Dear Howard, Thanks for the reply: H: "Then I take it you also view streams of cittas with the same object as also figments of the imagination? What of the...
Dear Nina, I suppose the site Palikanon.com has been changed to http://www.palikanon.de/ where Khuddaka can be found too.. (assuming N.' s translation) with...
Good friend Howard, et al Very warm thanks for your very quick reply... Just a concern... one step leads to another step to another until we are no longer...
Good friends, I understand, perhaps incorrectly, there are at least two versions of the Abhidhamma (Skt: Abhidharma?)... which version are we discussing? Warm...
Dear Alex, Thanks for the reply. I'd still appreciate your remarks with regards to the difference between the Dependent Origination versus the Conditional...
Hi, Chuck - In a message dated 5/17/2008 11:10:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, dhammasaro@... writes: I had thre redials with no indication of message...
Hi Alex, Howard, All Alex, your "after title" -- Cold blooded conditionality" is perfect! Conditionality doesn't give a damn...it just does. And it generates...
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Hi Herman, Howard, Alex I look at it this way Herman, the quote you posted below, or any quote from the Suttas being used to support some idea of free...
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Dear Dieter, thank you very much, das ist wunderbar. The site looks very good. Nina. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dear Connie, ... N: the part on effort is very important. People are always wondering: we should make an effort, but when, and what for? It can arise ...
Hi Howard This caught my eye... LOL In a message dated 5/17/2008 5:54:20 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time, upasaka@... writes: Actually, I do use 'paramattha...
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Hi Howard and Herman, ... N: I do not deny this. The Buddha speaks about the importance of association with the right friends. That is helpful for the ...
Hi Alex, ... N: Of course we should be prudent. Negligence is akusala. ... N: No doctor, no need at the moment, but it can change, we never know. Of course I...
Hi Alex, ... N: Sarah answered. As she said it is not just sa~n~naa, and, she kept on saying, and rightly so, the *characteristic* can still appear. No...
Hi, TG - In a message dated 5/17/2008 2:41:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, TGrand458@... writes: Hi Howard This caught my eye... LOL In a message dated...
Hi, Nina - In a message dated 5/17/2008 2:55:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vangorko@... writes: Hi Howard and Herman, ... N: I do not deny this. The...
Hi Howard In a message dated 5/17/2008 1:32:20 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, upasaka@... writes: Howard: I'm not speaking of phenomena standing on their...
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Hi Howard (#2) In a message dated 5/17/2008 1:32:20 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, upasaka@... writes: So there is a difference between delusion and...
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Dear Scott, ... Of course there is no one pulling the trigger. However what is important to understand that there are multiple possible future outcomes...
Hello TG and all, Interesting idea, however, one problem: According to the suttas Buddha not only taught USEFUL information (which is what you are trying to...
Hi colette, ... It might help to realise that the conspirators are also "planned out", and that there is no-one who is acting freely in a quest of their own ...
Hi Sarah, ... You are saying that both [a] sound and its absence are characteristic of that sound. You are saying that both red and its absence are ...
Hi, TG - In a message dated 5/17/2008 4:23:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, TGrand458@... writes: Hi Howard (#2) In a message dated 5/17/2008 1:32:20 P.M....
Hi Herman, Another good post/reply, AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS that I'm working on the strategy, if the Dharmas can or could have a strategy, of the PAST DHARMA,...
