Comments on: A few more comments on the week http://www.mindandlife.org/blog/2009/04/a-few-more-comments-on-the-week/ An outreach effort by The Mind and Life Institute to encourage discussion between modern science and Buddhism. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:00:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: David http://www.mindandlife.org/blog/2009/04/a-few-more-comments-on-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-128 David Mon, 04 May 2009 01:15:40 +0000 http://www.mindandlife.org/blog/?p=222#comment-128 Thanks for the comment. This was helpful. I updated the post with the correct spelling of jivitindriya and expanded upon the conversation between HHDL, Alan Wallace and others. For more on the same topic see: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/utinu1.htm Thanks for the comment. This was helpful. I updated the post with the correct spelling of jivitindriya and expanded upon the conversation between HHDL, Alan Wallace and others. For more on the same topic see:
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/buddhism/utinu1.htm

]]> By: Dan http://www.mindandlife.org/blog/2009/04/a-few-more-comments-on-the-week/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Dan Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:46:36 +0000 http://www.mindandlife.org/blog/?p=222#comment-91 The early 9th-century bilingual vocabulary, the Mahavyutpatti (Maloney edition), has these entries: jīvitendriyam (mvyut_1990) _ srog gi dbang po jīvitendriyam (mvyut_2081) _ srog gi dbang po It's one of those Abhidharma concepts I'm not clear about. It's one of those extra-mental things that nevertheless has impact on mental states. It somehow serves as a 'prop' for both bodily warmth and consciousness. The big Chang Yisun dictionary says this: sems can ris mthun par sngon las kyi dbang gis ci tsam gnas pa'i dus nges pa tshe zhes brjod pa ste drod dang rnam shes kyi rten du gyur pa gang yin pa de'o,... What did His Holiness say about it? The early 9th-century bilingual vocabulary, the Mahavyutpatti (Maloney edition), has these entries:

jīvitendriyam (mvyut_1990) _ srog gi dbang po
jīvitendriyam (mvyut_2081) _ srog gi dbang po

It’s one of those Abhidharma concepts I’m not clear about. It’s one of those extra-mental things that nevertheless has impact on mental states. It somehow serves as a ‘prop’ for both bodily warmth and consciousness.

The big Chang Yisun dictionary says this: sems can ris mthun par sngon las kyi dbang gis ci tsam gnas pa’i dus nges pa tshe zhes brjod pa ste drod dang rnam shes kyi rten du gyur pa gang yin pa de’o,…

What did His Holiness say about it?

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