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How do we see blindness?
I suspect you can't discern delusion because if you did it wouldn't be delusion anymore, the inability to discern it is the definition.
So i wouldn't bother trying to see delusion rather discern the results of delusion and change the habit patterns that led to those results.
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In Topic: Was Buddha A Prophet?
2012-04-20 03:07:30
rockyysdt, on 2012-04-19 13:30:18, said:
[I think this is referred to as Buddhist Cosmology.
From Access to Insight;
It is pointless to debate whether these realms are real or simply fanciful metaphors that describe the various mind-states we might experience in this lifetime. The real message of this cosmology is this: unless we take steps to break free of the iron grip of kamma, we are doomed to wander aimlessly from one state to another, with true peace and satisfaction forever out of reach. The Buddha's revolutionary discovery came in finding that there is a way to break free: the Noble Eightfold Path, which equips us with precisely the tools we need to escape from this wearisome wandering, once and for all, to a true and unshakeable freedom.
In Topic: Was Buddha A Prophet?
2012-04-16 09:29:57
bankei, on 2012-04-16 05:43:33, said:
The Buddha made plenty of predictions - or the suttas have him making predictions. eg. When admitting women as nuns he predicted that this would hasten the disappearance of his teachings.
One does not equal plenty.
There is some doubt regarding the authenticity of this one http://dhammawiki.co...sm_and_Misogyny
In Topic: Was Buddha A Prophet?
2012-04-12 11:53:55
hookedondhamma, on 2012-04-12 08:57:55, said:
There's a story in the Dhammapada about the Venerable Kaccana who was said to have looked 'like a monkey' from a distance, by Vassakara, and for that the Buddha said that he'd be born as a monkey in the next lifetime (if he didn't retract his statement, or feel remorse of). Supposedly Vassakara planted many banana trees, and sometime after he died, it was said that whenever a person would call out 'Vassakara', there'd be a monkey who'd always show acknowledgment of that name.
Don't think that could be labeled as prophecy, though.
Don't think that could be labeled as prophecy, though.
Sounds a bit like the phrase "if you masturbate you'll go blind", not so much a prophecy as an encouragement to change behaviour.
In Topic: Was Buddha A Prophet?
2012-04-12 06:44:22
huli, on 2012-04-12 06:16:08, said:
Predictions about the "next life" might be considered prophesy, and they weren't shy to make those without prompting.
So are you saying there are instances in the pali canon where the Buddha said something along the lines of "This person will be reborn as an x"?
Do you have some references you can point me to?
