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**isopsmypovA** · 05-27-2012, 02:00 PM

Very interesting passage mn140...

passage or mere sentence? reading beyond the mere sentence to read the entire passage...

There remains only consciousness: pure & bright. What does one cognize with that consciousness? One cognizes 'pleasure.' One cognizes 'pain.' One cognizes 'neither pleasure nor pain.' With the cessation of that very sensory contact [cognition] — the feeling that has arisen in dependence on the sensory contact — ceases, is stilled. With the break-up of the body, after the termination of life, all that is sensed [cognized], not being relished, will grow cold right here.

mn 140 this, in the Itivuttaka, is called Nibbana without residue or fuel

And what is the Nibbana element with no fuel remaining? There is the case where a monk is an arahant whose fermentations have ended, who has reached fulfillment, finished the task, laid down the burden, attained the true goal, ended the fetter of becoming, and is released through right gnosis. For him, all that is sensed, being unrelished, will grow cold right here.

Itivuttaka

05-27-2012, 02:00 PM	#28
isopsmypovA Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 493 Senior Member	Very interesting passage mn140... passage or mere sentence? reading beyond the mere sentence to read the entire passage... There remains only consciousness: pure & bright. What does one cognize with that consciousness? One cognizes 'pleasure.' One cognizes 'pain.' One cognizes 'neither pleasure nor pain.' With the cessation of that very sensory contact [cognition] — the feeling that has arisen in dependence on the sensory contact — ceases, is stilled. With the break-up of the body, after the termination of life, all that is sensed [cognized], not being relished, will grow cold right here. mn 140 this, in the Itivuttaka, is called Nibbana without residue or fuel And what is the Nibbana element with no fuel remaining? There is the case where a monk is an arahant whose fermentations have ended, who has reached fulfillment, finished the task, laid down the burden, attained the true goal, ended the fetter of becoming, and is released through right gnosis. For him, all that is sensed, being unrelished, will grow cold right here. Itivuttaka
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