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- Sat Mar 01, 2014 1:09 pm
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: bhavanga
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3828
Re: bhavanga
if you are hitting this kind of 'non-perception' state often - then try opening your eyes and meditating. with your eyes open - pay attention to your palms and finger tips continuously and at the same time be aware of your breath also (you can try to do the same with the toes and soles also). this p...
- Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:40 pm
- Forum: Abhidhamma
- Topic: The Mysterious Acariya Anuruddha
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5118
Re: The Mysterious Acariya Anuruddha
Achariya Anuruddha Thera wrote the Abhidhammattha Sangaha in Kanchipuram, near present day Chennai in South India. he was a tamil. you can find some material about this in the BPS Wheel Publication No. 124/125. that he is of south indian origin is well-known in buddhist countries.
- Sun Dec 15, 2013 1:44 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: After Warder
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8475
Re: After Warder
i would recommend 'A new course in reading Pali' by James W. Gair and W.S. Karunatillake. it is more simple and concise than Warder. the quotes from the canon are also well chosen and inspiring. later, when you are comfortable with reading the main pali texts - begin to consult the commentaries when...
- Sun Dec 15, 2013 1:26 pm
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: Reading Pali Sentences
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1969
Re: Reading Pali Sentences
i think what you are doing is a good technique - in the beginning. i teach pali sometimes. i use the same technique to help students to translate pali to english - but only in the beginning. in english the verb comes after the subject. since you are familiar with the sentence structure in english, y...
- Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:02 am
- Forum: Study Group
- Topic: AN 3.63 Venāga
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10383
Re: AN 3.63 Venāga
thank you. i found the sutta quoted. it does say the word 'deva' in pali. but according to abhidhamma that plane is considered to be a brahma plane. i checked furthur and found that in many suttas, word 'deva' is used for brahma worlds too. though i've read them before, i never noticed till now. tha...
- Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:12 pm
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Paṭṭhāna Pāḷi Chanting
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8307
Re: Paṭṭhāna Pāḷi Chanting
venerable bhante,
in myanmar they chant all the 5 books of patthana. in the CSCD version there is a lot of peyyala. do you know if anyone has uploaded the full pali text of the patthana books without the peyyala?
in myanmar they chant all the 5 books of patthana. in the CSCD version there is a lot of peyyala. do you know if anyone has uploaded the full pali text of the patthana books without the peyyala?
- Sat Dec 07, 2013 11:39 am
- Forum: Study Group
- Topic: AN 3.63 Venāga
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10383
Re: AN 3.63 Venāga
the jhanas are equated to celestial beds(dibba). the brahma viharas are equated to divine beds(brahma). as far as i have read, both jhanas and the brahma viharas lead to rebirth in brahma worlds. the tika says that the jhanas lead to states of being a deva so they are equated to divine beds. this is...
- Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:25 am
- Forum: Classical Theravāda
- Topic: The Commentaries are unreliable: I know better
- Replies: 96
- Views: 28498
Re: The Commentaries are unreliable: I know better
commentaries are very useful when we are trying to study the suttas. the commentaries give a more detailed or more clear explanation of some terms that are used in the suttas. they bring about a depth in understanding a sutta that one is trying to analyse/ comprehend - this happens 99% of the time (...