The One True Dhamma?

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Re: The One True Dhamma?

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Ok. Nanavira vs. Buddhaghosa. I'm rooting for the guy in red.
Seriously--this is over my head. Maybe one of you can clarify?
Fight all you want but let's have some idea of what you are disputing...please?
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Greetings Alan,
alan wrote:Fight all you want but let's have some idea of what you are disputing...please?
Well, firstly I'd like to think that it wasn't fighting...
alan wrote:Seriously--this is over my head. Maybe one of you can clarify?
It relates to how people approach the Dhamma, and in turn, how people approach discussion on the Dhamma.

Metta,
Retro. :)
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Greetings to you Retro and Mike.
I like and respect you both. Discuss all you want.
I'll just have to go and do some research. It's not your job to teach me.
Ok then...
Round 4--go at it!
Edit--they are not fighting. It's a heated discussion.
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retrofuturist wrote:Obviously we want to know what we need to know...
Retro. :)
We are directed to know:

Cessation.
The complete cessation of being and becoming is to be known. Directly. We must knowingly, willingly turn consciousness off. Then all Four Noble Truths become obvious.

3. Cessation is known. Therefore, 4. The path to cessation is known. Therefore, 2. Desire, the path to 1. Suffering is known. Suffering is all the qualities of objective experience of being and becoming that arising and passing consciousness in co-dependence with the other aggregate conditions can know.

I hope this cuts through the complications a little.
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Thank you Nathan.

I read your most recent posts in the jhana topic and see these words against that context.
nathan wrote:I hope this cuts through the complications a little.
Yes, and anything that does is a blessing.

:anjali:

Metta,
Retro. :)
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retrofuturist wrote:Thank you Nathan.

I read your most recent posts in the jhana topic and see these words against that context.
nathan wrote:I hope this cuts through the complications a little.
Yes, and anything that does is a blessing.

:anjali:

Metta,
Retro. :)
No doubt. Knowing is not having to think about, anymore.
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nathan wrote:No doubt. Knowing is not having to think about, anymore.
:woohoo:

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retrofuturist wrote: :woohoo:

:anjali:
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:)

Thanks.

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Nathan and Retro...
pretty cool :smile:

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Sorry guys, nice try, but you're all way off. The one true dhamma has been revealed only to fans of the TV drama Lost....



Also, make sure you get the clock...



And t-shirt...

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~post by Ben, Jul 02, 2009
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What, was it getting a bit too un-nice Chris ?
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PeterB wrote:What, was it getting a bit too un-nice Chris ?
No, Peter.

:smile:
"As Buddhists, we should aim to develop relationships that are not predominated by grasping and clinging. Our relationships should be characterised by the brahmaviharas of metta (loving kindness), mudita (sympathetic joy), karuna (compassion), and upekkha (equanimity)."
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A better answer would've been:

No, Peter! :cookoo:

:jedi: :evil: :guns:



:lol:

(sorry, that wasn't really nice, was it? :hug: :group: :heart: :heart: :heart: )
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