and any combinations (of trues & falses regarding four corners) in between. eg: ABCD A = True B = False C = Bot...

I’m not sure if this has come up already, but this seems relevant to the conversation: [Upasiva:] ........... ........... ............. ......... .......... [The Buddha:] One who has reached the end has no criterion [3] by which anyone would say that — for him it doesn't exist. When all phenomena a...