Dear Nina, Jon, James & all, ... .... S: Good to consider this sutta further which you quoted. The Saaraa.niiya Sutta. I checked 'saaraa.niiyya in the dict:...
Hi James, thank you for your post. My conclusion is: there were arahats without jhana attainment. But I also include the ancient commentaries in my conclusion,...
Dear James, Nina, Phil & all, Jon came across an audio discussion with K.Sujin which maybe from the same set Nina and you referred to before and which aroused...
Dear Htoo, ... .... S: I meant to also say how glad I was to see you writing here directly. You mentioned to me (off-list) that soon you'll be able to...
Hi James & Nina, It's been a good discussion and just yesterday, Jon & I were commenting on what good form you've been in with your discussions and series,...
Dear Mike, Thanks for your reply; I'm a bit rushed so this might be a badly organised attempt: M: "...What I'm inclined to think (as has so often been said...
Hi, Nina (and James) - In a message dated 6/1/07 4:39:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... ======================== To become an arahant, Nina, is not right...
Hi Sarah and all ... kusala is ... why do ... I guess James disliked this because he though (correct me if I'm wrong James) that we should hate our akusala. I...
Hi Howard, Right concentration of the eightfold Path that has to accompany right understanding of the eightfold Path, I agree that this is necessary. There are...
Dear friends, We read in the same section of the “Paììhåna” (§ 407) that akusala can be the object of akusala citta: Faulty state is related to faulty...
Dear friends, Further on we read: “Upon the Enlightened Ones, the Blessed Ones, who see thus, ‘I have crossed over and the world has not crossed over; I am...
Hi, Nina - In a message dated 6/1/07 10:41:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Howard: Right concentration is certainly requisite for becoming an arahant. (It was...
Hi Ken, Lets look at this stuff that you wrote as a drug. I ingested that drug when I read it and comprehended it, but I have yet to cognize it, no? let my...
Hi Phil, ... When I said that we should hate our akusala I didn't mean it as the extreme form of dosa- like literally hating. People us that term "to hate...
Hi RobK, ... This reminded me of another story. A man is being nailed to a cross, in order to induce a slow and agonising death. The people involved in this...
Hi James ... Maybe it was the word "hate", which sounds intense. (I always encourage my students to find other ways than using "hate" in my conversation...
Hi Scott, ... What I thought it was about was that when one has perfected their jhanas, and when one "comes back to earth" from there (which happens to all...
Hi Nina, ... Yes, I have taken on a position as IT manager for a regional government department, and I start on Monday. No doubt it will be a bit of a shock to...
"The Path of Purification" (Visuddhimagga), Ch.XVII 158. After knowing this, again: One ought to consider the [pair] death and birth Under aggregates, object,...
Hi Howard, ... It is these days possible to trace what happens to a single human egg and a single human sperm, and see what happens when they happen to meet...
Hi again James I thought afterwards that more important than our dislike of the akusala are the "guardians of the world" - moral dread and shame. Isn't our...
Hi Phil, ... I guess I will add a drop more on this subject. (I am just going to ramble a bit :-). We are talking about two different categories: 1. Kusala...
Dear Herman, Thanks for your reply (I've played with the order a bit): H: "Ground is a good word in this context. It connotes a solid foundation. The denial...
Dear Herman, Sorry: "Me: Whether ruupa-kaaya or naama-kaaya, 'body' refers to the momentarily arisen consciousness..." Scott: 'Consciousness' should be...
Hi, Ken - In a message dated 6/1/07 9:18:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kenhowa@... ... ======================== As best I can tell, it also has nothing to...
Hi James and Phil, James: "What KS is advocating, at least as much as I can tell, is that we should all cultivate equanimity..." Larry: I thought she was...
Hi Howard, ... H: > Right livelihood means exactly "a wholesome and proper way of earning ... what the ... of the ... going with right ... five? ... business...
