Hi James, ... I'm with you 100%. Please help me out with a Sutta reference. Metta, Rob M :-)...
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James
buddhatrue
Nov 28, 2002 10:13 pm
... 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...
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James
buddhatrue
Nov 28, 2002 10:29 pm
... Rob M, Sure, Check out the Majjhima Nikaya; The Middle Length Discourses: M,i,141. (The welcome to this group said not to quote entire suttas, only...
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robmoult
Nov 28, 2002 10:49 pm
Hi James, ... suttas, ... I don't think that it is on-line and I have to wait until I fly home to pull out my hard copy. Metta, Rob M :-)...
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Ray Hendrickson
bitakarma
Nov 28, 2002 11:12 pm
... Through some research, I can only conclude that the dictionary you are referring to is giving erroneous information. Amazingly, it does admit this in the...
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James
buddhatrue
Nov 29, 2002 2:37 am
... wrote: A very good Sutta on this is SM XXII.89, ... is the ... fetters, ... at a ... away with ... origin, such ... of these ... am' ... Dear Ray, Thanks...
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Ray Hendrickson
bitakarma
Nov 29, 2002 4:04 am
Oh I think that rebirth and kamma are indeed linked, but there is nothing in that linking that can be called self, at least as the term is normally used. Ray...
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kenhowardau
Nov 29, 2002 4:53 am
Dear Rob M, I'd like to second what Robert K wrote; "Thanks so much for showing us your contemplations over the last few days." There have been some excellent...
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upasaka@...
upasaka_howard
Nov 29, 2002 6:24 am
Hi, Victor - In a message dated 11/28/02 2:30:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... ======================= These are standard features of an alleged self. In any...
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upasaka@...
upasaka_howard
Nov 29, 2002 6:55 am
Hi, all - I'm leaving by plane in the morning for the Chicago area, to return Sunday night. I will reply after I get back to any mail directed to me. Have a...
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rahula_80
Nov 29, 2002 9:12 am
Hi, Is rebirth immediate? SN 4.400 At that time, Vaccha, when a being has laid down this body, and that being (satto) has not yet taken up another (annataram)...
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yu_zhonghao
Nov 29, 2002 12:25 pm
Hi Ray and all, How is the term "self" normally used? Metta, Victor ... nothing ... normally ... rebirth. ... dependently ... term ... my ... too ... of ... ...
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nidive
Nov 29, 2002 2:36 pm
Hi robmoult, You said: Anything that happens to us is vipaka (the passive effect of an past active consciousness). But how does that fit into what the Buddha...
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ajahn_paul
Nov 29, 2002 3:07 pm
... Thanks Rob! i will study hard! ^_~...
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James
buddhatrue
Nov 29, 2002 5:49 pm
... is nothing ... normally ... rebirth. ... dependently ... Ray, I don't understand what you are saying here. Could you please clarify? If 'I am that I am'...
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Ray Hendrickson
bitakarma
Nov 29, 2002 5:59 pm
Hi Victor, I think the term is normally used as some sort of identity which has some type of control over the body, thoughts, feelings, etc and can possess...
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Ray Hendrickson
bitakarma
Nov 29, 2002 7:18 pm
Considering the nature of this group, I wish I could put things into Abhidhamma terms, but I will do the best I can and hope others could expand or detract...
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yu_zhonghao
Nov 29, 2002 8:56 pm
Hi Ray, Ray, you are trying to explain how the term "self" is used by delineating what self is. You presented your self-view even though I didn't ask for it. ...
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Ray Hendrickson
bitakarma
Nov 29, 2002 9:36 pm
What I gave you is what I think folks mean by the word. When you asked me how is the term normally used, I gave you what I think folks mean by the term. The...
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robmoult
Nov 29, 2002 10:03 pm
Hi Swee Boon, You raise an excellent point. Forgive me for "going back to basics" and bringing up stuff that you probably already know in my reply, but my...
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Kom Tukovinit
tikmok
Nov 29, 2002 11:10 pm
Dear Ranil, If we think of situations as really no situations, but think of them as dhammas or about some relevant situations as presented in the tipitakas, a...
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nidive
Nov 30, 2002 12:38 am
Hi robmoult, You said: Consciousness (citta) is grouped into four classifications according to jati (birth): - Kusala: active "good" states (generates kamma) -...
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yu_zhonghao
Nov 30, 2002 1:38 am
Hi Ray, Do you know that the word "self" is also a pronoun? I believe most dictionaries have that definition. Other definitions for the word "self" are...
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Ray Hendrickson
bitakarma
Nov 30, 2002 2:21 am
Yes Victor I agree that the term self is most often used in the Pali Canon as a pronoun. Often those who find quotes to try to show the Buddha taught about...
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ranil gunawardena
dearranil2
Nov 30, 2002 11:41 am
Thank you very much dear Kom, Pin to you, with meththa ranil ... This is why it is nice to read the ... ...
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James
buddhatrue
Nov 30, 2002 3:49 pm
... could expand ... any notion ... more ... necessarily ... you have ... can arise ... that ... death and ... my ... overwhelming ... is ... the ... most of ...
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nidive
Nov 30, 2002 4:28 pm
Hi robmoult, Is this stream something which is reality (dhamma) according to the Abhidhamma? Or is it merely a concept? Is this stream citta, cetasika or rupa?...
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Ray Hendrickson
bitakarma
Nov 30, 2002 5:26 pm
Towing the Buddhist party line seems like a big chore, if fact I do not think there is such a thing. There are certainly more than one Buddhist party :) The...
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James
buddhatrue
Nov 30, 2002 6:17 pm
... do not ... Buddhist ... with your ... (I have yet to speak to any Buddhists who embrace the possibility of a temporary self. Most I encounter say that...
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Ray Hendrickson
bitakarma
Nov 30, 2002 7:00 pm
James says:. ... I am not aware of any survey. My comment about other Buddhist I have talked to online is based on my experience of chatting with folks in...
