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...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Feb 10, 2013 9:20 pm
Dear Thomas, There are definitely many elements in the story (after reading Ven. Kumara's links today) that I find unusual and irrational, but I am curious ...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Feb 11, 2013 9:10 am
Dear Frank, ... N: We have to carefully consider conditions. If we do not consider the story in the suttas we may misunderstand the meaning. As tto showing...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Feb 11, 2013 8:56 pm
Dear Nina, In the case of Nanda, the problem isn't that the Buddha took him to the deva realms to show him that there were sensual pleasures far greater than ...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 11, 2013 8:56 pm
You mean this part? "Then take joy, Nanda. Take joy! I am your guarantee for getting 500 dove-footed nymphs." I don't see a lie there. I see it as a trick...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Feb 12, 2013 2:08 pm
Dear Frank, ... N: I find the commentary quite clear. The Buddha knew what was best for a particular person and he had vaca sacca, always speaking the truth. ...
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Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu
yuttadhammo
Feb 13, 2013 3:04 am
Just a reminder not to click strange links in emails.... Bryan, I think you have been hacked... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 15, 2013 10:45 pm
Dear Deiter, I fully agree wtth GS that "it's really a matter of what each of us has tried and found helpful for our own practice." However, I'd like to...
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Rajendra Jadhao
mastram101
Feb 15, 2013 10:46 pm
Is it true that A.K. Warder, the Pali Scholar is no more? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Feb 16, 2013 3:11 am
An excellent piece. Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Jhana Not by the Numbers. ...
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
Feb 18, 2013 7:31 pm
Dear Venerable Kumara, just in preparation of a travel, I am sorry that my response may be short of proper attention to your comment. In general I consider...
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Morgan Morrison
sanskrit_stu...
Mar 2, 2013 3:29 am
Unfortunately, Professor A(nthony) K(ennedy) Warder has passed away. Here is a link to his obituary. ...
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dymaxion oxy
oxydymaxion
Mar 2, 2013 3:45 am
Sadly, it is true. http://www.sumeru-books.com/2013/02/anthony-kennedy-warder-obituary/ ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Dhivan Thomas Jones
dhivanthomas...
Mar 2, 2013 4:35 am
Yes. Here is the notice I received via the H-Buddhism list: The death in Toronto has been announced of the distinguished scholar Prof. A.K.Warder. A funeral...
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Kumara Bhikkhu
venkumara
Mar 2, 2013 8:49 pm
Anyone know of any tool for Unicode to Velthuis conversion? kb...
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Frank K
fcckuan
Mar 3, 2013 4:42 am
digital pali reader does conversion both ways u->v, and v->u. it's tricky to find those features though. i tried it out just now, the way i got it to come up...
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John Kelly
palistudent
Mar 4, 2013 4:26 am
I have some Word doc macros that convert from Unicode to Velthuis and vice versa. Would you like me to send you those or perhaps even load them to the the...
