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Progress ? What or whom is better than what or whom ? (Quote) Nagarjuna says they are Jeffrey. What determines Nirvana or Samsara is not ontological qualities. Its unobstructed view. To use your anal… (View Post)
We know they are not 100 % translations of the Buddhas words @karasti, because the Buddha did not speak Sanskrit or Pali, which latter in any case is not a language that was ever spoken as a means of… (View Post)
(Quote) Absolutely. While acknowledging that a large swathe of Theravadin opinion supports the 'Three Lives Model ' , another large swathe sees that as being speculative at best. And as @Jason says i… (View Post)
The idea that there is a consensus , even within the Theravada, concerning the Pali Canonical view of Paticcsamuppada and Punabhava is easily disproved by visiting forums like Dhamma Wheel, which is … (View Post)