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“If the action harms others, that is bad.”
Well in my story the only person (in principle…) who may be harmed is the female partner of the guy who is attending the streetwoman – if she finds out about her partner behavior. But supposing that she’ll never find out– then the kammic outcomes for him would be lighter…?
Sorry if I’m insisting but i’m glimpsing certain kammic subtleties which might be interesting to clarify , also because one can find the same subtleties in other situations.
For instance i suspect that the state of mind of the individual before, whilst and after the deed might have some importance in terms of kamma vipaka.For instance: the more he’ll feel unsettled about his deed worse will be the kammic outcomes?Thank you i’ll stop my quest now and I hope i didn’t disturb someone. Sorry if i did. But on the other hand one shouldn’t do like the ostrich…
“someone’s else partner” : are you referring to the female partner of the individual that is paying for sex with other women (streetwoman) ?
@Lal,
“When one attains an anariya jhana AND does not lose it ” how to behave for not losing it – Panca Sila and not acting with dasa akusala it’s enough ? By the way as for dasa akusala what is exactly meant by “indulging in sense pleasures” ? Can this “indulging” vary from person to person or is it a strict rule ?
Thanks
Hi
@Lal “For example, when a thought about an old friend comes to the mind, that obviously does not come through any physical sense door.”
it can also happen that when walking in the street and looking at a specific place where i was once with him/her, at the very moment that i look at that place I’ll think about him/her – then such thought would be triggered by the sense of sight plus the respective aggregates ?
Basically there are two ways of attaining the jhanas : by focusing on a concept which is considered the arya way.
Or, by focusing on a – let’s call it so – “material” support as breathing etc, which is considered anarya way.
In both cases the high degree of absorption obtained, despite based upon intellect (association and integration) is somehow beyond it; i mean the result as jhana is beyond it.
Now what i just said seems to contradict/exclude the anarya way for what has breathing to do with intellect ?@Christian, your comment that starts “you seem to make up confused ideas” is addressed to whom ?
You don’t agree with the expression “central teachings” on “Taste of Salt draws 350 pages containing the central teachings of the Buddha”… ?
@Lal,
Approximately page 99 of the PDF “A Taste of Salt draws 350 pages containing the central teachings of the Buddha from the roughly 5,000 pages of the Sutta Piṭaka”.
Am I doing this correctly ? Hope so.
Hi,
But of course, it has to do with nibanna; once nibanna attained rebirth ceases, and with the ceasing of rebirth all the existential-material features inherent to existence and to rebirth also cease.
Thank you
Siebe “So how can we be what arises and ceases in our experience?”
This is an excellent example of how language – any language – can turn innefective when it comes to express certain truths, since “we” and “our” suggests something or someone experiencing…SengKiat :”For this question, the meaning of attā and anattā is clearly incorrect in the sense of “self” or “not self” but should be “in-control” or “not in-control“.”
I’m acquainted with the meaning of “self” and “not self” as per puredhamma: “Self”: “in-control” as you said (or the opposite of helpless).
“Not-self”: helplessness.
Which brings us back to “gandhabba” and “gathi” that is to say, to what we call nowadays a specific (but evolving) “psychological entity” susceptible of improvement – according pure dhamma path – dwelling in a specific (but transient) body.Siebe,
What a struggle, yours, but i’ve faith that your effort will bring good results in this very life and in the next ones.
” So, the anxiety, stress, fears are not bad messangers.” They are not bad messengers because you are aware of their roots, aren’t you ?
Y not “And if this were not enough, whoever it is who controls the mind, is, in the final analysis, anatta, a boat to be discarded on reaching the other shore.”
That which controls (but here in the good sense) the mind , through a good understanding of Tilakhana, is natta, not anatta.
Anatta is the fruit of an out-of-control mind, which by its turn will nourish anatta, namely helplessness and/or ego centered behavior.Basically you’re right (Christian) however another individual may have more or less different ways.
“Paying attention to thoughts…”:shouldn’t one also pay attention to “bodily” sensations, feelings ans states of mind (the 4 frames thus with toughts included)? I think so.AS for my previous comment i think it will be clearer if i remove the question marks.
