Hi Rob E, ... I'm not sure if I can do better. Maybe I'm confused and I don't know it. But I'll try again. That thinking in terms of self and other is...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
May 21, 2013 5:25 am
Hi Jon. ... Well once cuti citta has taken place, what is the corpse, and of what importance is the corpse? Does one learn anything about the reality of cuti...
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sprlrt
May 21, 2013 6:05 am
Dear Sarah (Jon), ... transcript to add to your other good one. Sure, I'll try anyway, and thank you both in advance for the next installment. Alberto...
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Tep Sastri
anattaman
May 21, 2013 11:59 am
Hi Sarah,- ... ..... T: That's what I have seen in books and articles. No disagreement. Not interested. The following is what I am interested: "Pleasant...
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jagkrit2012
May 21, 2013 12:09 pm
Dear Sarah ... JK: I'm looking for particular suttas or commentaries that point out the meaning of self and no self. Thank you Jagkrit...
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Tep Sastri
anattaman
May 21, 2013 12:25 pm
Hi Saraha, Brother Han - ... T: It was Brother Han, Sarah, not I, who inserted the Pali text. ... ...... T: Adhi-siila-sikkha is deveoped by Sekha puggalas on...
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jonoabb
May 21, 2013 1:19 pm
Hi Rob E ... J: A couple of points of clarification. First, I was not suggesting that the listener/reader is being told to find a corpse and contemplate it....
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
May 21, 2013 3:46 pm
Dear Ken H, KH: My impression of the essays you have quoted (e.g., The Middle Path: Why Are Some Buddhists So Stubborn and Not Listening to the Buddha?) is...
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Ken H
kenhowardau
May 21, 2013 10:36 pm
Hi Dieter, ... KH: There is no Ken Dhamma. If you can tell me where the Buddha's Dhamma is different from what I have said please do so. I have been known to...
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jonoabb
May 22, 2013 1:20 am
By Nina van Gorkom Ch. 3, 'No Return' (cont'd): Visible object, sound and the other sense objects that appear are present only for an extremely short while. As...
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han tun
hantun1
May 22, 2013 2:22 am
Dear Partner Sarah, Â ... to me that Venerable Aananda was lamenting not just due to his attachment to the Lord, but he was lamenting for the impending loss...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
May 22, 2013 4:25 am
Hi Sukin. ... Thanks - let's see if we can talk on the same subject - maybe I'm confused about what you are saying too... ... To me this is not about...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
May 22, 2013 4:35 am
Hello Ken H....... ... Thanks for playing... ... None of those are examples of Eternal Atta - they are examples of everyday kandhic atta. Those are both...
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Ken H
kenhowardau
May 22, 2013 6:16 am
Hi Robert E. ... <. . .> ... one way or the other. It would be hard to be too accurate, as my understanding is a work in progress, not set. ... KH: You have...
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sarah
sarahprocter...
May 22, 2013 8:11 am
Dear Partner Han, ... ... S: I think that all ariyan disciples, even sotapannas understand that only khandhas arise and fall away and that there are no other...
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sarah
sarahprocter...
May 22, 2013 8:30 am
Hi Tep, ... ... S: From B.Bodhi's transl: " Any kamma, bhikkhus, fashioned through greed, born of greed, caused by greed, originated by greed, ripens wherever...
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han tun
hantun1
May 22, 2013 8:52 am
Dear Partner Sarah, Â My stance on this issue is based on the two paragraphs of DN 16, and not on any other passage from the vast Tipitaka. Â I repeat my...
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Tep Sastri
anattaman
May 22, 2013 10:40 am
Hi Sarah, all - I appreciate your time and effort to discuss Nidana Sutta (AN 3.33) concerning 'attabhava'. It is useful when two different translations are...
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sprlrt
May 22, 2013 2:56 pm
Hi, - TA on vitakka, in HH, 10th, AM-b, 7:30 - - Alberto TA: And vitakka is a factor of enlightenment too, so it's quite important to know that it's not...
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
May 22, 2013 5:18 pm
Hi Tep, you wrote (D: I think we agree that sati means to be mindful about what one is busy with in the here-and-now.) T: It depends on what thing you are busy...
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Tep Sastri
anattaman
May 22, 2013 7:28 pm
Hi Dieter, - ... possibly you assume above to be applied in daily life , which of course should be aimed for , however that can only work when the framework...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
6:38 am
Hi Ken H. ... You're being arrogant Ken. I do accept anatta and understand it as well as you I am sure if not moreso. You cling to doctrine like it is anatta...
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sarah
sarahprocter...
6:54 am
Dear Yawares, Thanks for sharing the verses on flowers. ... ... S: Don't worry - only an anagami has no more attachment to sense objects. This is sama...
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sarah
sarahprocter...
7:27 am
Hi Tep, ... ... S: Only the one who has developed satipatthana and has become an ariyan disciple will follow the Patimokkha perfectly and easily and will...
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jonoabb
9:53 am
By Nina van Gorkom Ch. 3, 'No Return' (cont'd): These four Great Elements that arise with all other ruupas are their foundation, they support them. Thus, when...
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jonoabb
10:24 am
Hi Rob E ... J: What you say here is more or less my understanding of the difference between naama and ruupa when it comes to having a function (except that...
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upasaka_howard
12:57 pm
Hi, Jon (and Robert) - Jon you wrote "It's important to understand that ruupas are said to arise independently of their being the object of consciousness." But...
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Dieter Moeller
moellerdieter
5:44 pm
Hi Tep,( all ), you wrote: T: Yes, I did talk about simple/daily application of the mindfulness in the body (breaths and body postures) anywhere, anytime, with...
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connie
nichiconn
7:15 pm
pardon the intrusion... AN 4.24 gets my attention. sorry & thanks. Howard quoth: "When knowing-through-any-sense-door what is to be known, he doesn't construe...
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connie
nichiconn
7:27 pm
an 4.24 reader, from that mid-way to the end is not so much more. this would be part 3 of 3, so one will follow. thank you, translators. iti kho, bhikkhave,...
