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The sole physicist ever to win the Fields Medal, mathematics’ premier prize, Witten is also known for discovering M-theory, the leading candidate for a unified physical “theory of everything".
A genius’s genius, Witten is tall and rectangular, with hazy eyes and an air of being only one-quarter tuned in to reality until someone draws him back from more abstract thoughts.
During a visit this fall, I spotted Witten on the Institute’s central lawn and requested an interview; in his quick, alto voice, he said he couldn’t promise to be able to answer my questions but would try. Later, when I passed him on the stone paths, he often didn’t seem to see me.
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කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:Can there be anything beyond the නිවන?
Isn't nirvana essentially a state of mind? *
So what can happen to the mind ultimately ?
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slstock wrote:කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:Can there be anything beyond the නිවන?
Isn't nirvana essentially a state of mind? *
So what can happen to the mind ultimately ?
Note:
* well leads to end of suffering and rebirth .
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Nirvana meaning from sanskrit ( from what I heard ) essentially means "extinction and disappearance" of the individual from the universe.
But the question is , isn't attaining enlightenment a state of mind ?
Then what happens to the mind ? ( am not talking about physical existence which naturally will be none after nirvana)
Ethical Trader wrote:නිවන යනු නිවීමයි. සසර අවසනයි. නැවත ඉපදීමක් නැත. නිවී ගිය පහන් දැල්ල ගිය තැනක් නැත.slstock wrote:කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:Can there be anything beyond the නිවන?
Isn't nirvana essentially a state of mind? *
So what can happen to the mind ultimately ?
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* well leads to end of suffering and rebirth .
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slstock wrote:Yes Nirvana apparently leads to no rebirth and end of suffering.
Nirvana meaning from sanskrit ( from what I heard ) essentially means
"extinction and disappearance" of the individual from the universal.
But the question is , isn't attaining enlightenment a state of mind.
What happens to the mind ( am not takling about physical existence which naturally will be none after nirvana)Ethical Trader wrote:නිවන යනු නිවීමයි. සසර අවසනයි. නැවත ඉපදීමක් නැත. නිවී ගිය පහන් දැල්ල ගිය තැනක් නැත.slstock wrote:කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:Can there be anything beyond the නිවන?
Isn't nirvana essentially a state of mind? *
So what can happen to the mind ultimately ?
Note:
* well leads to end of suffering and rebirth .
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So, there could be anything beyond the Nirvana.
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so Nirvana should be preached by people who gone to Nirvana first.. No living being is qualified to talk about Nirvana..we all human beings are in the same batch..
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I asked about what happens to the Mind after Nirvana, in response to Kithsiri's question what beyond Nivana!
Something we will not know if/until it happens.
If/when it happens, we don't talk about it or we are no more to talk about it.
Mysteries of life.
Ethical Trader wrote:නිවනට පැමිණි පුද්ගලයාගේ සිත සියලු කෙලෙස් වලින් තොරය. නව කර්ම රැස් නොවේ. එහෙත් පැරණි කර්ම හේතු කොට ගෙන පිරිනිවන් පාන තුරැ යම් යම් දුශ්කරතා ඇති විය හැකිය. කරජ කය (සිරැර) පිරිනිවන් පානා තුරැ පැවතී පඨවී ආපෝ තේජෝ වායෝ යන පදාර්ත සමග එක් වෙයි. විඥානයට ආහාර සැපයීමක් නැති හෙයින් පිරිනිවනින් පසු විඥානයට පැවැත්මක් නැත. එහෙයින් නැවත ඉපදීමක්ද නැත. අරහතුන් වහන්සේලාගේ විඥානය විශ්ව ශක්තියට එක්වන බවක් අසා ඇතත් ඒ ගැන මගේ දැනීම අල්පය.slstock wrote:Yes Nirvana apparently leads to no rebirth and end of suffering.
Nirvana meaning from sanskrit ( from what I heard ) essentially means
"extinction and disappearance" of the individual from the universal.
But the question is , isn't attaining enlightenment a state of mind.
What happens to the mind ( am not takling about physical existence which naturally will be none after nirvana)Ethical Trader wrote:නිවන යනු නිවීමයි. සසර අවසනයි. නැවත ඉපදීමක් නැත. නිවී ගිය පහන් දැල්ල ගිය තැනක් නැත.slstock wrote:කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:Can there be anything beyond the නිවන?
Isn't nirvana essentially a state of mind? *
So what can happen to the mind ultimately ?
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* well leads to end of suffering and rebirth .
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SLS, as far as I have learnt, there are two parts within us, ie; our body(karaja Kaya) and the Mind (Mano Kaya or විඥානය). With the death, our body decays and the Mind or විඥානය continues the journey in the Samsara.
The Mind or විඥානය of those who attained Nibbana is unable to continue the journey after the death.
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slstock wrote:Thanks for adding value.
I asked about what happens to the Mind after Nirvana, in response to Kithsiri's question what beyond Nivana!
Something we will not know if/until it happens.
If/when it happens, we don't talk about it or we are no more to talk about it.
Mysteries of life.Ethical Trader wrote:නිවනට පැමිණි පුද්ගලයාගේ සිත සියලු කෙලෙස් වලින් තොරය. නව කර්ම රැස් නොවේ. එහෙත් පැරණි කර්ම හේතු කොට ගෙන පිරිනිවන් පාන තුරැ යම් යම් දුශ්කරතා ඇති විය හැකිය. කරජ කය (සිරැර) පිරිනිවන් පානා තුරැ පැවතී පඨවී ආපෝ තේජෝ වායෝ යන පදාර්ත සමග එක් වෙයි. විඥානයට ආහාර සැපයීමක් නැති හෙයින් පිරිනිවනින් පසු විඥානයට පැවැත්මක් නැත. එහෙයින් නැවත ඉපදීමක්ද නැත. අරහතුන් වහන්සේලාගේ විඥානය විශ්ව ශක්තියට එක්වන බවක් අසා ඇතත් ඒ ගැන මගේ දැනීම අල්පය.slstock wrote:Yes Nirvana apparently leads to no rebirth and end of suffering.
Nirvana meaning from sanskrit ( from what I heard ) essentially means
"extinction and disappearance" of the individual from the universal.
But the question is , isn't attaining enlightenment a state of mind.
What happens to the mind ( am not takling about physical existence which naturally will be none after nirvana)Ethical Trader wrote:නිවන යනු නිවීමයි. සසර අවසනයි. නැවත ඉපදීමක් නැත. නිවී ගිය පහන් දැල්ල ගිය තැනක් නැත.slstock wrote:
Isn't nirvana essentially a state of mind? *
So what can happen to the mind ultimately ?
Note:
* well leads to end of suffering and rebirth .
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If two things say the same thing, then leave one and accept only the other..Dont waste your time to follow both.
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malanp wrote:
If two things say the same thing, then leave one and accept only the other..Dont waste your time to follow both.
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The difference is in science, you get what you see. in religion, you get what you dont see..
Ethical Trader wrote:Thanks for the comment. What looks like similar from outer appearance may not be similar at all. Learning never ends because we are laymen.malanp wrote:
If two things say the same thing, then leave one and accept only the other..Dont waste your time to follow both.
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malanp wrote:If religion proves science is correct, then leave the religion and adopt science..
The difference is in science, you get what you see. in religion, you get what you dont see..Ethical Trader wrote:Thanks for the comment. What looks like similar from outer appearance may not be similar at all. Learning never ends because we are laymen.malanp wrote:
If two things say the same thing, then leave one and accept only the other..Dont waste your time to follow both.