Hi Ken, you wrote: 'Did someone rattle my chain? :-)' D: not only ;-) , but all , ' who believe that the Buddha's teaching (satipatthana) was to know a...
Dear Lukas, ... N: It accompanies each sobhana (beautiful) citta. Whenever kusala citta arises, there is also sati that is non-forgetful of kusala. There is...
Dear Nina Your answers are always helpful. ... Can you say something about diffrent levels of sati.I always thought that sati is just aware of reality as it...
Dear Scott and Connie, ... N: Vibhanga (Book of Analysis) Ch 7, 358: dwells (viharati) means: Assumes the four postures, exists, protects, keeps going,...
Dear Lukas, ... N: Suppose there is an opportunity for daana, such as giving something to someone in need, or anumodana daana, appreciating another person's...
Hi James, Back to hiri and ottappa - with access to books now! ... ... S: However you translate them, be sure to understand that they are 'beautiful' (sobhana)...
Hi, Nina (and Lukas) - In a message dated 7/1/2008 5:44:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vangorko@... writes: Suppose there is an opportunity for daana,...
Hi KenH, ... You're a funny fellow, KenH. It was only just the other day that you typed out a whole bunch of stuff on nonads and decads. No interrelations...
Dear All, One last introductory passage: CSCD Bhinnaniga.n.thavatthu 301. Tena kho pana samayena niga.n.tho naa.taputto paavaaya.m adhunaakaala'nkato hoti....
Hi Herman, ... moment ... sends ... Yes consciousness IS dependent on something. ... Often very old (and senile) people do behave like children. So there may...
Hi Nina, ... Only very occasionally do I play these days, and when I do, I play very badly. And that is to be expected when there is no practice :-) Yes, my...
Hi Sarah, ... James: Glad to have you back. Hope you had a nice trip. Sorry I got snappy in that last post but I didn't realize you didn't have access to...
Visuddhimagga, Ch XVII, 273-276 [SECTION C. THE WHEEL OF BECOMING] Intro: After the explanation in detail of all the links of the Dependent Origination, the...
Hi Howard, ... N: As I read: 'There is the case where a monk — quite withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful (mental) qualities'. The monk who...
Hi Howard, ... N: Many cittas arising and falling away in splitseconds. Kusala cittas can think of a person in need and an opportunity for dana, and each...
Hi James, you wrote: 'I appreciate your continued enthusiasm to continue this discussion, but I¡¦m afraid I¡¦m going to have to bow out. I¡¦m preparing...
So, what can WE say about these reams and reams of Pali texts we have inherited? Well, we can say that for some the texts are a means to an end, and that for...
Hi, Nina - In a message dated 7/1/2008 11:01:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vangorko@... writes: Hi Howard, ... N: Many cittas arising and falling away...
Hi Herman, Thank you for your post, it is very nice to hear about your family. How good they see their Dad as their best friend, then the relationship is...
Hello all, First issue of Studying & New Information. New information: Is 2+2=4 New information to anyone here? No. Why not? Because we already know it. Only...
... . . . ... discrepancies whatsoever between the Canon and its commentaries. ... Dhamma through that kind of spectacles ..? ;-) . . . Hi Dieter, Thanks for...
Hi again Alex, This is a great topic, and while I agree with the general thrust of the post, there is one area I think where the Suttas say something a bit ...
Hi KenH, ... I do not think that the Buddha taught folks to know presently arisen dhammas. He taught folks to not cling to anything, including the present...
Hi Alex, ... What a wonderfully evocative description you quoted here. And I loved your line just now of restaurants discouraging eating the menu. Fantastic...
