Hi bb
I'm at a loss for words....
Life from what period
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Re: Life from what period
Welcome to samsara.Sylvester wrote:I'm at a loss for words....
Re: Life from what period
And what is your source for this?beeblebrox wrote: In embryo's case, the womb is its namarupa.
Because it's still forming, and not yet formed. It sounds like playing with semantics, but that is the crux of the argument.beeblebrox wrote:if someone didn't think that a life was forming, then why would he/she ever think that an abortion was necessary?
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(Anything in Latin sounds profound.)
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Re: Life from what period
Hi Waterchan,waterchan wrote:And what is your source for this?beeblebrox wrote: In embryo's case, the womb is its namarupa.
As I've mentioned, I felt like what I wanted to say was being overextended.
There is no way for a person to try determine whether there was consciousness in the embryo or not, except through one's own namarupa (i.e., what he perceives to be the world)... there is no way around this.
To me, that effectively sets up the namarupa around the embryo.
Right... at what point does the person begin to think that the embryo is alive? The answer for that changes... not just for the person, but in between people, too.waterchan wrote:Because it's still forming, and not yet formed. It sounds like playing with semantics, but that is the crux of the argument.beeblebrox wrote:if someone didn't think that a life was forming, then why would he/she ever think that an abortion was necessary?
That is what creates the dukkha. This is the only thing I'm interested in, for my practice.
By the way, it doesn't seem like that the life is ever done with forming, not even after the embryo is born. It also doesn't even seem to stop when the person is finally dead, when there are many rebirths.