Friend Sarah, ... <snip> .... ... (wrong ... very first ... there is ... or 'The ... Now we are starting to get into some very deep waters and I need some time...
Friend Jon, Jon: What I meant to ask was whether, on your reading of Right Concentration of the Nobel Eightfold Path, the attainment of the first jhana was...
Dear Icaro, While anger, which is akusala, arises, it is impossible for kusala to arise at the same time. No understanding could possibly arise when anger is ...
Dear Friends, 'Cetasikas' by Nina van Gorkom http://www.vipassana.info/cetasikas.html http://www.zolag.co.uk/ Questions, comments and different views...
Hi, Phil Thanks for sharing these thoughts. ... We all have a tendency to the view that thinking of the kind described as 'getting caught up in concepts' and...
Hi, Jon (and Phil) - In a message dated 1/1/05 9:09:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... =========================== Well, as to what the Buddha taught in this...
Hi Howard, No need to torture oneself to look for solutions what to include in the all, and what not. We just have to look at the context. In one context...
Dear Htoo, Thank you. I like your similes. man running is also in the Tiika, and then you made it clear with the warning shots, etc. I like it. When the reader...
Hi Charles, James I'm going to jump in on this one if you don't mind... In a message dated 12/31/2004 3:19:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, dacostas@......
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Hi Mike and Tep, ... N: naama-ruupa-pariccheda ñaa.na is the first stage of insight knowledge. See Visuddhimagga. It is still tender insight, taru.na...
Dear Munawwar, Welcome here, and this is really fascinating. How do you see the Abhidhamma? From which country are you? When my husband and I were living in...
Hi Howard, I do not know much about ATI, but as I heard, John Bullit is doing a lot of work. It also seems that they keep on revising their transl, which is a...
Hi, Nina - In a message dated 1/1/05 2:33:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... ========================== I'm very grateful for the site and his dedicated work! ...
... the second ... consciousness." Hi Howard, You're right. I misread the notes. I was referring to the line in the sutta, "The mind is abandoned, mental...
Hi, Larry - In a message dated 1/1/05 4:29:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, LBIDD@... ... ==================== Could you please clarify this. I understood...
Hi Howard, RobK, Sarah (and all), Thank you for your replies. Some more buzziness below. ... being ... projecting ... born ... interesting ... being closer ......
... LBIDD@w... ... bases ... Sabba ... Hi Howard, I'm referring to this line from the sutta: "If anyone, bhikkus, should speak thus: 'Having rejected this all,...
Hi Jon, (Phil and all), Sorry for butting in here. With regards to kusala and akusala thinking, kusala means different things in different contexts. Kusala...
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Hi, Larry - In a message dated 1/1/05 5:42:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, LBIDD@... ... ====================== It's never been quite clear to me how to...
Hi, TG - In a message dated 1/1/05 5:55:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, TGrand458@... ... ======================== I think that what you say here may be close...
Hi, all - In a message dated 1/1/05 6:17:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, upasaka@... ... ===================== Obviously, I meant to write "he", and not...
Do me a favor and translate the pali. Some of the words I can't find in my 4 dictionaries. Charles D ... From: m. nease To: dhammastudygroup@yahoogroups.com ...
This is all relative, but worth discussing. Charles ... From: upasaka@... To: dhammastudygroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 11:30 PM ...
Dear Herman, A God is my friend, and like most friends, we share and do things for each other. Now it is true that some would say I share with, and do for,...
Hi TG, You stated, "........... To believe in gods solely on heresay, even of the Buddha, is pure speculation. Is pure speculation a false view? I would...
... I don't share the same sentiments. I am not certain that I an extended period of discussion on the Dharma is what I need at the moment. The direction my...
Well as I have stated here on a prior occasion, I have acquired Bhikku Bodhi's excellent manual on abhidhamma, "A Comprehensive Manual of Abhidharma," and...
Hi Howard and TG, I think it's useful to know that there is more to reality than the internal and external sense bases. What this means is that understanding ...
