Hi everyone, Do people with alzheimers have an advantage over the rest of us, being less distracted by memories? Knowing the moment, does it require the past? ...
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abrennan@...
Jun 1, 2001 2:04 pm
hey there Herman the answer is no they do not. People with alzheimers lead a life tortured by there inability to remember anything. Eventually their brains...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:09 pm
Dear Herman, I like these questions as I've wondered the same thing myself. As Antony pointed out Alzheimers is no fun. Still I would give some other thoughts....
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:12 pm
Dear Erik, I always wondered what a boy from salt-lake city would be like if he had right view. I'm always impressed by the energy and sincerity of the...
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Dan Dalthorp
dhd5@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:16 pm
Dear Antony, Thanks for your refreshing and thoughtful post. I enjoy hearing your insights. I do want to respond (or echo?) some of your points directly as...
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Dan Dalthorp
dhd5@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:17 pm
Hi Antony, You crack me up! ... If I don't, it will be because I am too sick or too far behind in my work to get it done. It won't be because I'm lurking. (For...
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Dan Dalthorp
dhd5@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:17 pm
Dear Sarah, Thanks for your warm and compassionate post. I appreciate your kindness and always-readiness to help. I do want to respond to some of your comments...
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Dan Dalthorp
dhd5@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:19 pm
Hi Erik, Great project idea! Best wishes to you. You will certainly learn a lot, and hopefully you will be able to help others learn just as much. Thanks. Dan...
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Gayan Karunaratne
Gayan@...
Jun 1, 2001 3:36 pm
Dear Erik, This sounds like a very interesting project!! It wouldbe really great to see Eliza answering someone's Dhamma questions. Sometime back I did some...
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upasaka@...
Jun 1, 2001 4:32 pm
Hi, Erik - Yours is an amazing project! I wish you great success with it. It occurs to me that with all the interconnections involved among the various...
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srnsk@...
Jun 1, 2001 4:50 pm
Hi Erik, First of all, thanks for your input in cetasika question. Appriciate. I thought about responding to the issue of using MDMA, PCP, LSD ect. as...
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srnsk@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:03 pm
Hi Herman, Quick response. Alzheimer disease is characterized not only by memory problem. There a lot more requirements to Dx this disease, memory problem ...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilo@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:19 pm
<purnomo9@...> Subject: Re: what is the abhidhamma / Purnomo wrote: I'm not agree what you said. How could you say understand abhidhamma help your...
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srnsk@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:45 pm
Hi Nina, I read your mail during my lunch. Hard not to respond. I really appreciate reading your response in the mail. Just reading it made me feel really...
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Tori Korshak
vkorshak@...
Jun 1, 2001 5:50 pm
Dear Nina, Thank you for this very clear explanation. Metta, Victoria...
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Kom Tukovinit
kom@...
Jun 1, 2001 8:31 pm
Dear Dan, ... You may mean "dukkha" needs not give rise to dosa. Domanassa always arise with dosa and they mutually supports each other. kom...
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dalthorp@...
Jun 2, 2001 12:06 am
Oops! Thanks, Kom. You are of course right. So what's the Pali word for "bad news"? Unpleasant bodily feeling (dukkha) is defined as unpleasant according to...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonoabb@...
Jun 2, 2001 1:52 am
Dan Thanks for your post on the hindrances. My apologies for being slow in giving my comments. Actually I think we are a lot closer on this subject than might...
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dalthorp@...
Jun 2, 2001 1:17 pm
Hi Jon, I have very little time right now, so I'll limit myself to a few quick comments. The question about the extent to which the hindrances are obstacles to...
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hhofman@...
Jun 3, 2001 10:59 am
Dear Robert, Antony, Num et al, I certainly wasn't making light of Alzheimers disease, nor do I think that was suggested by anyone. I too have some second hand...
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abrennan@...
Jun 3, 2001 12:48 pm
... Herman you are so wise I agree with both these hypothesis. Of coursse evrything is composed of everything else, and all of them are empty. P.S. I didn't...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonoabb@...
Jun 3, 2001 2:00 pm
Dan ... Thanks for taking the trouble to get back with your comments. I too find the AN passage very useful. ... Impeccable authority here. I can't argue...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilo@...
Jun 3, 2001 2:06 pm
Dear Jonothan, I like your post on the hindrances, especially where you stressed the relevance of the study of the hindrances to the development of the...
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upasaka@...
Jun 3, 2001 3:13 pm
Hi, Herman - In a message dated 6/3/01 7:00:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... =============================== You write: "We emphasise being aware of the...
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celia walter
celiawm@...
Jun 3, 2001 3:20 pm
Dear Dhamma Friends Thank you for answering my question about the transfer of merit. I have had a look at the sources you recommended. I find the explanation a...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Jun 4, 2001 5:42 am
Dear Nina and group, I teach a class on world religion here in Japan. It is open to the wider community and five of my students have got together and are now...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahdhhk@...
Jun 4, 2001 6:21 am
Dear Celia, It would be interesting to hear more about exactly which aspect you find difficult. I found Kom's explanation to be very clear. i find it's very...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahdhhk@...
Jun 4, 2001 6:37 am
Dear Herman, I've found this discussion interesting. This is a subject close to my heart too. I also watched a grandmother suffer from this disease. Every...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahdhhk@...
Jun 4, 2001 7:10 am
Dear Rob, Wyn and Jim, Apologies for raising this topic again after a long break!(originally raised by Wyn). Just to re-cap earlier posts: ... Sarah said: >...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahdhhk@...
Jun 4, 2001 7:13 am
Dear Rob, Wyn and Jim, Apologies for raising this topic again after a long break!(originally raised by Wyn). Just to re-cap earlier posts: ... Sarah said: >...
