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**tinetttstation** · 11-10-2011, 03:19 PM

Greetings Murchovski,

How could one ever know whether anything did or did not exist "out there", when all one knows is what they experience through the six senses?

See....SN 35.23: Sabba Sutta - The All
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....023.than.html

Indeed, the Buddha encouraged us not to think in terms of "exists" or "doesn't exist"...

See...SN 12.15: Kaccayanagotta Sutta - To Kaccayana Gotta (on Right View)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....015.than.html

Once you get into metaphysics, you're deviating from what the Dhamma is about - namely, knowing suffering and its cessation.

See...SN 56.31 - Simsapa Sutta: The Simsapa Leaves
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....031.than.html

The cessation of suffering is cool.

Metta,
Retro

11-10-2011, 03:19 PM	#11
tinetttstation Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 470 Senior Member	Greetings Murchovski, How could one ever know whether anything did or did not exist "out there", when all one knows is what they experience through the six senses? See....SN 35.23: Sabba Sutta - The All http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....023.than.html Indeed, the Buddha encouraged us not to think in terms of "exists" or "doesn't exist"... See...SN 12.15: Kaccayanagotta Sutta - To Kaccayana Gotta (on Right View) http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....015.than.html Once you get into metaphysics, you're deviating from what the Dhamma is about - namely, knowing suffering and its cessation. See...SN 56.31 - Simsapa Sutta: The Simsapa Leaves http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....031.than.html The cessation of suffering is cool. Metta, Retro
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