Different Ways of Eating?

• oldkid

  15 Jul 07, 00:09

  Hi all,
  
  I have a question. That is how many ways of eating are there in all sentient beings? From what I can remember, there is:
  
  1) One consume by eating using mouth (chewing and swallowing)
  2) One consume by smelling of scent
  3) One consume by Dhayana Bliss
  4) One consume by thoughts?
  
  Would appreciate if someone can answer. Thanks!
• bohiruci

  15 Jul 07, 00:16

  Originally posted by oldkid:

  Hi all,
  
  I have a question. That is how many ways of eating are there in all sentient beings? From what I can remember, there is:
  
  1) One consume by eating using mouth (chewing and swallowing)
  2) One consume by smelling of scent
  3) One consume by Dhayana Bliss
  4) One consume by thoughts?
  
  Would appreciate if someone can answer. Thanks!

  consume by using mouth .thats human
  consume by smelling of scent is gandharva .a type of sentient beings which feed on scent
  consume by dhyana bliss is sentient beings in the Buddhaland
  consume by thoughts is sentient beings of the non-form heaven
  
• oldkid

  15 Jul 07, 00:57

  Oh thank you so much! Rejoice!
• mahawarrior

  15 Jul 07, 11:58

  Originally posted by bohiruci:

  consume by using mouth .thats human
  consume by smelling of scent is gandharva .a type of sentient beings which feed on scent
  consume by dhyana bliss is sentient beings in the Buddhaland
  consume by thoughts is sentient beings of the non-form heaven
  

  What is Dhyana bliss?
  
  sorry, lazy to google
• bohiruci

  15 Jul 07, 12:04

  Originally posted by mahawarrior:

  What is Dhyana bliss?
  
  sorry, lazy to google

  dhyana in pali (AEN correct me if i am wrong)
  mean meditation and reflective thought
  
  dhyana bliss can be experience by meditationer ,of any religion
  but the dhyana bliss to consume and survive ,only a beings of the no-form realms can have such meditative powers .
  
  As they have ceased from the basic cravings of form .but is still not liberated
  
  
  
  
• An Eternal Now

  15 Jul 07, 12:05

  Originally posted by mahawarrior:

  What is Dhyana bliss?
  
  sorry, lazy to google

  Should be the bliss of meditative absorption. Usually this refers to Jhana meditative states. Could be something else, though.
• An Eternal Now

  15 Jul 07, 12:06

  Originally posted by bohiruci:

  dhyana in pali (AEN correct me if i am wrong)
  mean meditation and reflective thought
  
  dhyana bliss can be experience by meditationer ,of any religion
  but the dhyana bliss to consume and survive ,only a beings of the no-form realms can have such meditative powers .
  
  As they have ceased from the basic cravings of form .but is still not liberated
  
  
  
  

  Yes, true.
  
  Dhyana is not so much of reflective thought, but more like meditative absorption.