Dharma Wheel

to apprehend the Buddha's concept of self, the notion of conventional truth and ultimate truth is very helpful. please take a look at it. things will be much clearer. in some ways, the human species is more of an 'individual' than one single human being in the grand scheme of things, if you know wha...

Avoidance of doubt

Aemilius wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 26, 2019 5:14 pm

On the contrary, self exists in the ordinary everyday meaning even for Nagarjuna and Shakyamuni, see Dhammapada chapter on Self, and MMK. Famous monks too have passports, they have the nominal, biological, genetic and legislative identity.

True. On a conventional level.

I think Theravada tends to see the Jhanas like Maslow's pyramid: you keep pushing up until you reach the highest point, enlightenment. The first jhana seems to be centered on disconnecting the five senses. By focusing the mind on an unchanging object of awareness, one transcends distracting percept...

Stop the presses: maybe i have (reverse) proof of Nirvana: What if we accept that the Self is the opposite of Nirvana; that we reach Nirvana by comprehending the illusory nature of self, that it is mere illusion and the root cause of misery by clinging to this delusion. If we posit them as being dia...

I think Theravada tends to see the Jhanas like Maslow's pyramid: you keep pushing up until you reach the highest point, enlightenment. The first jhana seems to be centered on disconnecting the five senses. By focusing the mind on an unchanging object of awareness, one transcends distracting percepti...

I can't seem to forgive someone who caused me a lot of pain: imagine the worst and you'll be close. This person, of course, is family...and not so easy to cut out of my life. And the person won't apologize, so the rage in me just builds and builds. I want justice, vengeance even. I have really beco...

i feel you bro: i wanted to start a Sarcastic Club recently, but couldn't figure out if anyone really wanted to join. btw i'm not sure about the company culture where you work, but analysts are not allowed to promise high returns or even use the word "predict". (i think 'forecast' is the SEC languag...

A friend of mine naively asked me the other day, "is there any proof of Nirvana? can you show it to me?" Before i tell you how i answered, i am curious to know your answers. Can we prove the existence of Nirvana, either through logic or sutras? it is a fair question after all. Btw, I answered in th...

Nirvāṇa isn't really a "verb," it's a noun derived from a past participle of a verb (√vā, to blow --> vāna, blown) with a prefix added to the front (nis/nir, out). Nirvāṇa, the "out-blown," or the "extinguished." ah very true. i should have said, "Nibutti", which i believe is the verb i was looking...

Enlightenment is not nirvana, but enlightenment points the way to nirvana.... I think there is obviously a distinction between bodhi as an attribute and Nirvana as the final realisation of the path - so would agree. One point that might be worth mentioning is how the word 'enlightenment' came to be...

Nirvāṇa isn't really a "verb," it's a noun derived from a past participle of a verb (√vā, to blow --> vāna, blown) with a prefix added to the front (nis/nir, out). Nirvāṇa, the "out-blown," or the "extinguished." ah very true. i should have said, "Nibutti", which i believe is the verb i was looking...

Isn't that the nirvana/parinirvana distinction? Elimination of desire and ignorance is not intellectual as far as I know. And in some systems, there is a step beyond eliminating desire and ignorance - there is still fundamental ignorance. As I understand, Nirvana is beyond states, places, condition...

...i have never come across a sutra that discusses such a difference. but i believe they are different. logically, when the Buddha realized the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-fold Path, the three marks of existence, etc., we can surmise that he became enlightened, i.e. he realized the nature of ex...

Logically, if there is ignorance, then there must be enlightenment. There must be a way to dispel ignorance, to know the truth. Enlightenment is not nirvana, but enlightenment points the way to nirvana.... Can you elaborate on the distinction you see between enlightenment and nirvana? yes with plea...

Is nirvana a phenomenon? If not it can't even be demonstrated let along proven. Samsara cannot be proven and yet we assume every second of our lives that it exists. If ignorance exists then it follows that enlightenment exists..... Your question is intriguing. Is nirvana a phenomenon? I suspect tha...

Logically, if there is ignorance, then there must be enlightenment.

There must be a way to dispel ignorance, to know the truth.

Enlightenment is not nirvana, but enlightenment points the way to nirvana....

catmoon wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 21, 2019 8:47 am

What is art?





This is art.

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Can you feel the wind?

They remind me somewhat of Chu Teh Chun ... http://www.artnet.com/artists/chu-teh-chun/ I wish I could upload some of the paintings of Chu Teh Chun to better illustrate my meaning, sir. Hello Supramundane ! Thank you so much for your response to my work !!! And thank you for introducing me to the p...

When I started an MA program in religion, I think in the critical theory course, the first week was devoted to defining the term religion. We read a bunch of stuff, all lost to memory now, but my take away was that there is no simple definition. Its one of those things like "obscenity" - you know i...