Hi,
Thor Jackson:
So what are we saying here, Buddha was wrong, there is something that is permanent ?
A question more relevant to a forum dedicated to the practical matter of the eliminating suffering is: why does it matter?
Thor Jackson:
If this so called actual freedom state can last all of this life, what happens in your next if you don't become aware of AF practice ? Are you not just stuck on some form of pseudo jhanic state ?
The first question posed does not have an answer because it is based on a view which is not in accordance with actuality (e.g. there is no next life). To the second: no.
Thor Jackson:
I realise I may be kicking up a lot of dirt here,
You may indeed be kicking up a lot of dirt, as it seems you are lost in a cloud of views, all of which resolve themselves (or are no longer a problem) after experiential insight is attained.
Thor Jackson:
Maybe what was really happening is the egotistical rantings of intellectuals, without a single genuine spiritual experience between them.
That may be...I suppose you will have to attain to these matters yourself so as to see, eh?
Thor Jackson:
If however, genuine arhats exist here and they have realised that buddha was wrong and AF is the way to go, why still have a site based on the buddha's teachings ?
As I have never said that the buddha was wrong, I'll leave this to you to answer.
Thor Jackson:
I have read Daniels book and find it the finest amalgamation of the teachings.
Okay then, how is it that you are now using Daniel's book to eliminate your suffering?
Trent