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 Tags: #Cessation #Nirodha #Dukkha #Nibbana #EarlyBuddhism #Epistemology #Metaphysics #Hume #Kant #DependentOrigination #Phenomenology #SelfReference #ConstructedExperience #Abhidhamma #AnalyticalPhilosophy Go to Suttapitaka r/Suttapitaka • I consider the work on EBTs here to be mostly done. And I am extremely happy with the systematization, operationalization and how I've explained things. There are a few more things that can be fleshed out: Cessation vs Metaphysical Non-Existence Non-Existence as it is generally used is a rhetorical postulate. It requires a mind to imaginatively project an objective "nothingness"—which is a logical impossibility. It is a completely unprovable, un-falsifiable a. It has zero operational utility because no one can run an experiment to verify "non-existence". Operational Cessation is a Verifiable Event. In contrast to non-existence, the   cessation of perception & feeling   is an empirically verifiable event within the scope o...

  Tags: PostmodernPhilosophy, Hume, Kant, HumeGuillotine, HumeFork, Epistemology, Metaphysics, PhilosophyOfReligion, BuddhistPhilosophy, EarlyBuddhism, SN5611, SN22186, SN3611, SN457, SN430, Ud83, Ud110, MN7, MN59, MN121, AN934, AN1034, DependentOrigination, Soteriology, Nibbana, CessationOfPerceptionAndFeeling, SignlessSamadhi, Sankhata, Asankhata, Noumenon, Phenomenology, PhilosophyOfMind, ParaconsistentLogic, Falsifiability, Rationalism, Postmodernism, AxiomaticSystems Go to Suttapitaka r/Suttapitaka • 1y ago rightviewftw Epistemological Analysis Of The Early Buddhist Texts Introduction: This post explores the building blocks of postmodern theory and the application of modern epistemological razors to the epistemological framework presented in the Early Buddhist Texts for analysis of their falsifiability. 1. Problem Statement: In the landscape of philosophical and religious thought, there’s a recurring debate about the relationship between subjectivity and objectivity, as well ...

  Tags: EarlyBuddhism, FourNobleTruths, Dukkha, SN5611, SN2282, SN45165, SN3611, Upadana, Pañcupādānakkhandha, Aggregates, BuddhistPhilosophy, Theravada, PaliCanon, DependentOrigination, Taṇhā, Craving, Arahant, Nibbana, Soteriology, Abhidhamma, TextualAnalysis, ScripturalHermeneutics Go to Suttapitaka r/Suttapitaka • 1y ago What is 'Dukkha' and do the Arahants have it? There is a surprising controversy around this term 'Dukkha', usually translated as 'suffering'. Many people believe that one's attachment or clinging to the aggregates is what constitutes dukkha in the early texts rather than the aggregates themselves being dukkha. I will show that this is wrong. Let's look at some texts There is no dukkha like the aggregates and no bliss higher than the peace. Hunger is the worst disease, conditioned things the worst dukkha. - Dhp 197-198 "These three, bhikkhus (monks), are suffering. What are these three? The suffering of pain (dukkhadukkhatā), th...

 tags: EarlyBuddhism, FourNobleTruths, SN5611, MN26, MN64, MN121, MN59, AN934, AN947, AN1037, Ud83, SN3611, SN416, SN226, SN436, SN4512, SN14011, SN122, SN437, SN488, SN4911, SN457, SN4507, SN120, SN70, Abhidhamma, Theravada, BuddhistPhilosophy, Soteriology, Nirvana, Nibbana, CessationOfPerceptionAndFeeling, SignlessSamadhi, Asankhata, Sankhata, DependentOrigination, UpadanaKkhandha, Paticcasamuppada, Jhana, FormlessAttainments, MeditativeAbsorption, Phenomenology, PhilosophyOfMind, NonSelf, Anatta, Dukkha, Taṇhā, Rebirth, Kamma, AxiomaticReasoning, ParaconsistentLogic, ModalOntology, Epistemology, Metaphysics, ComparativeReligion Go to Suttapitaka r/Suttapitaka • I will show my interpretative analysis of the Four Noble Truths, as presented in SN56.11 — by cross-reference. The First Noble Truth Here's the definition Pali   Idaṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, dukkhaṁ ariyasaccaṁ—jātipi dukkhā, jarāpi dukkhā, byādhipi dukkho, maraṇampi dukkhaṁ, appiyehi sampayogo dukkho, piyehi vippa...