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Is it possible to love of a pure love without becoming attached ? If it is then love cannot be considered an akusala.
Let alone universal love or Arya Metta.Lal,
Quite pertinent as always, thanks.
“Maranānussati as reciting “jeevitam aniyatan, marana niyatam” or “this life is impermanent, death is a certainty”. While the statement is true, that recitation by itself cannot do much to remove defilements and to purify the mind.”
Recently during a formal session i experimented on contemplating on Anicca, related to an entire journey,dreams while sleeping included.
I.e. your basic definition of Anicca together with “rise & fall”,etc.
was patent not only in the long run but also in the short run; i
contemplated on my own physiological state,mindstream ,environment, weather and other people’s demeanour.Found it enormously instructive.
“I am not sure what you mean by above. Are you trying to suppress all sensations?” :
– Not at all. It’s a tool to dissolve any eventual mental fermentation related to any sensing and to intensify here-and-now-awareness.
One more example: supposing that i’m eating something usually considered tasty, to prevent me from being overflowed by defilement related to such sensing i move my attention to another sensing…and so on.
Or as you very well put : “An indriya becomes an ayatana only when the sense experience taken in by the indriya (say eyes), make one’s mind form greedy or hateful thoughts. If what is seen makes one greedy or hateful, stop looking at it, and focus attention on something different.”Thanks for the concise counselling, Lal.
…I had got it , Johnny Lim, no worries… by the way the SNP 4.14 link seems to be a nice translation. Very well written.
…will only bring more suffering by thickening the gandhabba, by engendering more and ore kammic ties , more and more bhavas…?
Well good to know, thanks for the precious info. But it might be insightful to know why.
Certainly for reasons other than the ones of the christian Popes.
“For “the interval that it takes to breathe…”, it probably has to be during a formal sitting.” – You might be right.
I practiced it for a while when i went through Kashmir Shaivism. By the way: Sadhguru says that Buddhism and Shaivism are alike…weird isn’t it ?Back to our subject: Shaivas say that the Paramasiva dwells in that pause between the end of exhaling and the beginning of inhaling.We of course we say differently: that which might dwell there is the…Deathless ? Just asking.
Such focalisation > absorption method should be practiced only via formal sessions.It seems easy but it’s not, because of the subtlety of the passage. Inhaling: rise, Exhaling: fall (anicca, thus…); the interval : the deathless?An historical aside/curiosity not directly related to your quest :alot of Indian/Asian meditation techniques it’s very difficult to know who started doing what when.
The info above i’m conveying it to you as a curiosity; for serious practice you should , as Lal advised , focus on Thilakhanna, which contains , i’m convinced, the essence of true dhamma.
Hi,
“These details may not be necessary. But the consistency of it all leads to confidence in Buddha Dhamma. What the Buddha taught was not speculation (like philosophers have their own theories today). He experienced all that.”
Absolutely, otherwise i wouldn’t be here.
Now as for the previous closest rebirths it’s not about any kind of ESP – extra sensorial perception.
It’s about simple intellectual knowledge;let’s call it Kammic Astrology. Based upon one’s birth date it’s possible to get quite accurate info on one’s previous human bhava in terms of gati.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karmic_astrology
AS FOR THE ETERNAL CONTROVERSE ON ASTROLOGY VALUE, the Wikipedia article it’s quite good:
It’s possible to go back one or two rebirths (the closest ones to our actual rebirth) without abhinna powers.
But I don’t know if I can talk about this here seeing that it’s extra – Tipitaka. Although it’s perfectly compatible with PureDhamma.Y Not, Sangha fellow(s),
“And had you specified which’All’ you are referring to, quoting a sutta, I would not have replied at all.” – Why wouldn’t you have replied at all ? It’s your right, i suppose.
As for my question : of course that underlying my question was Sabba Sutta – what else could be ?
Another indirectly related track: “Everything is mind wrought” -which suggests the hypothesis of mind and aggregates existing before mankind?
I’m not disrespecting anyone. There is a tendency to judge too hastily and based upon what ? Upon what ?
The question is enough well formulated:- Sabba Sutta:
“The Blessed One said, “What is the All? Simply the eye & forms, ear & sounds, nose & aromas, tongue & flavors, body & tactile sensations, intellect & ideas. This, monks, is called the All. [1] Anyone who would say, ‘Repudiating this All, I will describe another,’ if questioned on what exactly might be the grounds for his statement, would be unable to explain, and furthermore, would be put to grief. Why? Because it lies beyond range.”
And by the way: as much as i understood the forum rules, directives for effective research, freedom of expression, etc, till now i didn’t disrespect anyone.
With metta
Hi cubibobi,
Yes.But it will be more effective if you put it together with a good understanding of the rebirth process plus Thilakhanna bhavana. In fact the latter can include death bhavana. Whatever the subject, everything in PureDhamma is connected, it’s like a circle.
Imo…Y Not,
” And incorporating/integrating the corresponding Dhamma truths (into your gati, you mean)comes as a matter of course once you have seen the inevitability of those truths” Indeed. As for my gati i think i can say that i know what i’m doing…
When you wrote “Taking the leap you let go of things
you are not quite willing to yet.” – i thought you were referring to your own process.“a title or a tag is of no importance, to yourself or to others, unless, in the latter case, one is intent on teaching.” – totally agree.
All these posts were extremely enlightening.
