Hi Larry (Hal, Dan, Howard, and Robert K.), Thanks again for you succinct answers. I asked this question because I was wondering if there was a corresponding...
Dear Friends, 'Cetasikas' by Nina van Gorkom http://www.vipassana.info/cetasikas.html http://www.zolag.co.uk/ Questions, comments and different views...
Hi Hal & All, ... Dipani_Ledi Sayadaw states: "Buddhism views the world, with the exception of Nibbana and pannatti*, as impermanent, liable to suffering, and...
Bhikkhu Bodhi's reply (28th September), part 1 ============================== Dear Sarah, Thanks for your e-mail. I was actually thinking to write to you the...
Dear Friends, Jon and I have finished editing a couple of sets of discussions with A.Sujin and have uploaded these here: http://www.dhammastudygroup.org/ New...
Bhikkhu Bodhi's reply (28th September),part2 [Dear Sarah,] I didn't reply to your earlier e-mail, mainly because I saw that our discussion was moving at right...
Dear Friends, Yesterday, 3Oth September, I also received this follow-up note from Ben Bodhi on the reprint of CMA ============================================ ...
Dear Friends, I sent the following holding reply to Ven Bodhi this morning. If anyone has any comments/corrections in response to his letter on CMA (keeping in...
Hi Sarah, ... I also agree with Hal! This is truly phenomenal to read such correspondence with B. Bodhi. I feel as if I am witnessing history in the making! ...
Dear Sarah: Thank you for making these available to us. Best Regards, jaran ... __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice...
Hi Htoo (& James, Sukin) ... .... S: I believe that that while lokuttara cittas are said to have 'appanaa-arammana',because they are equivalent to jhana in the...
Hi James (and Tep), I am closing Email Sunday night for five weeks (India), but I like to answer you. I perfectly understand your remarks. Lodewijk found that...
Hi Larry and all, I know nothing about this subject, but I understood that one has to go through the stages of tender insight before there can be vipassana ...
Hi KH, ... accident ... semi- ... her, ... victim ... ===== Hi KH, The idea that what happens to somebody is a "result of their kamma" is common and leads to a...
Dear RobM, I find it hard to understand what you wrote in the post. Perhaps you can explain these examples from the Dhammapada: http://www.vipassana.info/f.htm...
Hi Sarah, ... Ben ... should ... mind. ... to ... Abhidhamma. ... included among the ... Ven. U ... any ... so that ... ===== In my post #15720, I listed a...
Hi Antony, Hope you're doing well. It's always good to see your research. ... ... S: Others have already replied that it may be with joyful or neutral feeling...
Hi Matt, Howard and all Thanks for writing, Matt. I've got a few of your posts in my personal Useful Posts and get a lot out of them, and from listening to you...
Hi again ... difference between these, and that's fine. But virya is virya, metta is metta, hiri is hiri, and can be known directly (though not yet) in a way...
Hi Sarah (and Htoo), Sarah: With regard to your p.s about James and textual passages, yes, he'd like you to quote more and me to quote less:). James: No, most...
Hi Rob K, ... you ... homage ... moment, ... what ... times ... so ... to ... the ... went ... questions. ... the ... a ... dog. ... this ... iguana ... of ......
Hi Mike (Dan & all). ... .... S: Yes, I think so. In the commentary note to the Sallekha Sutta, it mentions that it 'refers to one who at the beginning of his ...
Friends: Forward and Reverse Causality of the Process of Being Existent: So have I heard: After 7 days of non-stop sitting meditation in the bliss of...
Hi, Rob - In a message dated 10/1/05 5:37:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... ===================== But of course that is not always so these days, right?...
Hi, Phil - In a message dated 10/1/05 6:21:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... ====================== My objection was to a mode of speaking, namely speaking of...
Dear James, Once again I have been negligent to reply, pure laziness on my part. This passage relates how wise attention is able to arise in this life: The...
Dear Robm, I think it is not so straightforward as you paint it. Kamma paccaya is itself a strong condition (but it is true it needs other conditions to...
Hi Ken H, ... it ... am ... ===== I believe that you question is quite sincere. Here is my viewpoint. Firstly, it is important to put the Suttas into context...
Hi Nina, Thanks for chiming in. I appreciate it. BB's interpretation of Upanisa sutta is very intersting -- definitely worth taking a closer look at. Metta, ...
