" Let an intelligent person come to me, sincere, honest, straightforward, I shall instruct him and point him towards the Dhamma, so that practicing according to instruction, Before long he would himself know, and himself see. Even so, indeed is freedom from the direct bond, That is from the bond of delusion. " -Gotama Buddha
16 Feb 18
Originally posted by @karoly-aczelWhat, in your opinion, is direct bond?
" Let an intelligent person come to me, sincere, honest, straightforward, I shall instruct him and point him towards the Dhamma, so that practicing according to instruction, Before long he would himself know, and himself see. Even so, indeed is freedom from the direct bond, That is from the bond of delusion. " -Gotama Buddha
16 Feb 18
Originally posted by @philokaliaAttachment to physical things
What, in your opinion, is direct bond?
16 Feb 18
Originally posted by @karoly-aczelWhat will you get when you break the bond to the attachment to physical things?
Attachment to physical things
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16 Feb 18
Originally posted by @philokaliaHungry?
What will you get when you break the bond to the attachment to physical things?
16 Feb 18
Originally posted by @philokaliaEnlightenment.
What will you get when you break the bond to the attachment to physical things?
16 Feb 18
Originally posted by @philokaliaAnd Christians believing we are 'humoring' Buddhism but of course taking their religion seriously is nothing new either.
I am wondering, though, if any of the people who are humoring us with Buddhism here believe the underlying metaphysics.
Atheists nodding approval at Buddhism shorn of cosmological and metaphysical significance is nothing new.
16 Feb 18
Originally posted by @philokaliaThe original Buddhism is not metaphysical.
I am wondering, though, if any of the people who are humoring us with Buddhism here believe the underlying metaphysics.
Atheists nodding approval at Buddhism shorn of cosmological and metaphysical significance is nothing new.
16 Feb 18
Originally posted by @bigdoggproblemYes and no.
The original Buddhism is not metaphysical.
But mostly no.
And perhaps the only thing that makes people say "yes" to this is because we do not know that much about the original Buddhism.
Have you read the Sutta Nippata? There's certainly a lot of the mystical and metaphysical in this, and it is regarded as the original Buddhist scriptures.
16 Feb 18
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeYou are a materialist though, right.
Enlightenment.
SO what is enlightenment to you. What does that look like.