Dear Bryan, Thank you. Warder also deals with middle forms, but it is not often used. So it is optative. Nina. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 1, 2011 12:36 pm
Dear Yong Peng, Thank you very much. Helpful for beginners you made it into tripartite. ... N: PTS: proficient in... in stead of: set out for (Perhaps better?)...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 2, 2011 12:33 pm
Dear Nina, thank you for the information on samacitta and upekkhaa. As for pa.tipanna, I actually prefer the literal meaning as in progressing towards a goal,...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 2, 2011 1:03 pm
Dear Nina, Mahinda and friends, thanks again. I remind myself that we are looking at text from the commentary, which sometimes adds additional layers of...
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Mahinda Palihawadana
mahipaliha
Jun 2, 2011 2:06 pm
... M: (1) I think, when the reference is to Citta, the narrative shifts from the general to the particular. So we should say, the great path of the Buddha,...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 4, 2011 4:39 am
Dear Nina and friends, I had another look at PTS English edition, and it does not indicate how the translator arrived at "proficient in". From the structure of...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 4, 2011 5:07 am
Dear Mahinda, thank you for the explanation of "olokita-olokita.t.thaana.m". I also agree with the first point you made. Buddhaana.m sammukha.t.thaane pana...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 4, 2011 1:45 pm
Dear Yong Peng, ... N: I got your point as to pa.tipanno better to stay close to the text. PED: having followed or following up, reaching. going along, ...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 5, 2011 3:39 am
Dear Nina, thank you. What you wrote is also valid. In Pali devotional literature, Sangha Vandana, we have "supa.tipanno bhagavato saavakasa`ngho";. So, we see...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 5, 2011 4:36 am
Dear Nina and Bryan, thank you for another interesting discussion. I agree with Bryan, this is simply a sandhi by convention. aagatattha = aagataa attha, I...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 5, 2011 9:39 am
Dear Yong Peng, ... N: By right practice one becomes accomplished. Perhaps 'accomplished for' could be changed: accomplished in. Accomplished in disillusion...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 7, 2011 6:10 pm
Dear Nina, thank you. I felt similarly strange about PTS's use of 'proficient', I quote: "He is proficient in his revulsion, his dispassion for, the ending of...
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Mahinda Palihawadana
mahipaliha
Jun 8, 2011 2:21 am
Dear ong Yong Peng and Nina, You are right in having doubts about the translation of 'pa.tipanna' as 'proficient'. Derived from the root pad- with the prefix...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 9, 2011 2:52 pm
Dear Yong Peng, ... N: Perhaps we can do both. A cross reference is always good, Nina. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 11, 2011 1:20 am
Dear Nina and Mahinda, Mahinda, thanks for confirming my doubts. Nina, I will first be continuing with the rest of the sutta. Upon completion, I will then have...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 15, 2011 12:48 am
Dear Nina, Mahinda, Bryan, James and friends, thanks for your inputs to this exercise. Once again, I have to mention that it has been great learning for...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 15, 2011 6:35 am
Dear Yong Peng, Thank you, it looks very good. Just a doubt about one sentence. ... N: I am inclined to take road literally here. I see it as respect to form...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 15, 2011 7:14 am
Dear Nina, thank you. On this point, I beg to differ. Again, we have to be mindful that we are looking at the commentarial literature here. 1. As we have...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 15, 2011 7:21 am
The New Pali Course Part III (1950) Prof. A. P. Buddhadatta Maha Nayaka Thera Chapter IV Analysis of Sentences 2. "Na, bhikkhave, Tathaagato idaan'eva lokassa...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 15, 2011 7:24 am
Dear Yong Peng, ... N: I agree, in this sense, when we read that Citta entered the road of the Buddhas it can mean both, in a litteral sense and in a ...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 15, 2011 8:28 am
Dear Yong Peng, thank you. ... N: Once the Blessed One stayed at Saavatthi, in the Jeta Grove of Anaathapi.ndika, and there he addressed the monks: "Monks..." ...
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sakyaputtiyo
Jun 15, 2011 10:58 pm
dhamma friends, can we have a discussion about sammaa samaadhi? What is sammaa samaadhi? Is it only jhaanas or is it only the concentration in magga...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 16, 2011 3:43 am
Dear Nina, thanks. In this case, the commentator added layers of meaning to the original teachings. I suggest we break here for this exercise. If you intend to...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 16, 2011 6:19 am
Dear Sakyaputtiyo, ... N: As you suggest, sammaa samaadhi is of a great variety, it has several meanings, depending on the context. It is actually a cetasika,...
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sakyaputtiyo
Jun 17, 2011 2:17 am
Dear Nina, Thanks for a very good and clear exposition on sammaa samaadhi. I was studying "Dutiya samaadhi Sutta" and it shows two ways of vipassana practice....
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 17, 2011 2:36 pm
Venerable Bhante Sobhana, ... N: This is a very wide subject and I have to take more time to react to your questions. Wheel Publication 351/353, "The Jhanas"...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jun 18, 2011 3:17 am
Dear Gunnar and friends, I remember it was JavaScript code. If anyone can post me the code, I can put it up permamently on tipitaka.net. metta, Yong Peng. ... ...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Jun 19, 2011 9:18 am
Venerable Bhante Sobhana, ... N: Samaadhi arising with fruition-consciousness, experiencing nibbaana, can arise again and again during that life, but only in...
Dear Yong Peng, thank you very much. ... N: Just for the English: standing. PTS: So standing... ... N: Fetters, the plural. Or, PTS: who is fetterd inwardly......
