Re: Jhana

Dear Dmytro,

1.Good spotting, yes I think it probably is based on that now you
point it out!
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2.Yes, as I understand it the Theradava texts asert that now only
Anagami is possible- and that only for those with high accumulations
of merit - and praticing in the right way.
Robertk
In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Dmytro O. Ivakhnenko (Ð"митро Оле
ксійович Івахненко)" <nibbanka@...> wrote:

> Dear Robert,
>
> Thank you for references.
>
> > At the present day, only the following Neyya and Padaparama

classes

> > of individuals remain.
>
> > If you can find the actual commentary that Ledi sayadwa took

this

> > from it I would appreciate it.
>
> Maybe it's based on the same commentary:
>
> "After the passing of the first thousand years (of the present

Buddha

> Sàsana), which constituted the times of the Patisambhidhà-patta

Arahant

> (Arahant possessing Analytical Knowledge), the period of the

present

> Buddha Sàsana comprises the times of the Neyya and Padaparama

classes of

> individuals alone. At the present day, only these two classes of
> individuals remain."
>
> http://zencomp.com/greatwisdom/uni/u-37bd/37bd-e00.htm
>
> Yet I wonder: according to the Atthakatha,
>
> "There will be one thousand years for Arahats who attain

analytical

> insight, one thousand years for Arahats without those attainments,

one

> thousand years for Non-returners, one thousand years for Once-

returners,

> and one thousand years for Stream-winners. After these five

thousand

> years of penetration of the true Doctrine (pativedha-sadhamma),

[51] the

> accomplishment in the texts (pariyatti-dhamma) will remain. After

the

> accomplishment in the texts disappears, the signs (linga) will

continue

> for a long time."
>
> http://www.ubakhin.com/uchittin/arimet/ARIMET03.html
>
> Now 2,500 years have passed. So only Non-returning fruit is

possible

> nowadays?
>
> Dmytro