[Buddha-l] Aura and after-image

[Jackhat1 at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/6/2010 6:55:45 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
jkirk at spro.net writes:
 
Hi Jack
Thanx--I also understood that nimiita means simply a "sign"  in
the semiotic  sense
Joanna
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Joanna,


I know what semiotic means but don't understand your use of it  above.
 
My reading of the suttas only finds nimitta to mean "sign of" as, for  
example, subha-nimitta meaning sign of beauty. 

By the way, some use AN 10.29  
_http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an10/an10.029.than.html_ 
(http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an10/an10.029.than.html)  as  a sutta reference for nimitta. I don't see it.
 
jack
 
 
 
jack





In a message dated 5/6/2010 2:49:45 P.M. Central  Daylight Time,
jkirk at spro.net writes:

Hi Weng Fai,
Please inform  me about use of nimitta in  meditation--what
exactly is one doing if  using  it?
Thanks
Joanna
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I'm not Weng Fai but in  deep concentration the object of
meditation  might drop away and a  sign might replace it. For
instance,the Visud.says a  small light  might appear. Then one can
learn to manipulate this light. Make it smaller  or larger, for
example.


My  understanding is that nimitta  means "the sign of".  

Jack

Question:

In the  Vannupatha-jataka ("The sandy road  jataka" translation by
Caroline  A.F. Rhys Davids), the second para has this  statement:

"But he  was unable to bring forth either aura or  after-image."

What are  the original Pali words for "aura" and  "after-image"?
Is this  connected to the current buzzword "nimitta" in
meditation.

And on  the subject of nimitta, some says "the Buddha never
talked about nimitta as  it is used today in the context of
meditation, it was solely invented by  Buddhaghosa in the
Visuddhimagga".  True or false?

W.F.   Wong



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