Dear Sarah and Nina Thank you for consulting your texts for me. ... virtues...'/'moral ... correct and ... a holy ... Remember ... paraamaasa' ... Andrew: A...
Hi Mike ... Thanks, Mike. Yes, 'data' seems quite a good term here. ... Indeed it did. I had noticed 'scintillae' had wondered where it came from; now I...
Hi Swee Boon ... degree ... the ... comes ... Well that's because I don't know any other way in which jhana and insight 'combine' at the time of enlightenment....
Hi Swee Boon ... process ... Interesting. You have said 2 things about satipatthana: 1. It does not concern only the "present moment" (in inverted commas) 2....
Hi Nina I forgot to thank you for your translation the other day, Nina. Sorry that I won't be able to help Han and all in presenting the book or leading...
Dear Han & all, ... ... S: This is the same theme of not minding others' akusala and not being disturbed by how others behave. K.Sujin always stresses this -...
Hi Swee (and any abhidhammika), - Thank you for good comments & good questions. ... graduated with the Arahantship degree without the knowledge about concepts...
Dear Sarah, Thank you very much for your kind remarks. ... S: This is the same theme of not minding others' akusala and not being disturbed by how others...
Dear Tep, your sutta quotes are always very good. You quote parts of different posts, but do not feel obliged to asnwer my posts. They are just some thoughts...
Dear Andrew, ... N: More and more I come to this conclusion. We at the present time are lost without the commentaries. I appreciate your answer, Nina. ...
Dear Nina, Thanks for the reply: N: "What was in my mind: when we are thinking the reality is thinking. Too much thinking does not bring us very far....
Dear Scott, ... N: Perhaps I did not express myself clearly. When thinking arises we learn that thinking is a kind of nama, not self. It is for example ...
Dear Han, ... If we do not at least begin to have more understanding that one object is experienced through one doorway at a time, we are infatuated by the...
Dear Nina, No, you were clear. The 'that's not quite right' was in reference to my own sentence just prior to it. I left the 'not quite right' sentence in in...
Dear friends, We read in the “Patthåna” (Faultless Triplet, VII, Investigation Chapter, § 430) about the faculties which are the five senses, under the...
Hi, Tep - In a message dated 8/31/07 11:11:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Howard: Of course. It is always useful to clarify what the anatta teaching is! ...
Hi Sarah, Scott, Han, - Han's question: How I can reconcile "when an object is repulsive one can see it as unrepulsive (MN 152)" with "pleasant feelings should...
Dear friends, The monk who is even-minded when he is vexed by others has developed satipatthåna to the degree that he realizes “kammassakata ñåna”. He ...
Hi Jon, ... If there is "insight with jhana as basis", there would also be "insight without jhana as basis". Am I right to say that? Consequently, one can...
Hi Sarah, Scott, Han (Nina and Howard), - In the earlier post I mistakenly omitted the second part of Han's question : perceiving the unrepulsive in the...
Hi Jon, ... There can be contemplation on the past (recollection of past lives, reflection on what has been done through bodily, verbal & mental actions) and...
Hi Howard, ... There can't be anything that is 'wholesome' or 'unwholesome' with just thinking without the theme of thinking. There is only just thinking that...
Hi Tep, ... Indeed, many monks graduated thus without the knowledge of 'concepts' vs 'realities'. They may not even have heard of the Abhidhamma in the ...
Dear Scott, ... N: I agree, but it is not all the time compelling. When seeing, there is no thinking. When we are learning about the dhammas appearing through...
Hi, all - This thread consists of three parts. But please do not wait till I am done if you want to comment or ask questions. I prefer having questions and...
Hi, Tep (and Swee Boon, and "core-DSGers") - In a message dated 9/1/07 8:38:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... ======================= LOLOL! So now I'm an...
Dear Tep, ... N: The goal of samatha is the elimination of attachment, and the goal of vipassana is the eradication of ignorance. The quote of the Patis.given...
