Philosophy remixed: Suppose Mary is raised in a web of saṃsāra and never encounters a buddha; she meditates, reads everything that has been written about meditative attainments, and follows the 8-fold path. Would Mary learn something new if she became an arhat?
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Replying to @NeuroYogacara
Only an arhat could know the answer. Maybe ask
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Daniel is probably occupied writing a book to refute Analayo.
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Actually, his articles (the Mindfulness and Fear one from last year and the recent one), combined with my nearly line-by-line responses, total over 50,000 words so far, and the question is what to do with all of that, and what would truly be helpful more broadly?: working on it.
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Replying to @danielmingram @karanvasudeva and
As someone who has been involved in such a discussion with you, I’d say the response ought to be no longer than his original contribution. Otherwise it’s completely overwhelming and it’s almost impossible, unless one has a massive amount of time to devote, (1)
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to extract the essential aspects of the argument. ;) (2)
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