 Strictly speaking, the duration of the life of a living being is exceedingly brief, lasting only while a thought lasts. Just as a chariot wheel in rolling rolls only at one point of the tire, and in resting rests only at one point ; in exactly the same...  Buddhism - หน้า 2631903มุมมองทั้งเล่ม - เกี่ยวกับหนังสือเล่มนี้
 | Sōgen Yamakami - 1912 - 382 หน้า
...commensurate with the period during which a thought lasts. And just as a chariot-wheel in rolling rolls merely at one point of the tire and in resting rests only at one point, even so the life of a living being endures only for the brief period of one thought and as soon as... | |
 | Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy - 1916 - 482 หน้า
...something else. In place of an individual, there exists a succession of instants of consciousness. "Strictly speaking, the duration of the life of a...brief, lasting only while a thought lasts. Just as a chariot wheel in rolling rolls only at one point of the tire, and in resting rests only at one point... | |
 | Jorge Luis Borges - 1964 - 496 หน้า
...fifth century, the Visuddhimagga (Road to Purity), illustrates the same doctrine with the same figure: "Strictly speaking, the duration of the life of a...brief, lasting only while a thought lasts. Just as a chariot wheel in rolling rolls only at one point of the tire, and in resting rests only at one point;... | |
 | John Bowker - 1993 - 264 หน้า
...long, over-arching continuities reaching through the process - although, as the Visuddimagga 8 puts it, strictly speaking, the duration of the life of a living...chariot-wheel in rolling rolls only at one point of the tyre, and in resting rests only at one point; exactly in the same way, the life of a living being lasts... | |
 | Roderick S. Bucknell, Martin Stuart-Fox - 1993 - 260 หน้า
...Buddhist Philosophy Govinda gives a hint about the identity of the 'something' that dies and is reborn: 'Strictly speaking, the duration of the life of a...exceedingly brief, lasting only while a thought lasts ... As soon as that thought has ceased the being is said to have ceased."2 This appears to equate 'birth'... | |
 | Susantha Goonatilake - 1998 - 334 หน้า
...lasting only the length of one thought; it is the primordial unit of being. "Just as a chariot wheel in rolling, rolls only at one point of the tire, and...rests only at one point; in exactly the same way, the [internal] life of a living being lasts only for the period of one thought. As soon as that thought... | |
 | Michael Barnhart - 2002 - 364 หน้า
...found.9 In other words, no atman whatsoever and, arguably, no ontological individual either. In fact, "strictly speaking, the duration of the life of a...is exceedingly brief, lasting only while a thought lasts."10 Buddhists, even early Theravada Buddhists, seem to feel they can get along quite well without... | |
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