Dear Frank, ... that it is in the negative. Both Rhys Davids (Dialogues I, p.85) and Horner (MLS III p.133) agree, though Horner translates "and even if the ...
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yuttadhammo
Jan 27, 2012 12:52 pm
Oh, I see... remember, Thanissaro is working exclusively with the Thai Tipitaka, which reads, according to the DPR, as follows: devo vā *naṃ* kālena...
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Piya Tan
piya.tan
Jan 27, 2012 4:24 pm
Dear Frank, This is a very interesting variant reading which I have discussed in connection with meditation practice, and which favours the "na" particle, ...
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frank
fcckuan
Jan 29, 2012 9:22 am
Dear Ven. Yuttadhammo, Piya, friends, Thanks for the explanation. I'll know to check against the Thai Tipitaka if I run into discrepancies again. My friend...
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Jan 31, 2012 12:54 pm
Dear Vens Kumara, Yuttadhammo and friends, thank you for the interesting discussion. Allow me to add my approach in regards to the translation of Pali suttas: ...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 5, 2012 12:33 am
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ninti@...
upaasaka777
Feb 5, 2012 2:39 am
Hi All, Another link to a text that might be of interest. I'm not sure how accurate the Pali is. More Pali in later chapters. ...
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Piya Tan
piya.tan
Feb 5, 2012 6:20 am
Dharma Friends, This is the old version. The corrected, updated and expanded version by Bh Bodhi et al is available (I have the book). I have a HTML soft copy,...
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Ngawang Dorje
rahula_80
Feb 5, 2012 8:10 am
Here's a link to the book: http://what-buddha-taught.net/Books11/Bhikkhu_Bodhi-A-Comprehensive-Manual-of-Abhidhamma.pdf [Non-text portions of this message...
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Piya Tan
piya.tan
Feb 5, 2012 8:29 am
On behalf of all who find this download useful, Thanks, Rahula. I have a self-corrected 2nd ed. This is an updated 3rd ed. With metta, Pia ... -- *hp (65) 8211...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 5, 2012 12:17 pm
Dear venerables and friends, I have this in a footnote in my essay: To be more accurate, the term vipassanaajhaana appears in the commentaries to a few...
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buddhayatana
Feb 6, 2012 9:38 pm
Bhante, respect. I am possibly missing something, because it seems to me the terms samathajhaana and vipassanaajhaana emerge already in the Nikaya: ...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 13, 2012 11:55 am
Can you please quote the parts that mention them?...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 19, 2012 11:06 am
Dear all, I'm looking for somebody to help me to translate to English a little passage from "Ding Fubao's Dictionary of Buddhist Studies". Is there anyone here...
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Leonard
kamleong_lai
Feb 24, 2012 10:22 am
Dear Ven Sir, I am not a skilled translator but I am willing to try. By the way, if you need a "professional" translation, you may be able to get some help...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 26, 2012 10:13 am
Dear all, As you may already know, I'm working on an essay on samadhi, and would like to include some words by Ajahn Chah, which I recently heard in an old...
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Mingkong Zhang
mingkongzhang
Mar 2, 2012 1:31 pm
Dear Venerable: Which terminology that you need to get translated. May be some one could help you. If you meant the whole...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 2, 2012 1:41 pm
Thanks for the offer. Two others have provided their translations for me....
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Ong Yong Peng
ypong001
Mar 6, 2012 10:15 am
Dear friends, the new Volume 31 of JPTS is available. It includes the following contents: 1. Petra Kieffer-Pülz : The Law of Theft: Regulations in the...
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frank
fcckuan
Mar 13, 2012 11:31 am
Dear Pāḷi friends, In MN 119, mindfulness immersed in the body sutta, "walking, standing, sitting, lying down" is covered twice. Once under the section of ...
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Bryan Levman
bryan.levman
Mar 13, 2012 1:38 pm
Dear Frank, In all cases the root verb is pajānāti which means to know or understand. With the prejfix sam- it expresses thoroughness, intensity or...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 13, 2012 1:53 pm
Dear Frank, ... N: Yes. Sampaja~n~na is another term for pa~n~naa. We often find the combination: sati sampaja~n~na, mindfulness and understanding. When there...
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Bhikkhu Analayo
analayo@...
Mar 15, 2012 3:27 pm
The Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Hamburg invites anyone interested to join our e learning sutta study course this semester. Participation...
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frank
fcckuan
Mar 16, 2012 5:56 pm
Dear Bryan, Thanks for the explanation. So from CPED, *jānāti* /ñā/ + nā knows; finds out; to be aware. and pajānāti pa +ñā + nā knows clearly. and...
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frank
fcckuan
Mar 16, 2012 5:57 pm
Dear Nina, Thanks for the Abhidhamma and commentary perspective. It is helpful. Do they explain how the walking/standing/sitting/lying is to practiced ...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 17, 2012 3:00 pm
Dear Frank, ... N: Pa~n~naa is what matters. All phenomena that appear, no matter in what posture, have to be eventually understood as impermanent, dukkha,...
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Bryan Levman
bryan.levman
Mar 18, 2012 1:22 pm
Dear Frank, To me the words can only be taken as a guide for different "levels" or intensities of knowing. Nina is quite right in that the main point of the...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 18, 2012 2:07 pm
Dear Bryan and Frank, ... N: I like Bryan's well thought-out post. Words can help us to a certain extent, but then what matters above all are the realities ...
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dhammadinna
Mar 20, 2012 10:50 am
HI There are many source energy around us and the most powerful source is meditation. According to some finding, ten person meditate in a room can radiate...
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frank
fcckuan
Mar 20, 2012 10:50 am
Dear Bryan, Thanks very much for the explanation. The strewn flowers gives me a good example of how levels of intensification in the core verb don't ...
