Dear friends, Chapter 9. Our journey was a pilgrimage. We visited several places of worship in order to recollect the Buddha’s virtues and the virtues of the...
Dear KenH and Alex, Howard, Swee, Herman, - May I call for help from Alex, Howard, Swee and Herman to please give your thoughts about the conversation below? ...
Hi Tep ... Yes, I agree. The first 3 ways of attaining arahantship all mention both insight and tranquillity, so both are being developed in each case. As I...
Dear Jessica, ... N: First of all, let us make a cross reference to §113, on ignorance, in the same section. Here ignorance is defined as not knowing the ...
... <vangorko@...> wrote: <....> ... citta. ... dormant ... arise, ... has ... Dear Nina, Thank you very much for the reply. It helps my understanding about ...
Dear Tep and Ken, "And what is the perception of not-self? There is the case where a monk — having gone to the wilderness, to the shade of a tree, or to an ...
Dear Nina, ... Does "enlightment" refer to stream entry only, or Arhatship as well? If it means Arhatship, then very few if any people achieved Arhatship just...
Hi Jon, Tep, Ken and all, ... Sutta quote for 7 fold Arhat, please. Jhana is temporary letting go of unwholesome states and strong attention toward a wholesome...
Dear KenH and all interested, ... Dear Ken, how "we can possibly do" if there is no such thing as "I" and "practice" (do, doing, action)? You contradict...
Dear Alex, - ... process that we call a person. But for whatever reason, he often refused to say that Atta exists or doesn't. Maybe it is something to be found...
Dear Tep and all, ... Buddha has affirmed the Anatta of the 5 aggregates (or Sabbe Dhamma, 6 internal & 6 external AN 10.60). However, ... Saying Atta doesn't...
Dear Jon (Alex and others), - We started with this sutta quote from AN 4.170 Yuganaddha Sutta: In Tandem. Here the sutta describes four kinds of path. These...
Continuation ... In AN7.46 there is a description of 7 practices for those interested. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an07/an07.046.than.html ...
Dear Alex (Jon and others), - I am grateful to you for giving me the clue about the ten "corruptions of insight" which are known as 'vipassanupakkilesa'. I...
Hi Howard, Tep and Alex, ... give your thoughts about the conversation below? ... burdensome and wearying. ... Who are you calling burdensome? :-) DSG has...
KenH, Tep, Howard and all, ... Eternalism implies that Self is one of the 5 aggregates. Neither did Venerable TB, nor the Buddha has stated it. "in this...
Hi, Ken (and Tep & Alex) - In a message dated 9/1/2008 9:50:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kenhowardau@... writes: Hi Howard, Tep and Alex, ... give...
Dear Azita & all, I was glad to see your note and yes, it all comes back to the understanding now whatever unexpected dhammas arise. The past 'nonsense' is all...
Dear friends, The Bodhi-tree in Anurådhapura which is near to the “Ruvanvelisåya” is another place of worship we visited. The sacred tree stands on a ...
Dear Friends, During the last session at the Foundation, we were discussing more on metta and the Metta Sutta. In passing, I made a comment about the last...
Dear Jessica, ... N: You observed very well when saying, <the sense of "I" still exists in the mind while we are doing good deeds like giving dana.> Kusala...
Visuddhimagga Ch XVII, 296, 297. Intro: the following section (296) shows that five causes in the present life condition rebirth in the future. These five...
Dear Robert K, Nina, Azita & all, Robert reminded us that it's about 20 years since Alan Driver (ex Phra Dhammadharo) died in the car crash and Nina also asked...
Hi Alex ... Actually, I have never claimed that everything worth knowing about the teachings is expressly mentioned in the suttas. As you know, the orthodox...
Hi Alex ... I'm sorry you see it that way, Alex. From my perspective, I'm simply questioning the textual basis claimed by you as support for your views about...
