Dear Sarah, ... N: Thank you for the reference and your conclusion is plausible. Only, I wonder about the giving of Patimokkha, given by all former Buddhas. As...
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sarah abbott
sarahprocter...
Aug 2, 2010 8:40 am
Dear Fabian & Swee Boon, I appreciated your sharing of views. ... if that person not fulfill the criteria, that person is not suitable as a friend to talk to....
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sarah abbott
sarahprocter...
Aug 2, 2010 8:31 am
Hi Kevin, As I said, I'm very behind, so haven't read the further discussions in this thread yet... ... wisdom in the individual. I am starting to think that...
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sarah abbott
sarahprocter...
Aug 2, 2010 8:12 am
Dear Ken O, Good to see you around again, after your break! We're having another trip to Kaeng Krajan at the very end of August. Would you (or anyone else like...
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Ken H
kenhowardau
Aug 2, 2010 7:29 am
Hi Fabian, ... <. . .> KH: > > "But this mindfulness of breathing is difficult, difficult to develop, a field in which only the minds of Buddhas,...
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sarah
sarahprocter...
Aug 2, 2010 7:21 am
Hi Kevin (& all), Like others, I've really been appreciating your many helpful discussions and also your frank and considered responses to the many questions...
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sarah
sarahprocter...
Aug 2, 2010 6:52 am
Dear Nina & Kevin, ... .... S: Connie and I have both referred to the passage in question (and another briefer reference to the same point in another text)...
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chandrafabian
Aug 2, 2010 5:23 am
Dear Alex and all, I should say sadhu, sadhu, sadhu, Dhamma inviting us to experience by ourselves, but learning Dhamma books also important, it would help...
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ptaus1
Aug 2, 2010 4:57 am
Hi Ryan, ... Just thought I should mention it - there are several topics on the Buddha in the Useful Posts file that might interest you: ...
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ptaus1
Aug 2, 2010 4:39 am
Hi KenO, Thanks for coming back to this, I think I understand a little better now what you were trying to say. Best wishes pt...
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ptaus1
Aug 2, 2010 4:35 am
Hi Alex, ... pt: Hm, if you put it that way, then that's the actual issue of contention I guess - whether understanding is gained by engaging in certain...
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chandrafabian
Aug 2, 2010 4:23 am
Dear Ken, KEN H: Hi Fabian, <. . .> Many people think vipassana practice is a matter of sitting still and simply observing whatever concepts come to mind. I am...
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chandrafabian
Aug 2, 2010 3:30 am
Dear Ken, KEN H: Hi Fabian, <. . .> That may be the case, I don't know. But if it is the case we should ask why. According to the texts, jhana masters in...
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A T
truth_aerator
Aug 2, 2010 2:28 am
Dear KenO, all interested, ... What if one trips over the rock without seeing the rock prior? So if I am not thinking about a rock, I cannot trip over one? And...
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Ken H
kenhowardau
Aug 2, 2010 12:17 am
Hi Swee Boon (and Ryan), ... <. . .> SB: > The Buddha teaches that clinging to a doctrine of a self is suffering, because it propels one towards further...
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Ryan Brawn
gr8fuldawg2010
Aug 2, 2010 12:08 am
Hello Group, It's me Ryan again. I don't have sound on my computer, and I was wondering is there anyway someone could tell me how do you say Dhammapada Maybe...
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han tun
hantun1
Aug 1, 2010 9:45 pm
Dear Nina and Chew, ... Han: In the Burmese Dictionary, I find the word "aaramma.naapanijjhaayana" which is translated as "the contemplation on the aaramma.na"...
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truth_aerator
Aug 1, 2010 9:16 pm
Hello Ryan, all, ... Self awakened Arhat. When there isn't Dhamma in the world and someone becomes first Arhat through his own efforts and teaches others, then...
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truth_aerator
Aug 1, 2010 9:07 pm
Hello Pt, all, ... Great. Faculty of understanding in action is gained in action. 1) Experience and *description* of it that you could read from books are...
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truth_aerator
Aug 1, 2010 7:39 pm
Dear Nina, all ... Right. ... Just like there is action without an actor. There is choice without a One who chooses. But in any case, this is getting too...
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Ken O
ashkenn2k
Aug 1, 2010 6:45 pm
... KO: What we understand now is conventional panna not yet direct panna or vipassana. In Abhidhamma, the development of panna on the emphasis on ...
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Ken O
ashkenn2k
Aug 1, 2010 4:55 pm
Dear Chew to make it simple, Jhanas can also refering to supramundane jhanas so it depends on the context cheers Ken O [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Ken O
ashkenn2k
Aug 1, 2010 4:33 pm
Dear Sarah its ok to review past cittas and thoughts it there is wise reflection. nothing wrong about it and dont discourage him. Reviewing our past...
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Ken O
ashkenn2k
Aug 1, 2010 4:21 pm
Dear Fabian A rock is a mental construction. Just like a picture in the PC is make up of millions of pixels. A rock is seen is due to the construct of the...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Aug 1, 2010 2:19 pm
Dear Han, ... N: I do not know. I think all the meditation subjects of samatha enumerated in the Visuddhimagga are included. What do you think? Nina. [Non-text...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Aug 1, 2010 8:27 am
Dear Kevin, An interesting subject. I find it helpful to look at the heading a particular subject is dealt with in the Visuddhimagga. I am comparing Ch XI and...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Aug 1, 2010 8:26 am
Dear Alex, ... N: 2 and 3 yes: kamma and vipaaka, but no person who does actions or receives result. I am sure you agree. As to 1, this was discussed before....
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Aug 1, 2010 7:37 am
Dear Ryan, ... N:< http://www.zolag.co.uk/downloads.html > and: <http://www.abhidhamma.org/contents.htm > Nina. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Ken H
kenhowardau
Aug 1, 2010 7:15 am
Hi Ryan, The Buddha has gone and will never be seen again - by anyone. He is no more. But in ultimate reality, there never was a Buddha. Even when he was alive...
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Swee Boon
nidive
Aug 1, 2010 7:02 am
Hi Ryan, ... In my opinion, "to be the Buddha now" means to end Ignorance now. ... http://www.what-buddha-said.net/drops/II/Cause_of_Ignorance.htm What is...
