List of unresolved issues in Commentaries

[RobertK]

@jansen

(c) The phenomenon of kalapas is never explained by the Buddha in the form of omnipresent particles, let alone as something that we must see them in meditation otherwise there is no way to become Enlightened, as we can learn from later teachers.

I wouldn’t use the term ‘omnipresent’ as all materiality arises and ceases instantly. We are considering the Commentaries, right- do you have a citation saying that kalapas (as in individual kalapas) must be seen in meditation? see also this thread:

Ledi Sayadaw’s note on momentariness

A great topic. Ledi Sayadaw is correct in this case, IMO. He states As for the exact nature, i.e., the swiftness, of mental phenomena, the understanding of which is the domain of the wisdom of the All-knowing Buddha, one has to accept the authority of the scriptures. Any talk about contemplating the three characteristics of mental phenomena is mere humbug. It is never based on practice, but only on hearsay from the scriptures. If someone were to try it, it would be a far cry from insight So we…

as I see it Robert: during the development of satipatthana the processes that understand an element know the nimitta of the reality-. So the actual reality has just fallen away but we still consider it as present moment.

see this topic on nimitta of the khandhas:

Nimitta of reality, and its relation to understanding the khandhas

a post by Nina van Gorkom https://groups.io/g/dsg/topic/5701823#116147 Nimitta is a sign - (usually) taking a nimitta for something, a concept, for instance an idea about sound. The concept is not necessarily wrong view. > Ph: There is never stopping at sense door cognition for us, always > straight to mind door processes, like water going from one sheet of > onion paper to the next, in a flash, is the meaning here? N: I remember this metaphor, yes, correct. Ann: There is both nim…