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**ANCETPYNCTEXT** · 06-22-2012, 01:12 PM

That's an important point, if we think he was talking about the physical world then we end up going down the track of metaphysics and asking nonsensical questions about what is real etc.

However if we realise he is talking about the phenomenal world, that which we experience through the six sense doors, we can realise the problem is not out there with the physical world but in here with our perceptions of the phenomenal world.

This is a tricky one. I am still of the opinion that the aggregates don't have a start and an end as such. Over time they do, but there is a wholesome non-dual characteristic, where the internal and the external are only divided by thought and sensual perception. This is so because there is no self or anatta to distinguish one body from another. This is how I initially understood the term "world". I have seen another through Element's (and your) input. Personally I am not here to advocate one view, but mention this as it seems to have been something you noticed also.

Metta

Thanks.

06-22-2012, 01:12 PM	#29
ANCETPYNCTEXT Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	That's an important point, if we think he was talking about the physical world then we end up going down the track of metaphysics and asking nonsensical questions about what is real etc. However if we realise he is talking about the phenomenal world, that which we experience through the six sense doors, we can realise the problem is not out there with the physical world but in here with our perceptions of the phenomenal world. This is a tricky one. I am still of the opinion that the aggregates don't have a start and an end as such. Over time they do, but there is a wholesome non-dual characteristic, where the internal and the external are only divided by thought and sensual perception. This is so because there is no self or anatta to distinguish one body from another. This is how I initially understood the term "world". I have seen another through Element's (and your) input. Personally I am not here to advocate one view, but mention this as it seems to have been something you noticed also. Metta Thanks.
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