notes on the Dhamma

 excerpt from    only 1 way‍  4.3.10.50  Relevant Suttas on third noble truth and nirvana Experience of Nibbāna in present moment (before death of arahant) AN  3.32  similar to  AN  10.6  “this is peaceful, exquisite, the setlling of all activities…”, but does not explain how ordinary jhānas and samādhi can experience that nirvana AN  9.36  while doing 4 jhānas or first 7 perception attainments, one can realize nirvana amatāya dhātuyā cittaṃ upasaṃharati citta touching the deathless property, AN  10.6  nirvana experienced via a samādhi and perception * not a samādhi that perceives 4 elements, or 4 formless attainments,… * Buddha perceives nirvana as “peaceful, exquisite, all activities setlled…” AN  10.7  Sāriputta gives slightly different explanation than Buddha in  AN  10.6 AN  11.7  same as  AN  10.6  but one more item added * (11) And they wouldn’t perceive what is seen...

 Internal pattern "anidass" appears in 5 suttas: DN 11.4.1 where nāma, rūpa, viññāna cease without remainder DN 33.3 threefold classification of rūpa with 4 permutations of visible (dassana) and resistant (patigha) MN 21.6 sky is ākāso arūpī anidassano, formless and invisible MN 49.9.7 Buddha says Brahma has no knowledge of Viññāṇaṃ anidassanaṃ anantaṃ sabbato pabhaṃ SN 43.44 Anidassanañca is listed among other synonyms for nirvana DN 33 is not talking about viññāna, just rūpa. MN 21 context is doing metta to the whole world, so even though viññāna is not mentioned, but metta can be done with 4 jhānas (which operate in rūpa) or formless dimensions. The remaining 3 suttas all seem to be the context of samādhi perceiving nirvana...

  Re: How to easily learn to pronounce Pali words? Report Quote Unread post   by  mikenz66  »  Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:40 pm Here's Ven Dhammanando's comments on the matter: Dhammanando  wrote:  ↑ Sat Oct 26, 2019 2:06 am Srilankaputra  wrote:  ↑ Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:21 pm Bhante, How close do you think the current pronunciation of pali to the original? Assuming that the phonetic descriptions given in the ancient Pali grammars are correct, then the modern way of pronunciation that comes closest to this is that of Indian and Bangladeshi bhikkhus. Typically they'll get all the sounds correct except the palatals ca and ja. After the Indians the next best are the Sinhalese. Their main mistake is either to fail to aspirate the aspirated consonants (e.g., dha as da, ṭha as ṭa) or to hypercorrect by pronouncing non-aspirates as aspirates, e.g., mettā as metthā. As for modern SE Asian ways of pronunciation, these are all very poor, with at least half of t...

 In pāḷi chanting, long syllables are twice as long (temporal) as short syllables. This gives chanting kind of syncopated rhythm, kind of like jazz. It's not just an aesthetic issue  or a minor detail that you can choose to obey if you like. If you don't get the long and short correct, you're often saying a completely different word with a completely different meaning. In an oral tradition, where Dhamma (teachings) are recited, memorized, the syncopated rhythm helps to differentiate words and phrases when you memorize it. It gives you audio cues for your memory to detect errors when you've for example reciting a sutta you haven't done in a long time. As opposed to if the rhythm of the memorized Dhamma words was not syncopated, it would sound more bland, monotone, undifferentiated, and harder to detect memorization errors. Following the proper rules of chanting pāḷi is like the difference between this: and this. Sanskrit pronunciation, as far as I can tell, on the ru...

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 https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/what-ven-analayo-gets-wrong-about-samadhi-part-ii/33515/9 @HinM wrote: Ven Analayo is correct in saying that Jhana is too refined a state to investigate anything. @Brahmali response:   Jhānas are contemplated after one emerges from them, see for instance MN 52 and MN 64 . Let's see what the pāḷi source text actually says: MN 64 (Frank's Eng. translation) says STED  first jhāna  j1🌘  ) 🚫💑 vivicc’eva kāmehi Judiciously-secluded from desire for five cords of sensual pleasures, 🚫😠 vivicca a-kusalehi dhammehi Judiciously-secluded from unskillful ☸Dharmas, (V&V💭) sa-vitakkaṃ sa-vicāraṃ with directed-thought and evaluation [of those verbal ☸Dharma thoughts], 😁🙂 viveka-jaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ with [mental] rapture and [physical] pleasure born from judicious-seclusion, 🌘 paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. he attains and lives in first jhāna. So yadeva tattha hoti rūpagataṃ vedanāgataṃ saññāgataṃ saṅkhāragataṃ viññ...

  salman rushdie had premonition, ignored it, stabbed 15 times almost died 13 min. interview on 60 minutes show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALh6y_wbp98 You may remember Salmon, who had a fatwa by Ayatollah issued (asking muslims to kill salman) for writing a book considered offensive to Muslims. Interesting juxtaposition with another story that happened today. A woman had two dreams, same morning, very vivid warning her not to go to work or else she'd be seriously injured in a car crash. She heeded the warning, lived. Salmon also had a dream before his attempted murder, told his wife he didn't want to go to the event (where he would be attacked and stabbed 15 times). Then he thought, "it's just a dream, why should I believe it?" woman with dream premonition called out of work and avoids car crash New Jersey toll collector with ‘premonition’ called out of work before garbage truck crashed into booth By  Aneeta Bhole Published April 15, 2024, 11:51 p.m. ET http...

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  Re: Do we need to make an effort to control or should we not try to control our breathing during meditation? Edit Delete Report Quote Post   by  frank k  »  Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:57 am sm2019  wrote:  ↑ Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:38 am Some people say, in meditation we need to make an effort to make our breathing subtle, deep and slow, while others say we shouldn't try to control our breathing, we should just observe it. What is your opinion on this? Best way is to try out all options and discover your own conclusions, keep an open mind. Some ways may work in some situations and not others. I will say in my experience, over 30 years breath meditation and proficiency in jhāna, I'd always leaned more towards letting the breath be natural and trying not to control it. In hindsight, I regret that, and wish I trusted Ajahn Lee and Thanissaro's instructions to consciously breathe in a way to spread out breath sensations throughout the whole body. Why? Because trying ...

       AN  8.63  - AN 8.63 Saṅkhitta: A Teaching in Brief          AN  8.63.1  – (4bv brahma vihāras done simultaneously with 4 jhānas)          AN  8.63.1.1  – (4bv #1: mettā me ceto-vimutti)              AN  8.63.1.1.2  – (combine 4bv with samādhi in 3 ways for four jhānas)          AN  8.63.1.2  – (4Bv #2: karuṇā me ceto-vimutti)              AN  8.63.1.2.2  – (combine 4bv with samādhi in 3 ways for four jhānas)          AN  8.63.1.3  – (4Bv #3: muditā me ceto-vimutti)              AN  8.63.1.3.2  – (combine 4bv with samādhi in 3 ways for four jhānas)          AN  8.63.1.4  – (4Bv #4: upekkhā me ceto-vimutti)              AN  8.63.1.4.2  – (combine 4bv with samādhi in 3 ways for four jhānas)          AN  8.63.2  – (4sp sati-'paṭṭhāna done simultaneously with 4 jhānas)          AN  8.63.2.1  – (4sp #1: ...

Quick summary of jhāna relevant issues in Sujato's article. Sujato's original translation in AN 3.63, ambiguated the pali expression evaṁ-bhūta (has become thus), so that you can't tell from reading his English translation whether one has to *first exit* 4 jhānas before being able to walk in a celestial happy way, or one is *still in the state of 4 jhānas* while walking in a celestial happy way. Thanissaro and B. Bodhi clearly and unambiguously translate the latter, that one walks WHILE in jhāna. Sujato ambiguates the translation so you can't tell which is meant. Theravada commentary supports Thanissaro and B. Bodhi. Subcommentary disagrees with the commentary, taking the LBT redefined jhāna position that one has to exit a disembodied frozen stupor before being able to walk. Sujato then tries to dismiss the walking while in jhāna as an extraordinary exception to the rule of sitting jhāna in disembodied frozen stupor, and that the focus of this sutta is really on Buddha...