http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/ Dhamma Study Group (DSG) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:53:03 GMT truth_aerator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102090 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102090 Hllo all, In VsM III,29 it states that one must severe 10 impediments to Samadhi. "he should sever any of the ten impediments that he may have. [90] Now the Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:27:05 GMT Bhikkhu Samahita http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102089 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102089 Friends: Regarding all Phenomena with aloof Equanimity! When one has understood constructions by seeing the three characteristics in them and their voidness, Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:25:58 GMT philofillet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102088 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102088 Hi again again Just thinking aloud as I iron, make lunch etc before rushing off to work. I have never talked about "being without anger". I talk about Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:22:32 GMT truth_aerator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102087 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102087 Hi Phil, Nina, Sarah, KenH, KenO and all, It is true that everything, including Jhana, energetic striving and so on is conditioned. However all the teachings Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:58:20 GMT philofillet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102086 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102086 Hi again Actually, come to think of it, you're right that the creation of the concept of a person without anger does come into play when progressing towards Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:41:35 GMT philofillet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102085 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102085 Hi alll Oops again! Sorry, I shouldn't post on the run. That should have been "Hi Alex." Metta, Phil Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:39:09 GMT philofillet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102084 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102084 Hi Lukas May I suggest that at some point in addition to looking at kasina practice you take a look at the instruction for "the clansman who is a beginner" for Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:28:52 GMT philofillet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102083 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102083 Oops ... harmlessness, of course. I love that. "progressions towards harmlessness." I would like to know how to say that in Pali. I'd also like to know how to Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:25:09 GMT philofillet http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102082 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102082 Hi Scott and Sarah and all ... Ph: Personally, in my case, it's not about the creation of a person without anger, it's all about the elimination of behaviour Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:26:42 GMT Lukas Szmidt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102081 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102081 Dear Alex I just read a bit of Chapter IV. I wanna add something. ... [edible] leaves, flowers, fruits, famousness, a nearby city, nearby timber trees, nearby Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:06:45 GMT Dieter Moeller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102080 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102080 Hi Sarah and all, may I ask for a little dance ...? ;-) there are 2 passages from your recent messages I like to talk about: from your exchange with Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:41:32 GMT colette http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102079 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102079 Sarah, are you suggesting what the Buddha's first words when he immerged from the incubator? colette Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:31:23 GMT truth_aerator http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102078 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102078 Dear Lucas, Nina, Sarah, Jon all, Thank you for your reply. So what you are saying is that DSG allows for development of lets say Earth Kasina as outlined in Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:50:33 GMT Lukas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102077 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102077 Dear Alex, Ken O, Suan ... L: What you call formal methods it just looks like that. It's not formal method. It is just Dhamma that can condition right Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:38:25 GMT upasaka@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102076 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhammastudygroup/message/102076 Hi Freawaru (and Nina & pt) - In a message dated 11/7/2009 11:06:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, freawaru80@... writes: Dear Nina and pt, ... I fear I