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by serg_o
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...
by serg_o
Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:56 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dāna & the poor
Replies: 18
Views: 4679

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...
by serg_o
Mon Dec 02, 2013 6:16 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Dāna & the poor
Replies: 18
Views: 4679

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...
by serg_o
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...
by serg_o
Mon Jun 27, 2011 10:37 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Happy Birthday cooran ! ! !
Replies: 19
Views: 3018

Re: Happy Birthday cooran ! ! !

Happy birthday, Cooran!
by serg_o
Tue May 10, 2011 6:39 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Happy Birthday Ben ! ! !
Replies: 43
Views: 7887

Re: Happy Birthday Ben ! ! !

Happy birthday, Ben!
by serg_o
Mon May 09, 2011 7:09 am
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)
Replies: 36
Views: 12462

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...
by serg_o
Sun May 08, 2011 6:04 am
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: suttas and the kasinas(vishudhimagga)
Replies: 36
Views: 12462

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...
by serg_o
Sun Aug 22, 2010 8:37 am
Forum: Pāli
Topic: Pali word of the day
Replies: 958
Views: 123216

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...
by serg_o
Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:13 am
Forum: Pāli
Topic: Pali word of the day
Replies: 958
Views: 123216

Re: Pali word of the day

Hello,

David, thank you for this useful and interesting thread.
David N. Snyder wrote: the seven purifications (satta visuddhi) taught by the Buddha in the Rathavinãta Sutta (M.I,145).
Really vens. Sariputta and Punna Mantaniputta speak of the seven purifications in this sutta.
by serg_o
Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:55 pm
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Music game
Replies: 476
Views: 56730

Re: Music game

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by serg_o
Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:10 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS
Replies: 14
Views: 3874

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS

Happy birthday, Chris!
by serg_o
Wed Jun 17, 2009 8:58 am
Forum: Abhidhamma
Topic: What's a gelatin, liquid crystal, or plasma?
Replies: 35
Views: 13037

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...
by serg_o
Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:30 am
Forum: Pāli
Topic: "th" in Pali
Replies: 24
Views: 7385

Re: "th" in Pali

th: like 'tea' but with the tip of the tongue striking the back of the top teeth rather than the palate.
Fine! It's just like in Russian so in this case I don't need to learn anything new. :)
Theravada, theravada, theravada...
by serg_o
Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:55 am
Forum: Lounge
Topic: Happy birthday venerable Dhammanando!
Replies: 28
Views: 6785

Re: Happy birthday venerable Dhammanando!

Happy birthday, Bhante!