tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post1262523344325996620..comments2024-03-29T04:21:18.218-07:00Comments on dhamma musings: Jeepers CreepersShravasti Dhammikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-13222289156455286602024-01-15T14:02:43.403-08:002024-01-15T14:02:43.403-08:00I'm here for the same reason as the above user...I'm here for the same reason as the above user, while studying the early nikayas I came across the meluva creeper similie for sense pleasures. The utility of the meluva plant is interesting, given that the Buddha states that it's impossible to engage in sensuality without accompanying desire.. we argue all the merits of engaging in said desire without acknowledging the drawbacks, and before long we're constricted and blinded by them, much like the creeper and its canopy over the tree, inevitably blinding it and ensuring its stagnation within samsara.<br /><br />Thanks for your research.njbkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913158003990416093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-79551159431864450152018-12-18T20:28:48.966-08:002018-12-18T20:28:48.966-08:00I have been reading selections from the Mahjjima N...I have been reading selections from the Mahjjima Nikaya and came across the passage comparing "a woman's soft, downy arms" to the soft, downy tendrils of the maluva-creeper vine. It is one of the vivid and colorful metaphors that make reading the suttas so entertaining. But it did make me wonder about the vine, so I am glad to see this explanation of what the vine is! It sounds like it is very destructive to trees. But it's also a very useful plant, it seems! Unless you are a tree, that is.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15174732189477508664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-78040664321581012252009-02-17T13:28:00.000-08:002009-02-17T13:28:00.000-08:00Dear Venerable Sir,I always find it very interesti...Dear Venerable Sir,<BR/><BR/>I always find it very interesting to read of your Indian themed articles- it produces a big craving in me to revisit the Sub Continent. I must get rid of the craving.......<BR/><BR/>Best Wishes and Metta<BR/><BR/>AndyAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794237044265280965noreply@blogger.com