Or, another example, if you've seen the movie Ong Bak; the bald guy that does not want to admit he is from is from Isaan his nick name in the movie is "Ham Lae" , is a very good example of a "kuantin" character through out the movie.
A lady was staying with me for three months and continually used this word, mostly with a smile on her face I am pleased to say:. In my experience any expression composed of words including Dteen for feet is quite negative. Son dteen. I have heard this word before, so when reading this I ran in to the bathroom and said 'kwanteen!!! My wife now know she have to be carefull with what she say to her farang husband. I have often wondered how some of these men know such words, then a couple people told me that many Thai women use such words, they would not dare use them with any Thai man but with "Farangs", no man's land there for a lot of women.
No respect. Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2. Recommended Posts. Posted September 11, He spoke about "thought" or "the mind", as reported in the Dhammapada , and regarded it as prior to action, but I don't know if he argued one way or the other as to whether it was separate from or included in the "aggregates" skandhas. We know we have consciousness, and we know we have memory and imagination and reasoning ability. Moreover, we know that others have these things, too.
Are these the things that constitute mind or are they derived from some kind of universal mind, something beyond our individual consciousness and on which we draw to initiate thought and action, both of which are products of the brain and the central nervous system? Translated into intention and action, the pure Mind exercises a therapeutic role in our lives. In Buddhist teaching, this will ensure a serene life and a good rebirth. In drawing on a 'cosmic' mind, perhaps we adapt it to our level of awareness and taint it with the karmic effects of greed, anger and delusion, thus appropriating it to ourselves in a sullied form.
If this is so, the "Mind" on which we draw is untainted and, if coupled with a life lived according to the Dhamma, retains its purity.
I'm not sure, though, how this differs from the Hindu belief that we are each individually one with the Ultimate Reality, Brahman , as expressed in the wonderful Sanskrit aphorism Tat Tvam Asi , "Thou art That" or "That thou Art".
However, one thing we can be sure of is that we can't point to any one phenomenon and say "Thou art Mind". Using one of Camerata's interpretations of the meaning of Khan [noun] soul; spirit , it appears to be yet another grasping of the idea of soul, or something which is permanent or immortal, as is the Christian soul, the Atman and so on. Mankind has always struggled with the fear of his mortality, and has entertained religions which offer something more.
The Buddha lived during a time when Brahmanism controlled all facets of life, and those who broke its rules could be met with death. The Buddha spoke in metaphors and packaged his teaching in ways which fitted into thinking of the time. It allowed the Buddha to eloquently impart his knowledge, but in such a way that those who were deluded could draw from it what they wanted to see.
That doesn't mean we don't exist, but it does mean there is no soul and upon expiration of our body, our mind memories, volition, consciousness, conditioning can no longer be supported. He taught people to free themselves from delusion Brahmanism and religion , greed, and aversion.
There are many gods and other supernatural beings in the book which might deter some to read the book or take it seriously, but if you perceive them metaphorically, as projections of our mind and not as really existing beings in the outer world, it may make some more sense. I understood that the Tibetans percieve them as well metaphorically as as really existing, just like many Thais see dreams and ghosts in the same time as projections, fantasies and as having a real existence and meaning.
Thereby the vital-force will not be able to return from the median-nerve and will be sure to pass out through the Brahmanic aperture. There is some objective, provable reality in these eastern concepts about the kwan or vital force. We must be careful not to throw away the baby with the bathwater. Our western skeptic, scientific mind has still a rather limited understanding of what is subjective experience and what is objective reality and the relation between the subjective and objective, based on an absolute separation of the two spheres in science, while in an absolute, ultimate sense they are one and the same.
Also our dreams and fantasies belong to the objective world of facts and happenings. And, according to Buddhism, nothing happens without a reason. The Japanese ritual form of suicide, the harakiri, seems to be the fastest way of committing suicide as it is a direct attack on the vital force in the navel area.
A knife has to be put in exactly the right place and death will follow immediately. You got it right that Kwan is a vital force and is called such only for the living. It's the v in-yaan Vinnana in Pali that permanently leaves the body upon physical death. Thanks for your explanation. So if I understand well vinyaan can be seen as the eternal and universal awareness that is temporarely manifesting itself in the human form and is in a certain way the medium through which rebirth and karma are possible.
I am not so at home in the spiritual world and in the terminology so I have to grope in the dark a bit, but I have a intuitive feeling it is an important book, although beyond my rationality and experience. I also have a feeling such a book could only be written in Tibet at that time and by an enlightened person. It must have been a very sacred and meditative atmosphere and culture.
It would be nice if an enlightened person could write a actualized version of the book about his experiences with death and rebirth and the time between and his remembrances of past lives.
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My first Trip report. My second Trip report. My Third Trip Report. Alternatively it means you and me are a cunt. It means they want to kick you. Can be used as a joke among friends. Existing rules also apply. By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.
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