Dear Venerable Pesala, thank you for the valueable hints in your kind answer. with Metta Dieter [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Bhikkhu Pesala
bpesala
Oct 30, 2007 10:46 am
The account of Venerable Ananda's attainment of Arahantship is told briefly in the Vinaya Culavagga, at the beginning of the section of the First Buddhist ...
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Dieter Möller
moellerdieter
Oct 28, 2007 6:55 pm
Dear Venerable Pesala , thank you for your kind advise and the link you provided. I remember to have read that the Buddha emphasized the benefit of walking up...
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Albert Tios
albtios
Oct 28, 2007 6:54 pm
Dear Bhikku Pesala, Thank you very much for your prompt reply and advice, I will practice walking meditation both sitting meditation. I have an 8 years old...
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Bhikkhu Pesala
bpesala
Oct 27, 2007 7:22 am
Learn how to practise walking meditation. Always precede sitting meditation with an equal period of walking meditation. Excess of concentration tends to ...
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albtios
Oct 26, 2007 9:46 pm
Dear Venerable Monks, I just began Vipassana sitting meditation for 1 month almost everyday, each time after 15 - 20 minutes of notting my in and out breath ...
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Bhikkhu Pesala
bpesala
Oct 18, 2007 12:39 pm
Dear TK Wen I am unable to answer the question, but hope that others may. I post the Pali passage again using Velthuis encoding as this forum does not support ...
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TK Wen
tzungkuen
Oct 18, 2007 7:13 am
Dear Bhante I have been a faithful follower of Mahasi Meditation method for many years. I completely understand that in vipassana meditation what one has to do...
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Dieter Möller
moellerdieter
Oct 10, 2007 6:21 pm
Dear Venerable Pesala, thank you for the links preferable for discussion and your comment. There are obviously points we agree and some we are not (probably...
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Bhikkhu Pesala
bpesala
Oct 10, 2007 7:20 am
... wrote: D: I remember that the list does not favor discussions BP: The format of this list, and its lack of support for Unicode Pali makes any discussion...
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Dieter Möller
moellerdieter
Oct 9, 2007 9:55 pm
Dear Venerable Pesala , thanks for your answer and the link you provided (http://www.aimwell.org/Books/Ledi/Anapanasati/anapanasati.html ) I remember that the...
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Bhikkhu Pesala
bpesala
Oct 9, 2007 5:42 pm
You can find a detailed reply to this question by Bhikkhu Gavesako on the WebSangha forum. http://www.forum.websangha.org/viewtopic.php?t=783 Another topic...
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Bhikkhu Pesala
bpesala
Oct 8, 2007 9:56 pm
"But this mindfulness of breathing is difficult, difficult to develop, a field in which only the minds of Buddhas, paccekabuddhas and Buddhas sons are at home....
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Dieter Möller
moellerdieter
Oct 6, 2007 10:37 pm
Dear Venerable Sir, I am discussing with friends above topic and like to consult you about a possible misunderstanding. Caution is claimed ( not trying to be...
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eileen chua
chuaeil
Oct 6, 2007 10:35 pm
Dear Venerable, I understand that Myanmar now is having some protests over the gov issue. My question is can Monks involve in the protest? Why is it so? is...
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Jeevandeep Singh
jeevandeep_s...
Oct 5, 2007 8:50 pm
Dear Group Friens, I have recently come across an old Manuscript from a family heirloom, which has been with them since 1819. The present owners know nothing ...
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Vital Moors
vital_moors
Oct 5, 2007 8:50 pm
Friends: You Can Do Something! Here is what U can do right here & now 4 Burma: 1: Please sign appeal to the UN Security Council to protect the people of Burma!...
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Ajahn Jose
ajahnjose
Oct 5, 2007 8:49 pm
Dear Friends, I am an old monk not very well and I am shocked what I see, I did apply for a Visa to go to Burma and to my big surprise it was granted. I Am the...
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Bhikkhu Pesala
bpesala
Sep 27, 2007 11:30 am
... Answer: No, I very much doubt it. The Buddhist Monastic Code says: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/bmc1/bmc1.ch04.htm\ l#Pr2 d....
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oo_maung
Sep 27, 2007 7:52 am
Dear Bhante, I read the following paragraph from a Buddhsim Book. Parajika Rule No. 2: Should a bhikkhu intentionally steal or take what is not given, even if...
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chrisaav
Sep 12, 2007 7:05 pm
Gracias !!! (Thanks!!!) Metta Chrstian Bhikkhu Pesala <pesala@...> escribió: Those with young children might find this animated life of the Buddha ...
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Bhikkhu Pesala
bpesala
Sep 11, 2007 5:39 pm
Phra Yuttadhammo has written a php script to sort a word list by Pali alphabetical order. I thought some members might find it useful. Input can be either...
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Bhikkhu Pesala
bpesala
Sep 11, 2007 4:06 pm
Those with young children might find this animated life of the Buddha useful. I have linked eight short videos from YouTube with a synopsis of the story and...
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Sayadaw Nanda Siddhi
nandasiddhi
Sep 7, 2007 11:37 pm
Try to get mindfulness continously is the best. To: SanghaOnline@...: mandel1luke@...: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 07:01:26 +0000Subject:...
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mandel1luke
Sep 7, 2007 10:25 pm
Dear Vens, What is the best ways of removing delusion in the Pali Canon?...
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Bhikkhu Pesala
bpesala
Sep 2, 2007 8:59 pm
I think the answer is that it is not easy to know for sure in the absence of a Buddha to confirm it because excessive conceit is always a possibility. However,...
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mandel1luke
Aug 31, 2007 11:13 pm
Dear Vens, As a practising Buddhist, I would like to know how one could know for sure that one has attained stream-entry? Are there special experiences that...
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Bhikkhu Pesala
bpesala
Aug 6, 2007 7:48 am
... There are many who disparage study and book knowledge, but practice without a proper understanding is unwise. Study, practice, and realisation are all...
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Ven. Acara
shin.acara
Aug 2, 2007 9:17 am
Dear Dragoslak, As for me, I became interested in practice by reading books on the subjuce: PRACTICE. Please, try my way. Yours friendly and in the Dhamma, ...
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dragoslak
Jul 27, 2007 8:47 pm
Venerable Nagasena, I write to you from Serbia.After more then 12 years of study Bengal vaisnavism I met Buddha Dhamma via books of first bhikku from ...
