I was confused by your referencing though. How did you get "1.382" for example? On NDB, it's AN 1.53. Going by PTS, it's A I.11. kb...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Jan 5, 2013 11:01 am
Never mind... I found out that you're using CS reference, which is correctly 1.382. On NDB it's 1.394. I also referred it to the wrong place. Anyway, the one I...
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Piya Tan
piya.tan
Jan 5, 2013 11:52 pm
Dear Pali friends, A very happy new year. You can also read something about what Chanida has stated below in Gethin, "The Buddhist Path of Awakening," 2001:...
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Gerard
gerard_blok
Jan 6, 2013 12:58 pm
Interesting in this connection are the ideas about meditation and jhana of the American monk Vimalaramsi (dhammasukha.org). According to him the idea of jhana...
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
Jan 7, 2013 2:54 am
wondering why my message didn't come through.. ... Datum: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:40:46 +0100 Von: "Dieter Moeller" <Kalama@...> An: Pali@yahoogroups.com ...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Jan 11, 2013 2:19 pm
Dear Piya, This book looks like it's out of print. Amazon sells it for $70 USA dollars. Is there any plan to publish it as an ebook? ...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Jan 11, 2013 2:20 pm
I fully agree with that. Richard Shankman's book "The Experience of Samadhi" made this very clear and convincing. Theravada (Visuddhimagga) jhana is not the...
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Gerard
gerard_blok
Jan 12, 2013 1:29 pm
Hi Dieter, could you be a bit more explicit: what is the Pali word for “absorbed” , and can you mention a sutta, an exact place if possible, where is told...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Jan 12, 2013 1:49 pm
... I'm interested to know where you find the Suttas say that. kb...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Jan 13, 2013 11:10 am
Dear Ven. KB, With the Pali sutta description of jhāna, 16 steps of ānāpāna, etc., being so terse, it's hard to know exactly what the Buddha's...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Jan 13, 2013 11:46 am
... Wonder if anyone has managed to download the whole site. I was told that originally the plan as to have WT distributed in CDs (like CSCD) but somehow the...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Jan 14, 2013 2:06 pm
... You're not the first to notice this. I have this is my book: Among those who have written on this matter, the earliest I have found is Ayodhya Prasad...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Jan 19, 2013 6:22 am
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
Jan 19, 2013 7:13 am
Dear Ven. Kumara and Gerard, thanks for your comments. I like to come back to this matter when I am return from my present travel, having my usual sources...
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Gerard
gerard_blok
Jan 20, 2013 2:49 pm
Hi Dieter, I am not a specialist in these matters, but still I venture to make some observations: I think it is not true that "absorption" and "burning up"...
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
Jan 22, 2013 4:46 pm
Hi Gerard (and Ven.Kumara) thanks for your comment. Please allow me first a few general remarks before I answer in detail. I just come back from a visit to a...
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
Jan 23, 2013 4:29 pm
Hi Ven.Kumara and Gerard, I like to suggest to take following essay into consideration of our discussion. Interpretations of the Jhanas...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Jan 26, 2013 8:21 am
Well said, Gerard. In Anupada Sutta, the description of states are given in the similar manner, except for the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception,...
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Dhivan Thomas Jones
dhivanthomas...
Jan 26, 2013 8:21 am
Dear Brian and Pali group, This reply follows Brian's question from 4 Jan 2013. Thanks Brian for this question. I have been reading earlier parts of the...
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
Jan 26, 2013 8:46 am
Hi Gerard and Ven.Kumara, I suppose the term absorption is differently understood, perhaps you may agree on following sense: The Buddha mentioned that the...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Jan 27, 2013 3:37 pm
Dear Dieter, The matter has already been very well researched and explained by Richard Shankman in his book "The Experience of Samadhi". Geoff Shatz has also ...
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
Jan 27, 2013 7:19 pm
Dear Ven. Kumara , thanks for the link , which I will study and possibly come back ... with Metta Dieter ... From: Kumara Bhikkhu To: Pali@yahoogroups.com ...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 2, 2013 10:49 pm
Perhaps in the first place we have different understanding of what 'absorption' mean. As I understand it is used because of the Visuddhimagga understanding,...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 3, 2013 6:37 pm
Thanks for clarifying, Dieter. "5 senses are absorbed in imagination" seems to me a strange phrasing. Do you mean "5 senses are cut off because the mind is...
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
Feb 3, 2013 7:25 pm
Dear Ven. Kumara, you wrote: Thanks for clarifying, Dieter. D: and thank you for still following the issue Ven.: "5 senses are absorbed in imagination" seems...
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thomaslaw03
Feb 8, 2013 12:48 pm
Dear Pali friends, I am interested in the story of the Twin Miracle (Yamaka Patihara) that the Buddha showed in Sravasti (?). The story seems rather unusual,...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Feb 8, 2013 6:53 pm
Dear Thomas, ... N: See PED, p. 551, yamaka paa.tihaariya. Path of Discrimination (Pa.tisambhidaamagga), Ch LXX). English, p. 126. It is a knowledge or wisdom...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 9, 2013 2:34 pm
It's a story from the Dhammapada Commentary. Here's a very interesting commentary on the commentary: ...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 9, 2013 2:40 pm
The entry in the Dictionary of Pali Proper Names is also very interesting: http://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_names/y/yamaka_paatihaariya.htm...
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
Feb 9, 2013 7:11 pm
Dear Venerable Kumara and Gerard, back to the original issue: ... Ven: I'm interested to know where you find the Suttas say that. The matter has already been...
