Dear Nina & all, ... S: Usually we attach a lot of importance to the feeling and to the story that's thought about, but it's just thinking at such moments. No...
Dear Phil, ... ... S: Thx for encouraging us. Lobha/tanha most the day, it's so precious when there are moments of kusala. ... ... S: So true....always "me,...
Dear Lan, ... .... S: And I thought the words sounded like my dear friend, Lan:-) Always, good, probing, intelligent questions. I appreciate your approach and...
Hi Herman, ... .... S: It is never known by ignorance. However, if it were not possible to understand it, the Buddha would not have taught for 45 years and...
Dear SLF, ... N: Lobha is a reality and it has many different degrees. We usually notice lobha when it is strong, for example, when we are greedy, when we want...
Dear Tam, ... N: Seeing and hearing are just one moment of vipaakacitta accompanied by indifferent feeling. These cittas pass very rapidly and it is hard to...
Hi Alex, All, ... Sorry to intrude.. I think a great example to elucidate what is occurring, regarding this point, is the phenomenon of the "Phantom Limb". ...
Dear Nina and others Thank you for your condolences ... Do you remember I referred to a letter my cousin's father wrote after he committed suicide this summer:...
Hi Sarah, and Herman. ... When clearing out the "little dust in our eyes," most of us have to start with a shovel! :-) Best, Rob E. - - - - - - - - - -...
Dear Phil, ... N: Tanha is lobha cetasika but in the Dhammasangani, § 1059, we read that there are almost a hundred names for lobha, denoting the many ...
Hi Alex, ... Suk: So "suffering is in the mind" is misleading, is it not? ... Suk: Right, and this is what the "Noble" truth is about. It is this which stands...
Hi Phil, ... Sorry to hear about your mother's passing away. But it is good to see that you can give us good Dhamma reminders even in this situation. Metta, ...
Dear Jagkrit (& Phil), ... S: A good simile. It's so true that the only trouble in life is the trouble of kilesas. No lobha, dosa, moha, no trouble. It may...
Dear Nina and Phil, Thank you very much, Nina, for your kind explanation. I have inserted some Paa.li words for my own better understanding. Nina: Tanha is...
Dear Nina, N: Seeing and hearing are just one moment of vipaakacitta accompanied by indifferent feeling. These cittas pass very rapidly and it is hard ...
Dear friends, AS answered on mana: Question: An anagami is said to have eradicated wrong view but still has mana. But it seems to many people that without an...
Dear Tam Bach, ... N: Before, we had discussions about this subject on dsg. Commentaries were quoted, and some said that the common man's standard determines ...
Dear Tam, I'd like to also add a couple of comments. ... ... S: Let's be clear that the vipaka citta is just that - vipaka citta. It is called kusala or...
Dear Tam Bach, I found the commentary: Dispeller of Delusion, I, Classification of the aggregates, page 11. First a general remark, as Sarah wrote: < Again,...
Hello Sukin, all, ... It is not. ... Huh? Persons do exist. Carrier of a burden does exist. Only Atta does not, and this Atta has nothing to do with empiric,...
Dear friends, Paññå grows stage by stage. Hearing is different from sound. When sound appears it is evident that there must also be hearing. Sound and...
Hi RobK, ... Perhaps we are using the word thinking in different ways? "Feeling, perception, & consciousness are conjoined, friend, not disjoined. It is not...
Hi Sarah, ... This is a rhetorical question based on an argument from incredulity - a logical fallacy. That you find it incredible that things could happen ...
Dear Nina, Tam, Sarah ... JJ: I've found some explanation in the commentary of Thai Tipitika which I may extract and translate as follow: Commentary in Sutta...
Dear Jagkrit, Tam & all, Yes, we've discussed this topic a lot before. See more in "Useful Posts" under "Rupas - desirable, undesirable..." The fuller passage...
Dear Sarah and Nina, Thank you for your care about me :) Sarah, do you want to put me into the hot seat, again, hehe? There are a lot of things useful,...
Dear Nina, Sarah, Jagkrit and all, Thank you very much for all precision, details and quotes! Anumodana, Tam [Non-text portions of this message have been...
