Dear PG, On a simple level, "silent of body" means "well-restrained" and also that none of the precepts are broken on account of bodily actions. This is a off...
Thanks, Piya. If it was just about the reference, CSCD wud have been fine, but since I needed help with understanding, I asked about the ref. as well ;-) Do...
Dear Gunnar, you asked for a German site, Nyanaponika's German Suttanipata, since the old one indeed does not exist. I asked German friend and he gave me...
I just by chance ran accross this conversation looking for a copy of my paper on the kalama in BSR, so joined the group just so that I could respond! I didn't...
Dear all, Today (19-May-08) we celebrate Buddha Puurnimaa in India. May this day help us all find even greater zeal in our practice of the dhamma. metta to...
Ven. A. P. Buddhadatta pa~n~napetabba (pot.p) what should be prepared. pa.tiggahetvaa (abs) having received or taken. pa.tisaametabba (pot.p) what should be...
Dear Yong Peng, I do not dare to open anymore the drop down menus until you say that is it O.K. I wrote to your personal address but I do not know whether you...
Dear Gabriel, you can find many data about Buddha and its name, its spiritual attainments and qualities in the following book: Toshiichi Endo, Buddha in...
Dear Nina and friends, thanks for alerting the group, Nina. This is a very good step to setting up a community based site. All the affected pages should have ...
Thanks Tapkina! In case you have this book, could you post any passage related with the etymology and meaning of the word Buddha? Regards, Gabriel From:...
"This is a very good step to setting up a community based site." What did they do? How was the site vulnerable? Is there anything that community members can do...
Dear group, What were the names of the five ascetics that Buddha addressed his first sermon to. Can there names be translated into English? i am trying to...
Dear Gabriel, Nina, Tapkina and friends, it would be good if a new topic is started on a new thread, instead of replying to a post on an existing discussion...
Dear Jon, certain parts of the tipitaka.net site were replaced by a "hacked page". All websites are vulnerable to hacking, but there are a few things which I...
Dear Yong Peng. Thanks for your reply. Anyway I have some doubts about the translation “enlightened” for the term Buddha. For example, in Sanskrit the root...
... source for the passage posted regarding the meaning of Buddha from the [Ngawang Tenphel] >>Paramatthajotikå? What I mean is if is available this passage...
Dear Gabriel, thanks. I have no problem with buddha=awakened or Buddha=the Awakened One. A quick & easy search and compilation of words from the Digha Nikaya ...
"A~n~nakonda~n~na, Bhaddiya, Vappa, Assaji, Mahaanaama. Nina." That makes six of them :-) __________________________________________ ... [Non-text portions of...
Dear Gabriel, ... What I mean is if is available this passage in pali transliterated somewhere? ... N: I only have the English: Minor readings and Illustrator,...
