September 15, 2024 at 5:32 pm
#51966
Keymaster
” But since Nibbana is described as nicca, atta and sukha (the opposite of the conditioned elements) and only the specific mind that cultivates this correct perception (that conditions are Tilakkhana) merges with this element, would it be appropriate to say Nibbana is their “self”?”
- No. It is only those striving to attain Nibbana consider it to be of nicca, atta, sukha VERSUS anicca, anatta, dukha associated with existence in any realm of this world.
- A living Arahant also sees what they have attained as nicca, atta, and sukha. Of course, they will experience any physical ailments associated with the body they were born with, but they know that it will also go away when the physical body dies.
- Nibbana means total dissociation from this world. Nibbana cannot be described in terms of the vocabulary “of this world.”
- The “ever-changing personality” terminates with becoming an Arahant.
- Only the physical body born as an “average human (puthujjana)” lives until its death and is subjected to physical ailments; after the death of the physical body, there is no trace of that “lifestream.” Only mental phenomena sustained that lifestream!
- That should be clear when you see that the Paticca Samuppada process starts with “avijja paccaya sankhara” and leads to “bhava ” and “jati” leading to existence as a human, Deva, animal, etc. at different times. All those existences were maintained/sustained by kammic energy!
- It takes an effort to stop evaluating Buddha Dhamma with a “mundane mindset.” A paradigm change is necessary to understand Buddha’s teachings, as I pointed out in the current post: “Sensory Experience, Paṭicca Samuppāda, and pañcupādānakkhandha.”