Dear Azita, Cones come in little boxes of six or eight - I think you said Darshan from India were the best, you remember ... the ones with the sandal wood...
Dear Howard, ... K. Sujin actually said many time that the teachings, both in the Abhidhamma and in the Sutta, are beyond the realm of being verified by us....
Hi Kom and Howard, ... From: Kom Tukovinit <kom@...> To: <dhammastudygroup@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 6:49 AM Subject: RE: [dsg]...
m. nease
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Jul 1, 2003 3:38 pm
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Hi Kom, Thank you for your reply. The mind is fickle, unruly, agitated, not calm, swift, and unsteady, if left unguarded, untamed, uncontrolled. A guarded,...
Dear Howard, You write: "Then the Abhidhamma scholastics, it seems to me, picked up on this, and presented a 'fact' that cittas go by 17 times as fast as...
Dear Kom, ... Where does Right Effort fit in here? It sounds like you are describing a fixed, deterministic system. My understanding was that, reality was...
Hi Mike, Kom, and Howard, and all, Regardless the different mode of expression, the question is: Is the conceptual construct of the Abhidhamma Pitaka the...
Dear Dave, ... Whenever there is mindfulness, at that moment there is right effort. Whenever there is attachment, at the moment there is the wrong effort. ...
Perfections, Ch 11, Equanimity, no 1 The Commentary to the ³Basket of Conduct² defines the perfection of equanimity, upekkhå, as follows: Equanimity has the...
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Jul 1, 2003 5:09 pm
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Hi Victor Again, the 4 noble truths. But what are the four noble truths? Always the same, but yet very different. kom...
Hi Kom and Dave, The Buddha did not teach right effort with a philosophical view of determinism or free will. The view of determinism or free will is ...
Hi Kom and all, Then let's focus on the four noble truths, not some conceptual model/construct of mental/cognitive process. What are the four noble truths? ...
Dear Victor, ... Yes, Victor, but we all have to start somewhere. Some people think that this realization can be now and immediate, but they don't know that...
Hi Kom, Then the goal is to realize liberation, the cessation of dukkha. When you said that understanding that there is nothing (that can be realized now)...
Victor, ... qualities ... arising ... My take on the above passage is that it implies free will. "He generates" ... "[he] exerts his intent" and so forth....
Hi, Kom - Thank you for your kind reply. As you probably expext, I agree with you some and disagree with you some. I will give just a few brief comments in ...
Dear Howard, ... N: When a process of cittas experiencing a sense object, a rupa (such as visible object or sound), runs its full course, 17 moments of citta...
nina van gorkom
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Jul 2, 2003 4:17 am
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Dear Jim and Larry, ... N: Thank you very much Jim for your remarks and corrections. I have to absorb it now. I stared a long time on vara. Larry, you had...
nina van gorkom
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Jul 2, 2003 4:17 am
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... Darshan ... dear Chris, Ahhh, yes, I do remember. Please let me know when you want your 'Conditions' returned, I am only on Ch.3, it's not such light...
Dear Howard, ... I can understand why it troubles you. We shouldn't believe in something that is proven otherwise. I am one who appreciates the Kalama Sutta...
... can ... Dear Victor, I'm not as certain as you that calm and peacefulness are necessarily wholesome, they can be but unless there is the wisdom to really...
Hi, Nina (and Kom) - In a message dated 7/2/03 12:18:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, nilo@... ... ============================== Yes, thank you Nina. I do...
Hi, Kom - Thank you forthe very kind and friendly post. I will insert just a few comments in context below. In a message dated 7/2/03 4:06:21 AM Eastern...
Hi Victor, ... From: yu_zhonghao <yu_zhonghao@...> To: <dhammastudygroup@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 9:54 AM Subject: [dsg] Re: Single...
m. nease
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Jul 2, 2003 1:02 pm
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Dear Howard (Victor & Dave), Just one more comment to your post, Howard. ... I think this is the point that we keep converging to. I don't think we need to...
