The Lost meaning of Avijja / Avidya (agnosis)
The 'secret' principle
behind Emanationism
(Monism,
Platonism, original Buddhism, and Advaita Vedanta)
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2006 Author: Webmaster attan.com

What is avijja (agnosis) specifically? To refer to said term as
merely 'ignorance' is a misnomer. This very short exposition of the
lost and metaphysical meaning of avijja is meant to expose the...

These 17 designations made in sutta are given only as regards the
citta, no other proper noun is given such status. Nothing but the
citta itself is lauded in so many proprietary and
important ways as is the citta below. There is no higher acclaim in
Buddhism than these 16 which are said only of the citta.
You will not find this list anywhere on the internet, and sad to
say, also in no book on Buddhism either in print or out. Many
thousands of hours were spent compiling even this
small list of irrefutable facts about the most important word, the
citta (will) to Gotama the Buddha as reflected in his teachings. This
list is quite possibly the most important list here
on attan.com

What is the meaning of the most important word in Buddhism, the
Citta, in short?
The Citta is the ontological will, or metaphorically in the
scriptural context of Buddhist doctrine (as well as the...

It has been asserted by modern so-called Buddhism-in-name-only that
Buddhism knows only of the gods (Brahma) and nothing of the Godhead/
Absolute/Agathon Brahman. In actuality there can be
doubt that in the grammatically ambiguous expression Brahmabhu'to
(attano) which describes the condition of those who are wholly
liberated, that it is Brahman (the Absolute) and not Brahma (deva, or
mere god) that is in the text and must be read; for it is by Brahman
that one who is "wholly awake" has "become." For (1) the comparatively
limited knowledge of a Brahma is repeatedly emphasized, and
(2) Brahmas are accordingly the Buddhas pupils, not he theirs [ S
1.141-145; Mil 75-76], (3) The Buddha had already been in previous
births a Brahma (god) and a Mahabrahma [AN 4.88] hence it is
meaningless and...

ust as a steaming pile of cow shit attracts little but flies and their
maggots, so too is modern Buddhism a pile which attracts its specific
lot of peoples. How so? By examining the principles of modern
Buddhism (in name only) we can see who it attracts and why; also we
gain a great insight into why 'Buddhism' is a joke religion in general
to other groups.
What does modern Buddhism espouse that it attracts such a
disgusting and utterly repulsive lot of peoples? Namely the most
repulsive and lowest denominator variant of modern pseudo-Buddhism is
that
of Madhyamika and most other varieties of Vajrayana ("Tibetan
Buddhism"), its emptiness dogma it espouses is on par with Theravada
who deny the Subjective self, the Soul which attracts a group of
peoples who find the best of both worlds as it were. They can both
have a 'religion' and not be answerable for their actions after death
or in the next life, for if one denies the Soul or that which carries
on,
from one life to the next, there is no worry for them at all of
anything they do. This principle is incredibly attractive to demon-
minded atheistic types who cleave to this pseudo-Buddhism with great ...

Buddhisms rejection of the brain/consciousness construct, its contrast
to the Will (citta)
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2007 webmaster attan.com

Modern "Buddhism's" attempt to convince others that Buddhism
teaches that the point of purification is as regards the empirical
consciousness (vinnana) and the brain wherein it dwells is, according...

The question is, does Buddhism exist at all in present day? The answer
is most certainly not. What then are the many hundreds of thousands of
'Buddhists' found worldwide today, or their western
counterparts in Europe and the Americas? Either in the form of
Theravada (nihilism/atomism), as Mahayana or Zen, Buddhism is utterly
a dead religion long since passed in history and only survived by the
Nikayas, the oldest and only presecular texts of Buddhism. What
survives today is an empty shell entirely devoid of any of the core
principles of Buddhism, such as the quest for liberation and the
expansion
of wisdom by which the profane nature of corporeal existence is seen
for what it is.
What is called 'Buddhism' today is nothing more than secular
Humanism, preaching a missionary religion of good will and compassion
to ones fellow man, the sympathy for the downtrodden, and worst
of all, the denial of the "only refuge" of Buddhism, the Soul.
Buddhism today is not Buddhism at all, but is in fact a joke religion
deplored by those of even the most meager of intelligences. For an
outsider
with his senses, the empty shell of Buddhism today is an absurd ...

The 'renowned' Theravada materialist Nyanatiloka has said: "Thus with
this doctrine of Selflessness, or anatta, stands or falls the ENTIRE
structure of Buddhism".

Rightly so, all of Theravada fears and protects the meaning and
'interpretation' of anatta like a pack of rabid dogs protect their
fresh kill. They fear and protect the meaning of anatta more so...

"Mind/Citta (is that which) accumulates karma" ( cittena ciyate
karmam) [LXVI, verse 38 Lankavatara Sutra. Trans. D.T. Suzuki]
"The mind/citta is the
Buddha" [gg. 236-239 Lankavatara Sutra. Trans. D.T. Suzuki]
"If no real Self were to exist, then there can be no stages (of
holiness), nor Self-mastery, nor psychic powers (iddhi), nor excellent
samadhi. If the nihilist were to come to you and ask,
'If there is the Self, then show it to me,' the wise will answer 'Show
me your will (and I will show you the Self/Soul).' Those who deny the
Self are opponents of the Buddha's teachings, their
views are one-sided, advocating either 'is', 'is not', these peoples
are to be rejected." [763-765 Lankavatara Sutra. Trans. D.T. Suzuki]

'Etam amatam yadidam anupada cittassa vimokkho' - "This is
immortality, that being the liberated mind/will (citta) which does not
cling (after objectivity)" [MN 2.265]

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there are a 800,000 books teaching you that Jesus is your saviour,
an equal absurdity

a BANDWAGGON FALLACY,

congrats, again proving you have shit for brains.

"1000 books cant be wrong!".............the idiots famous last
words................................................................

And son, there are 10,000 books as commentary upon the Vedas and
Upanishads which outright say the 'breath' is the metaphore for the
Atman.

Only idiot 'buddhists' (so called) such as yourself take breath
literally.

Atman (pali: Attan): (root an, to breathe, cf. atmos, autme is
primarily Spiritus, the luminous is and pneumatic principle, and as
such often equated with the Gale (Vayu, Vata, root va, to blow) of the
Spirit which "bloweth as it listeth"

The 'cutting through' threads have gone a bit quiet. Florin, rather
than me doing two summaries on the trot can you do 'the open way' at
your convenience please?

Tom seems to be AWOL so I'm doing the 'hard way'.

In this chapter Trapunga covers several points before returning to the
theme of openness.

***my comments***

He explains that the spiritual path is hard because we have to do so
much of it ourselves, we should abandon any expectation of it being
always peaceful or pleasant. Even in the relationship with our guru we
are not passive but active.

Similarly we must actively, not passively follow our path. It's not
enough to commit to a path and then just turn up to class. We can't
pass responsibility onto whoever gives us instructions and have our
shortcomings cured.

***Or cross our meditation sessions off our calender, or follow the
steps in a book. It's not enough to just do stuff, even if someone
else says it's the way, we must actively and regularly consider what
and why***