Exploration of Metaphors in Buddhist Philosophy : หน้า 232/263
The Buddha’s First Teaching : หน้า 232/263 A comprehensive look at metaphors such as snake, spectrum of existence, and speech within Buddhist teachings and philosophy.
This text explores several metaphors used in Buddhist philosophy, including the snake as a metaphor for craving and its relationship to the concept of suffering. It further elaborates on the significance of speech, the nature of existence, and the various realms of experience as described in Dhamma. Through multiple references to the aggregates of clinging and the spiritual spheres, the text seeks to deepen the understanding of the Middle Way, self-discipline, and how these concepts interplay with the human experience. For further insights, visit dmc.tv.
หัวข้อประเด็น
-Metaphors in Buddhism -Middle Way concept -Understanding craving -Speech and its implications -Suffering in Buddhist teachings -Spheres of existence -Dhamma and its relevance
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snake, poisonous, mistaken for rope spire, a palace - {metaphor for Mid-
- {metaphor for self-mortification dle Way 38-9} 36}
spouses, categories of 154-6
snake - {metaphor for craving 88}
sprite, earth- 24
soil of earth - {metaphor for the Ag- stealing 40, 83, 119, 142: abstention
gregates of Clinging 73} from 160-1; caused by sensual in-
sorrow 46, 58, 69-70, 199: caused by dulgeence 34; transcendental abstem-
sensual indulgence 33; relationship tion from, {example of Khujeszutarā
to lamentation and bemoaning 71 the handmaind, 160-1}
sotāpana 24, 30, 108, 136: Coarse, stopping the mind: practical expla-
Dhamma,kaya 108, 134; Subtle, nation of Middle Way 104; as ces-
Dhammakaya 108, 134; fruit 159 sation 116; secret of success 115
speech, divisive 40, 83, 118, 142; stream-enterer (see sotāpana)
harsh 40, 83, 118, 142; lying 40, 83, stubbornness (see arrogance)
118, 142 Subtle Angelic Body 107, 122, 134
Speech, Right (see Right Speech) subtle defilements 88: of ignorance
sphere: of central processing 125, 136
128; of cognition 125; of Concentra- Subtle Form-Brahma Body 107,
tion 105, 106, 107, 120; of existence 122, 134
85, 114, 141; of Liberation 106, 107, Subtle Formless-Brahma Body
120; of perception 125; of Seeing and 107, 122, 134
Knowing Liberation·106, 107, 120; Subtle, Human Body 106, 107, 122,
of Self-Discipline 105, 106, 107, 120; 134
of sensory registration 125; of Wise- success, secret of, by stopping the
dom 106, 107, 120 mind 115
Sphere of Dhamma (physical hu- suffering (as one of Three Charac-
man body)(see Paṭhama Magga teristics) 109, 122, 138, 139
Sphere) suffering: as a result of dying, 67-9;
sphere of awareness (see cognition, of aging, 63-6, {metaphor: forest
sphere of) debris in a storm 64, forest fire 63];
sphere of the mind (see central of clinging to the Five Aggregates
processing, sphere of) 58, 72-4; of bemoaning 71; of birth
sphere of the spirit (see sphere of 46, 57, 58-63, 199; of birth in the
sensory-registration) animal kingdom 62-3; of birth in the
Sphere, Paṭhama Magga (see realm of the hungry ghost 63; of
Paṭhama Magga Sphere) combat wounds 62; of curtailed life
spheres of existence 85, 114, 141; 62; of death, {metaphors: being
spider - {metaphor for craving 89-90} crushed by falling mountains 68}; of