Hi All In Saturday’s discussion, the subject of the characteristic of visible object came up. As there were different views on the point, I thought it would be useful to post something from the Visudd

Dear friends, My recorder failed and I try to render some notes I made. Lukas: worried about forgetfulness. Sarah: Even at those moments saññå marks and remembers the object, but it does not mark the

Hi Azita, Tam Thahn Chan, Alberto, Phil, (Sarah, Nina), and all interested in manasikara in life and texts. (from previous topic)Sarah: To clarify, votthapana citta is commonly translated in English a

Hi Sarah, Jon, All, Because off our posts on concepts off objects I read in the usefull posts about thinking. As far as I understand now It seemes a citta in the thinking proces ."" Creates a concept

Hi Khun Tam Than, all After the above passage the Abhidhammata-sangaha continues on sense door processes giving a simile of Mango: <The ancient teachers of the Abhidhamma illustrate the cognitive proc

Hi Tham B In the discussion yesterday you asked about the meaning of ‘dhammas’ as things which bear their own characteristic. Here are a couple of relevant passages from the Visuddhimagga (Ppn transla

2021-01-20-VN 40m L. Tam: Ajahn, when we study the paṭiccasamuppāda there's an idea that it is necessary to cut the chain between feeling and lobha by maintaining awareness of pleasant feeling. So tha

Dear friends, Nina:Thína and middha, torpor and languor, can arise with cittas that are sasankhårika, cittas that lack strength. It seems that thína refers to torpor of citta and middha refers to torp

Dear friends, Acharn: What is seen is only that which is seen before it is “something”, otherwise it cannot be directly understood as it is gone. When there is right understanding with direct awarenes

Hi all, from p.3. "As to function, ruupas have functions in relation to other ruupas or in relation to naama. Solidity acts as a foundation, namely for the other ruupas it arises together with in a gr

respected KS Tan & Shinta, regards and much metta! 1. i will be grateful if you may kindly let me know if there is any sutta and/or textual reference where all the four mahabutas (four elements) are i

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

Dear Friends, 1) Dhamma Discussion with Tan Ajahn Discussion with Tan Ajahn Sujin 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm (Thai Time) on Saturday 23rd January as below (please note the daylight saving time): Join Zoom Meet

Hi all from p.4: "If the body can be seen as only elements, the wrong view of self can be eradicated. Solidity can be internal or external, outside the body. Solidity is also present in what we call a

Dear Lukas and Vincent, I had to laugh, just as if porcelain is a dear person. This sutta text I find helpful, but I cannot find the sutta now. It says that a greater loss of relatives, goods etc. is

Dear friends, Jonothan asked about the roles of chanda(taking an interest in the object) and lobha. Can their roles be distinguished when pursuing anything that requires skill? Acharn: Lobha appears b

Dear Brother Phil, The whole text you gave is great. Phil: I found it on Google, it is (not surprisingly) from Vedana Samyutta, and included in the following. I think this would be good studying espec

Hi friends, I decided to score a book from PTS for myself as a Christmas present. Which one do you recommend to me? I want only in English, no Pali books. I have some books already with me like PTS mi

Hi Sarah, Nina, and all dhamma friends, I came across difficulty while studying the Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma. The problem looks maybe a minor, but I totally don't understand it. Usually, I t

Hi Sarah , Nina and friends I have another question to ask . During the sleep I saw myself fighting with other people in the dream . My husband told me also that night I kicked him a lot ( haha...). I