Dear friends, All eight Path factors accompany the supramundane citta at the moment of enlightenment. Defilements are subsequently eradicated at four stages of...
... N: I compared MN 52, Atthakanagara Sutta. Ven. Bodhi's notes from the co: <Dhammaraagena dhammanandiyaa: These tersm signify desire and attachment...
Dear Dieter, ... N: No com,ment, except: he takes them in absorption inseparately associated. Strange, since jhaana is not satipa.t.thaana. As to having...
Good friend Dieter Moeller, ... C: May I retract my offer of a comment? This obnoxious, obstinate, ole, opinionated, Texican is sure some spurious super...
Dear Nina , I admire your energy in prompt responses ... ;-) you wrote: N: No com,ment, except: he takes them in absorption inseparately associated....
... Hello Nina and all, So it is not so bad to be attached to samatha-vipassana until Anagami stage. In fact certain wise aim is required to do anything,...
Dear Alex. ... N: There are conditions for attachment, and for us attachment to all sense objects. Most important: to realize it as such. Nina. [Non-text...
Dear Nina, you wrote: 'N: No problem with using conventional terms. You second phrase: yes he should train himself, but this is with right understanding of...
Dear Nina, KenO, all, ... Right. One should develop understanding and awareness to recognize attachment to anything bad or good, including Dhamma. Dhamma is...
... . . . ... Hi Dieter, If you are still looking for a discussion of Ajahn Cha's teaching I will be happy to join in. Rather than single-out individual...
Hello KenH, all, ... This dhamma is found in the suttas, and VsM. Many Abhidhamma experts such as Mahasi Sayadaw do teach Vipassana, and they find no...
Keep clean! That’s Safe… Have a nice & noble day! Friendship is the Greatest! <http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Bhikkhu_Samahita> Bhikkhu Samahita...
Hello KenH, Nina and all, There are some here who talk about that there is no killer, no one killed, no weapon of murder, etc. It is just dhammas arising and...
Hi Dieter, Thanx. Very Good of you to acknowledge Thanisarro Bhikku, initially, I depend on his wisdom, his vipissana, and his translation VERY EXTENSIVELY,...
Hi Alex (and Dieter), ... <. . .> KH: > >I wonder if you will agree when I say there are basically two >versions of the Dhamma. One is a traditional - or...
... Hi Alex, You have asked this question a thousand times at DSG and it has always been answered by someone. I'll skip it this time. Recently I mentioned that...
Good friend Dieter Moeller, ... C: Please forgive my injection into your conversation with good friend Colette. Very warm thanks for mentioning Ajahn...
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Dear Nina ... I have been thinking in this, and in a practical way, I understand vipassana leading to the eradication of defilements. But I'm not sure how...
Dear Vince, ... N: Samatha subdues the hindrances in contemplating one of the meditation subjects of samatha, but through samatha akusala is not eradicated. ...
Dear friends, The development of understanding from the beginning phase to full understanding is an infinitely long process. That is the reason why many...
Dear all Question: Thus satipaììhåna can know the reality which is thinking, but it cannot know concepts. As far as I understand, each of the sense-door...
Dear all Q. : What is the meaning of studying characteristics? S. : When sati is aware and someone considers the characteristic of whatever appears, that...
Dear Alex ... KO: any attachment is akusla. No panna will arise with attachment. One will not be enlighted if there is attachment Cheers Ken O New Email...
Dear Vince ... KO: It could be known but that is only possible with panna. It is shown by Buddha that there is bhavanga cittas so it could be directly now. ...
Dear Deiter ... KO: Absorptions are not possible without panna. One requires panna to be withdrawn from sensual desire. ... them - describing how the...
