Dear James, Have been a lurker, as Sarah calls it, for far too long, and so, after an absolutely wonderful weekend of Dhamma discussions with Achaan Sujin and ...
Dear Abbydhamma, I've been to the UPs but haven't found anything on this subject, so I will turn to you. There are hardly any advice-columnesque posts here, so...
Hi Group, "Monk, there is the case where a monk studies the Dhamma: dialogues, narratives of mixed prose and verse, explanations, verses, spontaneous ...
"The Path of Purification" (Visuddhimagga) Ch. XIV 69. 23. 'Impermanence of matter' has the characteristic of complete breaking up. Its function is to make...
The Path of Purification" (Visuddhimagga) Ch. XIV 66. 20. 'Growth of matter' has the characteristic of setting up. Its function is to make material instances...
Dear Group, A further post on this topic from Robert Kirkpatrick. His explanation of the revolving of paticcasamupadda within a single conscious moment is...
Hello Ken O, I was really enjoying your research until you came to your conclusion about insight (vipassana). I am sorry to say this, because I respect you a...
Hello Swee Boon, and thank-you ever so much for posting an excellent rebuttal to my thesis that jhana is possibly the single portal to nibbana. It seems that...
Hello Swee Boon what an excellent sutta. I will preserve it for often reflection. One Who Dwells in the Dhamma, AN V.73 "Then there is the case where a monk...
"The Path of Purification" (Visuddhimagga) Ch. XIV 68. 22. 'Ageing' has the characteristic of maturing (ripening) material instances. Its function is to...
Hi Larry and Howard, Howard wrote: I certainly agree that when there is (just) seeing, there is nothing but visual content, and only afterwards mental...
There are two ways of explaining the four characteristics, see below. These fragments are taken from the Thai Dhamma Issues. 1. Explanation according to the...
Hi, Swee Boon - In a message dated 3/21/04 8:33:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, nidive@... ... ======================== For the second time quite recently,...
Hello all I've decided to apply myself to a more thorough consideration of the satipatthana sutta. I'll be reading the archive posts on it, but in the meantime...
Dear Group, This post begins to set the scene and shows how the Mahaanidaana Sutta came to be spoken by The Fortunate One - with Aananda's statement as one of...
Hi Group, This is my understanding of the Kayagata-sati Sutta. Comments are welcome. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn119.html (1) There...
Hello all In the last month or so I've fallen into the practice of observing soruces of dosa (though I didn't use that word) that arise in a repetitive way in...
Hello Ken O, I find much to agree in what you say. Dhammapada Verse 372 Natthi jhaanam apan~n~assa, pan~n~aa natthi ajhaayato, Yamhi jhaanan~ ca pan~n~an~ ca...
"The Path of Purification" (Visuddhimagga) Ch. XIV 67. And in the Commentary, after saying 'It is genesis that is called "setting up", increase that is called...
char. of rupas, 3. As to impermanence, aniccatå, the ³Atthasåliní², in the same section, states about it as follows: ... Fully defined, impermanence of...
Dear Group, I received the following email from a Dhamma friend, and have her permission to ask these questions on dsg. metta and peace, Christine ... ...
Dear Azita-still-treading-water-I-hope, Have you lot in Cairns really had 1000 millimetres - 250 inches (using the old standard :-)) in the last week? Must be...
char. of rupas, 2. The text (of the Atth) states: ³... integration of matter has the characteristic of accumulation, the function of making material things...
O Dhamma Fellows!!! Nobody can estimate the value of Right Understanding till concrete chance appears! I was assigned to check out the service uplifters of one...
Dear Group, In order to begin the study of The Mahaanidaana Sutta and Its Commentaries. (Trans.from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi) perhaps some parts can be posted...
Hi, Christine - In a message dated 7/3/03 4:06:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... =============================== I know the feeling. Perhaps the gratitude...
"The Path of Purification" (Visuddhimagga) Ch. XIV 66. 20. 'Growth of matter' has the characteristic of setting up. Its function is to make material instances...
In a message dated 3/17/04 4:49:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... /Thus is how ye shall see all this fleeting world: A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream, a...
Dear Group, Any newcomers, as well as those not so new, who include periods of formal meditation in their practice, may be interested in the next 90 day email...
