The Taste of Freedom : The Abstract

By Bodhi, Bhikkhu

Book Id: WPLBN0000703968
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Taste of Freedom : The Abstract
Author:	Bodhi, Bhikkhu
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Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	Buddhist Literature Collection, BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
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Publisher:	Buddhanet: Buddhist Information and Education Network


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Excerpt: According to the Pali Canon--the earliest record of the Buddha's teachings now extant--nothing outside of the realm of differentiation can be properly designated by the conventions of language. In one mode of analysis, this realm is divided into the six senses (counting the mind as the sixth) & their objects; in another, it is divided into the five aggregates of form, feeling, perception, thought processes, & consciousness. The two modes cover mutually equivalent areas. However, one passage in the Canon points to another realm where the six senses & their objects cease, which can be experienced although not otherwise described, even in terms of existing, not existing, both, or neither. The attainment of the Buddhist goal belongs to this second realm, and this of course raised problems for the Buddha in how to teach & describe the goal.