[Buddha-l] Being unable to imagine dying and living

[sjziobro at cs.com]

I've been reading portions of this thread and have a question.  Why would death be inconceivable?  It seems easy to conceive, but not possible to experience it while not experiencing it.  Aren't there practices in the early traditions where a monk or meditator visualizes his death and the dissolution of the skandas?  Isn't this a form of conceiving of death?
 

 Stan Ziobro


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: andy <stroble at hawaii.edu>
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Sent: Sun, Jun 27, 2010 1:48 am
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Being unable to imagine dying and living


We do top replies on buddha-l.   I (and others) have a hard time picking

out your replies!  The word is "inconceivable",  as per the movie.  And

the point still remains:  existence is as inconceivable as

non-existence. I was trying to be nice. 



On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 13:51 -0700, lemmett at talk21.com wrote:

> >A scandal in French philosophy?  Who would have thought!   I  would

> suggest, however, that you are starting on the wrong end: it is your

> existence that is inconceivable. Isn't this the sunya of existentialism

> and deconstruction?  And given that, the inconceivability of

> non-existence is not all that problematic.    

> 

> >>Sure

> >And, you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it

> means. (Inigo Montoya, in the Princess Bride)

> 

> >>Aporias? I think I do know what it means and anyway I was using it as a book 

title! Be nice!! Also you underestimate my insanity.

> 

> 

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