Sorry about the reference to non-existence in that post. Once when I had a severe bout of sloth and torpor I told a monk that I wanted to go to sleep and not...
Dear Azita, thank you. ... N: Kusala chandha. Chandha may be akusala or kusala. Difficult to know the difference. Nina. [Non-text portions of this message have...
Dear Han, (Ven Samahita & all), I thought this sutta was relevant to your thread on your treatment and recovery. ... The Blessed Buddha once noted: There are...
Hi RobE, ... pt: I think that's what the abhidhamma says basically - either kusala or akusala, no in-between (discounting kiriya for us mortals). Sure, there...
Hi Phil, ... the house with attention on this on that, or walking down a city street with attention on this and that. pt: For me, a few years back while I was...
Dear friends, From audio (DSG org), 2007-07-05,a , no 2. We used to talk about visible object. How much understanding is there of visible object as it is? It...
Hi All, Whenever I use my computer, and I look downwards towards the right, there is this logo that says Microsoft. I fully understand that what is seen is...
Hi Alex, Thanks for your replies. ... pt: Sure, but that's not disputed at all. The argument seems to be regarding differentiating between a/kusala. So, for...
Hey pt, In the near future, it seems you are going to be mediating / moderating some discussions that I will be partaking in. Since I have rejoined dsg, I have...
Hi Herman, ... pt: I think RobE was joking there. You and KenH are far older than me, so I basically expect you guys to be far wiser than me and therefore...
Thanks for your reply, pt ... You seem to be divorcing a/kusala from future result, a/kusala is a characteristic of the present moment. Have I got that right? ...
Hi, Herman - In a message dated 10/1/2010 2:51:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... On the 9th of October there will be an informal dhamma discussion at Jon and...
Hi Herman, ... pt: Yes, I think it might be said that way. In abhidhamma terms - current citta can be a/kusala (not considering kiriya and vipaka here), and...
Hi pt, ... If I understand you correctly blue, pain, A 440Hz or the like can have different immediate characteristics, either kusala or akusala. For example, ...
Hi Herman, ... pt: I think color, pain, sound, etc would be actually the objects of citta, so not really a/kusala, unless we consider them in terms of vipaka,...
... I see your point, but I would then say it comes from the clouds which are formed in various ways in different areas of the world. That's actually a silly...
Hi pt, ... Yes, but we are now talking about "classed". Classifying is an act, an act other than seeing, hearing, feeling etc. My question was whether this ...
... *Yup. And the way the deer are hunted is not hunting. The neighbors have stands, up in the trees to sit and wait for the deer to come by. Other neighbors...
Dear Phil, I have always thought it weird how many people don't meditate at all on some of the Buddhist lists I've been on. It's kind of weird. I think you can...
Hi Herman, ... Ah, I see what you were trying to ask. From memory, that issue about the average accountant, etc, refers to classifying vipaka as kusala or...
Hi Howard, ... N: Well said. Yes, we take it for a whole, more like a concept we conceive of chandha. It seems to last for a while, whereas in reality there...
Hi pt and Herman, ... N: That will be an interesting meeting. Here comes the subject of nimitta, the sign of something that has just fallen away. ... Nina. ...
Hi Pt (and Ken towards the end) ... Ph: Hmm, speaking as someone who listened to hundreds and hundreds of hours of talks with A.S obsessively, for a couple of...
Hi Phil (and Lukas), ... N: But that is good. Little by little, that is the way it accumulates. There cannot be any hurry, and no wish to have long moments of...
Hi, Ari - In a message dated 10/1/2010 9:33:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ... "it" ... I see your point, but I would then say it comes from the clouds which...
Hi Pt, all, ... Right Effort (RE) has 4 parts. One of its parts is "abandoning of evil, unskillful qualities that have arisen" as opposed to preventing them...
