Hi Scott and Herman, ... H: > > Dhamma study is the mind studying itself, no props required. > > S: > Dhamma study (pariyatti) is learning the Dhamma (read...
Dear Herman, Thanks again for your further clarifications: H: "You might be aware of the Necker cube, just some lines on a page really. But it can be seen as...
Dear Ken H, K: "When the Satipatthana Sutta, for example, says that a monk practising satipatthana knows citta with dosa as citta with dosa, a student can...
Dear Dhamma friends, I am grateful to hear that you are keen with your spiritual practice with love and compassion. There is a very important reality that we ...
Friends: Inclining, sloping, bending & falling towards Enlightenment! The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, just as all the rafters in a peaked house slant,...
Hi, Scott (and Herman) - In a message dated 7/1/06 9:23:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, scduncan@... ... Howard: That is a good question, Scott. I don't think...
Hi, Scott and Ken - In a message dated 7/1/06 9:35:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time, scduncan@... ... Howard: I don't believe that. The prior consciousness may...
Hi Jon, Thank you for your kind guidance. I am somewhat familiar with the Satipatthana Sutta. I will go into more detail with it tonight. Metta, Greg. jonoabb...
Dear Gregg, Your question is so human, feeling disturbed because of distractions. This problem can be seen from different angles. I have been pondering over it...
Hi Joop and Charles DeCoasta Joop : You said it is D.O. casual chain, could you tell me, then after death, what will arise. Charlse: A linear direction. I...
Dear Howard, Good to correspond with you! Howard: "That is a good question, Scott. I don't think that there is consciousness of current consciousness (as an...
Dear Herman, I was reading the other day (a dangerous occupation, I know)... H: "To me, there can be no clearer statement that experience and the body are...
Hi, Scott - In a message dated 7/1/06 12:09:06 PM Eastern Daylight Time, scduncan@... ... Howard: As I conceive of it, pa~n~na is similar to an undefiled...
Hallo Ken O, Charles Based on the Suttas (when explaining DO) there is a chain with two mini-cycles: (1) With the arising of birth there is the arising of...
Hi Herman,Howard, ... He thinks that cittas should not be seen as academical. Nor are they concepts, they are real. There is no danger to use cittas and we in ...
Dear friends, Chapter 2 The Five Khandhas The Buddha discovered the truth of all phenomena. He knew the characteristic of each phenomenon by his own...
Hallo Seelagawesi Thero Your first message (after the one introducing yourself) is an interesting contribution to discussion here in DSG. Some time ago (see...
Dear Scott and all, I would like to post again Sarah's well thought out Email on attaavaaduppaadaana, since you were discussing sakkaaya di.t.thi today. ...
Dear Howard, Thanks for your kind correspondence. Stimulating... Howard: "As I conceive of it, pa~n~na is similar to an undefiled sa~n~na. San~n~na is...
Hi, Nina - In a message dated 7/1/06 3:08:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... ====================== I don't believe it, Nina. There is no knowing of what does...
Hey Scott, ... Rest assured, I am not offended :-) :-) (see, I'm smiling just to prove it :-), but I think I will not spend any more time on this. Enjoy the...
Hi Howard, ... There's nothing quite as a effective as a sharp example that can be related to rather directly :-). Well said. The problem for me lies in that...
Hey Scott, ... You and Ajahn Chah could have been great mates, no doubt. "Don't read books! Read your own heart instead. Take Wat Pah Pong for example. These...
Hi Scott, ... <snip> ... You're a scary guy, Scott :-) By the grace of God, you have been unentwined from fundamentalist Christianity. Then you go and repay ...
... Hi Nina, Thanks for helping out. I dimly remember having had this conversation at regular intervals over the past few years. I tend to confuse explanations...
Dear Herman, Okay :-) (Look! I made one myself!) H: "Rest assured, I am not offended :-) :-) (see, I'm smiling just to prove it :-), but I think I will not...
Hi Howard, ... Yes, quite often I could just cut and paste what you have written, and put my name under it. It would be plagiarism, though, because while the...
Hi Howard and Scott, ... I see it exactly like this, and also based purely on experience. Hey Scott, what Howard wrote. The patience is his though, not mine...
