Dear Vince, ... ... S: No, only one sotapatti-magga citta ever... ... .... S: Just different accumulations, different conditions as to whether this happens...
Hi Howard, ... ... S: In what way are sankharas or khandhas "modifiable", I wonder? From a recent message of Ven Samahita's #115285: "Q: Is the body and all...
Dear Sarah, Dieter, & Shalini, Just one small addition. The literal meaning of Bon-sin-san. Bon comes from the Pali word bhuumi, the realm. Sin (Burmese word)...
Hi Rob E, ... ... S: Many thx for your comments and I agree about the "more questions" that the details raise... ... ... R:>I do have some questions about this...
Dear All, Thanks for the detailed replies to my question. It was very gladenning to read such profusely shared knowledge about the Sotapanna. Only one...
Hi Howard, ... N: Is ignorance not the most dangerous of all defilements? Not knowing at all what is kusala and what akusala? When understanding of realities...
Dear Shalini, ... N: The sotaapanna (no matter one calls him or her bon-sin-san or not) will be reborn not more than seven times, thus, seven or less. Always ...
Hi, Colette - In a message dated 6/1/2011 1:19:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ksheri3@... writes: Hi Howard, FASCINATING perspective. lol You ascribe to...
Hi, Sarah (and Lukas) - In a message dated 6/1/2011 3:19:04 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sarahprocterabbott@... writes: Hi Howard, ... ... S: In what...
Hi, Nina - In a message dated 6/1/2011 7:54:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vangorko@... writes: Hi Howard, ... N: Is ignorance not the most dangerous of...
Dear Shalini, ... N: Ledi Sayadaw speaks about numerous rebirths, but according to the texts not more than seven. As to the words, with a single seed,...
Dear friends, Phil was wondering whether it is not lobha to want to develop understanding of realities. Kh S: The point of Dhamma is not: having less akusala...
Hi Sarah. ... I can appreciate this, and I can also see why the commentators would thus emphasize the danger of seeing continuity instead of complete falling...
Hi, Robert (and Sarah) - In a message dated 6/1/2011 11:32:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, epsteinrob@... writes: Hi Sarah. ... interesting and helpful....
Hi Group, As I understand it the Sotapanna has max 7 births left in the sense sphere. Is that correct? It was my understanding that births in the arupa jhana...
Hi all, Kevin: I used the wrong term. I should have said Śuddhāvāsa. My original message: ... It was my understanding that births in the _arupa jhana ...
Hi Howard. ... What I especially like about this great section of the sutta is what a strong clear view of anicca it presents. When something is arising, it...
Thanks Nina. I missed this email. I have put down some of the contradictions that I see in the commentaries given in Ledi Sayadaw's book and the commentary...
Dear Shalini, Nina, and All, [Shalini]: Especially has anybody come across a Burmese master's words on this particular topic of Bon-sin-san ? [Han]: Yes, there...
Friends: Experiencing Danger removes false Complacency of Safety! The Blessed Buddha once said: What, Ananda, is the experience of Danger? Here the Bhikkhu...
Dear Nina and Lodewijk So sorry to hear of your recent hospital / heart adventure. Takes its toll, for sure. Sounds as if you wisely took the opportunity to...
Hello all, Seeing the great importance in conditionality, I wish to start a series of threads to talk about the various conditions listed in the Abhidhamma....
Hi all, In general we know that cittas and cetasikas always arise together. We know that cetasikas cannot arise without a citta, because it would be simply ...
Hi Howard, (& Lukas) ... S: Thanks for clarifying! As you wrote in another message: "There *are* conditions that lead to weakening clinging, but "just say 'no'...
Dear Friends, ... <....> ... "...You should become averse thereto (tattha nibbindatha): upon beholding with right insight the divers perils associated with...
Dear Ken O, ... ... S: No, I haven't forgotten - that was just my point! Unless there has been the listening to the teachings, the paramis cannot be developed....
Dear Sarah and Burmese Friends, I asked the meaning of "vigyo" from two sources: A venerable Burmese monk at SanghaOnLine, and a Burmese friend at Yangon. I...
