Dear pg Dave,
Op 16-apr-2008, om 5:39 heeft pgd2507 het volgende geschreven:

> I have often come across the term "release of mind" in sutta
> translations. what exactly does it mean? what Pali words are used to
> mean this term? how does the Buddha define / explain this term?
>
> My understanding (and I could be entirely wrong) has been that mind by
> its very nature is desire and discontent or in other words is
> synonymous with desire and discontent. Consequently, "release of mind"
> would mean entering from a state of mind to a state of no mind. Am I
> making sense...

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Release of mind, ceto vimutti. We find this term together with
pa~n~naa vimutti.
When described as anaasava, cankerless, they are two aspects of the
arahat's deliverance. Quote from <The Jhaanas>, Ven. Henepola
Gunaratana (Wheel no 351-353): <Liberation of mind signifies the
release of mind from craving and its associated defilements,
liberation by wisdom the release from ignorance>.
In the highest sense ceto vimutti is the samaadhi, concentration,
accompanying the magga-citta of the arahat and pa~n~naa vimutti is
the wisdom accompanying the fruition-consciousness of the arahat.
The term mind would suggest a lasting consciousness, but in fact
there are only many different types of cittas arising one at a time,
succeeding one another from birth to death. The arahat who has
eradicated all defilements does not have to be reborn, and his cuti-
citta is not succeeded by rebirth-consciousness. He is freed from the
cycle.
Now we are not freed, we are enslaved by ignorance and all other
defilements. When we begin to know the truth about the mental
phenomena and physical phenomena of our life, there is already a
degree of release; we shall become free from wrong view. We cannot
make cittas arise at will, they arise because of their own
conditions, they have no owner, np possessor. Ignorance covers up the
truth, but through pa~n~naa we can learn that it is not I who sees,
but citta that sees, not I who hears, but citta that hears, not I who
is attached, but citta accompanied by lobha. Developing understanding
of whatever dhamma arises now is the development of the eightfold
Path leading to complete freedom.
Nina.



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