Dear Dhamma Friends, There are 64 possible cittas in rupa brahmas. But any of these cittas do not arise in asannasatta brahmas, who always dwell with physical ...
Dear Dhamma Friends, After discussion on cittas that can arise in rupa brahmas and talking on asannisatta brahmas, cittas in arupa brahmas will be discussed in...
Dear Htoo, Thanks for this post on vipassana. I have added some comments to it, including a few points of disagreement. I hope you - or anyone else - will...
... zeal ... for an ... is ... Dear Larry, Thank you very much for your clear message. But once I found a web site who wrote that this desire is tanha and The...
Hi Inga Welcome to DSG from me. Thanks for posting your question. There are a number of reading and study suggestions in some earlier posts. Please go to the...
Hello All We are having a few days at Koh Samui before heading back to Hong Kong. Arrived here this morning. Internet connection dodgy, so will keep this ...
Dear Ken H, Thanks for your comments. First I have to recollect who is Ken O and who is Ken H. Now, I am talking to Ken H. With regards, Htoo Naing ... Ken H: ...
Dear Dhamma Friends, There are 4 arupa jhanas 1. aakaasaanancaayatana arupa jhana 2. vinnaanancaayatana arupa jhana 3. akincinnaayatana arupa jhana 4....
Dear Dhamma Friends, We are in this world. We can sense the world through our five senses. This is fact and not of anyone opinion. We have been in this world ...
... this ... the ... ... Dear James Yes, you are hurt. I remember somebody said something not so nice to you but I thought that had only to do with a...
Dear all In an essay titled The Significance Of 'Tathagatagarbha' (=Buddha- Nature) Heng-Ching Shih explains: "The well-known motto of Ch'an Buddhism is that...
Hi Matthew, Good to see you carefully avoiding reductionist error in the ... So far so good. I agree completely. But then you make two ... The sum *is* greater...
... N: We can remember what we have understood, we do not forget. When we listen carefully, and consider the Dhamma we have heard, intellectual understanding ...
Dear Htoo, It depends on the context. It can be chanda raga. I am just studying the tiika that mentions tanhaa, but it can also refer to kusala viriya. In a...
Hello Mike, That is a very interesting quote. Sorry for not commenting earlier but life gets in the way :) What is this 'Dispeller'? metta matheesha...
Hi Joop, LK and Nina - This message answers the previous messages # 43869, 43873 and 43874. LK : I will humbly refuse to go any futher into this topic, which I...
Dear Nina - Thank you very much for your excellent reply. N: The four Applications of Mindfulness include all naamas and ruupas that can be the objects of...
Hello again, All Just to add that we are using our time in Koh Samui to edit the recording of the discussions that took place in Bangkok, and will be uploading...
Hi Andrew, I think it would bode well for you to check your attitude that you're meditating with. Seems a bit preoccupied with achieving insights and whatever...
Hi James Sorry you feel you've been 'victimised'. I know you'd like to be a 'favourite' instead ;-)) It's quite easy, really, just repeat after me: 'Seeing...
Hi KKT, I just heard a mp3 from a Burmese Sayadaw that recounts this story or related one in detail. I'm not claiming to be technically sound with references...
Hi Joop, I just take it to be more metaphorical than literal. I would say Buddhist religious life is to discover "the true nature". You can call it Buddha...
Hi Joop, Joop: Yes, you are hurt. James: Oh, I wouldn't go that far- not hurt in the way that you think of it. I was simply expressing the reality of the...
Hi Matheesha, Mike is sometimes traveling and I do not know he can answer soon. ... N: The Co. to the Vibhanga, the Second Book of the Abhidhamma. It is the ...
Hi James, You sign off with James the Deranged. Hey, so long as we are worldlings we are deranged, all of us. op 01-04-2005 09:43 schreef buddhatrue op...
Dear Dhamma Friends, Among 4 arupa jhanas of 1. aakaasaanancaayatana arupa jhana 2. vinnaanancaayatana arupa jhana 3. akincinnaayatana arupa jhana 4....
Dear Htoo, There are so many questions and comments arising from your vipassana posts, I will have to snip a lot out. ... fleeting nama and rupa, as distinct...
Hi Nina, I was curious where the quote came from - the text seems show the buddha saying this. I dont recall anything similar in the suttas, which doesnt...
