Re: More on vibhava-tanha

Dear Friends,

I don't have much to add to this discussion myself except to say that
this seems like a case where the commentary sees things far more
practically than I would have - whereas I would think to assume the
state of not meditating on "any of the above" would simply mean the
disappearance of all of the above, the commentary seems to be trying to
point out that it is through seeing "all of the above" as impermanent,
etc., that one comes to let them go as meditation objects.

What I did want to add, however, is the Thai translation, which may be a
bit of a compromise between the two readings:

"The perception in regards to earth being earth as an object (ārammaṇa)
is something clear and distinct (jem jaeng) to him."

To me this allows the implication that because earth has been clearly
understood it has therefore been discarded as an object.

I haven't been following the conversation too closely, so I apologize if
I am repeating what others have already said.

Best wishes,

Yuttadhammo