Hi Alex (Jon, Howard), - The following points you made are very good. ... never be accumulations! ... and accumulate. Of course the action of engaging and...
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jonoabb
Aug 1, 2008 10:20 pm
... posts ), I ... Jon. ... Thanks, Rob. Kind of you to say so. And I'm more than happy to waive the rule whenever the "me too" post is about posts of mine ...
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Herman Hofman
egberdina
Aug 1, 2008 10:41 pm
Hi Tep, ... Your explanation makes a great deal of sense, and is entirely consistent with the Buddha's teachings. Thank you. Herman...
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Herman Hofman
egberdina
Aug 1, 2008 10:52 pm
Hi Jon, ... There is a difference between me not having made my case, and you not understanding the implications of your own argument :-) You suggest that it...
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Herman Hofman
egberdina
Aug 1, 2008 11:40 pm
Hi Jon, ... I made a mistake. I used the word dhamma, and now, in order to understand why you ask me to clarify what I meant by it, I just looked at the entry...
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Herman Hofman
egberdina
Aug 2, 2008 12:01 am
Hi Jon, ... An interesting point of view. Two things spring to mind on seeing the patterns above. I take it that a person, in your opinion, has specific ...
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Herman Hofman
egberdina
Aug 2, 2008 12:12 am
Hi Jon, ... Well, if we are clear about sabbe, then it would seem to me to be an act of insanity to go and create a taxonomy of sankhara and dhamma. ... I find...
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Herman Hofman
egberdina
Aug 2, 2008 12:34 am
Hi Jon, ... If not generalised from specific examples, what then is the basis for your unshakable interpretation of the Dhamma? Cheers Herman...
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LBIDD@...
lbidd2
Aug 2, 2008 4:08 am
"The Path of Purification" (Visuddhimagga), Ch. XVII 286. Herein, the first applies to one whose temperament is [false] view, and the second to one whose...
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nichiconn
Aug 2, 2008 4:13 am
Path of Purity, pp.696-7 The former is spoken by way of one who walks in views, the latter by way of one who walks in craving. For the ignorance of those who...
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Sukinder
sukinderpal
Aug 2, 2008 4:59 am
Hi Howard, I'm writing this from an internet cafe in Kanchanaburi, so I'll try to be quick. ... reading ... to find ... think so. How ... for more ... ...
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sarah abbott
sarahprocter...
Aug 2, 2008 6:21 am
Hi Alex, (Mike, Robert & all), ... .... A:Did the Buddha ever in the suttas have stated that? Please quote the suttas. .... S: I think he did say just this, at...
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Ajahn Jose
ajahnjose
Aug 2, 2008 7:00 am
Dear Sarah, yes, your answer is correct. The Buddha saidthat in tha Sutta. What a clever little cookie you are Sarah. Metta. Ajahn Jose signature Venerable...
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Herman Hofman
egberdina
Aug 2, 2008 7:33 am
Hi Sarah, ... Given that the Buddha's teachings were oral in nature, one may safely assume that the Buddha said no such thing about his own teachings. But I...
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sarah abbott
sarahprocter...
Aug 2, 2008 8:52 am
Hi Alex, Herman, (Tep & all), We're discussing 'seclusion' and the authenticity of Maha Kaccana's elaborations on suttas. Are we really as qualified as the...
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sarah abbott
sarahprocter...
Aug 2, 2008 8:55 am
Hi Herman, ... .... S: Always good to find some common agreement with you, Herman:-)) Cheers, Sarah =======...
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sarah abbott
sarahprocter...
Aug 2, 2008 9:13 am
Hi Alex (Herman & all), ... ========= ========= ========= ========= ===== A: "Sàriputta, wasn't the faultlessness of the bhikkhu Channa declared in your...
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sarah abbott
sarahprocter...
Aug 2, 2008 9:36 am
Hi Tep, (Jon, Alex, Scott & all), ... J:> CMA: For bare insight meditator and jhana meditator alike, all path and fruition cittas are considered types of jhana...
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sarah abbott
sarahprocter...
Aug 2, 2008 10:02 am
Dear Alex & all, ... A: >So if it is not about seeing these states to arise, then all you do is simply read about them? .... S: Mindfulness has to develop very...
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upasaka@...
upasaka_howard
Aug 2, 2008 12:57 pm
Hi, Sukin - In a message dated 8/2/2008 1:01:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sukinder@... writes: When I said, "the ideal situation would be that I am...
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Tep
dhammanusarin
Aug 2, 2008 1:01 pm
Hi Sarah and Alex, - Although I was not a participant in your discussion from the beginning, I closely followed it. At this point let me just jump in to give...
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upasaka@...
upasaka_howard
Aug 2, 2008 1:34 pm
Hi, Sarah (and Alex, Mike, and Robert) - In a message dated 8/2/2008 2:21:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sarahprocterabbott@... writes: Hi Alex,...
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Tep
dhammanusarin
Aug 2, 2008 1:44 pm
Hi Sarah (Jon, Alex, Herman, Howard, Scott, Nina and Han), - Thank you very much for the quote from the Atthasalini : "Jhaana is twofold: that which (views or)...
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Herman Hofman
egberdina
Aug 2, 2008 1:58 pm
Hi Jon, ... <snip> ... There was a time when the holy life was lived under the Blessed One for the sake of total Unbinding through lack of clinging. Since then...
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Tep
dhammanusarin
Aug 2, 2008 3:17 pm
Hi, Sarah, Alex, Nina, Howard, Herman and All - "By effort, earnestness and self-control Let the wise man make for himself an island Which no flood can...
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m_nease
Aug 2, 2008 4:06 pm
Hi Sarah (and All), The address you posted for Mettanet's Alagagaddupama-sutta came out fragmented in my email client and wouldn't work, this one worked ...
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m_nease
Aug 2, 2008 4:16 pm
p.s. Does anyone know if Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation is posted anywhere on the web? ... ...
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nidive
Aug 2, 2008 4:51 pm
Hi Tep, ... I think "self" here does not refer to wrong view of self. It is merely an expression saying that one should rely on one's own effort to attain the...
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Scott Duncan
scottduncan2
Aug 2, 2008 5:01 pm
Dear Tep, 'Self' is not mentioned in the Dhammapada, if the Paa.li serves. "By effort, earnestness and self-control Let the wise man make for himself an island...
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Nina van Gorkom
nilovg
Aug 2, 2008 5:04 pm
Dear friends, Chapter 3. Dåna and síla can be performed without right understanding or with right understanding. When they are performed with right...
