Dear Sarah, I really appreciate your interacting with my overwhelming tome. I would only try to clarify one point, which I guess is hard to express properly:...
Dear Sarah, ... cessation of ... nibbana) ... Clearly this is true, but if we cling to a notion of an enduring self, the "cessation of all formations" most...
... Hi Christine, ... Yes. Discouragement is one of the worst enemies of practice. ... Yes. And doubt (of the skeptical variety, vicikicca) is one of the five...
Dear Dan, my 2 cents, kusala - thoughts generating of non greed, non hatred and non delution akusala - thoughts generating of greed, hatred and delution ...
Dan, I'll add a quick 2 cents to Ranil's..... I have to laugh because for years I'd use wholesome and unwholesome (and other friends too) but a long list of...
Dan, Thanks and very helpful additional comments (in my mind anyway). Can't you stay a little to help any posts that come in which don't share these ...
the February update to the Buddhist bibliography is now online at : http://www.cyberdistributeur.com/buddbib.html I have listed new Buddhist web sites at : ...
Dear Ranil, Of course! but I would say "rooted in" rather than "generating of". Dan ... delution ... good, ... of ... meaning 'skilful' ... dhamma], ... ...
Thanks for the extra two cents, Sarah. "Skilful" still seems to carry a lot of "skill" baggage with it and blurs the distinction between the real root of the...
... Hi Dan, that's a good point. Choosing the appropriate word (skillful or wholesome for kusala) boils down to pick your poison. 1) wholesome has the baggage...
[Sarah]: p.s now it's your turn to show us some love and find a photo [fk]: I own no camera, I have no photos. Rupa, anicca. Sanna, anicca, so why bother? :-) ...
Hi Kom, thanks for the tips, and I'll return to the discussion after I spend a day or two researching ... [fk]: Even if we soften the understanding of 4th...
op 30-01-2002 22:25 schreef michael newton op newtonmichael@...: .I met you and Khun Sujin way back in 1976 in Sri Lanka. ... Dear Michael, How nice to...
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The distinction between kusala/akusala is a moral one and not so much a difference in skill level. Yeah, yeah, I know. Some people who talk about "moral"...
Hello!Nina; No,that monk was not me that thought he was uninvited.It was so long ago,I almost draw a blank.It could have been this Rev.Santa(another American...
michael newton
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Hello!Ranil; Judgeing by your name,means that you must be from Sri Lanka.I lived as a novice monk there in the70's.Sri Lanka is a special place to me, are you...
michael newton
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Howard ... I'm sure we're agreed on the point you make here, that actual development does not come by thinking or theorising about the teachings. But what ...
Hi, Jon - Thank you for a very useful post. Much appreciated! The part most illuminating to me is the following: "This sutta gives 4 factors (anga) that need...
Thanks for your efforts, Sarah. I think the main point I'm trying to communicate here is obviously not clear, at least in the way I'm putting it. Perhaps you...
... Well, Anders, we're pretty close on this. But still have a familiar problem with eliminating samsara in order to have a pure experience of emptiness,...
Thank you Herman, for these clear and insightful comments. I agree that it is seeing that selects visible object, not the other way around. To say visible...
... Anders, Can you identify that sutta please? Perhaps quote it as well? Robert Ep. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great...
Howard Thanks for your comments ... Yes, I have never meant to suggest there is not something we call 'volitional effort' (it does indeed play a big part in...
Rob Ep In this and your original post, aren't you addressing the issue from a point of view that implies the reification of the external object (the rock)?...
Herman ... Yes, choice is a good word to use (but then, choice was a good word for Hobson's situation, too). And I wouldn't argue with what you say below. The...
Azita Good to hear from you. I trust you have managed to get your internet access problems sorted out. Must feel good to be pulling out the dhamma books...
Hi Erik, and All, Thank you for your Post - direct, and unsettling, as always. I appreciate the points you have made.....there is much I will continue to...
Something I read from a health food magazine on friday: Besides bringing back lots of gold after killing and exploiting lots of natives in America, Cortez also...
