What are they?
2007-01-13 15:38:42 · 4 answers · asked by cool man 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
§ 12. These four imponderables are not to be speculated about. Whoever speculates about them would go mad and experience vexation. Which four? The Buddha-range of the Buddhas [i.e., the range of powers a Buddha develops as a result of becoming a Buddha]...The jhana-range of one absorbed in jhana [i.e., the range of powers that one may obtain while absorbed in jhana]...The results of kamma...Speculation about [the first moment, purpose, etc., of] the cosmos is an imponderable that is not to be speculated about. Whoever speculates about these things would go mad and experience vexation.
A.IV.7
2007-01-13 16:30:30 · answer #1 · answered by sista! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about 1) conditioned co-production, 2) the view of the Self, 3) the absence of Self in everything, and 4) the illusionary nature of the world?
2007-01-14 00:01:57 · answer #2 · answered by Frater Z. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Stephen Wright is the Living Buddha
2007-01-13 23:52:28 · answer #3 · answered by ivorytowerboy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
probably you have to search web pages, there seems to be no one well versed in buddism.
2007-01-13 23:49:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋