Dear Htoo & All, I greatly enjoy your series on Cetasikas - it’s a very imaginative and colourful way of presenting these mental factors as Ministers. I...
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Sarah
sarahdhhk
Dec 1, 2003 9:01 am
Hi Christine, Glad to see you back and look forward to more tit-bits from you all. I hope Steve will add some of his comments and Dhp comy references on...
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Sarah
sarahdhhk
Dec 1, 2003 9:09 am
Hi Icaro, ... .... Thanks for your encouragement and confidence in Abhidhamma. I miss you when you're not around (akusala, I know;-(( )this is the only kind of...
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buddhatrue
Dec 1, 2003 9:22 am
... <snip> > James: Luminous does suggest purity to me. Pure light is ... source ... Hi Ken O, To determine the meaning of a metaphor you need to look at how...
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Sarah
sarahdhhk
Dec 1, 2003 9:57 am
F/W message to DSG from new member ===================================== Hello Every One, First of very sorry for the late response to the mail. I am Girish P....
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egberdina
Dec 1, 2003 10:13 am
Hi Carl, and welcome aboard, You need not worry, there is no correct pronunciation of any word. At best, you will pronounce words the same as the members of...
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Sarah
sarahdhhk
Dec 1, 2003 10:15 am
Hi Carl, Many thanks for adding your photo and also for kindly writing to Star Kid Philip. I’ll see him on Friday. ... .... ;-) Please be patient with us all...
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christine_forsyth
christine_fo...
Dec 1, 2003 11:11 am
Hi Sarah and all, This Dhamma-discussion weekend at Andrews'property at Cooran had a slightly different cast to previous weekends. Azita was much missed....
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bodhi2500
Dec 1, 2003 11:25 am
Hi Sarah, All Here is a tit-bit from the cooran weekend. ... All Dhamma are without a soul (Sabbe Dhammaa anattaa) When this, with wisdom, one discerns, Then...
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Kenneth Ong
ashkenn2k
Dec 1, 2003 11:25 am
Hi James ... You have to consider common usage of the term. The things that would be luminous to the Buddha's audience would be the sun and moon and pure...
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Kenneth Ong
ashkenn2k
Dec 1, 2003 11:33 am
Hi Victor Actually I am quite uncomfortable to use this word not-self to describe Anatta. To me i prefer to leave it Anatta and not translate it at all. A ...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonoabb
Dec 1, 2003 1:17 pm
Herman I do not for a moment doubt your experience and what you have told us about it. But it seems to me that the significance of one's experiences in terms...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonoabb
Dec 1, 2003 1:43 pm
Howard There are many interesting points in your post which I may respond on. However, there is 1 area that I'd like you to clarify, in case I am...
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buddhatrue
Dec 1, 2003 1:52 pm
Hi Ken O, ... <snip> P.S. Do they have firefly in India at that time? Yes. Metta, James...
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upasaka@...
upasaka_howard
Dec 1, 2003 2:59 pm
Hi, Jon - In a message dated 12/1/03 8:45:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... ======================== I understand and sympathize with your question, but I think...
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htootintnaing
Dec 1, 2003 5:52 pm
Dear Sarah, Thanks for your kind reply and showing interest in my posts. I am trying to present clear account in all possible way. ... Sarah : In paramatha...
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Htoo Naing
htootintnaing
Dec 1, 2003 6:03 pm
Dear Dhamma Friends, Those who have a wish to get through the Samsara have a good mind. The pure wish to get through it is switched on by Chandha ( will ). If...
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nina van gorkom
nilo@...
Dec 1, 2003 6:09 pm
Hi, Howard, I do not know where to begin, there are so many points. We got stuck with the object of anger. I liked what Larry wrote, being angry about anger....
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nina van gorkom
nilo@...
Dec 1, 2003 6:09 pm
anapanasati 4 a We should go back to the third tetrad of the sutta on mindfulness of breathing: (IX) He trains thus ³I shall breathe in experiencing the...
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nina van gorkom
nilo@...
Dec 1, 2003 6:09 pm
Co Mahaaraahulovaadasutta 26 B ... Relevant Sutta Passage: Aana-apaanassati.m, Raahula, bhaavana.m bhaavehi. Rahula, cultivate the development of mindfulness...
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upasaka@...
upasaka_howard
Dec 1, 2003 10:59 pm
Hi, Nina - ... ============================== I do accept the possibility that some of the dependency links may involve a co-occurrence. In particular, the...
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LBIDD@...
lbidd1
Dec 2, 2003 2:28 am
Steve: "To say that "Sabbe dhammaa anattaa" includes Nibbana we would have to quote the same passage but from a different part of the Canon. Commentary on...
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kenhowardau
Dec 2, 2003 3:03 am
Christine and RobertK (and Sarah, Nina, anyone interested in Cooran), Thanks for that report Christine, you have an excellent memory for detail -- I had...
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nina van gorkom
nilo@...
Dec 2, 2003 5:30 am
Dear Christine, Thank you very much for your lively and entertaining description. I especially like the samsara-ing. Good reminder. The campfire must have been...
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nina van gorkom
nilo@...
Dec 2, 2003 5:30 am
Dear Ken O and James, This is only to show you that also in olden times there was debate about colour and luminous. Here is an extract of the subcommentary to...
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rjkjp1
Dec 2, 2003 7:33 am
Dear KenH, Christine, Andrew , Steve and all, You have a great group in Queensland. Almost sacreligious for a Kiwi to say, but could I claim some Australian...
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Sarah
sarahdhhk
Dec 2, 2003 7:40 am
Dear Nina & All, Thank you for this very thorough series with its wonderful commentary. ... .... And if Rahula was one who needed detailed guidance...
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Sarah
sarahdhhk
Dec 2, 2003 7:50 am
Hi Girish, Welcome to DSG and thanks for introducing yourself. There are quite a number of people here who have attended courses with Shri S.N. Goenka. I just...
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Sarah
sarahdhhk
Dec 2, 2003 8:07 am
Hi Steve (& Larry), I’m glad you’re able to join the Cooran weekends. ... .... I was very interested to read your tit-bit indeed and I’m at a loss for an...
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Sarah
sarahdhhk
Dec 2, 2003 8:28 am
Hi Christine & Ken H, Many thanks for your reports. KenH, did you write an introduction to the anapanasati sutta? If so, can we see it? How can there be any qu...
