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by piotr
Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:33 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Nibbedhika sutta - Thanissaro translation
Replies: 4
Views: 1041

Re: Nibbedhika sutta - Thanissaro translation

Hi,
pilgrim wrote:The Pali: . Phasso, bhikkhave, kammānaṃ nidānasambhavo
Thannisaro's translation: Contact is the cause by which kamma comes into play.
Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation: "Contact is its [i.e. kamma's] source and origin".
by piotr
Mon Apr 14, 2014 9:03 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Why aren't the 3 characteristics in the Satipatthana Sutta?
Replies: 20
Views: 2724

Re: Why aren't the 3 characteristics in the Satipatthana Sut

Hi,
Zom wrote:This is not true. Check AN 3.47 where Buddha uses the word "characteristic" (lakkhana) speaking about impermanence, suffering, nonself.
You might want to check this sutta again, because there is nothing of this kind there.
by piotr
Fri Apr 04, 2014 8:24 am
Forum: Pāli
Topic: Saṅkhāra in DO & Nibbana description: karmic volition?
Replies: 18
Views: 4462

Re: Translation of saṅkhāra in Dependent Origination: voliti

Hi, I find the multiple instances of sankhara appearing on different sides of your blue flags confusing, so my apologies that I cannot really comment. Are you trying to fuse together the five aggregates schema with paticcasamuppada? Paticcasamuppada shows how pancaupadanakkhandha (i.e. dukkha as def...
by piotr
Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:33 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Sutta Reference on Three Views
Replies: 3
Views: 915

Re: Sutta Reference on Three Views

Hi,

The third was that everything is determined by past actions:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html
by piotr
Wed Dec 18, 2013 9:22 am
Forum: Vipassanā / Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvana
Topic: judgment-free awareness
Replies: 95
Views: 22007

Re: judgment-free awareness

Hi, My problem with the topic are the chosen words in it. Miriam-Webster Dictionary defines judgement as: : an opinion or decision that is based on careful thought : the act or process of forming an opinion or making a decision after careful thought : the act of judging something or someone : the ab...
by piotr
Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:12 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: jhana as "perception attainment"
Replies: 6
Views: 1943

Re: jhana as "perception attainment"

Hi,
SarathW wrote:Can I access the book Disernment by Ven Thanissaro in the net?
Please give the link if yes.
You can find it here: http://dhammatalks.org/ebook_index.html
by piotr
Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:43 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: jhana as "perception attainment"
Replies: 6
Views: 1943

Re: jhana as "perception attainment"

fivebells wrote:In his recent book Discernment, Thanissaro states that the Buddha referred to the first seven jhanas as "perception attainments." I'd be grateful for a cite for this description
See DN 9.
by piotr
Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:47 pm
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Mano · Citta · Viññāṇa: how do they relate to each other?
Replies: 11
Views: 8236

Re: Mano · Citta · Viññāṇa: how do they relate to each othe

Hi All,

There's good but long-ish paper on the topic titled “Citta, Mano, Vinnana—A Psychosemantic Investigation” by Rune E. A. Johansson.

http://ahandfulofleaves.files.wordpress ... ansson.pdf
by piotr
Sun Aug 11, 2013 6:35 pm
Forum: Samatha Bhāvana
Topic: Venānga Sutta - jhana not absorbtion method
Replies: 31
Views: 12982

Re: Venānga Sutta - jhana not absorbtion method

Hi, Sometimes, the simplest answer is found in whether the inflection is in the plural or singular. That passage describes (i) establishment of mindfulness, and (ii) 4 jhanas. Since the Pali is in the singular, which of these 2 would the walking passage refer to? Cf. [2] "Furthermore, when walk...
by piotr
Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:00 am
Forum: Pāli
Topic: akaliko -timeless
Replies: 35
Views: 17187

Re: akaliko -timeless

Hi Holdan & All,
Holdan wrote:MN 38 seems to offer little, if no, support for this view of Jayarava.
This is my view not Jayarava's. If you read his blog post it should be fairly clear.
by piotr
Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:40 am
Forum: General Theravāda discussion
Topic: Ratana sutta
Replies: 5
Views: 1984

Re: Ratana sutta

Do you mean exorcism?
by piotr
Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:29 am
Forum: Early Buddhism
Topic: Upāyikā 2.078
Replies: 6
Views: 3849

Re: Upāyikā 2.078

Hi,

Chinese parallel doesn't omit saṅkhāras (行). So it's probably a mistake either in English translation or in Tibetan source.
by piotr
Thu May 23, 2013 9:35 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Another Amaro translation question
Replies: 8
Views: 2883

Re: Another Amaro translation question

On second thought, I think it's more likely that Ajahn Amaro is refering to verse which is translated by Norman as: 858. For him there are no sons or cattle, field(s), (or) property. For him there is nothing taken up or laid down. or by Thanissaro Bhikkhu as: He has no children cattle, fields, land....
by piotr
Thu May 23, 2013 9:30 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: Another Amaro translation question
Replies: 8
Views: 2883

Re: Another Amaro translation question

And Norman's translation:
  • 861. For whom there is nothing (called) his own in the world, and who does not grieve because of what does not exist, and does not go (astray) among mental phenomena, he truly is called “calmed”.
by piotr
Thu May 23, 2013 9:21 am
Forum: Classical Theravāda
Topic: “cittam pabhassaram, akandukehi kilesehi": sutta reference?
Replies: 4
Views: 2635

Re: “cittam pabhassaram, akandukehi kilesehi": sutta referen

Note (!) that "nature" & "intrinsically" are absent in the Pāli original.