Good Morning Sarah, ... the curry ... colette: understand that I do not know the material you're covering here, I realy don't know how to read these footnote...
Hi Howard, I gather that you have had surgery lately, and that the issues are causing quite some interruption in your life. I hope that things settle down real...
Hi Joop, Thank you for continuing to prompt me to think about compassion. ... I am coming to think that European / Christian notions of compassion are totally...
Hi, Herman - In a message dated 2/1/07 4:37:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... ===================== To me it is crystal clear that what happens now conditions...
Hi, Herman - In a message dated 2/1/07 4:39:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... ====================== Ah, thanks! It was before your return to the list, I think....
Hi again, Herman - In a message dated 2/1/07 5:15:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, upasaka@... ... ===================== That unreadable mess was meant to be...
Hi Howard, ... All I experience is that one thing follows another. And when the same things follow other things again and again, one thing becomes associated...
Hi Howard, ... Thanks for the info. I'm glad to hear things are under control. As I mentioned, my wife is suffering various ailments at the moment. One is ...
Hi, Herman - In a message dated 2/1/07 5:49:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... ====================== Keep that specialist!! LOLOL! With metta, Howard /Thus is...
Hi Nina ... Yes, we should. I appreciate your reminders. And I like " a little more understanding of different realities" better than "understand present...
HHi Herman ... Being interested in them, but not *too* interested. (Something Acharn Sujin said.) That's an interesting (but not *too* interesting) balance to...
Hi Herman and Scott, H: "H: "Given the momentary nature of nama, and that nama is not the object it experiences, on what basis can anything be said about the ...
Hi Herman, H: "...If I might, could we possibly steer the discussion towards the Suttanta perspective? Which I believe to be the gradual impermanence of form,...
Dear Larry, Thank you. This is a well though-out response (forgive the elisions): L: My answer, nothing can be said about the object of consciousness, it is...
Hi Nina, ... You mean to tell me that when I challenge your viewpoint that just makes you have more confidence in it?? OMG, that makes me feel sick to my...
Hi James I find this a bit surprising. When someone challenges the validity of meditation, or asks "what is meditation?", for example, doesn't that just...
Hi Scott, ... L: "Wouldn't it be nice to realize that the object of your desire or aversion is only a concept?" S: "This would be, I think, the 'nimitta' so...
Hi, Andrew - In a message dated 2/1/07 11:02:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... Howard: The question is: "What is a moment?" I agree that paramattha dhammas have...
Hi Larry, ... This, in my my books, is a super post. There is a great deal to consider here. But I always look for the easy way out. What is there OTHER than...
... look ... Hallo Herman Thanks for your supportive message. Still I'm not convinced that Eastern notion of compassion is a complete other one than the...
Hi Scott, ... My interest is in relating the experience of others, to my experience. If you have experienced something that correlates with how it is described...
Dear Joop, Thank you for your kind comments. I also find it a useful discussion. ... .... S: I think you've raised a good question and given a good answer. We...
Hi Phil, Thanks for the considerate post. ... validity of ... that ... James: Well, it doesn't just increase my confidence because someone opposes meditation!!...
Dear Joop, (Pls keep in mind that I've only had a reather quick browse of the ... .... S: Surely, as stated over and over, the Buddha's aim is to help us find...
Hi again Howard & Anyone ... Precisely. I think when we are talking ultimate reality Dhamma "a moment" is synonymous with "the present". The past has ceased...
Hi James, Just briefly butting in and then butting out on this... ... .... S: I think there may have been a little misunderstanding. I understood Nina to be...
Hi James, I could not help laughing, sorry. As Sarah said: we all study Dhamma and like to share what we studied with others. Why should posting disagreements...
