Dear Dhamma Friends, For some time we have been looking for a way to keep in touch and exchange useful reminders with our many Dhamma friends. Recently we...
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Jonothan & Sarah Abbott
abbott_hk@...
Dec 29, 1999 1:18 pm
We'll be in Bangkok for the New Year and have planned a day of discussions with K.Sujin, Ivan, Elle, Robert, Amara and other friends. If you have any...
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Jonothan & Sarah Abbott
abbott_hk@...
Dec 30, 1999 6:37 am
Dear Dh friends, To get the 'ball rolling', I have a qu for any of you who make it here and am repeating a qu just rec'd from Nina (not yet on the internet) to...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Jan 2, 2000 1:38 pm
What is the purpose of studying the many details of Buddhismm? Why did the Buddha teach so many different suttas? Why is the Abhidhamma so intricate? If the...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Jan 2, 2000 3:01 pm
... I think your passage nicely clarifies your questions. I have one I received from a reader, which we are preparing to put on a new page on the website, a...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Jan 3, 2000 1:39 am
I think you explained it very well, Amara. It is true that the monks life is different from a laypersons life. But the path - which is a path of understanding...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Jan 3, 2000 2:16 am
... Thank you for the precisions, Amara ______________________________________________________...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonabb@...
Jan 3, 2000 7:21 am
Many thanks to Ivan and Elle for arranging the discussion at their place on Saturday. I found the reminders, after a 2-year absence, very stimulating. We are...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Jan 3, 2000 8:42 am
... Dear Jonothan and Sarah, Thank you for your kind comments, I was very happy to see everyone again too, thanks again to Ivan & Ell. I was very sorry I had...
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Jonothan & Sarah Abbott
abbott_hk@...
Jan 3, 2000 8:47 am
Robert & Amara, I'm delighted to read yr postings...keep it up! Robert, it was good to read the qus & quote...I remember K.Sujin explaining how different lists...
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Jonothan & Sarah Abbott
abbott_hk@...
Jan 3, 2000 9:32 am
I'm just reflecting on a few of Kh Sujin's short responses which I found very helpful during our great discussion at Ivan & Elle's house. These are not exact...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Jan 3, 2000 10:01 am
... Sarah: you know, the reader was only quoting Max Weber in his question and all the strangeness must be blamed on MW! (By the way, is he still alive?) You...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Jan 3, 2000 10:33 am
... beauty ... It was a real pleasure to read about the discussion especially since I had missed most of it. I would like to comment on Nina's problem, I...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonabb@...
Jan 4, 2000 9:39 am
... Message for all. If you know someone who might like to join our group, simply invite them to send a (blank) message to- ...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
abbott_hk@...
Jan 4, 2000 9:42 am
... Amara, I would comment that the real meaning of meditation is bhavana or mental development. There are two kinds of mental development, the development of ...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonabb@...
Jan 4, 2000 9:45 am
... Amara, Thanks very much for Tom's address. I have sent him an invitaion. We do not have an internet address for Susie & Tadao, but are trying to make ...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Jan 4, 2000 6:55 pm
Amara, Would you mind passing on the above email address to your professor when next "speaking"? I do not have a name for him as yet! Thanks. Jonothan His...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Jan 4, 2000 7:00 pm
Amara, I would comment that the real meaning of meditation is bhavana or mental development. There are two kinds of mental development, the development of ...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Jan 4, 2000 7:04 pm
Amara, Thanks very much for Tom's address. I have sent him an invitaion. We do not have an internet address for Susie & Tadao, but are trying to make contact...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
abbott_hk@...
Jan 5, 2000 7:38 am
... ______________________________________________________ Amara, i've already faxed a few pages to Nina VG and strongly encouraged her...I'm sure she will in...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonabb@...
Jan 5, 2000 12:15 pm
... Amara, as you point out 'happiness' cannot arise with dosa, but thinking with dosa can have any concept as object, even concepts and stories about happy...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Jan 5, 2000 4:27 pm
Jonothan & Sarah, Would it be possible for you to contribute to a newsletter we are planning for the website, maybe a short report on your new year discussion?...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Jan 5, 2000 4:40 pm
... Sarah, if you would like to add any 'letters' to the site, any favorites of yours, for example, we're always avid for material(as you may have noticed)! ...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonabb@...
Jan 6, 2000 8:28 am
To my mind, the passage from Max Weber is a good example of the fallacies that people commonly hold to about Buddhism. Buddhism is regarded as a teaching that...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahhk@...
Jan 6, 2000 8:46 am
Amara, a great idea as are all yr ideas but we're frantically busy w/both our jobs, a pending move of home & my office, J's v.time consuming medical care for ...
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ROSKOM@...
Jan 6, 2000 2:19 pm
Hi everyone Just to say that it is nice to be able to 'listen' to Dhamma discussions again as the opportunity does not arise that often here in England. I was...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Jan 6, 2000 2:44 pm
... Sarah, I still wish you could do it, but thanks anyway. I really hope things turn out fine for you, too, even without the Thai maids! We'll send you the...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Jan 7, 2000 12:28 am
Good to read Rosan's astute summary of the misunderstandings about meditation and Buddhism in general. I just returned from a trip to the Holy places in India:...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahhk@...
Jan 7, 2000 1:06 pm
Rosan, it's great to hear yr contributions here..we look f/w to more! following on from yr comments about the declind of Buddhism...I asked K.Sujin on her ...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahhk@...
Jan 7, 2000 1:14 pm
... Robert, did you have any more useful discussions in Bkk...I expect you're back in Japan now. Your kids must be happy to see you! Your comments below can be...
