At 05:45 PM 28-05-05, rjkjp1 wrote:

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>Dear ven. Kumara,
>Consider the Madhupindika Sutta
>http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn018-tb0.html
>
>BUddha:"If, monk, with regard to the cause whereby the perceptions &
>categories of complication assail a person, there is nothing there
>to relish, welcome, or remain fastened to, then that is the end of
>the obsessions of passion, the obsessions of resistance, the
>obsessions of views, the obsessions of uncertainty, the obsessions
>of conceit, the obsessions of passion for becoming, & the obsessions
>of ignorance. That is the end of taking up rods & bladed weapons, of
>arguments, quarrels, disputes, accusations, divisive tale-bearing, &
>false speech. That is where these evil, unskillful things cease
>without remainder." That is what the Blessed One said.""
>

<snip>

>"Dependent on nose & aromas, nose-consciousness arises The meeting
>of the three is contact. With contact as a requisite condition,
>there is feeling. What one feels, one perceives (labels in the
>mind). What one perceives, one thinks about. What one thinks about,
>one complicates. Based on what a person complicates, the perceptions
>& categories of complication assail him/her with regard to past,
>present, & future forms cognizable via the eye.
>============
>ROBERT: What is this about nose and nose consciousness? The Buddha
>was speaking about weapons and arguing? (Maybe the farts come in
>here)
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This is a good example, Robert. Ven. Maha Kaccana was commenting on the earlier part of what the Buddha said, i.e., "with regard to the cause whereby the perceptions & categories of complication assail a person". He went through different kinds of perception in regards to different sense doors.

As for the later part of what the Buddha said: "That is the end of taking up rods & bladed weapons, of arguments, quarrels, disputes, accusations, divisive tale-bearing, & false speech.", it does seem (as you said) "simple enough and straightforward". No wonder the venerable did not comment on it.



peace

Kumâra Bhikkhu