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- Fri Nov 01, 2019 3:24 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: The Neuroscience of Jhāna
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4001
The Neuroscience of Jhāna
Paul Dennison (napaul@tiscali.co.uk) of the UK-based Samatha Trust ( https://www.samatha.org ) has been conducting research on Samatha meditators based on EEG readings, and has recently published a paper on this: ‘The Human Default Consciousness and Its Disruption: Insights From an EEG Study of Budd...
- Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:22 pm
- Forum: Abhidhamma
- Topic: New Book: Buddhist Path, Buddhist Teachings: Studies in Memory of L.S.Cousins
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2847
New Book: Buddhist Path, Buddhist Teachings: Studies in Memory of L.S.Cousins
Buddhist Path, Buddhist Teachings: Studies in Memory of L.S. Cousins Edited by Naomi Appleton and Peter Harvey Equinox Publishing 332pp Hardback: £90.00 / $112.00 Paperback: £39.95 / $49.95 E-book: Individual £39.95 / $49.95, Institution £90.00 / $112.00 This collection brings together scholarly co...
- Sun Sep 25, 2016 11:12 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Learn Pali Online?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4199
Re: Learn Pali Online?
The online MA Buddhist Studies at the University of South Wales has a Pali module, which can be taken without doing the full MA. Materials for the MA were mostly written by me, but for the Pali module by a student of Richard Gombrich. Peter Harvey I'd be curious about looking over the course materi...
- Sun Sep 25, 2016 7:19 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Bhavanga
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1587
Re: "Bobanga?"
Is Bhava in Dependent origination the same as Bhavanga? Good question, but I think not. I discuss bhavanga, and its relation to pabhassara citta - brightly shining mind - in my The Selfless Mind. While dreamless sleep is just bhavanga cittas, in normal consciousness the mind rapidly flicks in and o...
- Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:00 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Learn Pali Online?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4199
Re: Learn Pali Online?
Any structured on-line Pali courses on line? I can't seem to find any discussed here, although my searching skills may be at fault! The online MA Buddhist Studies at the University of South Wales has a Pali module, which can be taken without doing the full MA. Materials for the MA were mostly writt...
- Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:01 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Scholars Who Are Practicing Buddhists
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5567
Re: Scholars Who Are Practicing Buddhists
A great scholar, who taught and inspired Rupert Gethin and myself, was Lance Cousins, who was also a great teacher of Samatha meditation. For some of his papers to download, see: https://oxford.academia.edu/LSCousins See also the books of Sarah Shaw, another Samatha Trust meditation pupil of Lance C...
- Thu Sep 15, 2016 2:51 pm
- Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
- Topic: The Great Jhana Debate
- Replies: 536
- Views: 362066
Re: The Great Jhana Debate
I’ve just downloaded read through the ~300 pages of The Great Jhāna Debate postings. This needed some sustained mindfulness and calm:-), and included many interesting ideas and references. It struck me that some emphasise texts and some emphasise practice, and a good Sutta to bear in mind when the d...
- Mon Sep 12, 2016 3:17 pm
- Forum: Theravāda for Beginners
- Topic: Introductory resources
- Replies: 55
- Views: 148423
Re: Introductory resources
Welcome all, I'm closely reviewing Peter Harvey's textbook, "An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History, and Practices" (2nd Ed.) 2013 Cambridge University Press I will be interested to see what you make of it. :-) Incidentally, if anyone wants free downloads of some of my papers on ...
- Mon Sep 12, 2016 3:06 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: New book on streamenterers & other noble persons in text & today
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1832
New book on streamenterers & other noble persons in text & today
Yuki Sirimane: Entering the Stream to Enlightenment: Experiences of the Stages of the Buddhist Path in Contemporary Sri Lanka
https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/enterin ... -sirimane/
Peter Harvey
https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/enterin ... -sirimane/
Peter Harvey
- Sat Sep 10, 2016 1:51 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Anyone tried the Samatha Trust (UK)?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5731
Re: Anyone tried the Samatha Trust (UK)?
Yes, though now retired.
Peter Harvey
Peter Harvey
- Fri Aug 12, 2016 4:34 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Anyone tried the Samatha Trust (UK)?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5731
Re: Anyone tried the Samatha Trust (UK)?
Please note that as well as weekly classes in various places in the UK, Ireland, Germany and the US (see drop-down menu at http://www.samatha.org ), the Samatha Trust now also has an online class: http://www.samatha.org/what-we-offer/classes/online-course-october-2016-june-2017 , which includes week...
- Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:14 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: the great Nibbana = annihilation, eternal, or something else thread
- Replies: 2423
- Views: 595400
Re: Nibbana = universal consciousness?
Malcolm turned me on to Peter Harvey's "The Selfless Mind." It is an excellent treatment of just these issues. I'm not familiar with that work, but by sheer coincidence I just happened to run across Bhikkhu Bodhi's reference to it, in note 314 to SN 4.23. When the monk is said to attain f...
- Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:14 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Pali Term: Ariya-sacca
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9601
Re: Pali Term: Ariya-sacca
An extract on this topic from the 2nd edition of my Introduction to Buddhism, Cambrisge University Press- should be out in Nov. 2012: The translation of ariya-sacca as ‘Noble Truth’ (e.g. Anderson, 1999), while well established in English language literature on Buddhism, is the ‘least likely’ of the...