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So the questions in both cases — the question seeking a description of unbinding and the question seeking a description of the status of the arahant — try to apply classifications of thought that don’t properly apply in either case. At the same time, they come from states of mind that cause suffering and — if clung to — would get in the way of reaching unbinding. So there are both formal reasons — related to definitions and ways of reasoning — and strategic reasons for refusing to answer these questions. | So the questions in both cases — the question seeking a description of unbinding and the question seeking a description of the status of the arahant — try to apply classifications of thought that don’t properly apply in either case. At the same time, they come from states of mind that cause suffering and — if clung to — would get in the way of reaching unbinding. So there are both formal reasons — related to definitions and ways of reasoning — and strategic reasons for refusing to answer these questions. | ||
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On the other hand, though, there are times when the Buddha and his arahant disciples //do// give descriptions of unbinding. [[: | On the other hand, though, there are times when the Buddha and his arahant disciples //do// give descriptions of unbinding. [[: | ||
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So this paradoxical awareness, without object or support, is another feature of the goal. | So this paradoxical awareness, without object or support, is another feature of the goal. | ||
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