Sunday, January 17 (North American time) Monday, January 18 (Thailand time) On something that came up today in the Zoom Dhamma discussion: Whether to believe in theories like astrology or modern psych

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 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 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 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

Dear friends, Last Wednesday was Ajahn Sujin's birthday. The Vietnamese students had prepared a small gift for her: a Vietnamese version of the song "Dispelling Ignorance" composed by khun Unnop Homch

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, The 7th factor off the 8-fold path is samma sati. I wonder does that mean there is allso micha sati? This can only be true if samma sati is something different then the cetasika sati. Be

Hi Nina, Sarah and friends Can I please ask you a question that ahetu akusala Kriya cittas can have sati or not ? You have mentioned before that sati can only go with kusala cittas , but I am wonderin

Dear friends, Acharn: It is always “I” who sees, hears, thinks. They just arise to see right now, hear right now. When there is not the understanding of the truth, it is “something” all the time. Life

2021-01-11-US 103m A. Sujin: Shall we talk about the cetasika and the anusaya a little more? How many anusayas? Seven, okay, one by one, please. Kāmarāgānusaya, what cetasika would that be? Lobha, oka

Dear friends, Sukin asked about knowing the image and details, nimitta and anubyancana. Acharn: Do you see anything now? Sukin: a laptop, pictures. Acharn: And more details about just one reality, one

Dear dhamma friends~ I heard from the discussion that there are 20 types of ditthi. If anyone who can elaborate some for me, maybe not all of them is ok. Highly appreciated. Sincerely , Pat

Dear Vincent, Excellent text, we do not even own ourselves. And, as Acharn said, when we do not see something, like I am in my study, not where the porcelain is, we do not have anything. nice photo wi

Dear Friends, 1) Dhamma Discussion with Tan Ajahn Discussion with Tan Ajahn Sujin 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm (Thai Time) on Saturday 16th January as below (please note the daylight saving time): Join Zoom Meet

Dear friends, Acharn: The beginning has to be the right beginning, otherwise it will not lead to more understanding. Lobha is very tricky, only paññå can know it. We talked many times about hardness a

Dear friends, Sarah: Coming back to Lukas question how to live our life. When one asks oneself how should I live, what should I do, it is not the understanding of dhamma. It is just an idea that I can

Hi All The translation of Survey from English into Chinese was finished (tremendous help from Pat !). Ajhan strongly recommended about one year ago that it is not necessary to have the pali terms, and

Hi friends, So The Translation of CMA has the 'guides' made by Ven. Bh Bodhi And Ven. dr Rewata Dhamma. Of course, I know they are mostly done with the commentaries. But still, for me, this is actuall

Dear friends, What did the Buddha enlighten? The four noble Truths. What are they? There should be understanding of just one word, more clearly and more clearly. It cannot be anything, just what arise