Dear Sarah ... ... S: No, the cetasikas accompany lobha which clings to its object. They all perform their own functions. So only one dhamma can be an object...
Dear Sachin and friends, Mindfulness of breathing is among the meditation subjects of samatha and as such it is quite different from any other kind of ...
... Hello Han Tun, Howard, all, Thank you for your assistance. Yes, it was mentioned in one of the links you gave me Han. :-) I also asked about it in the...
Dear Scott (& Jon), Thanks for all your good points and quotes on the importance of hearing and considering the teachings, the various dhammaa, as condition...
Hi Jessica & (Nina, Jon & all), [A bit of a ramble as I'm rather tired as I write now....but will post anyway] You mentioned you're going away for a long...
Hello Jon ... I would be interested in your interpretation of hiri and ottappa, in light of your statement about there being no suggestion of guilt or failure...
Hi James, I am sorry to hear about your sickness and join Sukin in his good wishes. The medicine plus Dhamma, which is the best medicine. Reading suttas may...
Hi Rob Ep, I got a little behind with our discussion thread, but you were probably glad to take a rest:-). ... ... S: Let me try to explain. There is no...
Dear Alex, ... the formless ... .... A: >The above sounds like obfuscation of the issue regarding what Nibbana is. Replace the word Nibbana with the Self and...
Hi Alex (& Kevin), ... stream enterer fulfills sila but has limited samadhi & panna pannaya mattaso kari (insignificant wisdom) but fulfills virtue (sila). ...
Dear Sarah ... L: That's nice to hear. The same with me ;> Sometimes I remember everything so clear. Some facts from past discussions. But another time I dont...
Dear Lukas, ... L: That's nice to hear. The same with me ;> ... S: I keep saying we have a lot in common ;> Actually, I said that to Jessica too... ... ... S:...
Hi Robert A ... Good question. As you'll remember, the context was the feelings of guilt experienced (by Arjan) for committing a sin or otherwise acting...
Hi Jon, ... This is interesting. It reminded me of a couple of translations that seem to me to refer to the keeping of precepts for the uposatha. Do you ...
Hi Nina, Jon, Sukin, and Sarah, ... Thanks all for your well wishes. As I wrote to Sarah off-list, the food in Taiwan is not very sanitary when eating out or...
Hi Mike How nice to see you! ... Yes, interesting. My understanding would be as mentioned earlier, namely, that the observance (or undertaking) of the Uposotha...
Ann, thank you so much for the welcome! Nina, thank you so much for the book! I'd like to talk about the Mahayana idea of emptiness. A lot of times, I have...
Friends: What are the Fruits of the 5 Mental Abilities? The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, there are these five mental abilities. What five? The ability...
Hi Ken H, ... ... S: Yes, even more lost in moha than we are now... ... ... S: Yes, I remember the first time we met you, Andrew and others when various...
Dear Ken and Sarah, ... N: We hear this and forget immediately. We cannot hear this often enough, I agree, Sarah. So involved with 'wholes', not one doorway at...
Hi Jon and Lukas, thanks for your detailed responses. I think I understand what you are saying and agree with it in theory. Of course, I canft really confirm...
Dear Lukas & all, ... But sometimes I've got doubts: maybe Buddha refers here only to ariya, which eradicted tanha now? And maybe those words are not for us.??...
Hi Han, Lukas and All About the odd letters/characters that have started appearing in the text lately, it may have something to do with the font setting for...
Sorry All, correction. ... In the above, I should have said character encoding, rather than font setting. Have just checked my own browser (using Opera) and...
Hi, just a test regarding the encoding: "' "m" ':; ... spontaneous as an unprompted kusala citta), would it still be considered not purposeful? ... than an...
Hi Jon, it seems yahoo automatically brings up the character encoding of the original poster - yours is the ISO one, some have Japanese encoding (SHIFT_JIS),...
Hi Robert E ... Many points to discuss here ;-)) First, there is no "Abhidhamma perspective" that says anything different from what's found in the Suttas....
Hi Lukas ... Well there is a connection, I would say, but it's not a very direct one. I think we've all had the experience of unwholesome deeds or thoughts...
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