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- Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:28 am
- Forum: Dhammic Stories
- Topic: Do you know this koan?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6466
Re: Do you know this koan?
The teacher thenn asks the student how many shoes there were by the door of the hall when he was entering. Hello, the story: 35. Every-Minute Zen Zen students are with their masters at last ten years before they presume to teach others. Nan-in was visited by Tenno, who, having passed his apprentice...
- Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:56 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Dāna & the poor
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4681
Re: Dāna & the poor
One gives shelter by abstaining from killing. http://www.thegamingtailgate.com/forums/images/smilies/Emoticon-Think.gif To take that verse as the only explanation sounds to me like when some people posit what is IMO an abominable view that one should be pacifistic in the face of unjust violence, an...
- Mon Dec 02, 2013 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Dāna & the poor
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4681
Re: Dāna & the poor
... Interestingly, they name three types of giving: dharmadana (gift of the teaching), abhayadana (gift of shelter), and amisadana (gift of things). I can't find the text of the work itself to see how they define abhayadana (abhaya literally meaning "fearless"), ... Are there any Canon or...
- Sun Dec 01, 2013 10:51 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: What's the point of jhana?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4375
Re: What's the point of jhana?
What is the purpose of developing jhana in the context of the 8-fold path? ... As a starting point I'd like to observe that samma samadhi is defined in terms of jhana. ... I'll add one more quote: The Blessed One said: "Develop concentration, monks. A concentrated monk discerns in line with wh...
- Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:37 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Happy Birthday cooran ! ! !
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3018
Re: Happy Birthday cooran ! ! !
Happy birthday, Cooran!
- Tue May 10, 2011 6:39 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Happy Birthday Ben ! ! !
- Replies: 43
- Views: 7887
Re: Happy Birthday Ben ! ! !
Happy birthday, Ben!
- Mon May 09, 2011 7:09 am
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 12464
Re: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)
The word that includes kasiṇa DN, MN, SN, AN, KN, Vin, Abh kasiṇa: 22,13,0,50,108,0,159 I found 20 in DN (by search in Chattha Sangayana Tipitaka program). 10 are in Sangiti sutta - the list of 10 kasinas and the similar list of 10 kasinas in Dassuttara sutta, both suttas contain abhidhammapitaka-l...
- Sun May 08, 2011 6:04 am
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 12464
Re: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)
Hello, I suppose a kind of meditation somewhat analogous to what Buddhaghosa describes is in Culasunnata sutta - The lesser sutta about voidness. Buddha says there: "Further, Ananda, the monk — not attending to the perception of human being, not attending to the perception of wilderness — atten...
- Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:37 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali word of the day
- Replies: 958
- Views: 123258
Re: Pali word of the day
Hi mikenz66, really I didn't intend to say anything about the number of the sutta, "in this sutta" meant "the sutta David wrote of".)) Though I read English texts I think almost every day, I write English I think a few times a year. So, want to say one thing, it turns out another...
- Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:13 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali word of the day
- Replies: 958
- Views: 123258
Re: Pali word of the day
Hello,
David, thank you for this useful and interesting thread.
David, thank you for this useful and interesting thread.
Really vens. Sariputta and Punna Mantaniputta speak of the seven purifications in this sutta.David N. Snyder wrote: the seven purifications (satta visuddhi) taught by the Buddha in the Rathavinãta Sutta (M.I,145).
- Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:55 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Music game
- Replies: 476
- Views: 56730
Re: Music game
Yes
- Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:10 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3876
Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS
Happy birthday, Chris!
- Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:58 am
- Forum: Abhidhamma
- Topic: What's a gelatin, liquid crystal, or plasma?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 13038
Re: What's a gelatin, liquid crystal, or plasma?
Hello, in Abhidhammattha sangaha it's stated that eight rupas are inseparable, AFAIUI that is they occur together: Colour, odour, taste, sap (50) and the four Essentials are the eight kinds (51) of material phenomena that are inseparable; the rest are separable Comment: As a rule these eight råpas a...
- Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:30 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: "th" in Pali
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7385
Re: "th" in Pali
Fine! It's just like in Russian so in this case I don't need to learn anything new.th: like 'tea' but with the tip of the tongue striking the back of the top teeth rather than the palate.
Theravada, theravada, theravada...
- Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:55 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Happy birthday venerable Dhammanando!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6786
Re: Happy birthday venerable Dhammanando!
Happy birthday, Bhante!