Escape (nissaraṇa)
Indeterminate qualities / Three Aspects of Understanding / Escape
See also: Progress of insight
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Questions and Answers at Wat Pah Nanachat – Jan. 2, 2025

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7. “How do you respond to claims that religion and Buddhism specifically is escapist?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Theravāda] [Saṃsāra] [Escape] // [Discernment] [Questions] [Liberation] [Compassion]

Quote: “What is the mind of an enlightened being like?” – “Only compassion.” — Ajahn Mahā Boowa. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Arahant]


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8. “When practicing to get out of the world, how does one avoid slipping into unhappiness with the world?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Escape] [Suffering] [Happiness] // [Saṃsāra] [Not-self] [Divine Abidings] [Unattractiveness] [Equanimity] [Gladdening the mind] [Concentration] [Knowledge and vision]

Sutta: MN 10.10: Contemplating the body as if it were a sack of grains.

Suttas: MN 6.10, AN 10.2: Causal chains yielding gladness (pāmojja) with different starting points.