tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post1401064520388176970..comments2024-03-27T14:35:59.406-07:00Comments on The Outsider: Evola on Buddhism: The Doctrine of AwakeningPaññobhāsahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-66552935682914058622021-04-09T11:45:34.109-07:002021-04-09T11:45:34.109-07:00I was informed of that some time after writing thi...I was informed of that some time after writing this, and long after reading the book, so that I had forgotten the name of the translator.Paññobhāsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-8383170973275611792021-04-09T11:41:27.453-07:002021-04-09T11:41:27.453-07:00Have you realized that Nyanavira and H.E. Musson a...Have you realized that Nyanavira and H.E. Musson are actually the same person?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-37103155372566441012020-08-29T07:43:57.779-07:002020-08-29T07:43:57.779-07:00Good day Bhante,
"It seems that Evola, despi...Good day Bhante,<br /><br />"It seems that Evola, despite his studies and sharp mind, did not fully appreciate this—but then again, even many Asian meditation masters endorse the idea of “storming the gates of Nirvana.” It is one of the rare superiorities of Western Buddhism that many of its teachers can appreciate the great paradox. Or so it seems to me."<br /><br />While Bhante I agree with you that the unconditioned is beyond words, and a place of balance so hard to detect. However the effort required to reach path and fruits is major (not by the lower that the supreme is attained, but by the supreme. (Aggassa).<br /><br />So the raft is abandoned once one reaches the far sure, but great effort, wisdom to know to follow the Buddha; the one can do the work to sustain satisfied for 7 days to seven years and break through when the causes are in place (like mn 16).<br /><br />So I like the idea that goals and perfection are needed in order to perfect the 44 sallekha and end suffering, and in the processes of perfecting wisdom eventually one will renounce all wrong views and perfect practice ending suffering.<br /><br />Anyhow, thanks for the overview of the book, I think that's enough of an insight.<br /><br />One more thing on nibbana, interesting in the suttas the gates of the deathless are mentioned and nibbana is described as a possible meditation theme. Interestingly it has never made it into any meditation manual, my guess is once a stream enterer one has a signless symbol or a way of the heart pointing itself in the direction of nibbana.<br /><br />As it sits between everything, it is easy for people to fall into wrong views, but the nibbida required to have equinimity to all sankhara is supreme. So I guess perfecting the path, perfect mindfulness then laying down the world, & sankhara; one didn't have anything left for the house builder to build. Yet as you have aptly described, it goes beyond words.<br /><br />I like the idea of the right view sutta, just taking up and perfecting one of these will lead to nibbana. Some peoples temperaments is to storm the gates, but the differance I think as long as the let go enough to contemplate inline with truth, developing some level of salarying, it is possible.<br /><br />While the Buddha recommended a certain way of practice, there are still the slower or difficult paths also!<br /><br />Anyway thanks for the food for thought,<br /><br />Metta & Mudita<br />Joniour BhikkhuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-47525342210409902472020-07-09T10:40:14.382-07:002020-07-09T10:40:14.382-07:00Yeah, it can be confusing, partly because even ort...Yeah, it can be confusing, partly because even orthodox Buddhism does not accept the idea of the transmigration of a soul or spirit. Instead it is the energetic momentum of karma that continues in another form after one outward form (body) has died. Evola believed in spiritual forces abiding in time, like the spirit of a people or a race, but didn't see it so much as an individual spiritual force. It's been a long time since I read his explanations, though, so I may be incorrect here.Paññobhāsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14148206217028034038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-47710560659014034692020-07-09T08:49:06.477-07:002020-07-09T08:49:06.477-07:00" Like many westerners, Evola had little use ..." Like many westerners, Evola had little use for the notion of rebirth or “reincarnation,” and declared it to be a non-Aryan intrusion. He did, however, accept the Buddhist idea of karmic momentum passing from one life to another."<br /><br />I'm confused by this statement, was is the difference here? Did Evola believe in an afterlife or the spirit passing to the next birth, or is he talking about the biological karma of blood in general?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8485583244199236996.post-15895063784043524342019-06-29T01:28:17.195-07:002019-06-29T01:28:17.195-07:00And the battle for the Iron Throne begins.And the battle for the Iron Throne begins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com