Hi Alex. ... I'm not a big fan of the future, but I think you have to cultivate the conditions for awakening, not just hope for it, which is putting stock...
Hi Alex. ... No problem - I understood what you were saying. ... C'mon Alex! Pebble in the Show? Sounds like a post-modern New Wave band. ... I would have to...
Dear Friends, I referred to this extract the other day in the context of whatever happens in life, there are just dhammas, no me at all. I think Lukas and...
Hi Rob E & Alex, ... .... S: Each citta is succeeded by another citta with no gaps at all. This is by proximity condition - each citta 'triggers' the next one,...
Dear Alex and Rob E, ... RE:And how do you propose that you stop thinking of "I, me, mine?" ... A: By not-thinking that. Beforehand, contemplation about...
Dear Dieter, ... .... S: We think there is a "social environment", but this is just our idea. In actuality, there are just the various dhammas arising and...
Dear Alex, ... ... S: The "arising" and "falling away" are characteristics of all conditioned dhammas, of all paramatha dhammas. They are the lakkhana of...
Hi, Robert (and Alex) - In a message dated 5/28/2012 12:27:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, epsteinrob@... writes: Hi Alex. ... count as experiences? ......
Dear friends I am staying with L. in a buddhist monastery.I listen and study a lot. I am studying Dhammasangani in Pali and I can memorize it quite while. And...
Dear Members, I would like to thank Bhikkhu Gavesako for giving me this beautifully written story of the great Thera MahaKassapa. This Uposatha Day I'm so...
Dear Lukas, ... N: I appreciate your interest. More important than memorizing the Dhsg is realizing that it deals with characteristics of realities that appear...
Hi, Yawares - In a message dated 5/28/2012 9:50:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, yawares1@... writes: Dear Members, I would like to thank Bhikkhu Gavesako...
Hi Sarah. ... Is there someplace online or a topic in UP that I can read about the specifics about how one citta triggers the next one? I assume there are...
Hi Howard. ... Good to hear from you on this. Maybe a little O/T in getting into the phenomenological weeds, but I'll take a chance and hope this discussion...
Hi, Robert - In a message dated 5/28/2012 12:44:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, epsteinrob@... writes: Hi Howard. ... (such as ... one ... future ... ...
Hello Howard, RobertE, ... It is not so much rewriting the past as that present moment is the only moment that is experienced. Any thought about past or future...
Hello RobertE, ... "W" is next to "E" on my keyboard. I was not feeling well when I wrote that message and didn't notice that. I barely kept myself in upright...
Hello RobertE, all, ... Development has to be right. Part of it is that it needs to have proper attitude. Attitude that "I am unlearned, so I need to study...
Hello RobertE, ... I considered this: There is (in brief) an interesting argument that I come to. How do we know about body, arms, legs, brain and its...
Dear Sarah, Nina, all, ... I wonder, based on what criteria do we demarcate one citta from another citta? Why can't there be the same citta (as "knowing", or...
Hi Alex. ... Not so important, but I'm sure they had been studying and practicing for a long time before "instant awakening." ... It's not either/or. Neither...
Hi, Alex (and Sarah & Nina) - In a message dated 5/28/2012 1:54:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, truth_aerator@... writes: Dear Sarah, Nina, all, ... the...
Hi Howard. ... Well, past events don't continue to exist after they have taken place, do they? So what is left of them - consequences, sure; further...
Hello Howard, all, ... What is distinguished is *object* of awareness, not awareness itself. Seeing and hearing have different object (color and sound) but...
Hi, Robert - In a message dated 5/28/2012 3:46:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... transform as ... Well, past events don't continue to exist after they have...
Hello RobertE, all, ... Maybe the reason they were studying and practicing for a long time is that they were doing something wrong and only when they...
Hi, Alex - In a message dated 5/28/2012 3:59:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, truth_aerator@... writes: Hello Howard, all, ... at least think of them as...
Hello Howard, all, ... "Knowing" remains the same, it is only different *object* of knowing. ... All 6 types of consciousness are included in one aggregate,...
Hi, Alex - Gee, I guess we disagree. LOL! With metta, Howard In a message dated 5/28/2012 4:39:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, truth_aerator@... writes: ...
