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Told DAD That Meat Is NOT Forbidden, And He Gets ANGRY!
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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_member14" data-source="post: 166557" data-attributes="member: 586"><p>Harry ji,</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So what you are saying is that I am limited by Buddhist concepts in interpreting my experiences and don't realize that in reality things can be different? I wouldn't respect me for this!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Please note that I am pointing to moments of consciousness which rises and falls away at the rate of trillions in one finger snap. This means that many different states can alternate in what seems to us like an instant. Your own example, “falling in love with the wrong person” points to the fact that love is one experience, the perception of a person another, and that person being wrong yet another. So you are not talking about what happens in one mind moment, but a “situation” which can only be a concept and not a reality. But I did point to the same kind of process in my previous message. Does this mean then that you do not agree with this? But before you answer, consider the following:</p><p></p><p>Quote:</p><p>Attachment has the characteristic of grasping an object like “monkey lime”. Its function is sticking, like meat put in a hot pan. It is manifested as not giving up, like the dye of lamp-black. Its proximate cause is seeing enjoyment in things ….<end quote></p><p></p><p>Does it make sense to you that there would be grasping of an object which is unpleasant? One desires an object because the experience is accompanied by pleasant feeling re: the proximate cause. And one hates an object when it arouses unpleasant feelings, </p><p></p><p>Quote:</p><p> “proximate cause of aversion are “grounds for annoyance, like urine mixed with poison””. </p><p></p><p>A masochist does what he does not because he likes the pain, but because the pain triggers pleasure. That someone continues to live with a person he or she dislikes may be due precisely to not being able to sort out one’s thoughts and feelings, as it is with all of us to a lesser or greater degree much of the time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hating something and the idea of hating it are two different experiences. In your case, the latter is conditioned by attachment accompanied by pleasant feeling.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Each writer of stories will be revealing his own prevailing view and mood.</p><p>Restlessness is a mental state not measured by any outward behavior. Someone listening to a particular music will outwardly appear still and serene. In truth however, being that he’d be listening with attachment, there is restlessness all the way through.</p><p></p><p>Restlessness is a mental factor which accompanies all unwholesome states. There is restlessness with attachment, with wrong understanding, conceit, aversion, envy, guilt, sloth, torpor, miserliness, doubt and so on. Free of restlessness are the wholesome states including, wisdom, generosity, kindness, compassion, faith, sympathy, equanimity, respect, mindfulness, moral shame and such. </p><p></p><p>You either have to insist that your dog experiences the wholesome states most of the time or that the Buddha was limited in his knowledge about such things, and that I am someone who follows his teachings unthinkingly like sheep. </p><p></p><p>I would admit one thing though, that after hearing the Buddha’s description of reality and having some glimpse with regard to my own ignorance, I began to not take the impressions about my own experiences seriously. You could say that as time passed, I started to see more and more how ignorant I am and how little the ability to discriminate correctly, one experience from another. Would you suggest that I lack confidence or something? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Are you saying that you disagree with the often stated idea here on SPN, that human beings according to Sikhism are superior to animals? I don't understand your reference to Karma and why you then state that this is your one and only life?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, I was asking with regard particularly to the idea of “consonance”. Do you not consider this the goal and therefore sign of success as a human being? If so, would not a dog than be considered more “successful” than a human being? And given that he does it without having to learn how to do it, does this not point to it being in fact a superior life form?</p><p></p><p>How do you come to see that your dog has respect and is polite? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The context was your statement:</p><p></p><p>“with all our intelligence and abilities, finding consonance is supremely easier for a dog than it is for a human.”</p><p></p><p>Now, being that consonance is the ultimate goal for a human being, and animals achieve this easily, does not your suggestion above point to the fact that the human being’s ability to think is a hindrance / disadvantage? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The choice is yours, so how come you can't become enlightened or achieve consonance whenever you want? How come a lion often fails to catch its prey? How come your dog can't do anything about your being late in feeding him? How come when you are sick, you can't get well just by wishing it? How come you get angry even though you know that it is not good? You love your wife, can you decide not to love her and see it happen? Can I ask you to stop believing in God? Can you refrain from thinking about me while reading this response? Can you choose not to be able to make a choice?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So do you have a choice or you don’t?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_member14, post: 166557, member: 586"] Harry ji, So what you are saying is that I am limited by Buddhist concepts in interpreting my experiences and don't realize that in reality things can be different? I wouldn't respect me for this! Please note that I am pointing to moments of consciousness which rises and falls away at the rate of trillions in one finger snap. This means that many different states can alternate in what seems to us like an instant. Your own example, “falling in love with the wrong person” points to the fact that love is one experience, the perception of a person another, and that person being wrong yet another. So you are not talking about what happens in one mind moment, but a “situation” which can only be a concept and not a reality. But I did point to the same kind of process in my previous message. Does this mean then that you do not agree with this? But before you answer, consider the following: Quote: Attachment has the characteristic of grasping an object like “monkey lime”. Its function is sticking, like meat put in a hot pan. It is manifested as not giving up, like the dye of lamp-black. Its proximate cause is seeing enjoyment in things ….<end quote> Does it make sense to you that there would be grasping of an object which is unpleasant? One desires an object because the experience is accompanied by pleasant feeling re: the proximate cause. And one hates an object when it arouses unpleasant feelings, Quote: “proximate cause of aversion are “grounds for annoyance, like urine mixed with poison””. A masochist does what he does not because he likes the pain, but because the pain triggers pleasure. That someone continues to live with a person he or she dislikes may be due precisely to not being able to sort out one’s thoughts and feelings, as it is with all of us to a lesser or greater degree much of the time. Hating something and the idea of hating it are two different experiences. In your case, the latter is conditioned by attachment accompanied by pleasant feeling. Each writer of stories will be revealing his own prevailing view and mood. Restlessness is a mental state not measured by any outward behavior. Someone listening to a particular music will outwardly appear still and serene. In truth however, being that he’d be listening with attachment, there is restlessness all the way through. Restlessness is a mental factor which accompanies all unwholesome states. There is restlessness with attachment, with wrong understanding, conceit, aversion, envy, guilt, sloth, torpor, miserliness, doubt and so on. Free of restlessness are the wholesome states including, wisdom, generosity, kindness, compassion, faith, sympathy, equanimity, respect, mindfulness, moral shame and such. You either have to insist that your dog experiences the wholesome states most of the time or that the Buddha was limited in his knowledge about such things, and that I am someone who follows his teachings unthinkingly like sheep. I would admit one thing though, that after hearing the Buddha’s description of reality and having some glimpse with regard to my own ignorance, I began to not take the impressions about my own experiences seriously. You could say that as time passed, I started to see more and more how ignorant I am and how little the ability to discriminate correctly, one experience from another. Would you suggest that I lack confidence or something? Are you saying that you disagree with the often stated idea here on SPN, that human beings according to Sikhism are superior to animals? I don't understand your reference to Karma and why you then state that this is your one and only life? Well, I was asking with regard particularly to the idea of “consonance”. Do you not consider this the goal and therefore sign of success as a human being? If so, would not a dog than be considered more “successful” than a human being? And given that he does it without having to learn how to do it, does this not point to it being in fact a superior life form? How do you come to see that your dog has respect and is polite? The context was your statement: “with all our intelligence and abilities, finding consonance is supremely easier for a dog than it is for a human.” Now, being that consonance is the ultimate goal for a human being, and animals achieve this easily, does not your suggestion above point to the fact that the human being’s ability to think is a hindrance / disadvantage? The choice is yours, so how come you can't become enlightened or achieve consonance whenever you want? How come a lion often fails to catch its prey? How come your dog can't do anything about your being late in feeding him? How come when you are sick, you can't get well just by wishing it? How come you get angry even though you know that it is not good? You love your wife, can you decide not to love her and see it happen? Can I ask you to stop believing in God? Can you refrain from thinking about me while reading this response? Can you choose not to be able to make a choice? So do you have a choice or you don’t? [/QUOTE]
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