Dear Scott (Nina & Herman), ... passage ... condition." ... ... S: and Boddhi's: "There is present only this non-voidness, namely, that connected with the six...
Dear Elaine, (& Sukin), ... ... Sarah: I hope you may re-consider at a later date. I know Sukin will have spent a considerable amount of time, trying to...
Dear Alyssa, Just briefly, welcome to DSG and many thanks for your good start with the mystery post. Phil gave one of his hilarious replies:-). Lots of good...
Hi Elaine & all, ... ... S: It depends how we understand memory. When you refer to memory, do you refer to a momentary mental factor which arises at every...
<Bhikkhu Samahita, All> Summary/Commentary: This is the Third Noble Truth (of the four truths, the pure essence and core of Buddhism). All suffering can be...
Dear Scott, my eye fell on this one, but I stand to be corrected, since the insertion of consonants in between vowels (Warder, p. 255) is difficult. ... ...
Alyssa Ryvers My aplogies. It is not AN it is SN Samyutta Nikaaya. Here is the full reference and full verse. Samyutta Nikaaya, Sagaathavaggapaali, Devataa...
Hi Phil, ... ... S: Thx to you, Tep and everyone else. Good to be back. ... ... S: You often refer to the 'emotional comfort' you find, now in the suttas, ...
Dear Sarah and friends, Sarah, I hope your cold is better. I know you usually have this after a strenuous journey. We had quite an experience with our twelve...
Dear friends, Chapter 17 Different Aspects of the Twentyfour Conditions Summarizing the twentyfour conditions, they are: root-condition (hetu-paccaya) ...
Dear friends, Preserving the Buddha's Teachings Introduction In October 2001 we joined a large group of Thai pilgrims led by our friend in Dhamma and teacher...
Hi Herman, ... ... S: This was Mahasi Sayadaw's phrasing. Lots of relevant sutta and ... "He trains himself, having undertaken the training rules, seeing ...
Dear Nina (& Lodewijk), Welcome back! We're both very glad that you're both home safely and that Lodewijk's fall was not more serious. He must have got a...
Dear Azita, I am sorry. I forgot to answer the questions you have asked? Here are the answers: I am from Sri Lanka. Born and bred here. I am a traditional...
Dear Sarah, Thanks for the clarification (I hope your cold is going away): [The Paali: "Atthi cevida.m asu~n~nata.m yadida.m imameva kaaya.m paticca...
Dear Nina, Hello again. Thanks for the clarification. I have yet to really get these insertions (obviously): N: "my eye fell on this one, but I stand to be...
Hi Howard, And thanks for reminding me of this! I agree 110% with your analysis. "... respite ..." Now that's a new word for me. You must have an extensive ...
Dear All, This is the continuation of Chapter 7: The Perfection of Truthfulness, taken from the book "The Perfections Leading to Enlightenment" by Sujin...
Hi all, My conclusion first -- Like all existence, the self is: (1) impermanent, (2) a source of suffering, and (3) compounded (has several components). ...
Dear Wijeratna, I am referring to Paramatthadhamma as "Ultimate Truth". Charles DaCosta ... DC: What do you refer to as "Ultimate Truth"? Paramatthadhamma or...
... from you. But atta also refers to 'self' as in ordinary usage. ... Ultimately ordinary sense of "I am" is a delusion, and PAINFUL ONE AT THAT! When person...
... any sort of ... to arise from? How can it can it experience considering it has no eyes, nose, ... Feeling arise due to causes and conditions. I do not...
Hi Nina Welcome back. ... I should just check this on my own, but could you remind me briefly of the difference between kamma producing rupa and citta...
Hi Sarah ... suttas, ... which ... Ouch, you are all over me on this one, Sarah. You got me. Yes, I was thinking afterwards that "look for" is fair enough. ...
Hi Sarah, Oh I really like your explanation on pain. Sarah: It's impossible not to have experienced painful feelings. However, they are brief conditioned...
Hi Sarah, This is a very interesting question: "Do you understand it as a conditioned dhamma, nothing to do with 'Elaine' or 'Sarah'?" You mean really...
Dear Elaine, My niece is a medical student. She is in the final year. One subject of their final year curriculum is psychology/psychiatry. One day she was...
Dear Charles, Many thanks for the prompt reply. Of course, I am reading it along with your previous comment about about paramattha. I like delusion better than...
Dear Alex, Many thanks for the explanation. I am much obliged. Lots of mettaa. D. G. D. C. Wijeratna __________________________________________________ Do You...
