Dear Dhamma friends (Phil) I met wise Dhamma friend(and sexy :P). Her name is Luraya and she is so eager to come to DSG and study Dhamma. Now she reads Acharn...
Dear Sarah, ... N: I am glad acupuncture is helpful for Sharon. AS you said, also helping others can be a time to develop the perfections. As Kh Sujin said, we...
Dear Lukas, better listen to Luraya. What a lovely letter. Usually it is the company of bad friends. Read the Sigala sutta of the Diigha Nikaaya. Very good...
Dear Lukas & Luraya, What lovely photos - thanks for putting them in the album! Thank you also for telling us about Luraya and enclosing her lovely note. I'm...
Dear Nina, Yes, she is very into Dhamma. I've told her about you also. She also wrote a letter to our friend Lukas in prison, that is another great support and...
Dear Sarah, Especially I like this short reminders: Luraya: "But there is one thing that is even harder than practicing vipassana - not to practice." and this...
Hi Lukas ( and Luraya) Very happy to hear about your wonderful Dhamma friend, Lukas, and happy that you are back to listenibg, reflecting, discussing etc....
Dear Sarah, Regarding: KS: "Is the kusala with pa~n~naa which thinks. For example there can be thinking of the word 'dhamma.' With understanding or without...
Dear pt, yes, it works, thank you. Nice to have you back, looking forward to your posts, Nina. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dear Sarah, all, you wrote: I know you weren't addressing me, but hope you don't mind my adding a few comments:-) D: you are wellcome anytime, Sarah ;-) S:...
Hi Jon. Part II. ... That's just my understanding of what is said, that the arahat experiences dhammas directly, but also has concepts arise and is able to...
Hi Sarah. ... Actually this was a very helpful clarification above, because I was especially wondering about the attendant rupas that would be involved in...
Hi Scott. ... I may be wrong [as usual] but I think it may be that all conceptual thinking, whether with panna or not, has to take place over a series of...
Rob E., R: "... it may be that all conceptual thinking, whether with panna or not, has to take place over a series of moments; so that 'right thinking about...
Hi Scott. ... I am a little confused about how an individual dhamma whose function is thinking is able to take a concept as object, since a concept does not...
Rob E., R: "I am a little confused about how an individual dhamma whose function is thinking is able to take a concept as object, since a concept does not...
Hi Scott. ... Can you give me an example of a concept and how it is accessed in a single moment by the function of thought? I thought it was part of the...
Rob E., R: "Can you give me an example of a concept and how it is accessed in a single moment by the function of thought?" Scott: Citta and accompanying...
Hi Rob E, #122236 ... ... S: Yes, all the rupas 'out there' conditioned by temperature alone, for a start. You might like to also read more on world cycles in...
Dear Alex, ... .... S: Let's be clear that there is only ever "now". So now, either there is "meditation", i.e the arising of pa~n~naa, or there isn't. If now,...
Dear Lukas, ... ... S: Great to know. If you hear any short extracts, even just a phrase, that you'd like to share, please do. Phil and I both mentioned on our...
Dear Alex, ... ... S: When we understand the deeper meaning of "living alone", living without attachment or delusion at this moment, we will be less fixated on...
Dear Alex, ... ... S: The Buddha taught that the "All" are just cittas, cetasikas and rupas (and nibbana). Anything else is a concept including puggala. Which...
Dear Alex, ... .... S: The quote from the commentary indicates that some people hear/read the Teachings in terms of conceptual terms, such as puggala and...
Dear Lukas, ... ... S: There is no ignorant person, no Lukas at all. Just kusala, akusala, vipaka and kiriya cittas as you quoted about before from the...
Dear Pt & all, Great to see you back!! Do hope you had a good trip to visit your family in Europe. I'm sure you're very busy on return. ... ... S: Thank you...
