On the Boundary (of the Mind)

pigbrother

What is the boundary between all things in the world of phenomena?
Will it be between inner and external comprehension?
Will it be between Reality and Mental reconstruction?
Will it be between a phenomenon, the preceding phenomenon and the following phenomenon?

Sentient beings put boundaries around words, with thousands of distinctions. Each person has their own value for words. And entire sentences? You can just imagine! Each person's mind is so unique that any assertion of anything can be completely overturned. That said, the mind has no boundaries. Each person creates or DOES NOT create their own limits. Thousands of differences, thousands of distinctions. When we talk about something, the “subject” is not in the words or phrases, rather, it is in the mind and each person has their own version!

Dazzle

When we talk about something, the “subject” is not in the words or phrases, rather, it is in the mind and each person has their own version! <!-- / message -->

That's how misunderstandings can sometimes occur, depending on how words are interpreted, especially with the written word.


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prajnamind

Words are easily misunderstood - for sure. Especially so at this kind of sites where opinions and teachings are given freely. For the students or learners here, just listen (in this case, read), and digest it yourself or leave it as that.

No one can teach. Only the students must decide to learn the teachings given or not.

Deshy

I recently listened to a talk given by Ajhan Brahm on youtube and he said: "rather than debating endlessly on philosophical subjects on what enlightenment is, what God is etc. which we really cannot prove and for which there are so many different similar blends of opinions out there, it is better to sit down on your mat and find out the answers for yourself.” I think that statement is really timely.

sukhita

Hi Deshy,

Deshy wrote: »

I recently listened to a talk given by Ajhan Brahm on youtube and he said: "rather than debating endlessly on philosophical subjects on what enlightenment is, what God is etc. which we really cannot prove and for which there are so many different similar blends of opinions out there, it is better to sit down on your mat and find out the answers for yourself.” I think that statement is really timely.

I think so too ...

The Dhamma is a practical teaching to end suffering. Its task is not to issue infallible definitions or to satisfy a disciple's intellectual curiosity about metaphysical questions. Its sole purpose was to enable people to get across the river of pain to the further shore. Its job was to relieve suffering and help diciples attain the peace of nibbana. Anything that did not serve that end is of no importance whatsoever in our spiritual quest. A good place for most of us to start is to use the Dhamma as medicine to cure the unhappy conditions we are experiencing here and now. I am not saying that there is no place at all for intellectual curiosity... but "endless' dabating on these metaphysical questions should not overshadow the beneficial practices. The emphasis should be on attaining peace.

With kind regards.

Subjectivity9

I think that words are very good fuel for meditation, and motivating, as they make us even more curious to know.

They also give us hope, like, “Suffering can be made to stop.”

They also introduce new points of view, which keep us from becoming complacent in our own habitual thoughts.

Let us remember, shall we, that the Buddha used words. : ^ )

Was He misguided in this?

Just curious,
S9