Hallo Phil, Re the cetasika soup: S: We read about this in the texts. Just as the ingredients in the soup cannot be tasted individually, so the cetasikas all condition each other and we don't have to

Hallo Nina, Thank you, a really wonderful precise passage about the truth now. If we don't know the reality of what arises now, experiences an object and then gone, how can there ever be any relinquis

[edited version. with apologies] veneration to the sangha & respect for all learned scholars. 1. i am looking for suitable quotes affirming the teachings of elders that understanding of 'anicca' is ek

respected dhamma elders, regards and greetings. i am writing an analytical article on mere-bare awareness (ñāṇamattāya paṭissatimattāya) and am a bit stuck on one particular point. i am trying to unde

Dear Sarah, Thank you very much for the Phenasutta and further explanations. Nina.

Thank you, John, Yes, of course, and it is fine that you point that out Happy so-manieth-birthday for a while ago. I was gobsmacked by the number Sarah put next to it. Personally, I think she was mist

Hi Herman [On Sat, May 27, 2023 at 04:59 PM, Herman Hofman wrote:] In the passage you have quoted from DN 09 (Potthapada Sutta: About Potthapada), the Buddha is speaking to a person called Citta, desc

Hi Jeff [On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 02:58 AM, Jeff Roehl wrote:] Jon: Yes, some (a few only). Jon: In some cases it may (more below). Jon: Yes, thanks for raising this question. I think you are asking: D

Hi Sarah, This is totally incredible. I was just about to post this: from DN 09 "Citta, these are the world's designations, the world's expressions, the world's ways of speaking, the world's descripti

Nina & all It was the Phena sutta we were referring to. I quoted from the commentary in my Zoom Jotting 112 (which will be in Dhamma Now 2): https://groups.io/g/dsg/message/170112 Here is an extract f

Develop understanding of the nature of what is there, not just the word. Seeing sees, it is a reality which experieces an object. Hearing is a reality which experiences sound. This is the development

Hi Sarah, all (P.S to Nina) S: Everyone enjoys what they consider to be "peace of mind". If it's not the wholesome factor arising with kindness, generosity, understanding or other kusala, then it's bo

On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 03:56 AM, Jonothan Abbott wrote: - as the pāramī (perfection) of that name, usually translated as ‘resolve’ or ‘determination’, and - as the four adhiṭṭhāna, where it is someti

Friends In a recent Zoom session there was discussion about the meaning of “adhiṭṭhāna” as it appears in two quite different contexts in the teachings, namely: - as the pāramī (perfection) of that nam

Hi Sarah, It's a philosophical question, really. Positing a reality beyond signs is called realism, and all sorts of views are held about it. Whatever lies beyond the sign of e.g. sound is "beyond ran

S: Yes, all that appears is the sign (unless the signless nibbāna is the object). However, if there was not a reality, could there be the sign of it? If there was not a sound, could there be the sign

Hallo Nina and Sarah, Thanking both of you for your replies Nina: We can use the correct names, but beware. Do we understand them as they appear now, as conditioned realities? That cannot happen in on

Azita S: As you said above, "Lobha does not know..." Lobha can never know that it can't get what it desires, that's why it continues to cling on and on. Only paññā can know through understanding of th

Dear Azita, But the idea of me, self can still get in, but now as lobha and dosa.. We can use the correct names, but beware. Do we understand them as they appear now, as conditioned realities? That ca

Dear Phil, Perhaps you can appreciate Acharn’s words about absolute truth: Acharn: Life is not only seeing. Where is seeing right now? It is completely gone. The room is still the room, the table is s