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Old 01-20-2011, 10:14 AM   #3
TOOGUEITEME

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"Now what, lady, lies on the other side of pleasant feeling?"

"Passion lies on the other side of pleasant feeling."


[so we react to pleasant feeling, that means we create sankhara (kamma formation) for us to continue samsara]




"And what lies on the other side of painful feeling?"

"Resistance lies on the other side of painful feeling."


[again we react to the painful feeling and create sankhara and continue samsara]




"What lies on the other side of neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling?"

"Ignorance lies on the other side of neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling."


[here because of our ignorance we let go of the moment without wisdom and that moment (neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling) will come back to us again during our samsara journey]




"What lies on the other side of ignorance?"

"Clear knowing lies on the other side of ignorance."

"What lies on the other side of clear knowing?"

"Release lies on the other side of clear knowing."

"What lies on the other side of release?"

"Unbinding lies on the other side of release."


[unbinding means nirvana, vimutti, no more samsara journey again]




"What lies on the other side of Unbinding?"

"You've gone too far, friend Visakha. You can't keep holding on up to the limit of questions. For the holy life gains a footing in Unbinding, culminates in Unbinding, has Unbinding as its final end. If you wish, go to the Blessed One and ask him the meaning of these things. Whatever he says, that's how you should remember it."


[when it is the END, that is it. The End.]



So perhaps it is refering to boredom and the way it can lead to aversion and then pleasure seeking

[No, it is referring that is the End of samsara and end of suffering]
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