Dhammablue
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Early Buddhism, meditation, philosophy of consciousness.
From Buddha to Derrida
September 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
From Buddha to Derrida
“Just as a blue, red, or white lotus is born in the water, grows up in the water, but rises above the water and stands unsoiled by the water — so too, the Tathāgata is born in the world, grows up in the world, but has overcome the world and dwells unsoiled by the world.”
(AN 4.36)
(AN 4.36)
July 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
“Just as a blue, red, or white lotus is born in the water, grows up in the water, but rises above the water and stands unsoiled by the water — so too, the Tathāgata is born in the world, grows up in the world, but has overcome the world and dwells unsoiled by the world.”
(AN 4.36)
(AN 4.36)
竹影扫阶尘未动，月穿潭底水无痕。
Bamboo shadows sweep the steps, yet not a speck of dust is stirred; The moonlight pierces the pond’s depths, leaving no ripple on the water.
Bamboo shadows sweep the steps, yet not a speck of dust is stirred; The moonlight pierces the pond’s depths, leaving no ripple on the water.
June 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
竹影扫阶尘未动，月穿潭底水无痕。
Bamboo shadows sweep the steps, yet not a speck of dust is stirred; The moonlight pierces the pond’s depths, leaving no ripple on the water.
Bamboo shadows sweep the steps, yet not a speck of dust is stirred; The moonlight pierces the pond’s depths, leaving no ripple on the water.
Buddhism is not about altered states of consciousness. It's about how to relate to consciousness.
June 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Buddhism is not about altered states of consciousness. It's about how to relate to consciousness.
It’s not what’s happening in experience, it’s how it is interpreted through avijjā, which breeds craving and clinging. This experience is mine, is good, bad, peaceful, sublime...
It's not the experience that are the problem; it's "your" judgements and attachment to this happening experience.
It's not the experience that are the problem; it's "your" judgements and attachment to this happening experience.
June 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It’s not what’s happening in experience, it’s how it is interpreted through avijjā, which breeds craving and clinging. This experience is mine, is good, bad, peaceful, sublime...
It's not the experience that are the problem; it's "your" judgements and attachment to this happening experience.
It's not the experience that are the problem; it's "your" judgements and attachment to this happening experience.
What if the clinging of five aggregates is just a self-model being constructed, and liberation through the Noble Path is only the deconstruction of this self-model? The free energy principle and predictive processing theory may shed light on a modern understanding of ancient Buddhism.
May 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
What if the clinging of five aggregates is just a self-model being constructed, and liberation through the Noble Path is only the deconstruction of this self-model? The free energy principle and predictive processing theory may shed light on a modern understanding of ancient Buddhism.
I am, I exist, I feel, I know, I have, I do, I want, I will, I love, I hope, I fear, I care, I live, I die. The goal of Buddhism is not spiritual experience, but just the eradication of the I-making process by phenomenal self model. Experience happens without I/me/self.
May 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I am, I exist, I feel, I know, I have, I do, I want, I will, I love, I hope, I fear, I care, I live, I die. The goal of Buddhism is not spiritual experience, but just the eradication of the I-making process by phenomenal self model. Experience happens without I/me/self.
From the Buddha (Dhammapada, verse 5):
“Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world.
By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased.
This is an eternal law.”
“Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world.
By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased.
This is an eternal law.”
May 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
From the Buddha (Dhammapada, verse 5):
“Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world.
By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased.
This is an eternal law.”
“Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world.
By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased.
This is an eternal law.”
You are not the hatred.
Hatred is just a wave in the mind.
You are the ocean that knows it.
Hatred is just a wave in the mind.
You are the ocean that knows it.
May 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
You are not the hatred.
Hatred is just a wave in the mind.
You are the ocean that knows it.
Hatred is just a wave in the mind.
You are the ocean that knows it.
You are not in the movie —
You are the screen on which it appears. The body-mind is the character. Awareness is the watcher.
You are the screen on which it appears. The body-mind is the character. Awareness is the watcher.
May 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
You are not in the movie —
You are the screen on which it appears. The body-mind is the character. Awareness is the watcher.
You are the screen on which it appears. The body-mind is the character. Awareness is the watcher.
Meditation just is the tool to get the mind concentrated and illuminated, and then use this super mind with super clarity to see with wisdom and discernment all dhamma phenomena as they truly are. This is the key part leading to ultimate nibbana, meditating with blissful experiences is not enough.
Therefore, the key to vimutti liberation is viraga, dispassion. How can we get dispassion to what we habitually attached to? Nibbida, disenchantment. How to get disenchantment? See with panna the true nature of all experience and reality, their anicca impermanent, dukkha distress, anatta non-self.
Raga, dosa, moha, the three root defilements of mind in Pali Canon. "raga" just means colored, translated as passion, lust, clinging. It includes three kinds: kamaraga, ruparaga, aruparaga. Kamaraga refers to lust for sensual pleasure. rupa, arupa raga refers to clinging to states of meditation.
May 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Meditation just is the tool to get the mind concentrated and illuminated, and then use this super mind with super clarity to see with wisdom and discernment all dhamma phenomena as they truly are. This is the key part leading to ultimate nibbana, meditating with blissful experiences is not enough.
Therefore, the key to vimutti liberation is viraga, dispassion. How can we get dispassion to what we habitually attached to? Nibbida, disenchantment. How to get disenchantment? See with panna the true nature of all experience and reality, their anicca impermanent, dukkha distress, anatta non-self.
Raga, dosa, moha, the three root defilements of mind in Pali Canon. "raga" just means colored, translated as passion, lust, clinging. It includes three kinds: kamaraga, ruparaga, aruparaga. Kamaraga refers to lust for sensual pleasure. rupa, arupa raga refers to clinging to states of meditation.
I use this image often. On the left an evening primrose as we see it. On the right the same flower photographed w/ film sensitive to ultraviolet— bees and butterflies can see ultraviolet.
I've been in a mood today. In tonight's #meditation there was a sense for how "mood" is just a mind's coloring.
I've been in a mood today. In tonight's #meditation there was a sense for how "mood" is just a mind's coloring.
May 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Therefore, the key to vimutti liberation is viraga, dispassion. How can we get dispassion to what we habitually attached to? Nibbida, disenchantment. How to get disenchantment? See with panna the true nature of all experience and reality, their anicca impermanent, dukkha distress, anatta non-self.
Raga, dosa, moha, the three root defilements of mind in Pali Canon. "raga" just means colored, translated as passion, lust, clinging. It includes three kinds: kamaraga, ruparaga, aruparaga. Kamaraga refers to lust for sensual pleasure. rupa, arupa raga refers to clinging to states of meditation.
I use this image often. On the left an evening primrose as we see it. On the right the same flower photographed w/ film sensitive to ultraviolet— bees and butterflies can see ultraviolet.
I've been in a mood today. In tonight's #meditation there was a sense for how "mood" is just a mind's coloring.
I've been in a mood today. In tonight's #meditation there was a sense for how "mood" is just a mind's coloring.
May 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Raga, dosa, moha, the three root defilements of mind in Pali Canon. "raga" just means colored, translated as passion, lust, clinging. It includes three kinds: kamaraga, ruparaga, aruparaga. Kamaraga refers to lust for sensual pleasure. rupa, arupa raga refers to clinging to states of meditation.
We develop a strong sense of "me" and "mine." We identify with our body, feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and consciousness (the five aggregates). We extend this sense of ownership to material possessions, relationships, social status, reputation, ideas, and even our life story.
April 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We develop a strong sense of "me" and "mine." We identify with our body, feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and consciousness (the five aggregates). We extend this sense of ownership to material possessions, relationships, social status, reputation, ideas, and even our life story.
The ultimate target of liberation of buddhism is āsava:
Kāmāsava: The taint/outflow of sensuality.
Bhavāsava: The taint/outflow of becoming/existence.
Diṭṭhāsava: The taint/outflow of views/speculation.
Avijjāsava: The taint/outflow of ignorance.
Kāmāsava: The taint/outflow of sensuality.
Bhavāsava: The taint/outflow of becoming/existence.
Diṭṭhāsava: The taint/outflow of views/speculation.
Avijjāsava: The taint/outflow of ignorance.
April 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The ultimate target of liberation of buddhism is āsava:
Kāmāsava: The taint/outflow of sensuality.
Bhavāsava: The taint/outflow of becoming/existence.
Diṭṭhāsava: The taint/outflow of views/speculation.
Avijjāsava: The taint/outflow of ignorance.
Kāmāsava: The taint/outflow of sensuality.
Bhavāsava: The taint/outflow of becoming/existence.
Diṭṭhāsava: The taint/outflow of views/speculation.
Avijjāsava: The taint/outflow of ignorance.
Every passion or compulsion to everyday experience is an opportunity to cultivate panna wisdom. Be mindful and diligent.
April 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Every passion or compulsion to everyday experience is an opportunity to cultivate panna wisdom. Be mindful and diligent.
Affliction is Bodhi.
April 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Affliction is Bodhi.
Speaking is just where self-building happens. We defend views, we create self identity, craving approval. Practice sati-sampajana, keep being mindful and discerning, see these things as they truly are, then you become disenchanted and dispassion, ripened into letting go and liberation.
April 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Speaking is just where self-building happens. We defend views, we create self identity, craving approval. Practice sati-sampajana, keep being mindful and discerning, see these things as they truly are, then you become disenchanted and dispassion, ripened into letting go and liberation.
I have to say buddhism is anti-humanism in someway. Its goal is transcendent, not this life and its happiness and achievements. Dukkha means all these success life happiness are all impermanent and will gone someday. Unsatisfactory is the basic nature of all engagement in life.
April 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I have to say buddhism is anti-humanism in someway. Its goal is transcendent, not this life and its happiness and achievements. Dukkha means all these success life happiness are all impermanent and will gone someday. Unsatisfactory is the basic nature of all engagement in life.
Every time we engage in social interaction there is the case we are becoming somebody through this social approving. This kind of self constructing is anicca impermanent and dukkha by its nature. For this anicca and dukkha, its not worthy to be my self, so it's anatta, non-self: unworthy as a self.
April 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Every time we engage in social interaction there is the case we are becoming somebody through this social approving. This kind of self constructing is anicca impermanent and dukkha by its nature. For this anicca and dukkha, its not worthy to be my self, so it's anatta, non-self: unworthy as a self.
Craving for recognition from another human being is a deep root of human existence. We need to feel the certainty of being someone which needs others to approve. Seclusion (viveka) is the antidote to this craving for recognition. kaya viveka, citta viveka, letting go the tanha to becoming somebody.
April 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Craving for recognition from another human being is a deep root of human existence. We need to feel the certainty of being someone which needs others to approve. Seclusion (viveka) is the antidote to this craving for recognition. kaya viveka, citta viveka, letting go the tanha to becoming somebody.
If buddhism makes you feel weak, you should not practice it. Samadhi is a kind of courage to any right thing without worry about the results, and knowing what is the right thing is panna wisdom. The same problem, one can solve it with angry passion but on also can fix it with a calm mind.
April 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
If buddhism makes you feel weak, you should not practice it. Samadhi is a kind of courage to any right thing without worry about the results, and knowing what is the right thing is panna wisdom. The same problem, one can solve it with angry passion but on also can fix it with a calm mind.
Kama/sensuality can cause dukkha/stress because it is an impulsive act. Indulging in the Kama will strengthen the impulsiveness which exacerbates anxiety and stress. Seclusion from Kama therefore is a key factor for liberation.
December 4, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Kama/sensuality can cause dukkha/stress because it is an impulsive act. Indulging in the Kama will strengthen the impulsiveness which exacerbates anxiety and stress. Seclusion from Kama therefore is a key factor for liberation.
This attachment or clinging to the person who is being treated badly by others is what Buddha called the origination of suffering. The origination of this attachment is the craving for all the phenomenal experiences that come from this body and mind. The origination of craving is feeling.
October 20, 2024 at 2:44 PM
This attachment or clinging to the person who is being treated badly by others is what Buddha called the origination of suffering. The origination of this attachment is the craving for all the phenomenal experiences that come from this body and mind. The origination of craving is feeling.