Timeline for What is *vitakkavicārānaṃ*? And what about day-dreaming?
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| S Aug 12, 2020 at 21:34 | history | suggested | Kumāra Bhikkhu | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
It doesn't make sense without the complete case-ending.
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| Jul 24, 2020 at 7:12 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | @KumāraBhikkhu Sorry I think it's too late to make that edit -- the edit would "invalidate" existing answers, which attempt to answer the second or third parts. You are welcome to answer only the first part if you can (or not to if you don't feel like it). | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 2:41 | comment | added | Kumāra Bhikkhu | It would be better to ask only the first question first. As it is, I don't feel like answering. | |
| Jul 24, 2020 at 2:38 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jul 21, 2020 at 14:43 | answer | added | OyaMist | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 20, 2020 at 11:30 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jul 20, 2020 at 10:36 | answer | added | frankk | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 20, 2020 at 9:33 | answer | added | Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 20, 2020 at 4:38 | answer | added | ruben2020♦ | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jul 20, 2020 at 4:31 | comment | added | M H | excellent question, and inclusion of the actual Passage is appreciated | |
| Jul 20, 2020 at 2:21 | comment | added | ruben2020♦ | @ChrisW Have you seen this answer? | |
| Jul 20, 2020 at 0:41 | answer | added | Bonn | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 19, 2020 at 22:36 | comment | added | user8527 | It's quite clear, thanks for the questions. | |
| Jul 19, 2020 at 20:57 | answer | added | user8527 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 19, 2020 at 20:12 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | ... undirected? Is "undirected" thought associated with "letting go", or not exactly? Is it a bit like dreaming, or is like dreaming the opposite of how one should be thinking? | |
| Jul 19, 2020 at 20:09 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | The formatting (horizontal rules) was meant to indicate three themes, each broader than before: 1) the definition or explanation of that word (there are three different translations). 2) the definition of explanation of the mental processes which happen and or stop, and how (in practice) some processes cease, and (referring to the first part) exactly which process is meant to stop and what (if anything) it's replaced with or remains. 3) The difference if any between discursive (speech-associated) and imaginative (image-associated) thought, and the difference between directed thought and ... | |
| Jul 19, 2020 at 20:03 | comment | added | ChrisW♦ | I realise there are a lot of question marks, I was hoping that answers to any or all of them, or something along those lines, might be helpful? The "only" means, "I think that this, is literally what it's saying in MN 8 -- is there more to it than that, more detail elsewhere, would you explain it any further ... or is that (little) instruction supposed to be enough/sufficient for anyone?" | |
| Jul 19, 2020 at 19:52 | comment | added | user8527 | It's amusing how you inquire about the meaning of an expression and go on to use it extensively :) as to '"does the doctrine say only, "first, think of something which causes joy; then secondly, rest in joy without that thinking"?' Is this a question you might want answered? i am a bit confused by the "only" and the formatting. | |
| Jul 19, 2020 at 19:15 | history | edited | ChrisW♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 41 characters in body
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| Jul 19, 2020 at 18:58 | history | asked | ChrisW♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |