Dear Nina ... I agree very much ... probably you are right, I don't know. However, I understand that at least we can say the contact of citta with the object...
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kenhowardau
Mar 31, 2010 12:43 am
... Hi pt, I see you already have discussions in progress with Sukin, Ken O and Howard on this topic, so I won't muddy the waters. I'll just reiterate that it...
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nori
norakat147
Mar 31, 2010 6:14 am
Hi Nina, N: "How this operates exactly, in detail, well I think this is something we cannot completely grasp. It is beyond us." Thank you again for the...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 31, 2010 7:13 am
Dear Chew and Han, ... N: That will be very interesting, looking forward. I always find it interesting when Han quotes Burmese books, Nina. [Non-text portions...
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philip
philofillet
Mar 31, 2010 7:19 am
Hi Nina Thanks for quoting this inspirational sutta. I come across it quite often in my notebooks, and invariably I can hear Lodwijk reading it as he does at...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 31, 2010 7:25 am
Hi Howard, pt, Ken O. Ken H, ... N: I think Howard expressed this very well. We discussed this matter in Thailand last time. In the Pa.t.thaana the object is...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 31, 2010 7:28 am
Dear Nori, ... N: That is by sa~n~naa, the cetasika remembrance. it is not a question of storage. Sa~n~naa marks or remembers the object experienced by citta....
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 31, 2010 7:31 am
Dear Philip (and Connie), I like your mail, appreciating. I tell Lodewijk. Recently he said: why have I read all these perfections, nobody will listen to them....
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Christine
christine_fo...
Mar 31, 2010 8:12 am
Hello all, A friend has asked how Imagination is viewed in the Abhidhamma. I thought Imagination might be "Just Thinking" "Proliferation of thoughts" -...
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Ken O
ashkenn2k
Mar 31, 2010 1:11 pm
Dear Howard . ... KO: anger or lobha can arise in the bare mind door process or sense door process due to sanna recognised this object and associated it with...
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Ken O
ashkenn2k
Mar 31, 2010 1:54 pm
Dear Sukin  ... KO: I just want to stress the point that it is incorrect to say there is no rules. Rules can be strong paccya as I said before, it can be...
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Ken O
ashkenn2k
Mar 31, 2010 3:48 pm
Dear Sukin I like to add some more points to these two paragraphs ... KO:Â It is also wrong to say there is no prescribe pratice or method. Visuds are full of...
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Ken O
ashkenn2k
Mar 31, 2010 5:22 pm
Dear Alex ... KO: There is nothing wrong with concepts, it is the conceiving of concepts that is the wrongness What we conceive in seeing is different from...
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Kevin Farrell
farrellkevin80
Mar 31, 2010 5:26 pm
A video about what I wanted to say: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4384770/my_view_of_anatta_dhammas/ The Lost Trailers: ...
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Ken O
ashkenn2k
Mar 31, 2010 5:33 pm
Dear Alex ... KO: yes it is problematic. Difficult to understand as choice and volitions are also conditioned to arise. No sankhara dhamma is free will...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Mar 31, 2010 7:14 pm
Dear Kevin, Like Ken H, I am so hesitant to go to links. Lack of time also. Could you please say what you wanted to say :-)) I am really interested and ...
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Kevin Farrell
farrellkevin80
Mar 31, 2010 9:00 pm
Hi Nina. The video was basically just about my thoughts that many people do not focus on anatta when they study the Buddhas teachings, and that there are many...
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truth_aerator
Mar 31, 2010 10:55 pm
Dear KenO, Rob2K, all, ... Thank you for your above post. Of course I don't hold Self theories and those other views about it. So no problem there. But is...
Hi Sukin, Thanks for your response. ... On a moment to moment basis, it all sounds good. Though I have to admit I am now generally confused about the mechanics...
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Mike
mikenz66
Apr 1, 2010 2:17 am
Hi Ken, ... Mike: Did you miss out a "NOT" in your second sentence above? I.e. it should read as follows: "... That does NOT mean we cannot change the way we...
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nori
norakat147
Apr 1, 2010 2:19 am
Dear Nina, N: "That is by sa~n~naa, the cetasika remembrance... Sa~n~naa marks or remembers the object experienced by citta. Through the development of jhaana...
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Ken O
ashkenn2k
Apr 1, 2010 2:43 am
Dear Alex ... KO: By the above suttae, there could be tranquillity after insight or tranquillity before insight, so it shows there is no need for jhanas to...
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ptaus1
Apr 1, 2010 3:04 am
Hi KenH, Thanks for your reply. ... pt: I agree. My understanding of that passage is that the explanation/teaching Dhamma will depend on the listener and his...
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Ken O
ashkenn2k
Apr 1, 2010 3:27 am
Dear Mike Thanks for highlighting and I usually quite careless. You are right, There is a NOT in <<That does NOT mean>>. Pse allow me to express some...
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kenhowardau
Apr 1, 2010 4:49 am
Hi Ken O and Mike, ... <. . .> KO: > DSG is not wrong to say our actions are condition.  Their perspectie of conditions is to me too extreme slanting towards...
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ptaus1
Apr 1, 2010 4:56 am
Hi KenH, KenO, Nina, Howard, Sarah, ... pt: Thank you all for contributions to this topic. I'm a bit confused now on the fundamentals of concepts and how they...
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Mike
mikenz66
Apr 1, 2010 6:36 am
Hi Ken^2, ... Mike: Yes, this is a good question to ponder. But is there an implication that "you" do not have "worry" arise? Mike: I've noticed that these...
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kenhowardau
Apr 1, 2010 6:40 am
Hi pt, Thanks for the questions. Glad to be first cab off the rank. :-) ... <. . .> ... 1. what exactly is the object of citta when it's said that concept is...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Apr 1, 2010 6:53 am
Dear Kevin, thank you. ... N:Yes, that is why I like to help with Abhidhamma: in our life there are only naama and ruupa. Nina. [Non-text portions of this...
