Something I read from a health food magazine on friday: Besides bringing back lots of gold after killing and exploiting lots of natives in America, Cortez also...
Dear Dan, my 2 cents, kusala - thoughts generating of non greed, non hatred and non delution akusala - thoughts generating of greed, hatred and delution ...
the February update to the Buddhist bibliography is now online at : http://www.cyberdistributeur.com/buddbib.html I have listed new Buddhist web sites at : ...
G'day, As "formally"; (joking!) requested by Sarah, I have uploaded a photo taken in our last trip to Vietnam. It was taken at the main shrine (vihara) of...
Dear Suan, Robert K. and I were having a discussion on the ayatanas, and then Num and Kom joined in. As I understand the ayatanas, these come into play also...
Dear Sarah and Rob Ep and all, I gave the co. to the AN but not the sutta and what I added, since Sarah had posted this before. In case you need it again, I...
Dear Fellow DSG Members Some announcements and reminders-- 1/. Back-up archives at eScribe now 'open' As you know, all posts are backed-up to an archive site...
Dear Rob K, you said that A. Sujin spoke about the ayatanas (the bases on which the processes of cittas depend), and what did she say? When we were sitting...
Hello!Sarah; This is Michael again,I'm living in the Small town of Garberville, Northern California.It's very rural here,We have a small dharma study group ...
Hi Kom, I understand there are concepts that point to realities and concepts that are errors. However, they both truely exist as concepts. A mirage, for...
Hi Howard, I also cannot understand the Rupa of Air. therefore Help is gretely appreciated from anyone... But here is what I know. Rupa and Cita are two...
hi mike, contd.. tanha => ponobhavika ( which has the strength to cause 'next' bhava ) nissaya = accompanying channovada sutta M N, " nissitassa calitam ,...
Dear Friends and Family, The virus alert below is not a hoax since I had received that very same message with "new photos. . ." and my machine needed to be...
Hello Sarah, nice to hear from you. In regard to this question of dependence or conditionality I was just thinking of what I had vaguely remembered from some...
Hello Sarah and all, This is how I understand it: Seeing thing/phenomenon as it actually is is not much about classifying the thing/phenomenon as nama or rupa....
Hello, Christine, Thank you for sharing your joy in Dhamma. I have not listened to Bhikkhu Bodhi's dhamma talk on 'Selflessness.' I am downloading the Bhikkhu...
Hi, Yulia - In a message dated 1/28/02 2:20:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... ========================== We can't enforce nonattachment, and I believe it would...
Hello Victor, and All, I wonder if you have listened to Bhikkhu Bodhis' dhamma talk on 'Selflessness'? You will be pleased to know that this is the first...
Hi, Erik (and Jon) - In a message dated 1/26/02 10:30:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... ===================================== Well, I would suppose this has a...
Dear Nina, Sarah, And Robert Epstein How are you? This short note is merely to let you know that I have read your posts in response to the Subcommentary On The...
Here is a quotation from "The Seven Stages of Purification and The Insight Knowledges" by The Venerable Mahathera Matara Sri Nanarama, BPS publication. This...
Dear Rob Ep, I am not good at navigating, when in archives I could not get to photos, although I pressed it. Wanted to look at Herman's boys and curtains....
Hi Kom, Is touch the only criterion for rupa? Are the letters on this screen rupa? Is rupa inferred or experienced directly? How do you distinguish between...
Does anyone know if there is any discussion of different kinds of dependence in the abhidhamma or commentaries? I can think of two kinds of irreversible...
Hi Howard, Ranil and everyone, Let me inform you upfront that, during this time, it will take me a while to respond on dsg. The "air," I assume you talk about...
Hi, all - I just posted a picture of mine to the photo section of the web site. The picture was taken at a college graduation party for my younger son's ...
Hi, all - The rupa of "air" is generally understood as motion. But there cannot be any motion within a single citta, can there? Motion or movement or change is...
