WL, What you ask is a very complex and deep question. I am not sure if I am qualified to answer it, but that has never stopped me before! Hehehe.. You write: ...
Hi Rahula, ... .... I'm in a rush...students about to arrive, but you may like to look at part of this post from the DSG archives from Rob Ed in the meantime....
... Dear Rahula, Dhammakaya are well-known in thailand where I am. You might want to do an internet search on the Bangkok post website (a main English ...
... Nice to hear of your considerations; which seem so real to me.Vision actually refers to stages of vipassana - as this sutta covers development from...
Dear Sarah, Rahula, Robert Kirkpatrick How are you? I have been following this thread with interest. Like Robert Kirkpatrick said, Sabbe Dhammaa means both...
Hi, Rahula - In a message dated 11/1/02 2:09:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... ========================= Any interpretation which views nibbana as atta is, I...
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Perfections Ch 6, Energy, no 12 We read in the Commentary to the ³Samvara Jåtaka²(no. 462, Khuddhaka Nikåya): At that time when the Buddha was dwelling in...
Dear Larry, ... I agree about heading in the same direction! ... What I am saying here is that a citta cognizes only one object at a time. When it is cognizing...
Dear Howard, ... Hi, Rahula - Any interpretation which views nibbana as atta is, I believe, heretical, and the Dhammakaya Buddhist Meditation Institute's...
Hi again, Kom - I mentioned James by mistake. It was Larry you were writing to. With metta, Howard /Thus is how ye shall see all this fleeting world: A star at...
Hi All, Abhidhamma Class Notes have been updated in the "Files" Section of the DSG. Major additions include: - "Inside the Sense Door Thought Process" (from...
Hi, ... "In a psychological sense, a design could be 'unmade' or 'dissolved' by shifting one's attention to its components. Even so, 'what is born' (jaatam),...
Dear Howard, ... When I referred to "conceptualization" or "conceptualize", I don't mean it is a specific reality. When the citta cognizes a concept, it ...
Hi, This is written by Bruce Burrill: It appears twice in the Pali texts, in the Udana 80 (Ud VIII.3) and in the Itivuttaka, 37-8. (Itivuttaka 43) The "non"...
Hi Kom, Thanks for your detailed and informative response. I think we are pretty much in agreement, but here are a few questions and comments: K: What I am...
Hi, KKT - In a message dated 11/1/02 4:36:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... =========================== Nibbana does formally share elements in common with a...
Hi, Kom (and anyone else interested) - My point is that concepts/pa~n~natti are mind made, not just nature-given (as are rupas, vedana, etc). My question is...
Hi, The PTSD is in error on this point. Thanks to the lead pointed out by Sarah. S III 132 is actually Channa Sutta. And Channa Sutta (S III 132) has: Sabbe...
Dear Larry, ... The example you gave here are all conceptual objects, so I am not sure what you think when this applies to realities. When visible object...
Hi, From ... Howard: Could you please be more detailed in this reference? From "SN 4" I have no idea of where to look. Anders: I'm pretty sure it's the...
Dear group, (esp. Azita), I have typed a listing of the postings Nina has made of her translations of "Perfections" by A. Sujin, with hyperlinks, in case ...
Hi, Rahula - This post confuses me. I don't recall giving any reference. (I don't know why you mention my name.) Also, when I try to access your url, I get a ...
Dear Sarah and all, to appreciate the Buddhist goal of parinibbana (was "paramis are not lost through parinibbana") I would like to appreciate and form...
Dear Howard and all, In contemplating the parts of the body I don't believe the Buddha intended us to have a "mood .... of revulsion or gloom but of unruffled...
