... the ... by ... Hello Dan, I'm not so sure that it fits the bill of "knowing there is an embryo". 'Just in case' doesn't mean there is 'knowledge'. As...
Dear Christine, I think this is what Dan meant: if there is no new embryo then killing is not committed. It is similar to the case of war. A commander thinks...
Hi James, ... .... I expect you’re right as usual, James :-) I don’t think I had expressed any of those thoughts, but they probably sense them as you...
dear Christine, One point that mitigates taking the morning after pill is that there a 2 ways it can work. The first is by working like a normal contraceptive...
Hi Dan, Dan: So, how does patimokkha differ from Asceticism Lite? James: Asceticism Lite? What is that? A new type of diet soft drink? Hehehe… Okay, I...
Hello Mike, Mike: The question is whether or not concept is conditioned object/phenomenon. I'm suggesting that the distinction is sabhaava. Michael: Could you...
Hello Ken: Ken: Could you describe to me which dhamma do not have particular nature or possessed a distinct nature. Michael: There is no dhamma that...
Dear Everyone, Part of samma kammanto, right action, is: kamesu,micch'acara veramani For a translation of this I have seen both of these: Abstaining from...
Hi, Ken (and Dan) - In a message dated 1/1/04 4:10:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Howard: Good for you, Ken! What is key, I think, in "attachment to mere...
To Everyone, ==== All that is subject to origination is subject to cessation ==== Sabbe dhamma nalam abhinivesaya (from AN VII,55) 'All things are not fit...
Hi Nina, I left out one class of living materiality called the "vital 9" (8 inseparables + life faculty). What is it? Apparently it is different from the...
Hi Michael ... also conditioned, and are not possessed by the dhamma. k: I thought that is the position I have told you. Dont take the word possession as...
Hi Christine, I am not sure about contraceptive pills but I know there is one that killed a fertilized embryo. To me once there is a fertilize embryo, it has a...
Hi all, Here is some reflection on the theme of the five aggregate of sustenance/panupadanakkhandha. It might not be a very organized writing, but might offer...
Hello Ken, KenO: I think there are many definitions of essence, if you go to dictionary.com. it gives you six meanings including your definition mean but it...
Dear Larry and Howard, ... N: It performs its function in the unit of rupas produced by kamma. This happens so long as we are alive, and cittas arise and fall...
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Dear Mike, I am reflecting on what you say, < to obviate the necessity of fitting these terms into a western philosophical framework>. Food for thought. People...
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Hi Larry, ... N: one of those words, Larry, about which Mike said: < fitting these terms into a western philosophical framework.> You quoted U Rewata and...
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Dear Robert and Christine, I like that war analogy, Robert. The artillery bombardment is ordered on the assumption that there are enemy soldiers there. If...
Hi Christine and everyone, You come up with some interesting conundrums. I am reminded of the Monty Python lampooning of the Catholic stance against male...
Hi, Herman - In a message dated 1/1/04 5:44:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... =========================== Now, cut that out, Herman! No libertarians allowed on...
Hi Herman, Adopting a law to prohibit murder is good public policy, but it is not Buddhist. Nor is it non-Buddhist. Buddhism is not about devising ways to...
Hello Dan, RobertK, and all, I wasn't looking for a loophole Dan - RobM had given me the definition of killing not so long ago, and I was trying to fit the ...
Hi Dan, What you wrote is quite accurate. I think that all the "isms" out there have their uses as long as they remain the means to an end, not an end in...
Nina: "Why not use the Abhidhamma terms straight?" Larry: Daily life, Nina, daily life. These terms are meaningless jargon if we can't relate them to daily...
Hello Herman, and all, Everyday life just throws up conundrums. :-) I think there is an accepted definition of a 'sentient being', and it includes 'breathing,...
Hi Christine and all, I accept your definition of sentient being wholeheartedly, and see no problem excluding sperm (I like the unguided missile image :-) on ...
