confusion is self created. Restraint is useless. So are your attempts at explanations. Mine, too!User1249x wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 2:59 amRestrain yourself, it would be good for you and others who you may confuse with such talk.Saengnapha wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 2:36 am Perhaps if you are not a Buddhist, you can be thought to be having mystical experiences that don't relate to the views of Buddhists. The Buddha's teachers attained deep states of meditative absorption but could not let go of their arupa jhanas. The Buddha did not instruct them to become sotapanna. In fact, most of the suttas are not about becoming sotapanna. The view of ladder is also 'wrong view' in the big picture, but in the beginning it seems important. View is conditioned and has nothing to do with nibbana except as an intellectual precursor in a drawn up 'model' of path. For me, path is not linear and not static.https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/alara-kalama
When, after having practised austerities for six years, the Buddha attained Enlightenment and granted Sahampatis request to preach the doctrine, it was of Alara he thought first as being the fittest to hear the teaching. But Alara had died seven days earlier (Vin.i.7)
Stream Entry
-
- Posts: 1350
- Joined: Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:17 am
Re: Stream Entry
Re: Stream Entry
Is Nibbana included in the All, as apart of the 'dhamma' mind objects? Ud 8.1 does say Nibbana is an 'ayatana'. What do you think of this?
There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/anapanasati
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/anapanasati
Re: Stream Entry
Keep in mind i was interpereting, trying to make sense of a members subjective experience.
The Idea, The Concept, The Word "Nibbana", even tho a unique Concept, is part of All as any other Idea. Think of it as an organism interpereting Data about it self and the enviroment by means of Abstracting and Conceptualizing, using logic and concepts to understand the system in which All gains a footing. Recollection of Peace arises as Aggregates as well.
The Idea of cessation of happiness and the imagination of Nibbana is not the Nibbana in itself. Like the words "Dog", "Perro" or "Chien" are not the Animal, words dont bark, we cant pet a word or the concept. In this sense the concept of Nibbana is not the ultimate reality of Nibbana but thinking about it or the cessation is part of Sabba-"sankhara", a Mind Object, ideas cognized by Intellect, a part of All, a formation.
Last edited by User1249x on Fri Feb 16, 2018 12:07 pm, edited 6 times in total.
Re: Stream Entry
I would challenge all of it, i also think you are not very familiar with the Nikayas and have many ideas which can be directly contradicted by the texts. IE what you said above is not true as it stands a lot of is just false information. Here just an example;Saengnapha wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:41 am confusion is self created. Restraint is useless. So are your attempts at explanations. Mine, too!
Dhammapada Verse 360. Sense Discipline
Right is restraint in the eye,
restraint in the ear is right,
right is restraint in the nose,
restraint in the tongue is right.
Explanation: It is good to be disciplined in the eye. It is good to be disciplined in the ear. It is good to be disciplined in the nose. To be disciplined in the tongue is good.
Verse 361. Suffering End With All-Round Discipline
Right is restraint in the body,
restraint in speech is right,
right is restraint in the mind,
everywhere restraint is right.
The bhikkhu everywhere restrained
is from all dukkha free.
Explanation: It is good to be disciplined in body. It is good to be disciplined in words. It is good to be disciplined in mind. The monk who is disciplined in all these areas will achieve freedom from all suffering.
Alternative;AN 2.23 PTS: A i 59
II,iii,3
Abhasita Sutta: What Was Not Said
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
© 1997
"Monks, these two slander the Tathagata. Which two? He who explains what was not said or spoken by the Tathagata as said or spoken by the Tathagata. And he who explains what was said or spoken by the Tathagata as not said or spoken by the Tathagata. These are two who slander the Tathagata."
AN 2.25:
"Monks, these two slander the Tathagata. Which two? He who explains a discourse whose meaning needs to be inferred as one whose meaning has already been fully drawn out. And he who explains a discourse whose meaning has already been fully drawn out as one whose meaning needs to be inferred..."
Re: Stream Entry
Hello:jasday wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:25 pm How do I experience stream entry?
How will I know when I've experienced stream entry?
I'm a lay person and I'm just beginning to meditate 1-2x per day for 20 minutes each time following the breath and being mindful, and my efforts have proved to show improvement. I have been meditating for years (inconsistently) and now with consistency and I haven't seen too much fruit. I feel more at peace. I feel that I'm better able to follow the path. I've given up alcohol, I've in the last month been going to the sangha. I know the consistency and extra effort: abstaining from alcohol, donating food to the sangha, and meditating at least every day for at least 20 minutes (mindfulness of breathing) is recent, but it's a big leap considering that I've spent years trying to get to this point.
I want to know what it will take to attain stream entry. I enjoy the increasing benefits of happiness the path brings in this life, but I would be very disappointed to find that I fall backwards either in this life or after this life.
Please help.
I need a good answer that will show me the way.
Thanks all!
The easiest way is to look for a teacher who understands dependent origination.
Then you just follow his instructions until your experience matches with his definition of stream-entry
Regards.
Re: Stream Entry
In the Sabba Sutta, the Pali word is 'dhamme', which does not mean "ideas". The translation "ideas" by Thanissaro appears to be wrong. Yet you make a long reply based on what is probably wrong understanding. In other words, translations are probably not the best way to form views about Dhamma.
There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/anapanasati
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/anapanasati
Re: Stream Entry
I am happy to discuss it but id like more feedback than that.
probably? what % of certainty? do you have a different explaination? Is my explaination contradicted? is my explaination not logical or does it require a leap of faith or unreasonable assumptions?
I think it is pretty obvious, the thing i would not be able to explain is why he entered all the dimensions before passing away in the 4th Jhana. If you want to know weakness of my position u can just ask
We should be careful tho in this kind of discussion as it is speculative we should be going out of our way to avoid risk saying wrong things imo. Also think it is off-topic and deserves own thread.
Re: Stream Entry
Nibbana is an ayatana in Ud 8.1 therefore Nibbana appears to be included in 'The All'. Yet Nibbana appears not an 'idea' because all 'ideas' are conditioned things but Nibbana is the Unconditioned. Possibly Bhikkhu Bodhi's & most other scholars' translation of "mind objects" for 'dhamme' is better.
There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/anapanasati
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/anapanasati
Re: Stream Entry
I am familiar with commentary and have no problem with it but i dont know the pali terminology.DooDoot wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 10:05 pmNibbana is an ayatana in Ud 8.1 therefore Nibbana appears to be included in 'The All'. Yet Nibbana appears not an 'idea' because all 'ideas' are conditioned things but Nibbana is the Unconditioned. Possibly Bhikkhu Bodhi's & most other scholars' translation of "mind objects" for 'dhamme' is better.
I've been trying to explain it before so many times, the Idea of X is not X... Also the word "idea" is english not Pali, it does not surprise me that some people on account of ignorance would have a problem with these passages. Pali does have it's weaknesses too where English has comparative strengths.
There is a book on this that is not Buddhist even;
https://tzmvirginia.files.wordpress.com ... k-scan.pdf
https://www.amazon.com/Tyranny-Words-St ... merReviews
there is also a Buddhist book on this and the first book (which is no longer disputed and based on combined efforts of a whole scientific field) PROVES the position of the ladder;. This book largely follows Korzybsky's work on General Semantics, the science of determining what we really mean when we say something. Read Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics (International Non-Aristotelian Library) to find out what's going on.
. Or you could check out a good popularization, Drive Yourself Sane: Using the Uncommon Sense of General Semantics. Third Edition.
. Back in the 1940s, everybody was denying the very logic of this idea. In the late 1940s, it was obvious, and everybody claimed to have invented it themselves. In the 1960s and later, the basis of this field got watered down to 'just semantics' and got ignored.
https://what-buddha-said.net/library/pd ... eality.pdf
This info is the "nitty gritty detail" imo.
Re: Stream Entry
btw maybe it is not clear,DooDoot wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 9:06 pmIn the Sabba Sutta, the Pali word is 'dhamme', which does not mean "ideas". The translation "ideas" by Thanissaro appears to be wrong. Yet you make a long reply based on what is probably wrong understanding. In other words, translations are probably not the best way to form views about Dhamma.
it is unique in sense of that concept is defined by it's attributes. In sense that Paris is the only concept that has the characteristic of being the capitol of France today, so is the Concept of Nibbana the only conception that has the characteristics: uncaused & possible. Still a concept tho not the manifestation of possible reality, we can only conceptualize it, more words more accuracy but we will never cause "IT", we will cause cessation of "Not-It". Therefore i say "idea of X" does not equal "X". Ie "Me" = "Me", your "Conception of Me" =/= "Me", your conception may be true or untrue, if it is impossible then it is untrue, if possible then it can be true or false, with more accuracy, with more true info, u can prove what is false but you can never distill "Conception of Me" down to "Me" you will always have residue, its like the Pi number.
First Noble Truth: Changing & possible. Possible therefore true.
Second Noble Truth: Change is caused, not uncaused
Third Noble Truth: uncaused & possible
Fourth Noble Truth: Exhaustion of causes is caused, not uncaused
good as is now
Last edited by User1249x on Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:36 am, edited 4 times in total.
-
- Posts: 1350
- Joined: Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:17 am
Re: Stream Entry
The Kalaka Sutta is a highly important, all be it, short sutta, that has vast and penetrating insight pertaining to all views and the possible positions that one could stand upon that do not equal 'suchness'. In Madhyamaka teaching, in which this sutta is a primary source, Nagarjuna makes it crystal clear what the Buddha implies.DooDoot wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2018 10:05 pmNibbana is an ayatana in Ud 8.1 therefore Nibbana appears to be included in 'The All'. Yet Nibbana appears not an 'idea' because all 'ideas' are conditioned things but Nibbana is the Unconditioned. Possibly Bhikkhu Bodhi's & most other scholars' translation of "mind objects" for 'dhamme' is better.
Because an intellectual understanding of what is said is not sufficient to penetrate this wisdom, arguments and debates would follow those who insist on trying to use their intellect to prove the validity of what is said and more positions taken. There is no possible way one can stand on any view in light of what is being said. A letting go must follow or else one is headed into the mire of views.
Re: Stream Entry
"Me" = "Me", your "Conception of Me" =/= "Me", your conception may be true or untrue, if it is impossible then it is untrue, if possible then it can be true or false, with more accuracy, with more true info, u can prove what is false but you can never distill "Conception of Me" down to "Me" you will always have residue, its like the Pi number.
Last edited by User1249x on Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:39 am, edited 3 times in total.
Re: Stream Entry
I doubt a personal interpretation of a sutta that is probably translated inaccurately is important at all. You seem to be beating the same old nihilistic U.G. zombie drum here. The sutta seems to be about what non-Buddhists cognise and then the translator must add additional bracketed words due to a probable misunderstanding. In summary, since the sutta is about how a Buddha regards the views of non-Buddhists, I can probably understand your attraction to it. The sutta appears to say: "Whatever is seen or heard or sensed and fastened onto as true by others — among the self-fettered - the Tathagata doesn't care about it because those non-Buddhists simply have no idea, due to being fettered by self-views". The key word in the sutta appears to be "maññati". When the right meaning of maññati is comprehended, maybe reply again. In addition, an alternate translation is here, which has a different meaning: https://suttacentral.net/en/an4.24
The Ordinary Person
Here, bhikkhus, an untaught ordinary person, who has no regard for noble ones and is unskilled and undisciplined in their Dhamma, who has no regard for true men and is unskilled and undisciplined in their Dhamma, perceives earth as earth. Having perceived earth as earth, he conceives himself as earth, he conceives himself in earth, he conceives himself apart from earth, he conceives earth to be ‘mine,’ he delights in earth. Why is that? Because he has not fully understood it, I say.
Idha, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano ariyānaṃ adassāvī ariyadhammassa akovido ariyadhamme avinīto, sappurisānaṃ adassāvī sappurisadhammassa akovido sappurisadhamme avinīto—pathaviṃ pathavito sañjānāti; pathaviṃ pathavito saññatvā pathaviṃ maññati, pathaviyā maññati, pathavito maññati, pathaviṃ meti maññati, pathaviṃ abhinandati. Taṃ kissa hetu? ‘Apariññātaṃ tassā’ti vadāmi
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn1
Yattha ṭhitaṃ maññassavā nappavattanti, maññassave kho pana nappavattamāne muni santoti vuccatī’ti—iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ. Kiñcetaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ? ‘Asmī’ti, bhikkhu, maññitametaṃ, ‘ayamahamasmī’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘na bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘rūpī bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘arūpī bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘saññī bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘asaññī bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘nevasaññīnāsaññī bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ. Maññitaṃ, bhikkhu, rogo maññitaṃ gaṇḍo maññitaṃ sallaṃ. Sabbamaññitānaṃ tveva, bhikkhu, samatikkamā muni santoti vuccati.
The tides of conceiving do not sweep over one who stands upon these foundations, and when the tides of conceiving no longer sweep over him he is called a sage at peace.’ So it was said. And with reference to what was this said?
Bhikkhu, ‘I am’ is a conceiving; ‘I am this’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall not be’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be possessed of form’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be formless’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be percipient’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be non-percipient’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be neither-percipient-nor-non-percipient’ is a conceiving. Conceiving is a disease, conceiving is a tumour, conceiving is a dart. By overcoming all conceivings, bhikkhu, one is called a sage at peace.
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn140
maññita
pp. of maññati
There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/anapanasati
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/anapanasati
-
- Posts: 1350
- Joined: Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:17 am
Re: Stream Entry
When I quote a sutta that is pertinent to me, why would I need 'your' interpretation of what the sutta means? You, who are not a Pali speaker, a scholar/translator, and quite frankly, a slanderer of anyone deemed a non-Buddhist. This is the epitome of elitist, Doo Doot. And, exactly what the sutta is all about. When you are defensive and rubbed the wrong way by something, is it my understanding that causes this? No, it is not. It is your perceptions and projections that take over and disturb you. Why you keep referring to U.G. is beyond me. The Kalaka sutta is not about defending anything or attacking anything. Yet, you persist and make it personal, again. You seem to want to be right at all costs, and it is costing you, Doo Doot. Letting go of this attitude is what the Kalaka is about. Dispassion, not aggression is what is being communicated. Apologies will be accepted, unless you feel too wounded to stoop so low to an infidel like myself.DooDoot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:29 amI doubt a personal interpretation of a sutta that is probably translated inaccurately is important at all. You seem to be beating the same old nihilistic U.G. zombie drum here. The sutta seems to be about what non-Buddhists cognise and then the translator must add additional bracketed words due to a probable misunderstanding. In summary, since the sutta is about how a Buddha regards the views of non-Buddhists, I can probably understand your attraction to it. The sutta appears to say: "Whatever is seen or heard or sensed and fastened onto as true by others — among the self-fettered - the Tathagata doesn't care about it because those non-Buddhists simply have no idea, due to being fettered by self-views". The key word in the sutta appears to be "maññati". When the right meaning of maññati is comprehended, maybe reply again. In addition, an alternate translation is here, which has a different meaning: https://suttacentral.net/en/an4.24
The Ordinary Person
Here, bhikkhus, an untaught ordinary person, who has no regard for noble ones and is unskilled and undisciplined in their Dhamma, who has no regard for true men and is unskilled and undisciplined in their Dhamma, perceives earth as earth. Having perceived earth as earth, he conceives himself as earth, he conceives himself in earth, he conceives himself apart from earth, he conceives earth to be ‘mine,’ he delights in earth. Why is that? Because he has not fully understood it, I say.
Idha, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano ariyānaṃ adassāvī ariyadhammassa akovido ariyadhamme avinīto, sappurisānaṃ adassāvī sappurisadhammassa akovido sappurisadhamme avinīto—pathaviṃ pathavito sañjānāti; pathaviṃ pathavito saññatvā pathaviṃ maññati, pathaviyā maññati, pathavito maññati, pathaviṃ meti maññati, pathaviṃ abhinandati. Taṃ kissa hetu? ‘Apariññātaṃ tassā’ti vadāmi
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn1Yattha ṭhitaṃ maññassavā nappavattanti, maññassave kho pana nappavattamāne muni santoti vuccatī’ti—iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ. Kiñcetaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ? ‘Asmī’ti, bhikkhu, maññitametaṃ, ‘ayamahamasmī’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘na bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘rūpī bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘arūpī bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘saññī bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘asaññī bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ, ‘nevasaññīnāsaññī bhavissan’ti maññitametaṃ. Maññitaṃ, bhikkhu, rogo maññitaṃ gaṇḍo maññitaṃ sallaṃ. Sabbamaññitānaṃ tveva, bhikkhu, samatikkamā muni santoti vuccati.
The tides of conceiving do not sweep over one who stands upon these foundations, and when the tides of conceiving no longer sweep over him he is called a sage at peace.’ So it was said. And with reference to what was this said?
Bhikkhu, ‘I am’ is a conceiving; ‘I am this’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall not be’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be possessed of form’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be formless’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be percipient’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be non-percipient’ is a conceiving; ‘I shall be neither-percipient-nor-non-percipient’ is a conceiving. Conceiving is a disease, conceiving is a tumour, conceiving is a dart. By overcoming all conceivings, bhikkhu, one is called a sage at peace.
https://suttacentral.net/en/mn140
maññita
pp. of maññati
Re: Stream Entry
A questionable translation is not a "sutta". It seems you were only quoting your personal ideas & interpretation rather than a sutta.
I do not recall offering any interpretation. I merely posted some unambiguous suttas that appear to clearly show the meaning of the word "mannati".Saengnapha wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:58 amwhy would I need 'your' interpretation of what the sutta means?
What I offered was very straightforward. The Buddha said his Dhamma is straightforward (MN 22) therefore scholarship is not required because the Buddha explained his Dhamma clearly for us. Words, such as "mannati", can obviously be understood by their use within context. While I have not examined every use of the word "mannati", based on MN 1 & MN 140, it seems to definitely mean "conceiving ideas of self".
The sutta posted is obviously about the self-fettered views of non-Buddhists. The sutta states:Saengnapha wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:58 am and quite frankly, a slanderer of anyone deemed a non-Buddhist.
Monks, whatever in the world — with its devas, Maras, & Brahmas, its generations with their contemplatives & brahmans royalty & common people — is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, pondered by the intellect: That do I know.
The Buddha allegedly spoke the sutta rather than myself. If you wish to call the Buddha "elitist" & believe such Cultural Marxist labels are valid you are free to. The sutta appears to clearly state those non-Buddhists are fettered by ignorant foolish stupid & suffering self-views.
The sutta seems to be about how the Buddha is free from self-views therefore any view the Buddha has is not polluted by pride & clinging.
The sutta appears to be about not manufacturing "ego".Saengnapha wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:58 amWhen you are defensive and rubbed the wrong way by something, is it my understanding that causes this?
Because of Saengnapha's interpretation of the Kalaka Sutta offered, which appeared to be about having "no views". To quote what you said:Saengnapha wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:58 am No, it is not. It is your perceptions and projections that take over and disturb you. Why you keep referring to U.G. is beyond me.
The Kalaka Sutta is a highly important, all be it, short sutta, that has vast and penetrating insight pertaining to all views and the possible positions that one could stand upon that do not equal 'suchness'. In Madhyamaka teaching, in which this sutta is a primary source, Nagarjuna makes it crystal clear what the Buddha implies.
If it is about what you claim, why do you appear to be manically attacking & defending in your post, here?Saengnapha wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:58 amThe Kalaka sutta is not about defending anything or attacking anything.
There is no "person" in Buddhism.
Just checked my bank account. Its the same as before. Also, the above comment appears to be against the Code of Conduct of this Buddhist chat site.Saengnapha wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:58 am You seem to want to be right at all costs, and it is costing you, Doo Doot.
I merely suggested your view about the sutta was questionable. I generously provided some Pali to allow you to reconsider your interpretation.
I suggest to stop scolding others, like KM & UG spent their lives scolding people. I think their behavior was infantile.Saengnapha wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:58 amDispassion, not aggression is what is being communicated.
I suggested your inferences about the sutta were questionable. No apologies will be even considered because I was merely discussing the sutta.Saengnapha wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:58 amApologies will be accepted, unless you feel too wounded to stoop so low to an infidel like myself.
There is always an official executioner. If you try to take his place, It is like trying to be a master carpenter and cutting wood. If you try to cut wood like a master carpenter, you will only hurt your hand.
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/anapanasati
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/paticcasamuppada
https://soundcloud.com/doodoot/anapanasati