Dear Group, I have been trying to wrap my mind around a point about the hetu for quite a while now and today as I was trying to explain it to someone, (put it...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahhk@...
Sep 2, 2000 4:51 am
Dear Robert, Shin & friends, This is an interesting point. Many of us have the idea that in order to study dhamma, our lifestyle should be different, our...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Sep 2, 2000 12:11 pm
Dear Sarah, we stopped in sydney on wednesday on the way up to Bangkok. If I had known you and Jon were there we would have stayed a night. Anyway thanks for...
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Bongkojpriya (Betty) ...
beyugala@...
Sep 2, 2000 12:23 pm
Dear Amara, That was a wonderful session Thursday, except when vipaka came at me in the form of a dog bite. However, the marks are just about gone, although it...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Sep 2, 2000 4:06 pm
... sobhana ... Zedong or a ... hetus), ... higher ... citta ... here. The ... humans to ... nature, ... akusala ... is ... there for a ... so sorry ... last...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Sep 3, 2000 3:48 am
... conditioned ... undestanding means ... class, ... appearing ... and I'll ... planning. ... is ... thinking ... Great points, Sarah, I would like to add...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonabb@...
Sep 3, 2000 7:41 am
... Amara, Many thanks for this article, which I am now reading. In it there is a reference to a sutta which uses the analogy of looking into a mirror. Can...
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Jonothan Abbott
jonabb@...
Sep 3, 2000 7:51 am
Amara, Since birth in the human plane is the result of kusala kamma, and the hetus are the so-called positive ones, perhaps it follows that a birth that is the...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahhk@...
Sep 3, 2000 7:55 am
... yes, it would have been good to see you & the kids here! I just finished my summer teaching and we came here in haste, pretty zonked out. Well recovered ...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Sep 3, 2000 2:01 pm
... looking into ... Jonothan, By now you must have seen that over half of the article does just that: it explains the sutta, ending with a line by line...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Sep 3, 2000 2:15 pm
... the hetus ... that is the ... Sujin? It was, and by now you may have seen the correction I made about humans, even handicapped ones, being born with two...
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Leonardo Neves
lbn@...
Sep 3, 2000 5:52 pm
... looking into a mirror. Can anyone explain this sutta or give a reference to it? Jonothan and friends, Fist of all, I would like to thank you very much...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Sep 4, 2000 5:35 am
... profound Dhamma ... Parinibhana Sutta, DN ... Dear Leonardo, It' great to hear from another member of the list! Thank you the quotation and its source, I...
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shinlin
shinlin@...
Sep 5, 2000 7:15 am
Dear Friends, You would not believe this. BUT during the last two dhamma talks, I have realized how much of "wanting to control" has been accumulated in me and...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Sep 5, 2000 7:45 am
Dear group, I just heard from Khun Ell that one of Acharn Sujins long time students has died and the funeral is at Wat Thathong on sukumvit> I will attend and...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Sep 5, 2000 7:58 am
Dear Shin,It is surely not just you who has this misunderstanding. I would say it is chronic to the majority of Buddhsits. And even those who now understand...
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Bongkojpriya (Betty) ...
beyugala@...
Sep 5, 2000 11:26 am
Dear Robert and Shin, First, Shin: How happy I was (kusala vipaka) to hear that you have gained increased understanding of the nature of self: that is panna...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Sep 5, 2000 2:49 pm
Daer Betty and Shin, We might meet earlier than you thought. At the funeral today, Ell and Amara helped me ask Khun Sujin if we could have more meetings before...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Sep 5, 2000 3:26 pm
Dear all, Unhapppy circumstances brought Tan Achaan back to Bangkok, but it has also kindly provided Robert and the rest of the English discussion group the...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Sep 5, 2000 4:46 pm
... case of lowewre realms however I think Amara's conclusion is surely wrong. The Abhidhamma is complete. The buddha taught it fully and perfectly accurately....
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jaran jai-nhuknan
jaranoh@...
Sep 5, 2000 11:57 pm
Hi All: I enjoy the messages posted here a lot; you all are insightful. I have a quick question. Not too long ago was I asked whether eating or cutting plants...
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Bongkojpriya (Betty) ...
beyugala@...
Sep 6, 2000 1:37 am
Robert, Absolutely. Will see you this afternoon. Looking forward to it very much. Betty ... From: Robert Kirkpatrick <robertkirkpatrick@...> To:...
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Robert Kirkpatrick
robertkirkpatrick@...
Sep 6, 2000 3:54 am
Dear Jaran, A good question and a difficult one if we try to rely only on our own intuition. Science cannot give us the answer to this as science can only...
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Sarah Procter Abbott
sarahhk@...
Sep 6, 2000 7:18 am
Dear Betty & friends Humans have the potential to develop right understanding while animals do not. Because of the sobhana hetus (as I understand it) even a...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Sep 6, 2000 2:04 pm
Dear friends in the dhamma, This afternoon my problems about hetu were finally worked out for me, Khun Sujin did not say negative hetu never arose in hell, but...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Sep 6, 2000 2:31 pm
Dear Jaran, Robert gave a very good answer and I would like to add a point someone once asked me: what about plants that seem move or send messages to other...
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Bongkojpriya (Betty) ...
beyugala@...
Sep 6, 2000 4:29 pm
Hi, Amara, Just got back from the funeral services which were at a wat that was so far away that it must have been halfway to Pattaya. But, the family was ...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Sep 7, 2000 2:12 am
... Dear Betty, Anumodana in your kusala cetana, I was detracted from mine yesterday, although Khun Sujin did remind me that people are glad to see us when we...
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Bongkojpriya (Betty) ...
beyugala@...
Sep 7, 2000 8:43 am
Dear Amara, Many thanks for your comments on receiving "feelings" from other people, such as the Ong Pra Sangkharaj, True, there is little wisdom to be found...
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amara chay
joychay@...
Sep 7, 2000 12:14 pm
Dear everyone, <http://www.DhammaStudy.com> has a new word added to the section 'A Few Words' about lobha, this time an excerpt from a recorded talk at Wat...
