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**N9NACzws** · 04-28-2012, 05:01 PM

I don't think there's a lot of point in people who don't understand Pali attempting to taking part in a topic like this, because if one doesn't understand Pali, then theres nothing that can actually be discussed.

Resources are all over the Internet and offline. It doesn't take that much effort to look up the meaning of a word and make a sensible judgement based on the context and the Buddha's teachings as a whole.

The word visesa has several meanings. Distinction/separation does not fit in here. I think the more commonly used meaning is eminence given the fact that it is absorbed so by other languages which are influenced by pali. The word eminence makes more sense to me in this sutta. Thus the comment.

So how does this relate to death which is also mentioned in the sutta.? (Question meant for someone who is studying Pali, please )

Studying pali or not, it is unlikely the Buddha is suggesting the mind's separation from the physical body after death or the mind's existance separate from the physical body. Do you know of other suttas where the Buddha could be suggesting such a thing?

04-28-2012, 05:01 PM	#13
N9NACzws Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 494 Senior Member	I don't think there's a lot of point in people who don't understand Pali attempting to taking part in a topic like this, because if one doesn't understand Pali, then theres nothing that can actually be discussed. Resources are all over the Internet and offline. It doesn't take that much effort to look up the meaning of a word and make a sensible judgement based on the context and the Buddha's teachings as a whole. The word visesa has several meanings. Distinction/separation does not fit in here. I think the more commonly used meaning is eminence given the fact that it is absorbed so by other languages which are influenced by pali. The word eminence makes more sense to me in this sutta. Thus the comment. So how does this relate to death which is also mentioned in the sutta.? (Question meant for someone who is studying Pali, please ) Studying pali or not, it is unlikely the Buddha is suggesting the mind's separation from the physical body after death or the mind's existance separate from the physical body. Do you know of other suttas where the Buddha could be suggesting such a thing?
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