--- In [email protected], kahtychen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A long time ago > I went on a journey > Right to the corner > Of the eastern ocean. > The road there > Was long and winding, > And stormy waves > Barred my path. > What made me > Go this way? > > - T'ao Chi'ien (372-427 AD) Thanks so much for that amazing poem by T'ao Chien, Kahty. Wow ... what profund metaphors. It's one of my new favorites as well :-) On the Abhidharmakosa, you might want to head over to a college/university library near you and see what is in the stacks. Most college libraries have inter-library loans that let's you check books out from major university libraries. I'm not sure if you'll find anything complete (and "credible") on the web right now on the Abhidharmakosa. Thanks for sharing aspects of your journey :-). You have had a long and winding road :-) - Can you hear the roar of the Eastern Ocean? "What the Buddha Taught" by Walpola Rahula is one of my personal favorites. I was born and raised Buddhist but didn't make a serious inquire until the 70's. "What the Buddha Taught" was a seminal book for me back in the day. I still have my original copy. (The price on my copy says $2.95) :-) Ok, here's a paste from your previous post asking about dharma lists. I'll give it a crack: The Two Vehicles? The Three Realms and their Nine Grounds? The Three or more Domains? The Three Natures, Modes of Knowledge, and States? The Five (or 51?) Universally Interactive Dharmas? The Five, Eight and/or Ten Precepts? The Eight Consciousnesses? The Two Vehicles: Could this be the two vehicles of Hinayana and Mahayana (known in Sanskrit as the dviyana or the "Two vehicles") The Three Realms and their Nine Grounds: The names of the Three Realms (Trailokya or Triloka) vary. The most common list is as follows 1) Kamadhatu (the realm of sensuous desire; 2) Rupadhatu (the realm of form); 3) Arupadhatu (the formless realm. These Three Realms are then "redivided" into 9 "grounds"/"realms"/"states or stages of meditation". In this redivision, the Kamadhatu is the first "ground"; the "Rupadhatu" is the next four grounds; Arupadhatu is the final four grounds. Anyway, the Nine grounds are 1) The desire realm with the 5 gatis --> hells, hungry ghosts, animals, men and devas (This is our realm); 2) The realm of the first Buddhist dhyana; 3) The realm of the second dhyana; 4) The realm of the third dhyana' 5) The realm of the fourth dhyana; 5)The Pure Land of abandonment of thought; 6) The ground of Infinite Space (The realm of th first Buddhist samadhi); 7) The ground of Omniscience; 8) The ground of "nothingness"; 9) The ground of neither consciousnes nor non-consciousness The Three or more Domains - ? Need more to go on The Three Natures, Modes of Knowledge, and States: ? Several lists - Need more to go on if these are grouped together The Five (or 51?) Universally Interactive Dharmas - ? The Five, Eight and/or Ten Precepts: The 5 = "panca veramani" --> precepts against 1)killing, 2)stealing, 3)adultry, 4)lying and 5)intoxicating drinks). These 5 precepts are binding for lay Buddhists (male and female) as well as monks and nums. It is said in the Vinaya that the observance of these five ensures rebirth in the human realm. The Eight is the above 5 plus the precept 6) against cosmetics (some lists specify just perfumes), personal adornments;7) against sleeping on fine beds or broad mats; 8)against eating after regulation hours (i.e., after noon). These are binding for novice monks and nuns The Ten is the above plus the precept 9)against watching/listening/participating in singing, dancing, musical or theatrical performances; 10)against aquiring money or jewels. In the Mahayana vinaya, sometimes the 10 is given as follows: 1) not to kill; 2) not to steal; 3) not to commit adultry; 4) not to lie; 5) not to slander; 6) not to insult; 7) not to chatter; 8) not to covet; 9) not to give way to anger; 10) not to harbour any scepticism. These 10 are binding for everyone The Eight Consciousnesses (asta vijnanai): This a list that belongs exclusively to the Yogacara or Vijnanavada school: 1. The consciousness of seeing (caksur-vijnana) 2. The consciousness of hearing (srota-vijnana) 3) The consciousness of smelling (ghrana-vijnana) 4) The consciousness of tasting (jihva-vijnana) 5) The consciousness of touch (kaya-vijnana) 6) The consciousness of "mind" or "thought" (mano-vijnana) 7) The consciousness that is the root of all illusion --> the construction of Self or atman takes places here (klista-mano-vijnana) 8) The "store-house" consciousness -->the source of the preceeding 7 (alaya vijnana) ------------------------ Yahoo! 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