Ananda wrote:Dear iskander,
I shall give a discourse on nibbana, the not-self and "Self in Theravada"
The self and not-self is following the eight (8) fold path till the self is not
Joy,
Ananda
It's a Long Way to Tipperary" : defilement
Ven Sudinna took his wife to a suitable place and " Ven. Sudinna consented, took his wife into the forest, and had intercourse three times." Gautama said he will go to hell-- for making love to his wife.
But when Gautama spoke Sudinna was already in the Buddhist hell for thinking about his desirable and noble wife , even if he had never again touched her:" because of the , one performs action by mind". “Volition (cetanà) I call Kamma. Through volition, one performs action by body, by speech, or by mind.”
As in Matthew 5 :28 KJV. 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Kamma is a natural law and once Sudinna had entertained his wife in his mind, he had become defiled and he will be reborn in a lower realm where moral volition does not exist.
How does Theravada deal with defilements?