Dear friends, no 8: Rootless cittas. Each citta experiences an object. There is not only one type of citta, but there is a great diversity of cittas that...
Dear friends, Abhidhamma Series, no 6. Citta and Cetasikas. Citta does not arise singly, it is always accompanied by cetasikas, mental factors. Only one citta...
Dear friends, it is well established that Buddhism was the first to have a "female leadership" in its clergy, the Sangha. By this, I refer to the bhikkhunis...
Dear friends, Abhidhamma Series, no 5. Citta. The truth is different from what we always assumed. What we take for a person are only namas, mental phenomena,...
Dear friends, Yong Peng asked me to write a survey of the Abhidhamma. I shall try to do so and make use of and quote from my former writings about this ...
... <I notice the online PTS PED is now "fully" Unicode searchable, which is why I did not pick up sakkaa. e.g. when I enter 'sakka' in the search box, it will...
Hi All, Does anyone know of references in the Paali writings to Buddha's caste, family, etc? I know he is supposed to be of the khattiya (warrior) caste as his...
Hi. This is the New Pal Course Part I - Questions and Answer (1 - 28). They are done by our Dhamma brothers of the Pali Egoups two years ago. I just make it...
Dear All: I would like to obtain a copy of Prof.A.P. Buddhadatta's "The New Pali course Part 3" . Please let me know where could I buy or get it. Metta ...
Dear friends, Abhidhamma series, no 3: Dhamma in detail. In all three parts of the Tipiěaka we are taught about ``dhamma'', about everything which is real....
... <Does anyone know of references in the Paali writings to Buddha's caste, family, etc? I know he is supposed to be of the khattiya (warrior) caste as his...
respected memebers of this yahoo group, what one should do if wishing to write pali in a word file, or copy and paste pali from a pdf file into a word file is...
If you want to believe in the general superiority of males, take care not to be reborn as a mantis... Gunnar __________________________________________________...
Dear friends, Intro: The Buddha taught conventional truth, sammutti sacca, and ultimate truth, paramattha sacca. The Commentary to M.N.5, No Blemishes, states...
Dear members, The number of the draft papers I have uploaded here has come up to 6. So I think it would be good if I collect them in a separate folder for the...
Dear members, I have uploaded another research paper. It is in the files section with the name uruvela_journey.pdf and It is titled "When did the Buddha go to...
Dear Yong Peng and friends, Just back from my Thailland trip I could not find old messages on the homepage (from two weeks ago). I only saw recent messages. I...
Dear Nina and Yong Peng, Thanks a lot for your kind compliments on my lecture at the University of Pune. I am now sharing more of my experiences. Actually I...
... <As for (1), I think Sangha cannot be called a democratic institution. Because: 1. At Sangha functions (so-called sanghakammas) , the objection of a single...
Dear members, The last paper I have uploaded, "parivasa_samanera.pdf" in the Files section, has been revised a little so that its introduction and conclusion...
http://bps.lk/new_wheels_library/wh217-u.html Map of the pali canon wh217 <http://bps.lk/new_wheels_library/wh217-u.html> : it's in unicode, contains a short...
Ajahn Geoff talks about "I-making and my-making" as a translation of a Pali phrase I am not familiar with. I am getting this from his lecture on Anatta ( ...
Dear members, I came back to Sri Lanka on 15th Feb., completed a draft of another paper, and now I have uploaded it to the Files section of this list. First,...
Dear friends, many people are always confused about the two different concepts of rebirth and reincarnation. The concept of reincarnation begins with the...
