Hi Jon (Sarah), ... pt: That's a very interesting interpretation. I mean, the way I understand her posts on this topic is that there can never ever be a...
Hi pt and Alex Hope you don't mind me butting in ... (105613) ... J: I think 'contemplate' is fine, as it is the translation of a Pali term used in the texts...
Dear pt & Jon, ... ... S: Not speaking about the bodhisatta, this is what I understand. For example, I understand a cula-sotapanna (who has attained the 2nd...
Dear Friends, We make our plans, day in, day out, but never know what will happen. This morning we heard that A.Sujin was not very well, so the discussion at...
Dear Jon ... KO: Sorry the commentator does not support your conclusion because it is very clear about recitation verbally and mentally. It is written...
Dear Sarah 9. Space & Ken O's complaint about lack of refs - When it's reality, it's not in the texts. If there weren't 2 pillars, there'd be no space between...
Dear Ken H and pt I'd be interested to read it too, because I only came across a similar list for near and far enemies of the 4 brahma viharas. Chapter IX 99,...
Dear Jon this is not the passage I have in mind.   I could quote you other passages from Visud on breathing just that there is no point because you cannot...
Dear Dieter and Ken H S:N. XXX 145 Transl. T.B. : Monks, I will teach you new & old kamma, the cessation of kamma, and the path of practice leading to the...
Dear Ken O , Ken H, ... D: let's see what Ven Nyanatiloka has to say : vipka: 'kamma-result', is any kammically (morally) neutral mental phenomenon (e.g....
Dear Ken O, Regarding, for your assistance (good luck): "S:N. XXX 145 Transl. T.B..." Scott: Here is a translation by Bh. Bodhi: "Bhikkhus, I will teach you...
Hello Jon, KenO, KenH, Pt, all In VsM on kayagatasati it does say that: 1. This meditation subject consists in giving attention to repulsiveness. Even if one...
Dear Alex, Regarding: A: "...It is totally incorrect to say that commentator didn't intend this part of kayagatasati to be recited *verbally* 'even a hundred...
... Hi Ken O and pt, All I know is there was such a list; I am not imagining it. Why there is no trace of it in the files, I don't know. Maybe it turned out to...
Hello Scott, all, ... Say that to Ven. Buddhaghosa, whom as I understand you consider authoritative. ... Following the Buddha and his instructions Again,...
Dear Alex, Regarding: A: "...what is so hard to understand in 'For the verbal recitation is a condition for the mental recitation, and the mental recitation is...
Hello Scott, KenH, Jon, KenO, all, ... It is not a Self doing anything. Just a process. ... So far I have seen groundless and false accusations with no...
Friends: What are the 10 Advantageous Anti-Actions? 1: No killing or harming is Advantageous. 2: No stealing or cheating is Advantageous. 3: No adultery or...
Dear Alex, Regarding: A: "It is not a Self doing anything. Just a process." Scott: I meant *you* as in the ordinary guy named Alex - what makes you think this...
dear Kens and pt, re: "counterfeit" or "near & far enemy" dhammas - you might want to take a look at "Cheating (va~ncaka) Dhammas" in UP or the the translation...
Dear Scott, KenH, all, ... Please enlighten me. What do you think is meant when it says: VsM VIII,145. "'Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu, gone to the forest or to...
Dear Sarah, When you return home, if you find some free time, please say a bit more about this as I also find it difficult to reconcile kamma/vipaka on...
Dear Sarah and Jon, Thanks for your explanations. I realise now that you have mentioned this distinction between savaka and sammasambuddha before, but it just...
Dear Alex If this is not problem could you please make another thread, this one have almost 500 answers in it. This is very hard to answer, if I need to look...
Dear Scott, Alex ... L: Perfect understanding of objects needs a lot of right understanding first. This is not easy. And also object applied sometimes cannot...
