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by hamsa
Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:47 pm
Forum: Pāli
Topic: Looking for a term.
Replies: 14
Views: 3486

Re: Looking for a term.

In the Mahāsaccakasutta there is a formula “ abhabbā va te ñāṇāya dassanāya anuttarāya sambodhāya ”: they are incapable ( abhabba ) of knowing, seeing and of the ultimate awakening. It speaks about those have not withdrawn from sense-pleasures, thus it is not an intrinsic handicap but a result of la...
by hamsa
Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:59 pm
Forum: Pāli
Topic: Diacritic marks
Replies: 10
Views: 3554

Re: Diacritic marks

I did a little research on the CSCD and found that the closest version to the Pāli chant linked above is perhaps the Mettākathā of the Paṭisambhidamagga (Paṭis ii.22, PTS ii.131). In the Idriyavāra, the chapter immediately following the Mettākathā, there is a kindred formula that, related to each of...
by hamsa
Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:50 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: the great rebirth debate
Replies: 7539
Views: 1327025

Re: Suttas relevant to Rebirth?

DN 28 http://tipitaka.wikia.com/wiki/Sampasadaniya_Sutta" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Moreover, lord, this too is unsurpassable : the way namely in which the Exalted One teaches the Norm concerning descensions at rebirth : — That there are four modes in descension, thus ...
by hamsa
Thu Nov 18, 2010 2:53 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Luminous, is the mind!
Replies: 39
Views: 6491

Re: Luminous, is the mind!

I think it is a beatiful passage.
by hamsa
Wed Nov 17, 2010 5:27 pm
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Visuddhimagga VIII, 216: Also in suttas? Where?
Replies: 4
Views: 1614

Re: Visuddhimagga VIII, 216: Also in suttas? Where?

I agree with Mike. I think that the episode appears elsewhere only in Paṭisambhidāmagga-Aṭṭhakathā (PTS ii.498).
by hamsa
Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:48 pm
Forum: Pāli
Topic: Pali pronunciation
Replies: 76
Views: 181826

Re: Pali pronunciation

Because the second last is long (gacchāmi).