Dear Bryan, ... (pali), aatman (sanskrit) >is not to be found anywhere, I repeat anywhere, in the Buddha's (the Tathaagata) >experience. The basic ...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Dec 23, 2009 4:08 pm
Dear DC, No problem if you do not agree. It is always useful when there are disagreements, at least for me. I can consider more what I understand and what not...
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Bryan Levman
bryan.levman
Dec 23, 2009 4:42 pm
Hi DC, My own feeling is that when Buddha talks about te suttantā tathāgatabhsitā gambhīrā gambhiratth lokuttarā suññatapaisaṃyutt, (SN II,...
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DC Wijeratna
dcwijeratna
Dec 24, 2009 6:00 am
Dear Nina, Thank you for your reply. You say "No problem if you do not agree."I understand that statement as: Since what I say is the truth, whatever you say...
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Bryan Levman
bryan.levman
Dec 24, 2009 6:04 am
Hi DC, Ñaṇamoli and Bodhi (Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, 2005) translate it as "perceptions and notions [born of] mental proliferation" and he has...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Dec 24, 2009 9:05 am
Venerable Pandita, Through satipa.t.thaana we can understand the meaning of kha.nika mara.na. It points to anicaa sa~n~naa and this is closely connected with...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Dec 24, 2009 10:05 am
Dear DC, ... N: On the other list (dsg) we use this expression all the time, to show that different opinions are welcome. Some people regret it that there are...
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DC Wijeratna
dcwijeratna
Dec 25, 2009 3:12 am
Hi, Bryan, "My own feeling is that when Buddha talks about te suttantā tathāgatabhsitā gambhīrā gambhiratth lokuttarā suññatapaisaṃyutt, (SN...
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Zong Seng
hzongseng
Dec 25, 2009 3:30 am
"sabbaabhibhuu sabbavidhu hamasmi..." They dont; know that he was the Dhamma. His behaviour was what created the standard. "yo dhamma.m passati, so ma.m...
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Lennart Lopin
lenni_lop
Dec 25, 2009 4:00 am
Dear DC and Bryan, sorry for jumping into your discussion. But your topic is quite interesting and if I may, I would like to comment on something you brought...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Dec 25, 2009 8:50 am
Venerable Pandita, We also read in the "Greater Discourse on the Elephant's Footprint" (M 28) that if equanimity does not persist in the bhikkhu, he should...
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Bryan Levman
bryan.levman
Dec 25, 2009 3:12 pm
Hi DC, You are right, the Buddha doesn't "always" equate the Middle Way with paticcasamutpda as in the Kaccānagottasutta (SN 2, 17); he also equates it with...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Dec 25, 2009 5:14 pm
Dear friends, please allow me to emphasize that we are a special interest group on Pali language and literature, and related Buddhist studies and practices....
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Bryan Levman
bryan.levman
Dec 26, 2009 3:46 am
Hi Nina, ... That was well put and is in fact the subject of a whole Mahāyāna sūtra (the Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra). Are you familiar with anywhere in the...
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Lennart Lopin
lenni_lop
Dec 26, 2009 6:12 am
Hi Bryan, "name" as in nama-rupa is the concept :-) (or the concept creating machinery) see here: ...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Dec 26, 2009 8:46 am
Dear Yong Peng, Thank you very much. [21/120] The New Pali Course Part III (1950) Prof. A. P. Buddhadatta Maha Nayaka Thera Chapter VII Definition of the...
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DC Wijeratna
dcwijeratna
Dec 26, 2009 3:45 pm
For the attention of Ong Yong Peng [Please forgive me for not using a title. Thank you very much for scoping the business of the group. I hope all...
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Bryan Levman
bryan.levman
Dec 27, 2009 3:32 am
Full Vie ________________________________ Hi Lennart and DC, I think that was very well put, Lennart, and MN I is a good citation. It is after all about "The...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Dec 27, 2009 9:24 am
Dear Bryan, ... N: M. sutta 27, Cuu.lahatthipadopamasutta.m: <So cakkhuunaa ruupa.m disvaa na nimittaggaahii hoti naanubya~njanaggaahii; yatvaadhikara.nam...
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DC Wijeratna
dcwijeratna
Dec 27, 2009 6:14 pm
Hi Bryan, Discussion of this type of topic seems to be not encouraged in this group. Please see a recent e-m by Yong Peng. WhatMN 1 says, my understanding,...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Dec 28, 2009 6:38 am
Dear DC, yes, a Pali-English dictionary is the minimum tool for anyone to translate Pali sutta passages into English. However, dictionaries do not always...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Dec 28, 2009 11:19 am
Dear friends, as we welcome and celebrate the new year, I like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for your generous contributions of knowledge and time...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Dec 28, 2009 2:16 pm
Dear Yong Peng, ... N: Likewise to you. I admire and am thankful for all your efforts for this list. I have a grammar question. I think in The New Pali Course...
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DC Wijeratna
dcwijeratna
Dec 29, 2009 2:02 am
Dear Yong Peng, You have stated, "However, dictionaries do not always ensure correct translations." How does one ensure a correct translation? Mettaa,D. G....
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Bryan Levman
bryan.levman
Dec 29, 2009 2:33 am
Hi DC, I just think of them as opposite concepts and neither end of an opposite has any (ultimate) validity. The "true" Nibbana, which has no opposite is the...
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Kumra Bhikkhu
venkumara
Dec 30, 2009 6:51 am
Would anyone have this? Pannasiri, Bhadanta 1950: "Siglovda-Sutta", Visva-Bharati Annals, vol. 3 pp. 150-228. I'm told he makes some general comparative...
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Bankei
the_shonk2000
Dec 30, 2009 10:11 am
Hello Everyone One and a half years later and I have just stumbled on this article, Heirman, Ann: The Chinese Samantapasadika and its school ...
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DC Wijeratna
dcwijeratna
Dec 30, 2009 2:45 pm
Hi Bryan, " True love is the love with no opposite - selfless, unselfish, total unconditional compassion with no ego in the way - same for Nibbana." "with no...
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alanmcclure3
Dec 30, 2009 4:38 pm
Hi All, As per Ong Yong Peng's instructions I have added a 106-book lot that I have made available on eBay to the buy/sell app. It can be found here: ...
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Bryan Levman
bryan.levman
Dec 31, 2009 4:21 am
Hi DC, Yes I agree, neither Love nor Nibbana can be described with words. As they say in Chan, when you start to use words, you've already gone to hell, ...
