Dear Sarah, I have now had the opportunity to read and re-read your lengthy reply to my letter. As I have already said, I am very thankful for the time...
Dear Ven Pannabahulo, Thank you for your further comments. ... .... S: Yes, considering. Without careful listening and a lot of wise consideration, there will...
Dear Suan and Ven. Pannabahulo, ... Not so much defending but yes, I did have the perception that Ven. Pannabahulo was being pushed into saying something which...
Dear friends, We read in the Scriptures that the Buddha spoke about exerting right effort for kusala, and people may misunderstand such passages. They believe...
Hi Nina, Okay, I will respond to your post with a very brief message, like Larry does (but not that brief ;-)), in order to save you time. ... is not ... ...
Hi Scott, ... I'm getting a little tired of repeating myself so I will make this short. Wrong concentration is the concentration required to do an unwholesome...
Friends: The Non-Local Stilled Meditating Mind is Omniscient: The Meditating Mind is like a turned on computer where the keyboard is untouched & there is no...
Dear All, http://www.zolag.co.uk/<http://www.zolag.co.uk/> - The Perfections Leading to Enlightenment by Sujin Boriharnwanaket; translated by Nina van Gorkom. ...
Hi James and Scott, ... Larry: I would say what you are calling "mundane concentration" is wrong concentration if by that you mean reading for pleasure or in...
Hi Larry, ... N: Under clinging, since it arises with lobha-muulacitta. Even the anaagami who has no more clinging to sense objects still has subtle conceit,...
Hi James, ... N: It seems that you yourself are saying this, right? I take supramundane, lokuttara citta this: it has nibbaana as object, not anything else, no...
Dear Larry, Thanks for the following: Larry: "I would say what you are calling 'mundane concentration' is wrong concentration if by that you mean reading for...
Hi Scott, Scott: "I wonder if here you might be referring to vipassana? In this case, concentration would be condition for the arising of sati and pa~n~naa. I...
Hi Nina, Thanks for your reply on conceit. Actually, I have noticed that whenever I send an email or even think about sending an email, conceit arises. An ...
Hi Larry, Thanks for the post. I rarely get to chat with you. :-) ... wrong concentration if ... one's ego. One could ... view, thinking " I am ... person I...
Hi Nina, ... <vangorko@...> wrote: . ... James: Okay, notice here that you define supramundane right view as panna (pa~n~naa). ... James: Here you define...
Dear Larry, Thanks for clarifying: Larry: "Yes, I was refering to vipassana in daily life. Another example of right concentration that is not vipassana would...
Hi Scott, Scott: "Since the citta is kusala, it is Right Concentration. Is that the gist?" Larry: Yes, that's what makes sense to me. Otherwise there would be ...
Hi James, James: "What you are describing is mundane, or everyday, concentration. Mundane concentration can be either skillful or unskillful." Larry: Okay,...
Dear Connie & all, A Wise New Year to you too! Thank you for continuing to share these Paramis. ... <...> ... .... S: This development of metta and calm has...
Dear Friends, More on the blindness of ignorance..... Vism XIV, 163 "Delusion has the characteristic of blindness, or it has the characteristic of unknowing....
Dear Friends, ... ... S: I had meant to add the footnote given in the PTS translation (by FL Woodward) here: * " 'Recluse' for sama.na is not perfectly fitting...
Hi Tep, ... ... S: Thank you so much for your good wishes. You were one of the 'key players' in helping the lively and beneficial discussions along. Without ...
Dear Nina, There is a lot of detail to consider in these extracts. Thank you for all your work and helpful comments. ... .... S: Interesting. Whenever I've...
Dear Ven. Pannabahulo, ... Yes I think so, and better to know this now than continue with what on the surface seems like `agreement'. ... We could wait till...
Dear Sarah, Thank you for your good wishes, and likewise to you and Jon. Your remarks are good, it gives me an opportunity to consider why the Visuddhimagga...
Dear Scott (Larry, James), ... N: Here we have situations and during such situations there are many kinds of citta arising, kusala, akusala and neither kusala...
