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**floadaVonfoli** · 07-18-2010, 07:31 AM

I should clarify, Snowmelt, that some sankharas are intention, as intentions are "thinking and pondering". But that does not make sankhara "kamma" or "kamma formations", as NYTL is trying to do.

Respectful thanks for that, Stuka.

While I have to some degree my own, largely non-verbal understanding of what Nibbana is (e.g., Nibbana will include a feeling related to the feeling I get when my mind is most calm and the resulting happiness at a (temporary) zenith), I wanted to try to pin it down in words and concepts a little more than usual. So, I looked it up in Wikipedia and found the part regarding volitional formations seemed most to strike a chord. Following that link, I did indeed arrive at the article entitled Sankhara, where I found references to "formations" and "fabrications", which I concluded might include such things as my "stories".

07-18-2010, 07:31 AM	#7
floadaVonfoli Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 417 Senior Member	I should clarify, Snowmelt, that some sankharas are intention, as intentions are "thinking and pondering". But that does not make sankhara "kamma" or "kamma formations", as NYTL is trying to do. Respectful thanks for that, Stuka. While I have to some degree my own, largely non-verbal understanding of what Nibbana is (e.g., Nibbana will include a feeling related to the feeling I get when my mind is most calm and the resulting happiness at a (temporary) zenith), I wanted to try to pin it down in words and concepts a little more than usual. So, I looked it up in Wikipedia and found the part regarding volitional formations seemed most to strike a chord. Following that link, I did indeed arrive at the article entitled Sankhara, where I found references to "formations" and "fabrications", which I concluded might include such things as my "stories".
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