We just rec'd a ltter from Gabi Hense (who is enjoying receiving these postings via her brother but doesn't have a computer as yet). The last few years have...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahhk@...
Feb 2, 2000 9:55 am
Another 'dilemma'! I met a friend for lunch last week. She had a new copy of the Dalai Lama's thoughts and comments. Many were similar to Dhammapada sayings...
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aweller@...
Feb 2, 2000 11:24 am
... Firstly, when the Buddha was near death despite having many great disciples, he exhorted his followers to take refuge in Dhamma and not any particular...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Feb 2, 2000 2:35 pm
Hi everyone, I think this is a very profound and complex problem which does concern everybody, since we were all born by someone into being as we are now. It ...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Feb 3, 2000 6:09 am
... I think the truth is very valuable, even if you don't realize that it is so at the moment, there might be times when you recognize that you have heard that...
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Ivan Walsh
trafficjammm@...
Feb 4, 2000 4:59 am
... Our limit is the maximum drive we are capable of to fulfill our lobha. And failure is dosa, due to unfulfilled lobha. Trying to do more than we’re...
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Ivan Walsh
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Feb 4, 2000 5:03 am
... Investigate the characteristics of the moments, which are rising and falling away and creating the (distracting) story of the Dalai Lama, your friend and...
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Indorf,Pinna Lee
akiindof@...
Feb 4, 2000 5:55 am
Sarah, I have experienced the problem of an emphasis on 'emptiness' and 'voidness' with people studying dhamma within Mahayana contexts; the only mediating ...
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Indorf,Pinna Lee
akiindof@...
Feb 4, 2000 6:42 am
As Amara said, it is a complex problem. One side of the issue is duty and duty seems clear. But how duty is carried out is also not clear. The other side is...
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Indorf,Pinna Lee
akiindof@...
Feb 4, 2000 6:45 am
Sarah, I have experienced the problem of an emphasis on 'emptiness' and 'voidness' with people studying dhamma within Mahayana contexts; the only mediating ...
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tanarong@...
Feb 4, 2000 7:17 am
I think when you have tried to do your best with good intention, it is not lobha is the limit. The limit is conditioned by many factors most of them outside...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Feb 4, 2000 5:20 pm
Hi Pinna, I'm glad to see your messages, do you remember when we last saw one another in CM? You know, K. Sujin is going to there again on the 22-26 this...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahhk@...
Feb 9, 2000 9:49 am
Great replies to the 2 topics & qus. I raised....many thanks to all those who responded....those who are THINKING about it, like Jonothan & Robert fro two, we...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahhk@...
Feb 9, 2000 10:00 am
Amara, as you say, s'times friends and family may 'react' in a negative way to hearing the dhamma, but later consider and accept it more. I think also that...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Feb 9, 2000 12:06 pm
dear group, I enjoyed reading all the pieces about parents and about conversations with those who cling to other ideas. I agree with khun Tannarong that...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonabb@...
Feb 9, 2000 1:16 pm
I recall reading in a sutta that even of you were to carry your parents around on your shoulders for the rest of your life, you would not have repaid the debt...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Feb 9, 2000 1:21 pm
... Sarah, I think you are right about our attachments to people who are close to us, which is one of the 'tests' you mentioned, of our own personal lobha and ...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Feb 9, 2000 2:04 pm
Hi everyone! We are trying at DhammaStudy.com to keep everyone up to date with K. Sujin's Dhamma discussions held outside Bkk (without other articles it's the...
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aweller@...
Feb 9, 2000 4:05 pm
There is a lot in the suttas about leading the HOMELESS life. Does anyone know what this means? Also there was a disciple who never slept in the same place...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Feb 10, 2000 1:58 am
Dear Alan, I remember there was one disciple who never even sat or laid down. He pracitised the dhutanga to the highest posible degree. He lived for only about...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Feb 10, 2000 7:31 am
Dear friends in the dhamma, Robert has kindly sent us a great article, 'Correspondence with Robert' which I have just finished uploading. It's a must for...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Feb 10, 2000 8:01 am
Thank you for the kind words Amara. If anyone has time to read it and can give some comments and criticism I would much appreciate it. I just reread it and...
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NT Hense
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Feb 10, 2000 9:55 am
in the translation of Sigalovada sutta I have it says on the relationship of parents and childrens: .... The following should be looked upon as the six...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahhk@...
Feb 10, 2000 9:58 am
Pinna, as you comment, how duty is carried out is not clear. We could say, how kusala is carried out is not clear either...the best kusala is understanding ...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonabb@...
Feb 10, 2000 1:14 pm
Gabi, Welcome to the ranks of the active! Many thanks for the sutta quotes. They make interesting reading again after a long break. I find the passage from...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Feb 11, 2000 4:49 am
I'm sorry the 'click here' didn't work last time, let me try again : <http://www.dhammastudy.com/> just to see if it works! ...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Feb 14, 2000 7:17 am
Dear Group, Western Philosophy is divided on the question of whether there is free will or whether things are determined. Does anyone have any ideas on how...
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Lester Wahlqvist
wahl@...
Feb 14, 2000 10:26 am
on 14/2/00 5:51 PM, Robert Kirkpatrick at robertkirkpatrick@... ... Hello Robert Perhaps some thoughts I've had on this question may help: It has...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Feb 14, 2000 12:17 pm
... I agree with Lester that there is no concept of non-self in the west or in any non-Buddhist tradition, for that matter, with which to relate determinism....
