Hi Nina, all ... This is so true. Other people can only be ideas/concepts for us and the thinking that forms the concepts is cittas, and almost invariably...
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jagkrit2012
Feb 4, 2013 1:45 am
Dear Nina and friends Thank you very much for your reminder. ... JJ: This is great reminder from Than Archarn Sujin. We are enslaved almost all the time with...
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colette_aube
Feb 4, 2013 4:27 am
Hi Nina, " ... colette: MISINTERPRETATION OF MY MEANING. My INTENTION was to show the VALUE, through EXPERIENCE, of the MEDITATION because, I have to admit, I...
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sarah
sarahprocter...
Feb 4, 2013 6:25 am
Hi Rob E & Jon, ... ... S: I think you are thinking of the Yuganadha Sutta in AN. Lots in Useful Posts under "Yuganadha". Here is the first link to an old post...
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sarah
sarahprocter...
Feb 4, 2013 6:33 am
Hi Rob E, ... ... S: Yes, good points. When one begins to appreciate that in the deeper sense, there is death at each moment, at each falling away of citta,...
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sarah
sarahprocter...
Feb 4, 2013 6:38 am
Dear Alex, ... ... S: Impossible. Pleasant feeling doesn't become unpleasant feeling, awareness doesn't become ignorance. Realities arise, perform their...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Feb 4, 2013 6:40 am
Dear Jagkrit, ... N: Yes, she always emphasized now, otherwise we think that the teachings are theoretical. How was the wedding of your daughter? Birth,...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Feb 4, 2013 6:48 am
Dear Colette, ... N: First there is hearing of sound and then afterwards thinking follows. Wrong thinking or right thinking? We may rightly consider the Dhamma...
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sarah
sarahprocter...
Feb 4, 2013 7:01 am
Dear Azita, Glad to read your reflections... ... ... S: yes, just visible object that's seen wherever we are. Good and bad friends visiting all the time...
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jonoabb
Feb 4, 2013 7:04 am
Hi Rob E ... J: The mention of "roots of trees, … empty dwellings" by the Buddha was not to indicate a good place for sitting in order to pursue a formal...
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jonoabb
Feb 4, 2013 9:11 am
Hi Rob E ... J: Regarding the level of development of the person being described/addressed in Part II of the Vism ('Concentration'), the Vism sets out in...
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Tony H
tony.humphreys
Feb 4, 2013 10:51 am
Hi Ken, T: There are no Dhammas that are not infinitely reduceable. KH: Thank you for telling us that. There are irreducible dhammas in the Theravada...
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Tony H
tony.humphreys
Feb 4, 2013 10:58 am
Hi J, But I hear from others that there are forms that exist outside the mind, waiting to be met with one of the sense conciousness. I am getting confused here...
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Tony H
tony.humphreys
Feb 4, 2013 12:08 pm
Agreed! :-)...
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philip
philofillet
Feb 4, 2013 2:10 pm
Dear Group Another useful reminder from A.Sujin. Acharn: <Is there any difference between living in the world of concepts and living in the world of absolute...
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philip
philofillet
Feb 4, 2013 2:11 pm
Hi again. The reminder follows... phil ... concepts and living in the world of absolute realities? What is the...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
Feb 4, 2013 3:28 pm
Hi Jon and Howard. ... I think that may be it, Howard - I will check that out, thanks. ... I will take a look at that as well - thanks. Best, Rob E. = = = = =...
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Robert E
epsteinrob
Feb 4, 2013 3:32 pm
Hi Sarah. ... Thank you - those are good distinctions to have and to identify the inherent dukkha of arising and falling away. I am wondering though why the...
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Ken H
kenhowardau
Feb 4, 2013 9:03 pm
Hi Tony, ... KH: They have been identified; they are the mental phenomena called namas and the physical phenomena called rupas. I think the problem might be...
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philip
philofillet
Feb 4, 2013 11:36 pm
Dear all Personally I find Mahayana interesting, though living in Japan I have reason to deplore how far it has drifted away from the original teaching of the...
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Lukas
szmicio
Feb 5, 2013 7:45 am
Hi all, I am looking for anything concerning siila in the Text: Suttas, commentaries...,etc. I would be greatful for any material. Best wishes Lukas...
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Tony H
tony.humphreys
Feb 5, 2013 10:14 am
Hi, If this is a closed group that ONLY wishes to discuss Theravadin interpretations of the Dhamma then there is little opportunity to discuss 'reality' if it...
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Tony H
tony.humphreys
Feb 5, 2013 10:26 am
Hi Ken, As I said in a reply to Phil - If we're looking for ways to confirm or validate what is spoken about in Classical Abhidhamma and Theravada then I think...
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jonoabb
Feb 5, 2013 10:59 am
Hi Rob E (128972) ... J: Regarding, "At the very least, he is encouraging all those who have the potential to attain jhana to go attain it *as purposively as...
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Ken H
kenhowardau
Feb 5, 2013 12:03 pm
Hi Tony, ... what is spoken about in Classical Abhidhamma and Theravada then I think this would be an academic forum only. I think however, that its a forum...
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upasaka_howard
Feb 5, 2013 1:53 pm
Hi, Jon (and Robert)- ... <Snip> ... HCW: I would sooner not "give specific instances". :-) You might look at the following: ...
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Tony H
tony.humphreys
Feb 5, 2013 2:10 pm
Hi Ken,this is a good debate! ... T: Agreed, but to use your logic below if we are ONLY discussing Theravada then this rules out any possibility of bringing...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Feb 5, 2013 3:32 pm
Dear Sarah and Azita, It is good to be reminded that dhamma is everywhere. I have to adapt myself again to a solitary life, but anyway, we are seeing... ...
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Ken H
kenhowardau
Feb 5, 2013 11:26 pm
Hi Tony, I am glad you are enjoying our discussion. So am I. ... KH: I think there would be a massive limitation if we couldn't bring in similes and metaphors...
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jagkrit2012
Feb 6, 2013 1:08 am
Dear Nina and friends ... JJ: It went pretty well. Thank you very much for your regards. A lot of lobha though. ... JJ: Even now we are not young but most of...
