Dear Friends, 'Cetasikas' by Nina van Gorkom http://www.vipassana.info/cetasikas.html http://www.zolag.co.uk/ Questions, comments and different views...
Dear Andrew, I did not see any choppingblock, I think your dialogue with Howard was great and very friendly. With Mattheesha I did not follow all. I am a bit...
Hi Phil, I especially appreciate what you write about dreams. Very true. No, at the moment no frustration, one unlearns that in dsg. I just try the best I can....
Hi Nina I was listening to a talk about breath. I heard this - "concept of breath can be object of samattha, but reality ofreath is object of vipasanna." A...
Hi Howard, you say, ... I agree, when hardness appears, there is only the characteristic of hardness, no thought of a table. The question is different when we...
Hi Nina We crossed paths! ... I remember when I first met Rob K I told him that I thought it was good to have a very soft kind of comfortable Dhamma to get...
Hi, Andrew - In a message dated 7/31/06 8:41:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Howard: But I agree with you! I don't take intention to be a be-all and end-all....
Hi Mateesha Thanks for your further comments. ... The question you raise is whether samadhi that has been developed in samatha can be used in vipassana. This...
Hi, Scott - In a message dated 7/31/06 10:09:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Howard: Aside from the old-fashioned sexist terminology, I think that in the ...
Hi Joop ... You ask whether I think it's wrong to regard erroneous views, rules and ritual and personality-belief in this link of DO as 'desire to reduce ...
Hi, Ken - In a message dated 7/31/06 11:04:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Howard: Good! ... Nor is there anything less to it. Citta> ... Howard: I prefer. ...
Hi Joop ... I agree that the 4 paramattha dhammas, the Four Noble Truths and DO all concern the dhammas that occur at each moment. I am not sure what is meant...
Hi Scott ... I'm not sure we can say the same about the development of insight. There are prerequisites for the arising of panna, but they are not a matter of...
Hi James Hope you had a good trip, and are settling in well in Taipei. ... NOA ;-)). There is, I hope, a lot more to this list than 'debate' about meditation....
Hi, Nina - In a message dated 8/1/06 6:05:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Howard: Yes, I agree entirely. The "element of solidity" in that case is a concept...
Dear Jon, Thanks for the reply. I wonder if one can cultivate insight: J: "I'm not sure we can say the same about the development of insight. There are...
Hi Howard, just one remark I would like to add. Element of solidity or earth, element, dhaatu, is a reality, not a concept. In fact it is included in the list...
Hi TG, I would say, B.B.'s translation work is very good, but as to his remarks about Co. I do not go with him. Neither with his remarks about different...
Hi, Nina - In a message dated 8/1/06 9:39:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... ===================== I don't think we are differeing in substance. Every instance...
Hi again, Nina - In a message dated 8/1/06 10:25:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, upasaka@... ... ====================== To further clarify: Solidity is a...
Hi Howard Substanliality is defined by you as the philosophical notion of substance, the term literally meaning "standing under", is, as given in the Wikipedia...
Dear friends, The Hague, March, '77 Dear Mr. Walter, Thank you for your letter. First of all, I will repeat your remarks on Buddhism, and then comment on them....
Dear friends, Envy (isså) is another cetasika which can arise with dosa-múla-citta. There is envy when we do not like someone else to enjoy pleasant things....
Hi, Ken - In a message dated 8/1/06 11:43:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Howard: I agree with Nina that that is an unfortunate translation, given that ...
Dear Scott, N: "In the case of cittas of the sense sphere, when happy feeling arises there is also rapture, piiti. But it is hard to distinguish them. Not...
... Dear Nina Sorry to be obscure - I was joking 100% about all the talk of hens and eggs. I think the main problem in the discussion is that when we talk ...
Dear Howard ... and ... is kamma) but not ... those who ... How do we accomodate the idea that intention is conditioned and that, when it arises in the...
In a message dated 8/1/2006 8:04:02 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, vangorko@... writes: But I like to come to the essence with you, TG! You reject...
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Hi Howard, ... <. . .> Howard: Yes, sutta formulation is quite conventional. When involved with an Abhidhammic level of analysis, the speech should be less ...
Dear Nina, Thank you very much for: N: "I just repeat as I got it from Kh Sujin. When we are hearing a sound we learn that hearing is naama and sound is ruupa....
