Dear Larry You wrote: "I was having trouble understanding the difference between sanna, citta, and ditthi." The following is my answer. "Saññaa and di.t.thi...
Stephen ... Desire to escape from existence/samsara does not lead to the breaking of the fetters that bind us to existence/samsara, but awareness (at the level...
Hi Rob M, Let me rephrase what your question as "How does kamma / rebirth work without a self?" This question is to be put aside. Why? Because this question...
Hi, Robert - Okay, I believe I get your point. As I see it, it is not the speed, per se, of the microscopic flow of phenomena, but the typical invisibility of ...
Hi, Victor - In a message dated 11/27/02 11:51:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... =========================== As you may have seen in recent posts of mine, I...
Hi Howard and Robert, Have you both already got tired of this decaying body? What more insight do you need? Metta, Victor ... speed, ... invisibility of ... ...
hi all, i would like to use my limited english to tell my thinking on the free will issue. ^_~ A got punched by B accidentally, if we take that as a kamma from...
... I think this is indeed the main point, Howard. I was going to add some more but I think you've summed it nicely already Best Robert ... speed, ... ...
Hi, Rob - In a message dated 11/28/02 12:58:31 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... =========================== Could you explain how kamma / rebirth works *with* a...
Hi, Victor - In a message dated 11/28/02 8:42:34 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... ======================== When there is liberation, I will know that the insight...
Hi, Victor - In a message dated 11/28/02 9:07:04 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... ========================== Why do you presume that I am enamored of that which...
... perversion / ... Stephen, Through some research, I can only conclude that the dictionary you are referring to is giving erroneous information. Amazingly,...
Hi Rob, The only mistake I spotted is that sanna, citta, and ditthi manifestations of self view are all eradicated at the sotapanna path moment. See Vism. XXII...
Hi Howard, What more insight do you need to realize that which ages, decays, and finally ceases is not to be enamored? Metta, Victor ... of ... decays, and...
Hi Rob M, I think you are making progress in your contemplation! Terms such as 'free will' and 'predestiny' all implicitly implies the existence of a self. As...
Rob M, If this is what you actually meant by 'predestiny' (I interpreted it wrongly in my last post), then you have a problem of holding to either extreme...
Hi Howard, Your delineation of self is that it is permanent, unchanging, fixed. That is the self-view you are holding onto. Metta, Victor ... ) What is...
Hi, Victor - In a message dated 11/28/02 11:46:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... ======================== Victor, there are levels and degrees of realization. ...
Dear Suan, Thank you for your excellent reply. I basically agree with your translation of sanna as memory. It gives an accounting for the function of memory...
Hi, Victor - In a message dated 11/28/02 12:19:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... ========================== First of all, that was not a *definition* of...
Hi "Lurkers", I am going to use Ajahn Paul's post as an opportunity to try and get you more involved. At the same time, I may be rasing some potentially...
Hi Victor, Thanks for your comments; lots to consider. ... work ... comes ... have ... is ... I only have one more class in 2002 and I have to finish off ...
Hi Howard, ... self? ;-) What is ... In this case, self is seen as the stream of kamma. In a conventional sense, the water in the stream keeps changing, but it...
Hi James, ... said ... (anatta). ... ditthi ... which ... Sorry to mislead you. On this point, Nyanatiloka was quoting directly from Ledi Sayadaw's "Manual of...
Hi Howard, I think you are entangled in your own self-view "what is self is permanent, unchanging, fixed." Metta, Victor ... fixed. ... just a ... are to ... ...
... you ... Rob M, Oh, so this is Ledi Sayadaw's interpretation. I thought we were discussing interpretations of Lord Buddha's teachings. Yes, you should...
... Rob, I have been reading `The Manual of Insight'. I am very disappointed in the poor scholarship of this work. I am not sure how it is representing the...
