tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post3073154972087373273..comments2023-10-27T08:09:37.525-04:00Comments on Bhikkhu's Blog: How Old is the Suttapitaka?Ajahn Punnadhammohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660291919550183357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-65687046724231749692008-03-12T22:08:00.000-04:002008-03-12T22:08:00.000-04:00I've thought along these lines before too. In fact...I've thought along these lines before too. In fact, I often wonder exactly what real purpose there is in attaining nibbana. Let's say, for instance, that all existence were to suddenly attain nibbana. What, then, of existence? Does it cease to exist? Does it 'start over'? I guess the simplest answer is that existence doesn't exist in the first place, but that's a bit much for the mind to bear. InAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-32628702073495616532007-09-06T00:21:00.000-04:002007-09-06T00:21:00.000-04:00"The arahant is one who is perfectly free, and the..."The arahant is one who is perfectly free, and the "master of the pathways of the mind, thinking only what he wants to think and not thinking what he doesn't want to think."<BR/><BR/>Then, is the arahant (if such a being exists) free to wrap himself or herself---or not to wrap himself or herself---in the binding chains of anxious thoughts? <BR/><BR/>Sometimes the experience of pain, in whatever glenn fitzgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16103740010973897392noreply@blogger.com