Hi again, DW. I think I remember you. Is there a military connection there? Anyway, wlecome back. Please feel free to join in the discussion any time. Jon ...
Hi Steve, Thanks for the Sutta ... I don't think I'd seen it before, though the paticcasamuppada is familiar. There certainly isn't anything new under the...
Hi KenH, I think the scripture you refer to is about Kisa Gotam (frail Gotami). http://www.geocities.com/zennun12_8/kisagotami.html Thanks for the 'froth and...
Hi Howard, I like your take! Concise, no-frills and understandable. Thanks. metta, Christine ... interdependent. ... philosophy of ... multiplicity of ... ...
Hi All, Does anybody know the proximate cause of masculinity, femininity and heart base? I suspect that it might be sankhara; according to paticcasamuppada, ...
Dear Larry & All, I have quite a few parts of the introductions so far marked for comment. I usually prefer not to make comments when the writer cannot reply...
yester day i asked 2 questions, Based on: The Four Arousings of Mindfulness "What are the four? "Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu lives contemplating the body in the...
Hi Henry, Welcome to DSG. I see you've started with two tricky questions and I expect others are considering replies. Some of us are always quite behind, so...
First, my oldest daughters name is sarah so this feels like i found a good place. Been doing vipasana for about 30 years, mentors are Ven Piyananda, Mahasi...
Dear Nina,
> Dear Jim, I am glad you mention how many versions you are using. I
am
> impressed by your thoroughness, as always. You do not walk over one...
"The Way of Mindfulness" by Soma Thera http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bps/misc/wayof.html Introduction continued This Middle Way of Mindfulness is clearly...
Hello all, Picking up a somewhat dated thread I found an interesting section in "Early Madhyamika in India and China," by Richard Robinson. (I'm looking for ...
Hello Nina, all An alternative point of view, on most everything ... Yes, I think the historical context is very important, and agree that the reasoning then...
Hi Stephen, Here are some random (perhaps related) thoughts. Consider the statement "The cup is on the table" as "X". "NOT X" will be "The cup is not on the...
Hi Stephen and Rob, I don't have the slightest idea what you guys are talking about but the base of neither perception nor non-perception is an example of the ...
...just a quick afterthought, The tetralemma was used by the Buddha, though I found the best account in a book concerning Madhyamika, which also used this...
Hi Stephen, I sympathised very easily with Larry’s comment about your first post;-) many thanks for the clarification and touching base with the sutta ...
Hi Derick, ... .... Thanks for letting us know. Very glad to see you back too - hope this time you don't get 'blown away' by all the ‘hardcore’ dhamma;-) ...
Dear Group, "The last citta of th previous life is succeeded by the first citta of this life." ADL Ch. 10 'The first citta in life' I've been reading in the...
Dear Group, And a friend just sent me this quote: "Majjhima Nikaya 9 'Sammaditthi Sutta' The Discourse on Right View "There are these four kinds of nutriment...
Hi, Christine - In a message dated 10/2/02 6:15:13 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... ============================= This is an excellent observation you make. Peter...
Dear Christine,
Regarding your questions on the following:
> "And, Master Gotama, when a being has laid down this body but has
not
> yet been reborn in...
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Dear Jim, Thank you for the further info. I meant Ven. Thanissaro, difficult to follow him. ... Would it be fair to say that the four ... N: Exactly. I am also...
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Dear Sarah and all, Ven. Soma, as you say, has given us a great gift by his translation. But there are some points we are wondering about. We can notice that...
Dear Howard, Jim and All, Howard, thank you for your post. I would be very interested if you have the time to see if Prof. Harvey has anything of significance...
Hi Christine, ... I am going to play devil's advocate here and take an opposing view. "Instantaneous rebirth" or "non-Instantaneous rebirth" does not impact...
"The Way of Mindfulness" by Soma Thera http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bps/misc/wayof.html Introduction continued In concentration of any preliminary...
ST: "Nagarjuna says: "The Happy One (Sugata) said that the only way to be walked on is mindfulness directed bodywards; therefore keep to it resolutely; for if...
Dear group, The next section of the book is the sutta. Since it would be premature to discuss it why don't we say everyone read the entire sutta (maybe several...
Hello Rob, ... My first inclination is to say I disagree, perhaps with a reference to kamma: act/cetana now, result/vipaka later. All are actions are in time. ...
