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**squicscor** · 10-13-2010, 11:59 PM

Suppose, bhikkhus, a man would remove a clay pot from a potters kiln and set it on smooth ground: its heat would be dissipated right there and potsherds would be left. So, too, when he feels a feeling terminating with the body... 'mere bodily remains will be left.

Is this bodhi's translation? Didn't see this in metta.lk.

Anyway this seems to be saying that when a feeling is felt it does not manifest into craving and clinging in an awakened person's mind. When the feeling is felt, it just dies and only the bodily remains will be left. Only the sense bases will be left. No attachment. Just like a pot which has been removed from the heat.

10-13-2010, 11:59 PM	#11
squicscor Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 402 Senior Member	Suppose, bhikkhus, a man would remove a clay pot from a potters kiln and set it on smooth ground: its heat would be dissipated right there and potsherds would be left. So, too, when he feels a feeling terminating with the body... 'mere bodily remains will be left. Is this bodhi's translation? Didn't see this in metta.lk. Anyway this seems to be saying that when a feeling is felt it does not manifest into craving and clinging in an awakened person's mind. When the feeling is felt, it just dies and only the bodily remains will be left. Only the sense bases will be left. No attachment. Just like a pot which has been removed from the heat.
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