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As I understand, the muni (silent sage) ideal of having no views ultimately means having no perceptions: not distinguishing between objects, or between subjects and objects, just experiencing raw sensation. Going from there to objectless awareness means also closing the 'sense doors', like consciously falling asleep.

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #silence #perception #sensation #subjectivity #objectivity #consciousness #unconsciousness #sleep #nirvana #nibbana #awareness #sleep

As I understand, the muni (silent sage) ideal of having no views ultimately means having no perceptions: not distinguishing between objects, or between subjects and objects, just experiencing raw sensation. Going from there to objectless awareness means also closing the 'sense doors', like consciously falling asleep.

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #silence #perception #sensation #subjectivity #objectivity #consciousness #unconsciousness #sleep #nirvana #nibbana #awareness #sleep

The brick structures at Sāvatthī were mostly built during the Mauryan, Kushan, and Guptan periods. So, Buddha never actually set foot in the Mulagandhakuti, which is just a shrine. But, he did probably stay in a mud/thatch/wood hut near there during rains retreats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetavana

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #maurya #gupta #india #bharat #bharata #jambudipa #history #jetavana #savatthi #sravasti #shravasti

The brick structures at Sāvatthī were mostly built during the Mauryan, Kushan, and Guptan periods. So, Buddha never actually set foot in the Mulagandhakuti, which is just a shrine. But, he did probably stay in a mud/thatch/wood hut near there during rains retreats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetavana

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #maurya #gupta #india #bharat #bharata #jambudipa #history #jetavana #savatthi #sravasti #shravasti

The brick structures at Sāvatthī were mostly built during the Mauryan, Kushan, and Guptan periods. So, Buddha never actually set foot in the Mulagandhakuti, which is just a shrine. But, he did probably stay in a mud/thatch/wood hut near there during rains retreats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetavana

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #maurya #gupta #india #bharat #bharata #jambudipa #history #jetavana #savatthi #sravasti #shravasti

The brick structures at Sāvatthī were mostly built during the Mauryan, Kushan, and Guptan periods. So, Buddha never actually set foot in the Mulagandhakuti, which is just a shrine. But, he did probably stay in a mud/thatch/wood hut near there during rains retreats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetavana

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #maurya #gupta #india #bharat #bharata #jambudipa #history #jetavana #savatthi #sravasti #shravasti

The brick structures at Sāvatthī were mostly built during the Mauryan, Kushan, and Guptan periods. So, Buddha never actually set foot in the Mulagandhakuti, which is just a shrine. But, he did probably stay in a mud/thatch/wood hut near there during rains retreats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetavana

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #maurya #gupta #india #bharat #bharata #jambudipa #history #jetavana #savatthi #sravasti #shravasti

After developing the ability to watch thoughts and feelings from a mental distance, an even greater freedom is to detach from the subjective feeling of a watcher (which is also impermanent). The result is ungrounded experience, where there is knowing but no knower.

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #detachment #thoughts #feelings #freedom #mind #mental #subjectivity #duality #dualism #impermanence #awareness #meditation

After developing the ability to watch thoughts and feelings from a mental distance, an even greater freedom is to detach from the subjective feeling of a watcher (which is also impermanent). The result is ungrounded experience, where there is knowing but no knower.

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #detachment #thoughts #feelings #freedom #mind #mental #subjectivity #duality #dualism #impermanence #awareness #meditation

After developing the ability to watch thoughts and feelings from a mental distance, an even greater freedom is to detach from the subjective feeling of a watcher (which is also impermanent). The result is ungrounded experience, where there is knowing but no knower.

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #detachment #thoughts #feelings #freedom #mind #mental #subjectivity #duality #dualism #impermanence #awareness #meditation

After developing the ability to watch thoughts and feelings from a mental distance, an even greater freedom is to detach from the subjective feeling of a watcher (which is also impermanent). The result is ungrounded experience, where there is knowing but no knower.

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #detachment #thoughts #feelings #freedom #mind #mental #subjectivity #duality #dualism #impermanence #awareness #meditation

After developing the ability to watch thoughts and feelings from a mental distance, an even greater freedom is to detach from the subjective feeling of a watcher (which is also impermanent). The result is ungrounded experience, where there is knowing but no knower.

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #detachment #thoughts #feelings #freedom #mind #mental #subjectivity #duality #dualism #impermanence #awareness #meditation

In early Buddhism, the rainy season/retreat (vassa), which began after the last full moon, was the only time monks/nuns lived indoors, and 'indoors' meant temporary wooden, thatch-roofed huts setup in pleasure gardens donated by wealthy laypeople, not stone viharas. They were expected to wander the rest of the year.

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #history #vihara #vassa #nomad #nomadic #wandering #homeless #donation #charity

In early Buddhism, the rainy season/retreat (vassa), which began after the last full moon, was the only time monks/nuns lived indoors, and 'indoors' meant temporary wooden, thatch-roofed huts setup in pleasure gardens donated by wealthy laypeople, not stone viharas. They were expected to wander the rest of the year.

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #history #vihara #vassa #nomad #nomadic #wandering #homeless #donation #charity

In early Buddhism, the rainy season/retreat (vassa), which began after the last full moon, was the only time monks/nuns lived indoors, and 'indoors' meant temporary wooden, thatch-roofed huts setup in pleasure gardens donated by wealthy laypeople, not stone viharas. They were expected to wander the rest of the year.

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #history #vihara #vassa #nomad #nomadic #wandering #homeless #donation #charity

In early Buddhism, the rainy season/retreat (vassa), which began after the last full moon, was the only time monks/nuns lived indoors, and 'indoors' meant temporary wooden, thatch-roofed huts setup in pleasure gardens donated by wealthy laypeople, not stone viharas. They were expected to wander the rest of the year.

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #history #vihara #vassa #nomad #nomadic #wandering #homeless #donation #charity

In early Buddhism, the rainy season/retreat (vassa), which began after the last full moon, was the only time monks/nuns lived indoors, and 'indoors' meant temporary wooden, thatch-roofed huts setup in pleasure gardens donated by wealthy laypeople, not stone viharas. They were expected to wander the rest of the year.

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #history #vihara #vassa #nomad #nomadic #wandering #homeless #donation #charity

…Another issue with the Bāhiya Sutta is the prose and verse present different definitions of enlightenment: the prose sounds like proto-Mahāyāna/Mādhyamaka or Zen 'ordinary mind', but the verse, which is probably older, sounds like objectless awareness (viññāṇaṁ anidassanaṁ).

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #prose #poetry #verse #enlightenment #mahayana #madhyamaka #nagarjuna #zen #zenbuddhism

…Another issue with the Bāhiya Sutta is the prose and verse present different definitions of enlightenment: the prose sounds like proto-Mahāyāna/Mādhyamaka or Zen 'ordinary mind', but the verse, which is probably older, sounds like objectless awareness (viññāṇaṁ anidassanaṁ).

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #prose #poetry #verse #enlightenment #mahayana #madhyamaka #nagarjuna #zen #zenbuddhism

One thing which bothers me about the prose in the Sutta Pitaka is it often presents plot devices as facts, eg: the Bāhiya Sutta (Ud 1.10) tells a story of a monk who is in a hurry to attain enlightenment, instantly attains it after talking to Buddha, then immediately dies from a cow attack.

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Ud/ud1_10.html

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #prose #poetry #verse #writing #plotdevice #entertainment #fact #fiction #nonfiction #truth #coincidence

One thing which bothers me about the prose in the Sutta Pitaka is it often presents plot devices as facts, eg: the Bāhiya Sutta (Ud 1.10) tells a story of a monk who is in a hurry to attain enlightenment, instantly attains it after talking to Buddha, then immediately dies from a cow attack.

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Ud/ud1_10.html

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #prose #poetry #verse #writing #plotdevice #entertainment #fact #fiction #nonfiction #truth #coincidence

One thing which bothers me about the prose in the Sutta Pitaka is it often presents plot devices as facts, eg: the Bāhiya Sutta (Ud 1.10) tells a story of a monk who is in a hurry to attain enlightenment, instantly attains it after talking to Buddha, then immediately dies from a cow attack.

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Ud/ud1_10.html

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #prose #poetry #verse #writing #plotdevice #entertainment #fact #fiction #nonfiction #truth #coincidence

One thing which bothers me about the prose in the Sutta Pitaka is it often presents plot devices as facts, eg: the Bāhiya Sutta (Ud 1.10) tells a story of a monk who is in a hurry to attain enlightenment, instantly attains it after talking to Buddha, then immediately dies from a cow attack.

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Ud/ud1_10.html

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #prose #poetry #verse #writing #plotdevice #entertainment #fact #fiction #nonfiction #truth #coincidence

One thing which bothers me about the prose in the Sutta Pitaka is it often presents plot devices as facts, eg: the Bāhiya Sutta (Ud 1.10) tells a story of a monk who is in a hurry to attain enlightenment, instantly attains it after talking to Buddha, then immediately dies from a cow attack.

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Ud/ud1_10.html

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #prose #poetry #verse #writing #plotdevice #entertainment #fact #fiction #nonfiction #truth #coincidence

…Words the earliest Buddhist poetry used (2 of 2):
- nibbuto = cooled, extinguished
- each khandha had more tangible meanings, grouped under nāmarūpa
- upadhi = possessions, gandha = ties, saṅga = fetters
- ataṃ-mayo, amama, anupādiyāno = non-identification/ownership
- ekodibhūta = singleminded, unified
- causal pairs: craving causes suffering, etc

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

…Words the earliest Buddhist poetry used (2 of 2):
- nibbuto = cooled, extinguished
- each khandha had more tangible meanings, grouped under nāmarūpa
- upadhi = possessions, gandha = ties, saṅga = fetters
- ataṃ-mayo, amama, anupādiyāno = non-identification/ownership
- ekodibhūta = singleminded, unified
- causal pairs: craving causes suffering, etc

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

…Words the earliest Buddhist poetry used (2 of 2):
- nibbuto = cooled, extinguished
- each khandha had more tangible meanings, grouped under nāmarūpa
- upadhi = possessions, gandha = ties, saṅga = fetters
- ataṃ-mayo, amama, anupādiyāno = non-identification/ownership
- ekodibhūta = singleminded, unified
- causal pairs: craving causes suffering, etc

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

…Words the earliest Buddhist poetry used (2 of 2):
- nibbuto = cooled, extinguished
- each khandha had more tangible meanings, grouped under nāmarūpa
- upadhi = possessions, gandha = ties, saṅga = fetters
- ataṃ-mayo, amama, anupādiyāno = non-identification/ownership
- ekodibhūta = singleminded, unified
- causal pairs: craving causes suffering, etc

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

…Words the earliest Buddhist poetry used (2 of 2):
- nibbuto = cooled, extinguished
- each khandha had more tangible meanings, grouped under nāmarūpa
- upadhi = possessions, gandha = ties, saṅga = fetters
- ataṃ-mayo, amama, anupādiyāno = non-identification/ownership
- ekodibhūta = singleminded, unified
- causal pairs: craving causes suffering, etc

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

…Words the earliest Buddhist poetry used (1 of 2):
- purity comes from nonclinging, not from sīla (ritual)
- kusala = adept, skilled
- jhāna = meditation in general
- jhāyati, tapa, samāhita = active verbs for meditating
- paññā = intuitive clarity, not analytical discernment
- truth is 1, not 4

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

…Words the earliest Buddhist poetry used (1 of 2):
- purity comes from nonclinging, not from sīla (ritual)
- kusala = adept, skilled
- jhāna = meditation in general
- jhāyati, tapa, samāhita = active verbs for meditating
- paññā = intuitive clarity, not analytical discernment
- truth is 1, not 4

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

…Words the earliest Buddhist poetry used (1 of 2):
- purity comes from nonclinging, not from sīla (ritual)
- kusala = adept, skilled
- jhāna = meditation in general
- jhāyati, tapa, samāhita = active verbs for meditating
- paññā = intuitive clarity, not analytical discernment
- truth is 1, not 4

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

…Words the earliest Buddhist poetry used (1 of 2):
- purity comes from nonclinging, not from sīla (ritual)
- kusala = adept, skilled
- jhāna = meditation in general
- jhāyati, tapa, samāhita = active verbs for meditating
- paññā = intuitive clarity, not analytical discernment
- truth is 1, not 4

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

…Words the earliest Buddhist poetry used (1 of 2):
- purity comes from nonclinging, not from sīla (ritual)
- kusala = adept, skilled
- jhāna = meditation in general
- jhāyati, tapa, samāhita = active verbs for meditating
- paññā = intuitive clarity, not analytical discernment
- truth is 1, not 4

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

Words from the later prose Buddhist suttas which RARELY occur in the earlier poetry:
- sīla (precepts, rituals)
- kusala as merit
- jhāna and samādhi
- nibbāna/nirvāṇa
- anattā
- 4 Noble Truths (ariyasaccāni)
- 5 khandhas
- paṭiccasamuppāda (dependent origination)
- 37 factors of awakening
- upādāna
and others

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

Words from the later prose Buddhist suttas which RARELY occur in the earlier poetry:
- sīla (precepts, rituals)
- kusala as merit
- jhāna and samādhi
- nibbāna/nirvāṇa
- anattā
- 4 Noble Truths (ariyasaccāni)
- 5 khandhas
- paṭiccasamuppāda (dependent origination)
- 37 factors of awakening
- upādāna
and others

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

Words from the later prose Buddhist suttas which RARELY occur in the earlier poetry:
- sīla (precepts, rituals)
- kusala as merit
- jhāna and samādhi
- nibbāna/nirvāṇa
- anattā
- 4 Noble Truths (ariyasaccāni)
- 5 khandhas
- paṭiccasamuppāda (dependent origination)
- 37 factors of awakening
- upādāna
and others

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

Words from the later prose Buddhist suttas which RARELY occur in the earlier poetry:
- sīla (precepts, rituals)
- kusala as merit
- jhāna and samādhi
- nibbāna/nirvāṇa
- anattā
- 4 Noble Truths (ariyasaccāni)
- 5 khandhas
- paṭiccasamuppāda (dependent origination)
- 37 factors of awakening
- upādāna
and others

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

Words from the later prose Buddhist suttas which RARELY occur in the earlier poetry:
- sīla (precepts, rituals)
- kusala as merit
- jhāna and samādhi
- nibbāna/nirvāṇa
- anattā
- 4 Noble Truths (ariyasaccāni)
- 5 khandhas
- paṭiccasamuppāda (dependent origination)
- 37 factors of awakening
- upādāna
and others

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #poetry #prose #history #meditation #enlightenment #nirvana #spirituality #religion

Did Buddha spend 45 years tirelessly walking and teaching, or was that a 'retcon' story invented by the later prose authors of the suttas, to justify the long canon they needed to write in order to compete with Hinduism?

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #hinduism #palicanon #religion #scripture #canon #prose #poetry #competition #fiction #nonfiction #tradition #oraltradition #history #retcon

Did Buddha spend 45 years tirelessly walking and teaching, or was that a 'retcon' story invented by the later prose authors of the suttas, to justify the long canon they needed to write in order to compete with Hinduism?

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #hinduism #palicanon #religion #scripture #canon #prose #poetry #competition #fiction #nonfiction #tradition #oraltradition #history #retcon

Did Buddha spend 45 years tirelessly walking and teaching, or was that a 'retcon' story invented by the later prose authors of the suttas, to justify the long canon they needed to write in order to compete with Hinduism?

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #hinduism #palicanon #religion #scripture #canon #prose #poetry #competition #fiction #nonfiction #tradition #oraltradition #history #retcon

Did Buddha spend 45 years tirelessly walking and teaching, or was that a 'retcon' story invented by the later prose authors of the suttas, to justify the long canon they needed to write in order to compete with Hinduism?

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #hinduism #palicanon #religion #scripture #canon #prose #poetry #competition #fiction #nonfiction #tradition #oraltradition #history #retcon

Did Buddha spend 45 years tirelessly walking and teaching, or was that a 'retcon' story invented by the later prose authors of the suttas, to justify the long canon they needed to write in order to compete with Hinduism?

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #hinduism #palicanon #religion #scripture #canon #prose #poetry #competition #fiction #nonfiction #tradition #oraltradition #history #retcon

Perhaps the central conflict/debate between the early Buddhist poetry and later prose suttas is whether liberation requires being a silent and solitary hermit, or whether it requires judging and performing right, skilful, virtuous, etc (kusala, sīla, puñña, etc) behaviour within society.

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp1_3.html

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #debate #conflict #silence #hermit #eremeticism #solitary #good #evil #right #wrong #behaviour #merit #society

Perhaps the central conflict/debate between the early Buddhist poetry and later prose suttas is whether liberation requires being a silent and solitary hermit, or whether it requires judging and performing right, skilful, virtuous, etc (kusala, sīla, puñña, etc) behaviour within society.

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp1_3.html

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #debate #conflict #silence #hermit #eremeticism #solitary #good #evil #right #wrong #behaviour #merit #society

'As a flame overthrown by the force of the wind
goes to an end
that cannot be classified [as essence, annihilation, etc],
so the sage freed from the name-body [ie, all mentation]
goes to an end
that cannot be classified' (Sn 5.6, Ṭhānissaro's trans).

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp5_6.html

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #suttanipata #nirvana #nibbana #essence #essentialism #buddhanature #annihilation #abhidharma #abhidhamma

'As a flame overthrown by the force of the wind
goes to an end
that cannot be classified [as essence, annihilation, etc],
so the sage freed from the name-body [ie, all mentation]
goes to an end
that cannot be classified' (Sn 5.6, Ṭhānissaro's trans).

https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/StNp/StNp5_6.html

#buddhism #earlybuddhism #suttanipata #nirvana #nibbana #essence #essentialism #buddhanature #annihilation #abhidharma #abhidhamma

📰 Early Buddhist Stupas and the Origin of Mahayana Buddhism (A free, 33-page article from 2014)

Tags: #EarlyBuddhism #Buddhastatue
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/material-practice-and-metamorphosis_fogelin-lars

📰 Early Buddhist Stupas and the Origin of Mahayana Buddhism (A free, 33-page article from 2014)

Tags: #EarlyBuddhism #Buddhastatue
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/material-practice-and-metamorphosis_fogelin-lars

📰 Early Buddhist Stupas and the Origin of Mahayana Buddhism (A free, 33-page article from 2014)

Tags: #EarlyBuddhism #Buddhastatue
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/material-practice-and-metamorphosis_fogelin-lars

📰 Early Buddhist Stupas and the Origin of Mahayana Buddhism (A free, 33-page article from 2014)

Tags: #EarlyBuddhism #Buddhastatue
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/material-practice-and-metamorphosis_fogelin-lars

📰 Early Buddhist Stupas and the Origin of Mahayana Buddhism (A free, 33-page article from 2014)

Tags: #EarlyBuddhism #Buddhastatue
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/material-practice-and-metamorphosis_fogelin-lars

📼 Buddhist Art in Early India (A free, 59-minute video from 2023)

Tags: #Buddhastatue #EarlyBuddhism
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/fragrant-stories_guy-john

📼 Buddhist Art in Early India (A free, 59-minute video from 2023)

Tags: #Buddhastatue #EarlyBuddhism
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/fragrant-stories_guy-john

📼 Buddhist Art in Early India (A free, 59-minute video from 2023)

Tags: #Buddhastatue #EarlyBuddhism
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/fragrant-stories_guy-john

📼 Buddhist Art in Early India (A free, 59-minute video from 2023)

Tags: #Buddhastatue #EarlyBuddhism
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/fragrant-stories_guy-john

📼 Buddhist Art in Early India (A free, 59-minute video from 2023)

Tags: #Buddhastatue #EarlyBuddhism
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/fragrant-stories_guy-john

📰 Apadana-Atthakatha/Visuddhajanavilasini (534 13-537 28, Vv 12–48) (A free, 55-page article from 2021)

Tags: #Pali #EarlyBuddhism #BuddhaQuotes
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/dravidian-poem-translated-into-pali_levman

📰 Apadana-Atthakatha/Visuddhajanavilasini (534 13-537 28, Vv 12–48) (A free, 55-page article from 2021)

Tags: #Pali #EarlyBuddhism #BuddhaQuotes
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/dravidian-poem-translated-into-pali_levman