Dear friends, We all have weak points and we may not notice them. When someone tells us, for example, that we are interrupting others, it reminds us to...
Dear friends, We read in the “Greater Discourse to Saccaka” (Middle Length Sayings I, no. 36) that the Buddha said to Aggivessana: “... Now, Aggivessana,...
Hi, all - The following is from MN 39 with a few comments of mine interspersed: ____________________________________________________________ I have heard that...
Continuation of Visuddhimagga Ch XVII, 303. Text Vis.: Or again, ignorance here as 'no theory' and 'wrong theory' befogs beings as a cataract does the eyes; ...
Friends: 'I'-dentification leads both to mental & bodily Suffering: The Blessed Buddha once explained the root of EGOISM like this: How, friends, is one...
Dear friends, With regard to idle, useless talk, we may find it very difficult to refrain from it when we are in conversation with others. We are tempted to...
Hi Group, I'm focusing on the aggregat-ization of an event or an action. I'm particularly focusing on the Western philosophical principle of DUTY ETHICS: I'm...
Hello Connie, and all, I would like to expand on what I've said about recitation. Recitation CAN lead to awakening Kaccana sutta Ud. 7.8 He for whom...
Dear friends, The sotåpanna, the person who has attained the first stage of enlightenment, has no more conditions for transgressing the five precepts. He sees...
Visuddhimagga Ch XVII, 303, part I. Intro: The following section shows by way of similes how sorrowful it is to be in the cycle of birth and death. Each of...
For me the case is settled now. In MN139 the Buddha has said that "one should not over ride the normal usage." regarding words and language. "He [alex:...
Dear friends, When we abstain from ill deeds we do not harm ourselves, nor others, nor both ourselves and others. When we transgress the five precepts we harm...
Hello Nina, Sarah, Jon, Sukinder, Scott, KenH and all, I have read that one is not supposed to meditate or be aware of concepts, that only ultimate realities...
Hi All I've just had a very pleasant chat with Phil. It was pretty much a 'getting to know you' session, but we did touch on a number of dhamma topics...
Hello all, Here is an interesting thing. Take Ud8.1 & AN10.6/7 talking about Nibbana. Ud 8.1 says this about Nibbana: "There is that dimension where there is...
Friends: What has to be Understood? The Blessed Buddha once insisted: The nature of Ageing, & death has to be Understood. The Cause of Ageing, & death has to...
A Friend asked: Question: How does Buddhists regard Jesus? Answer: Personally I think Jesus had learned a lot of late Buddhism during the 19 years he was...
Greetings all, I've heard plenty of views from scholars, commentators, everyday Buddhists and so on (invariably with conflicting views) with respect to the...
"The Path of Purification" (Visuddhimagga), Ch. XVII 303. 4. [As to similes:] ignorance is like a blind man because there is no seeing states according to...
Hi all, Voidness is non-being. The notion of being void [of something] implies being non-being. That is insanity. All comments are welcome. Cheers Herman...
Dear friends, While checking printing mistakes in Khun Sujin's Survey of Paramattha Dhammas I come across passages Iwant to share with you. Discussions ...
Dear All, Following on from #90255 two's (30-31) (cy: #90357, #90406): CSCD Vijjaa ca vimutti ca. Walshe DN 33.1.9(32) Knowledge and liberation. (Vijjaa ca...
Daer friends, We read in the “Discourse on an Exhortation to Råhula at Ambalatthika” (Middle Length Sayings II, no. 61) that the Buddha taught his son...
Dear Dhamma friends How are you? Here is another posting of a rare remarkable experience in my dream. with regards, Suan Lu Zaw ... <suanluzaw@...> wrote: Dear...
Friends: What Causes the Conditioned End of Suffering? What is Dependent Co-Cessation? Cut short: When this cause is absent, that effect too is non-existent! ...
Hi All Whatever phenomena has arisen, that the mind can discern, has zero characteristics of its own. There are qualities, (characteristics if you prefer,)...
Hello Sarah and all Just read Sarah's post to Jessica talking about her time in Sri Lanka, listening to tapes of Khun Sujin and reading drafts of Nina's work,...
Dear friends, All kinds of akusala are bound to arise time and again. Also when we saw other people giving gifts to monks we noticed that aversion, jealousy...
Dear friends, Citta is the reality which cognizes, which clearly knows the different characteristics of the objects which appear. Is what is appearing through...
