Hi RobM, Victor, James, KenH, and All, I took a copy of my original post and the replies (except KenH's which I hadn't yet seen) to a small Buddhist discussion...
Dear Larry, Thank you very much for your reply letter.I am going to deal with pains more and finally I will try to relate pains with Abhidhamma and practice. ...
Dear Dhamma Friends, Pain is not a permanent one like other dhammas.It is a signal.Let's try to focus on pain.You all had once pains in your lives.Among them ...
Hi Christine, ... others ... people ... Speech. ... felt ... their ... I agree that which precept is most difficult to keep depends on one's accumulations. I...
Hi Ken, The Buddha very often gave exhortations using conventional terms: - "Strive on with diligence" - "Avoid evil, do good, purify the mind" There are...
Hi, Larry - In a message dated 5/31/03 9:55:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LBIDD@... ... Howard: No, it isn't sati per se, though some degree of sati must...
Hi, Jon - In a message dated 6/1/03 2:16:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... =============================== I agree that there is a difference between...
Hi, Jon - In a message dated 6/1/03 2:25:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Howard: I agree that thoughts are mind-constructed. I think it doubtful that a ...
Dear Rob M, I really appreciate your post on lobha-mula-citta. I do not want to be hairsplitting, but there is just a passage on sitting as a purpose. I think...
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Abhidhamma in Kraeng Jacang, Ch 3, no 4 Some people may select the objects of sati and pañña, but this will not lead to the goal. We read in the Scriptures...
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Perfections, Ch 9, Determination, no 12 If we want to relinquish defilements, if we have determination for relinquishment (cågåditthåna) with regard to...
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Hi, Nina - In a message dated 6/1/03 2:30:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, nilo@... ... ============================= The point made in the quotation from...
Hi, all - The word 'tilakkhana' literally means "three characteristics," but I see them as absences. I see their assertion as stating that nothing in this ...
Hi Howard, I have a problem with saying nothing is personal insofar as the khandhas are said to be personalty. "Impersonal desire" doesn't sound quite right to...
Hi Rahula, I looked-up "love" in the PTS Dictionary and found several potential candidates for romantic love, but I couldn't locate any of the textual ...
Hi Howard,Larry, all, Howard, did you mean that only all conditioned things are anatta, impersonal, soulless? What about: sabbe sankhara anicca: all...
... and ... Dear Christine, When we are concerned that sila be in evidence and in balance what are the dhammas at that moment. Is there genuine understanding...
Hi, Christine - In a message dated 6/1/03 5:11:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... ============================= In reply to Larrya natta was all I was addressing...
Commentary on the Satipatthana Sutta, "The Way of Mindfulness" trans. & ed. Soma Thera, Commentary, Buddhaghosa Thera, Subcommentary (tika), Dhammapala Thera....
Hi Howard, I prefer "worthless" or "vacuous" as the meaning is "anatta". Larry ... Howard wrote: "Impersonal" is a translation for 'anatta'. To be personal ...
Hi, Larry - In a message dated 6/1/03 8:18:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LBIDD@... ... =========================== I'll meet you halfway. I'll buy the...
Hi Howard, "Worthless" for "anatta" is just a personal preference. It's practical. I rationalize it by considering "self" to be some sort of ultimate value as...
Hi, Larry - In a message dated 6/1/03 10:51:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time, LBIDD@... ... Howard: Whatever works for you! (Skillful means, and all that! ;-)...
Hi Christine, ... and 'the ... I appreciate your concern but, unfortunately, I don't think we can allow you even that! I'm thinking of the marionette metaphor...
Hi RobM, ... I realise that your advice to Christine was meant to be read in the light of anatta. It goes without saying that you would never suggest there is...
Hi Jeff, I’m glad to get back to our discussion and thankyou for your feedback - sorry for the delay. ... .... S: It’s true that many Pali words have...
Hi Jeff & All, I found this extract from the commentary and sub-commentary to the Satipatthana Sutta (recently posted just after your post to me) to be ...
Hi Howard, The Buddha taught that form is impermanent, dukkha, not self, feeling..., perception..., formations..., consciousness is impermanent, dukkha, not...
... be ... thinking, ... development ... <snip> Hi Sarah, Actually, I see this excerpt as defining Right Reflection as wise considering of those factors which...
