Hi Howard, We wish you and Rita a very good trip. Only a year ago your family went through such a difficult time with Sophie, and how good it all turned up so...
Dear Han and Sarah, I reflect on Sarah's post: <Thank you for your quote from the Ratana Sutta. ... It is good, Han, if you add more of your own reflections. I...
Dear Scott, ... S: Would it be fair to say that this knowledge, so often minimized and even vilified as too much needless detail, is necessary since, without ...
Hi, Nina - In a message dated 12/1/06 3:33:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Howard: Yes, much too far. Our son will be picking us up in a couple minutes (at...
Hi, Sarah (and Han) - Thank you very much for the following, Sarah. You are very kind - as usual! :-) With metta, Howard In a message dated 12/1/06 12:40:36 AM...
Friends: Why is there Suffering here? Because of actions performed of beings when: Blinded by Ignorance! Pulled by Craving for Pleasure! Pushed by Fear of...
Dear Nina, Thanks for the reply. N: "There are no rules about how much details one should study, everyone follows his inclinations. It is good to remember the...
Dear friends, Letter on Vipassanå 2 When Khun Sujin was in England Alan Weller recorded the discussions he had with her. These recordings contain many...
Dear friends, Chapter 19 The Sobhana Cittas in our Life. There are many different types of citta which arise in our life and they can be classified in...
Dear Scott, We need not think too much about the names of stages and higher stages. They teach us that we cannot immediately know impermanence, or the other...
Dear Nina, Sarah and all, I found the following in a book by a Burmese Sayadaw. It was in Question and Answer format. Question: It is said that a sotaapanna...
Dear Sarah (and Howard), ... recent concerns and have been following the discussions closely. Han, can I encourage you to add any of your reflections on the...
Hello Han, and Sarah thank you Han, I am not familiar with this sutta, and in fact confess to being one who reads sutta infrequently. This has been a subject...
Hi Han, Thanks so much for this--this is the most interesting new material I've seen (or noticed) posted here in years. Fascinating and important I think, ...
Dear All, We're delighted to have uploaded the latest discussions with A.Sujin, edited by Jon and I, from Bangkok, February, 2006. These can be found here: ...
Friends: How to Give with only Good & Joyous Result! There might be the case, where one gives wealth, but without joy! Then, the later result is that one gets...
Dear Han & all, ... .... S: Yes, there is perversion of sanna and citta with every akusala citta arising. So only the arahant has no more vipallaasa at all....
Dear Friends, 'Cetasikas' by Nina van Gorkom http://www.vipassana.info/cetasikas.html http://www.zolag.co.uk/ Questions, comments and different views...
... ... Hallo Han, Sarah, all Han, your message had to do with one I sent some days ago (#65683, see a quote of it below) The difference is that you asked (and...
Dear Sarah and Jon, Thank you both very much for: "We're delighted to have uploaded the latest discussions with A.Sujin, edited by Jon and I, from Bangkok,...
Dear Sarah, Anumodana to you and Jon for all your hard work. I shall download them, with many thanks, Nina. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Dear Han, I quoted some material in my Vis. studies, Vis. CH XVII, 116: As we read in the text of the Visuddhimagga: < he figures that formations are self,...
Dear friends, There are also sobhana cittas arising in our life, cittas which are accompanied by sobhana cetasikas. Three among the sobhana cetasikas are hetu,...
Dear Joop, Thank you very much for your comprehensive post. You also raised an important question: IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A SOTAPANNA? AND HOW? You think the...
Dear friends, (Continuation of the dialogue between Kh Sujin and Alan Weller.) Alan : “I was looking at curtains but I did not notice the pattern of ...
Dear Nina, ... Vis. CH XVII, 116: As we read in the text of the Visuddhimagga: < he figures that formations are self, belong to a self, are lasting, pleasant,...
Dear Nina, Thanks for the reply: N: "We need not think too much about the names of stages and higher stages." No, this is right. A 'stage' is, I think,...
Dear Scott, S: Since 'I' is not, neither is 'stage'. These are, I think, only spoken of conventionally. What do you think? I don't mean to dismiss the...
