Hi Sarah. ... It is always a relief when thinking or attention turns to something that is not self-based, even briefly. I experienced this when my daughter...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
Dec 29, 2012 1:24 am
Hi Herman. ... I don't think that my energy waves can cause someone else to behave in a certain way, but... ... It's a one-way street in that sense, but the...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
Dec 29, 2012 1:26 am
Hi Connie. ... So what do shoten zenjin actually do? I'm still confused. Best, Rob E. = = = = = = = =...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
Dec 29, 2012 1:32 am
Hi Jon and Herman. ... I think this is a terminology problem. When Herman says "there is no sound without hearing," what I think he means is "there is no...
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Herman
egberdina
Dec 29, 2012 6:15 am
Hi Sarah, ... HH: You can become dismissive of concepts only when you have an alternative..... ... HH: This is just talk, Sarah, talk, talk, talk, talk....... ...
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Herman
egberdina
Dec 29, 2012 6:17 am
Hi KenH, ... Listen to what? ... Cheers Herman I do not know what I do not know [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Herman
egberdina
Dec 29, 2012 6:24 am
Hi Jon, ... HH: I am baffled by the attitude that insists on the necessity of awareness of trillionth of a second momentariness, yet carelessly describing...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Dec 29, 2012 1:11 pm
Dear friends, Further on we read: “Upon the Enlightened Ones, the Blessed Ones, who see thus, ‘I have crossed over and the world has not crossed over; I am...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Dec 29, 2012 1:26 pm
Dear Htoo, As always, I appreciate it having a conversation with you. ... N: So true. Its characteristic can be directly known by pa~n~naa. ... Htoo:...
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connie
nichiconn
Dec 29, 2012 3:28 pm
hi, Herman, ... As far as wrangling up Pali terms goes, I think "the beautiful mind" must qualify as "grace", giving us any of the sobhana cittas or cetasikas...
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Htoo Naing
htoonaing...
Dec 29, 2012 3:43 pm
Dear Dhamma Friends, I am Htoo Tint Naing. My old yahoo-mail lost. This is my new...
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Lukas
szmicio
Dec 29, 2012 3:44 pm
Dear friends, Here comes an extract from Milindapa~nha on five ayatanas. <The King said: "Revered Nagasena, are these five (sensory) fields produced from...
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htoonaing@...
htoonaing...
Dec 29, 2012 5:11 pm
... Nina: Dear Htoo, As always, I appreciate it having a conversation with you. ... Htoo: Thanks ... N: Interesting that you say this. I just wrote today at...
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htoonaing@...
htoonaing...
Dec 29, 2012 5:34 pm
Dear Lucas and all Dhamma Friends, Please see below. ... Htoo: Pa~n~naa for consideration arises from studying dhamma by listening, reading, teaching and so...
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Lukas
szmicio
Dec 29, 2012 6:56 pm
Dear Htoo, Let me add some of my thoughts. ... L: Actually there can be some wise thoughts without Dhamma, but that insight that leads to freedom, to ending of...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
Dec 29, 2012 7:57 pm
Hi Herman. ... Speaking quasi-scientifically rather than Abhidhammically, a photon is not the same thing as a sound wave. Whether they are seen or unseen,...
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connie
nichiconn
Dec 30, 2012 1:11 am
... Even death or Mara can serve as shoten zenjin when they're whatever might be construed as "the good friend" or conditions supportive of such. One class...
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connie
nichiconn
Dec 30, 2012 1:46 am
hi, Dieter, ... D: thanks for the link "The Commentary (SNA.i.46ff) divides the sutta into four vaggas and gives each a separate name (except the first), the...
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Herman
egberdina
Dec 30, 2012 2:07 am
Hi RobE, ... HH: Thanks for sharing your interesting thoughts. I think we agree on the fundamentals - sound is heard. ... HH: Yes, neither you or I, or the...
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Maipenrai Dhammasaro
dhammasaro
Dec 30, 2012 5:04 am
Good friend Herman, Please forgive my delay in responding... [bummer] Returned from Texas to the Philadelphia, PA USA on Christmas Day (Flight at one-half...
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Herman
egberdina
Dec 30, 2012 5:31 am
Hello Chuck, Thank you for your good natured question. ... HH: You wrote: Living alone in the Texas Hill Country or with friends in Havertown, PA USA, it is...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
Dec 30, 2012 7:03 am
Hi Herman. ... I understand your view, which is highly phenomenological, and in another context I might adopt it myself. Here I think it makes sense to see...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Dec 30, 2012 8:39 am
Dear friends, We read in the “Gradual Sayings” (Book of the Sixes, Ch III, §5) that the Buddha spoke to the monks about six recollections, six states of ...
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Herman
egberdina
Dec 30, 2012 8:54 am
Hi RobE, ... I think you are quite right; I love your allusions to torturing things in this respect :-) There is shared conditionality - nothing subjective...
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jonoabb
Dec 30, 2012 10:17 pm
Hi Lukas Great to see you back again, and to have your thoughts and comments. Looking forward to the opportunity for further discussion here and in Thailand...
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truth_aerator
Dec 30, 2012 10:58 pm
Hello Herman all, ... Sound cannot be without hearing. It is process in the brain. Same with color. With best wishes, Alex...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
Dec 31, 2012 12:29 am
Hi Herman. ... Cool! Rob E. - - - - - - - -...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
Dec 31, 2012 12:34 am
Hi Alex. ... Would you deny that there are vibrations taking place which are interpreted as sound by the brain? Those vibrations exist even if not turned into...
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truth_aerator
Dec 31, 2012 1:07 am
Hi RobertE, all, ... Right, there is "a wave". ... Right. Wave as a potential cause for sound exist. ... Since you see that light, for you, your experience is...
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connie
nichiconn
Dec 31, 2012 2:37 am
dear friends, ... connie: So, I guess, reads the oft-quoted "IMHO". Turning to what might be a more, shall we say, vetted Opinion, I would *reply below* -...
