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Author: ancientbuddhismancientbuddhism
Date: Feb 13, 2008 16:56
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...
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Author: ancientbuddhismancientbuddhism
Date: Feb 13, 2008 16:54
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...
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Author: ancientbuddhismancientbuddhism
Date: Feb 13, 2008 16:53
Why is modern "Buddhism" such a magnet for evil and foul peoples?
Why modern
Buddhism is truely a joke religion
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Just 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...
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Author: ancientbuddhismancientbuddhism
Date: Feb 13, 2008 16:52
BUDDHISM, A DEAD RELIGION
Where Buddhism is, where
it was, and how to find the original
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2007 webmaster attan.com
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
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Author: ancientbuddhismancientbuddhism
Date: Feb 13, 2008 16:51
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...
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Author: ancientbuddhismancientbuddhism
Date: Feb 13, 2008 16:50
The Buddhist term Anatman (Sanskrit), or Anatta (Pali) is an adjective
in sutra used to refer to the nature of phenomena as being devoid of
the Soul, the ontological and subjective Self (atman) which is
the "light (dipam), and only refuge" [DN 2.100]. Of the 662
occurrences of the term Anatta in the Nikayas, its usage is restricted
to referring to 22 nouns (forms, feelings, perception, experiences,
consciousness, the eye, eye-consciousness, desires, mentation, mental
formations, ear, nose, tongue, body, lusts, things unreal, etc.), all
phenomenal, as being Selfless (anatta). Contrary to some popular
books written outside the scope of Buddhist doctrine, there is no
"Doctrine of anatta/anatman" mentioned anywhere in the sutras, rather
anatta is used only to refer to impermanent things as other than the
Soul, to be anatta.
Specifically in sutra, anatta is used to describe the nature of
any and all composite, consubstantial, phenomenal, and temporal
things, from the macrocosmic, to microcosmic, be it matter as pertains
the
physical body or the cosmos at large, including any and all mental
machinations which are of the nature of arising and passing. Anatta in
sutra is synonymous and interchangeable with the terms dukkha ...
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Author: ancientbuddhismancientbuddhism
Date: Feb 13, 2008 16:48
"I don't know where my soul is"
There are four errors in this statement, and one axis of
truth upon which all four rotate round
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"Where is my soul" is the most common question in reply by the
ignorant and profane when discussing metaphysics, Buddhism, or other
forms of Monism; being the abbreviated version of "I don't know...
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Author: ancientbuddhismancientbuddhism
Date: Feb 13, 2008 16:47
On the profanity that is Atheism
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The profane and pathetic nature of Atheism does not stem from
its denial of a Creationist God, but as the Greek term itself defines
same, atheos (anti-divinity...
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Author: ancientbuddhismancientbuddhism
Date: Feb 13, 2008 16:46
SIX ROCK-HARD FACTS MODERN BUDDHISM WANTS TO REMAIN IGNORANT OF
#1. There is no dispute by any researcher, any Buddhologist on earth
that the Nikayas specifically are the oldest and earliest existing
texts as pertains Buddhism and its doctrine which
exists.
#2. There is no dispute by any researcher, any Buddhologist on earth
that the Nikayas predate ANY and ALL sects of modern-day Buddhism.
#3. There is no dispute by any researcher, any Buddhologist on earth
that Theravada (formerly known as branch of Sarvastivada), while old,
unquestionably did not exist prior to the 2nd or
3rd centuries C.E. (being at LEAST 500 years post to the evidences in
#4).
#4. The Sanchi and Bharut inscriptions (aka the Pillar edicts)
unquestionably dated to the middle of the second century B.C.E. push
the composition of the 5 Nikayas back to a earlier date
by mentioning the word "pañcanekayika" (Five Nikyas), thereby placing
the Nikayas as put together (NO LATER THAN) at a period about half way
between the death of the Buddha and
the accession of Asoka (before 265 B.C.), as such the 5 Nikayas, the
earliest existing texts of Buddhism, must have been well known and ...
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