Dear Nina, thank you for this - so beneficial Live for understanding Azita

Hallo Alberto, Thank you so much for this. I so appreciate being able to read what was spoken about as I can go over again a sentence that was not clear - or a sentence I read but the mind was somewhe

Hallo KS Tan, Thank you very much for this information. Much appreciated Live for understanding Azita

Hallo Nina, I will attempt to retrieve the last part of the discussion and see what I learnt from it :) Like I wrote to Lucas, we are most fortunate to have the opportunity to listen to the Buddha's w

Hallo Lucas, thanks for this info on the book. When Sarah held it up I missed the title but it sounds very good. Glad to see you on Zoom and asking questions. I think we are very fortunate in this day

Hallo Lianne, Nice to meet you on Zoom. Here are the details of what I was talking about this morning: 'A comprehensive manual of Abhidhamma' (Abhidhammaattha Sangaha - of Acariya Anuruddha) Bhikkhu B

Anumodana Vincent and Pat, An amazing task. Live for understanding the Truth Azita

Hallo Roti, R: This part I find the most interesting. (I suppose that as long as there is "I" it will support unwholesome mind moments). Az: I think not just "I" but all the latent tendencies (anusaya

Hallo Tadao, You asked questions about Viriya on Monday's Zoom. I checked Nina's Cetasikas p88: "We read in the Atthasalini: from its overcoming idleness it is a controlling faculty in the sense of pr

Thank you Nina, very much appreciated Live for understanding Azita

Hallo Lianne, Happy New year and a wise one too! L: There are also moments of vipaka and kiriya. These are not clinging but are results of clinging, right? Az: Not only results of clinging but also th

Hallo pt....and Happy New year to you too one time in Bangkok I met someone who asked me to explain in a brief manner what the Buddha taught.....I felt inadequate so I asked Ajahn Sujin what to say to

Hallo Vincent and Connie, c: And yes, there's no glove: Vism (XIV, 162) states: ....lobha has the characteristic of grasping an object, like birdlime (lit. 'monkey lime'). Its function is sticking, li

Hallo Tam Thanh, Its great that you ask questions because not only does it benefit you but others as well. Relating our questions to matters of daily life is a great way to learn the Dhamma IMO becaus

Thank you Sarah and Jon, Memories of these by- gone days are just that - memories. Sanna marks and remembers but not what 'we' want it to remember! I heard Ajahn say recently that we don't think of dh

Hallo Dr. Manish, M: The four primary elements are interdependent on each other and none of them is able to exist on their own without the presence of the other three elements. For example, when the e

Hallo Tam Thanh, Javana cittas are either kusala or akusala, cannot be both in the one javana process. Live for understanding Azita

Thank you Khun Trin. Live for understanding Azita

Hallo Lucas, Its good to hear you on the Zoom discussions. Hope your health is improving - trying to break addictions is a big struggle, keep going Lucas, I am cheering for you here on the other side

Phil: p.s the other possibility is that kusala cittas are not as rare as is implied so often by Ajahn Sujin and her students. If they are, there is no hope except for some kind of imitation kusala to