Reply To: Questions From a Beginner

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Waisaka
Participant

Hi Hugo, no defense for anyone.

Sometimes, written messages do not represent the emotions of the person who wrote them; they may come from the reader.

For example, when words use all capital letters, is it emphasis or anger? It all depends on the context.

I think we are all learning together here, and no one is expressing anger in this discussion.

Our goal is to eliminate sin (defilements), and it would be very funny if we discussed it with emotion.

Arahants are not empty shells; Arahants are like normal humans (outward appearance), but they have eliminated ditthi, sanna, and citta vipallasa. Every decision-making uses wisdom, and their actions only become kiriya and no longer become kamma (karma).

If you want to follow or understand a little about Arahants, you must start from the earliest sotapanna stage, eliminating miccha ditthi (ditthi vipallasa), then trying to eliminate sanna vipallasa, and finally citta vipallasa. As far as I know, even when 2 Arahants meet, they do not know that the other person is an Arahant unless they admit to it (or the Buddha says so).

We will not understand how Arahants are if we still have vipallasa.

The easiest example is sanna vipallasa; you think Mr. Lal’s writing is short if he is emotional, when in fact, his text is neutral, but you believe it is emotional.

With metta waisaka