Dear Dharma friends, I just finished reading Jim's Pratitiyasamutpada essay. It is an excellent, miticulously clarifying exposition of the the central points...
Hello All, I agree with Adin. Jim's essay, "An Inquiry into the Meaning of the Buddha’s View of "Pratityasamutpada," is helpful. The use of the word...
Good Friends: This is to let you know that my living situation is changing a bit and I will have less online time for about a week, maybe less. The phone...
Hi Jeff: Thanks for forwarding this information on the pali terms and their translation. The west is just at the beginning of its task of comprehending the...
Ah, but the good side of this is that once Dharmajim gets hooked up again, he will be on a new computer and will have the ability to create and upload html...
Good Friends: Sutta 78 has some interesting comments on the nature of cessation (which is the Third Noble Truth). Particularly interesting to me are the...
Jim, In regard to the cessation of wholesome habits, I was at first confused. But then going to the footnotes, didn't it say that cessation of wholesome habits...
Jim, I looked for the Sussima Sutta on the internet and could find no references for it. I have Bhikkhu Bodhi's version of the Anguttara Nikaya and he only ...
Just couldn't resist sharing this emailed to me right after receiving the post on deep thinking- Happy New Year! "Thinkers Anonymous" It started out...
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Jan 3, 2004 2:12 am
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Dharmajim, Is he making a distinction that habits themselves are a barrier to realization whether they are positive/skillful or not? i.e. because they...
Michael: Very funny. Good satire. Thanks, Dharmajim ... receiving the ... and then ... soon I was ... wasn't ... was ... don't mix, ... Kafka. I ... it ... ...
Hi Henry: I misspelled it. It's "Susima" with only two s's; no double s in the middle of the name. If you go to accesstoinsight.org and type in "Susima" at...
Hello Jim. Just back from the holidays. Sorry I didn't get back to you later. I'm still searching things out, but I know that I respond well to studying the...
Oops. "Sorry I didn't get back to you later." That could be a clever joke- I think I'll use it someday somewhere - but it was unintentional! Sorry I didn't get...
One interesting point about habit energy in the Sutta is brought up when Pancakanga listens to Uggahamana's words: "Then P neither delighted in U's words nor...
offer great gratitude ... boundless gratitude...for your guidance, stern, staunch teacher that you are. Thank you for all the years...lifetimes, behind, in...
Judy Rhodes
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Jan 4, 2004 1:26 am
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Long overdue... this sutta commentary has been sitting at the bottom of my virtual To Do pile for half a year!? Here is Dharmajim's commentary on the Susima...
I'd like to thank Dharmajim and complement him on another truly outstanding commentary! This is very useful and insightful. And thanks to Don for uploading it....
Good Friends: Tomorrow, at 7:30 p.m., will be the first meeting of Dharma House. I will be holding a simple Buddhist Service and giving a Dharma Talk. That's...
Thank you, Judy. May 2004 bring you many blessings. Dharmajim ... guidance, stern, ... years...lifetimes, ... your ... is ... Whitehead ... all ... accidental...
Hi Don: Hopefully, in the next few days my computer will be up and connected so this may be your last effort on my part. Thanks, one more time, for all your...
Dear Jim, ... Where is Dharma House? Best, Adin "Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment...
Thanks Don. I just forwarded the commentary link to an interfaith discussion list. Actually, this has been something that I've struggled with recently. I ...
Good Friends: Dharma House had its first meeting last night. Chanting, meditating, contemplating, and Dharma Talk. I think it was an auspicious beginning. ...
Dear friends, If this is off-topic, please let me know and I'll just drop the issue. What is the purpose of chanting and ritual in contemporary Buddhism? I can...
Hi Adin: Here are some responses to your questions. ... issue. ... chanting the Scriptures pass from one generation to the next. However, today I don't see its...
Hello, friends. I had intended only one post quoting from Bill Bryson's charming new book, A Short History of Nearly Everything, but this short passage keeps...
Hello All, Adin, your questions are good ones to ask. After 30 years of on and off silent meditation I had my first taste of chanting meditation at the Dharma...
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