Hi Phil, Ph:It seems to me that "in the book" is a kind of protection. At least for me. Lukas: Right. For me the same. I think it all comes(since in times of Buddha there were no books) to sutta-mayap

Hi Vince, Vince: Nana is my only daughter. She just started the high school a few months ago, and is all busy with the homeworks and exams now. In 2017 and 2018, she went with me to NN/KK, Hanoi and H

Hi guys again, I forget about one thing that I am curious about, what was your motivation to start study Dhamma or start Buddhism? (of course except of native-born Buddhists) Me for example, I had a m

Hi guys, sorry for spinning off the topic. But I wanted to share with you the first book I read about Buddhism. That was Damien Keown-Buddhism a very short introduction. I found it in my local library

Hi Roti, No worries, mate. I understand you. And I have listened to Monday's 18th Jan discussions, a very good one. Especially Azita and Anns questions. And Ajahn said many good things worth of attent

Hi Sarah, S: If you're able to join the next session (Sunday night for you), I'll help you raise it. Plenty to discuss. Anytime, please let me know before we start if you've got a question ready to go

Hi Sarah, S: What does this mean: "they must be appearing now(the fruits)."? For the arahat, phāla cittas immediately succeeding the magga citta and again phāla samapaṭṭi during that last life accordi

Hi Phil, Phil:Out of the blue the other night the woman who bought a house from Philippa phoned to say that the new owners had complaints and they were coming after Philippa. Now that we are planning

Hi Azita, Me the same. Really so nice to see you on zoom too, and that you constantly studying Dhamma for all those years. That is very good and beneficial, even though things look the same. This your

Dear friends, Maybe just to clear out a bit my question to the siladhana.m in the Sutta. and if that is a treasure, a varita sila here or carita siila? I add the Buddhas words from the Vitthatadhanasu

Hi guys, Let me add pali for the Sutta but only the beginning. That lists 7 treasures or wealth(dhana): Vitthatadhanasutta <“Sattimāni, bhikkhave, dhanāni. Katamāni satta? Saddhādhanaṃ, sīladhanaṃ, hi

KS Tan thank you very much for the reference to the Sutta. KS: This is the sutta: AN 7.6 Wealth in Detail – Vitthatadhanasuttatta Lukas: I quoted the end of the Sutta: Best wishes Lukas

Hi Phil(Nina, Vince) Very good Sutta. Very good. The only problem to me I find is there is no Pali with the most meaningful words here. Do you have a clue Which Nikaya does it come from? So the Sutta

Hi Vince(Nina), First of all thanks for the dhamma passage. in Pali and English. I only have a little concern why in English there say 'the fools'? If that line in original gatha says 'iti balo'. And

Hi Sarah(KS Tan and Khun Tadao), Thanks Sarah for showing me the book, the 12th Century Commentary to AbhidhammaSangahatika, published by PTS. You really make me interested more to buy it for my birth

Hi Dhamma brothers and sisters, Here is a post on a question I had in mind during today's Dhamma discussion with Ajahn Sujin. But unfortunately there were not enough conditions, to raise a question to

HI Khun Tadao, You can order from the US I think the pariyatt(store.pariyatti.org), as a link given by KS Than. But what I would recommend to you to order from England, from Pali Text Society. The boo

Regards Khun KS Tan, KS Tan wrote: 'The ultimate aim of everyone who follows the Triple Gem, is to attain the state of path consciousness and fruition consciousness of the supramundane level, whereby

Hi Sarah, KS Tan It is said by the end of 1. Cittaparicchedo in Abhidhammattha Sangaha(Compendium of Things included in Abhidhamma) and this is in canonical books on Theravada included in tika, so sub

Dear Nina, How do you reckon, what is easier to know(by vimamsa cetasika, pa~n~na), the experience of hardness, or hardness itself? Since touching hardness does not appear so often as hardness itself.