Samyutta Nikaya VI.1 Ayacana Sutta The Request For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma ... I have heard that on one occasion, when the Blessed One was...
Trevor
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Apr 3, 2001 12:13 am
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I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful Suttas you send out each week. I always look forward to them and enjoy reading them....thanks again very miuch for...
RayN6VZN@...
Apr 6, 2001 10:25 pm
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Samyutta Nikaya VI.2 Garava Sutta Reverence For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma ... I have heard that on one occasion, when the Blessed One was...
Trevor
trhodes@...
Apr 10, 2001 4:31 am
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Samyutta Nikaya VI.15 Parinibbana Sutta Total Unbinding For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma ... Translator's note: This discourse reports the way...
Trevor
trhodes@...
Apr 18, 2001 1:10 am
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Samyutta Nikaya VII.2 Akkosa Sutta Insult For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma ... I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying...
Trevor
trhodes@...
May 1, 2001 12:01 am
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To : Moderator I wish your happy Vesak Day. Thks for the Sutta....
Joe Hoey Beng
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May 4, 2001 7:46 am
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Samyutta Nikaya VII.6 Jata Sutta The Tangle For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma ... At Savatthi. Then the brahmin Jata ("Tangle") Bharadvaja went...
Trevor
trhodes@...
May 5, 2001 5:26 am
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... Could someone share their understanding on what this verse means? This sutta was discussed recently in a group I participate in and we were not sure how to...
kashiyum@...
May 11, 2001 8:11 pm
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Name and form refer to the mental and physical elements making up our universe. Nama is the conceptual and rupa is the actual. The point of contact between...
Paul Walker
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May 12, 2001 12:40 am
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Friends: The following message is self explanatory. If anyone has any doubts regarding the Vinaya, this would be an excellent opportunity to clear them. I...
Manu Wadhwani
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May 13, 2001 12:41 am
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Samyutta Nikaya VII.14 Maha-Sala Sutta Very Rich For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma ... At Savatthi. Then a certain very rich brahmin -- shabby,...
Trevor
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May 13, 2001 7:32 am
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Please someone explain me what is Mara? Is this just symbolise our 'lobha' and 'dosa' or really a devil and where he lives? Is he the same with devil in other...
Joe Hoey Beng
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May 14, 2001 3:18 am
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In a message dated 5/13/01 11:05:11 PM Central Daylight Time, jhb@... writes: << Mara >> Mara is basically the "inner darkness" that each of us has. In...
SPotter446@...
May 14, 2001 4:11 am
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... That's when you truly understand what emptiness is, [through meditation on emptiness], and there is no more karma, past, present or future. metta, des ...
Chiong Desmond
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May 14, 2001 6:59 pm
1099
... I can never explain things as well as the suttas themselves, so... Anguttara Nikaya IX.44 Paññavimutti Sutta Released Through Discernment ...
Trevor
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May 15, 2001 1:10 am
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... our universe. Nama is the conceptual and rupa is the actual. The point of contact between nama and rupa is this "impingement" and that is the place where...
kashiyum@...
May 17, 2001 2:05 am
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... Desmond, are you describing parinibbana? I thought one would still have kamma even after realizing emptiness. Also, I see the word "emptiness" used...
kashiyum@...
May 17, 2001 2:10 am
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... Hi Trevor, I read the sutta link, but still can't figure out how the sutta directly relates to the line in question. My understanding of the sutta though...
kashiyum@...
May 17, 2001 2:24 am
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... From: Chiong Desmond <desmondchiong@...> To: <sutta@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [sutta] Re: Samyutta Nikaya...
Guy Western
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May 17, 2001 6:01 am
1104
... (things ... (Sorry to sidetrack from this week's sutta, a few additional questions..) 1) My understanding of "mental effluents" is that they are ...
kashiyum@...
May 17, 2001 12:17 pm
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Hi Guy.....the classic statement on this, from the Suttas, is that "All conditioned things are impermanent, All things are non-self." Thus non-self or...
Ray Hendrickson
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May 17, 2001 2:48 pm
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Kashi I think what is being talked about is parinibbana. Usually the term "without trace" seems to used to reference a Arhant who as died. Also where name and...
Ray Hendrickson
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May 17, 2001 2:56 pm
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When the Abhidhamma describes annatta, it sounds the same as emptiness to me. metta, des ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
Chiong Desmond
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May 17, 2001 3:04 pm
1108
In his book "The Manuals of Dharma", when Ledi Sayadaw of Burma, described how to end suffering: - he mentioned destroying the "Atta Ditthi", or realising...
Chiong Desmond
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May 17, 2001 3:27 pm
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Hi Ray, Yeah, I know what the suttas say, but I have read from several reputable sources (all of them Mahayana, however) that most Hinayana schools regard the...
Guy Western
wtscs@...
May 17, 2001 8:10 pm
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... From: Chiong Desmond <desmondchiong@...> To: <sutta@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 10:04 AM Subject: Re: [sutta] Re: Samyutta Nikaya...
Guy Western
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May 17, 2001 8:55 pm
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I feel sorry to tell you that the Theravadists apparently don't use nor acknowledge the term "emptiness". When the Theravada Ambhidhamma dissects all the mind ...
Chiong Desmond
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May 17, 2001 9:13 pm
1112
Hi again Guy, I can tell you for sure that Theravada does not see all phenomena as lacking inherent existence to be nihilistic. For those in the Theravada ...
Ray Hendrickson
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May 17, 2001 9:29 pm
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I agree with you that the practice of vipassana is critical for complete understanding. And I also agree that intellectual understanding is important. But I...
Ray Hendrickson
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May 17, 2001 9:46 pm
1114
Hi Des, I could be wrong, (please correct me if i am) but it seems that the following Sutta does use the term "emptiness". Majjhima Nikaya 121 Cula-Suññata...