I'm sure we are all happy that you have joined our discussion. An open mind
will defnitely learn a lot of new things about Buddha Dharma.

Keep up your practice.

P.

Ong Teng Kee wrote:

> Dear Piya tan,
> I like to say that satipatthana sutta is not for
> vipassana only.Ekayano doesn't mean direct as
> mentioned by bhikkhu bodhi (which is correct in com as
> one way to nibbana)without samatha .Com said kaya and
> vedana is for samathayanika while the other two is for
> vipassanayanika.A yogi emerge from kasina will do
> vipassana on vedana.
> This is too big topic for me to debate with at this
> moment.
>
> Malaysia
>
> --- Piya Tan <libris@...> wrote:
> > Derek,
> >
> > I have the good fortune to having the CPD (still
> > unbound mostly) up to Vol 2 fascicle
> > 14 (ironically the very last entry is "ekaayana")!
> >
> > Wow, I would like to know if any new complete Pali
> > dictionary is out. Hope it will
> > be better than PED, but it is hard to beat the
> > standard of the comprehensive CPD,
> > which for this very reason has taken longer than my
> > own lifetime so far to finish!
> >
> > Can anyone please suggest to me how I can get access
> > to learned journals (like JIABS,
> > Philosophy E&W, Numen, etc) which often have
> > articles related to Buddhism. Please
> > let me know other journals that carry articles even
> > remotely connected to Buddhism.
> > I'm very a very keen student and geek for new
> > developments in Buddhism.
> >
> > Sometimes I have the good fortune of getting journal
> > articles direct from the
> > scholars themselves, for example, Joy Manne's
> > "Categories of Sutta in the Pali
> > Nikayas and their implications for our appreciation
> > of the Buddhist teachingt and
> > literature" which throws interesting new light on an
> > old lamp. According to her, the
> > Nikayas (Diigha, etc.) were not compiled according
> > to length but for historical
> > reasons.
> >
> > Keep me posted please.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > P.
> >
> > Derek Cameron wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, Piya,
> > >
> > > > the jhaanas or brahmavihaaras. While the latter
> > can lead to
> > > > Nibbaana, they do not
> > > > necessarily do so but can lead to sidetracks,
> > whereas
> > > > satipa.t.thaana leads
> > > > invariably to the final goal.
> > >
> > > That seems to be an excellent and precise analysis
> > to me.
> > >
> > > > CPD
> > >
> > > I'd heard of the CPD but thought it wasn't
> > finished yet. I'd also
> > > heard that a new, complete dictionary is due out
> > soon?
> > >
> > > > Vipassanaa, canonically, is "insight" or
> > "wisdom".
> > > > The trend of taking Vipassana
> > > > as a "meditation practice", as the "only way" to
> > > > enlightenment started around the
> > > > late colonial times in South and Southeast Asia,
> > > > which saw a resurgence of Buddhism
> > > > there.
> > >
> > > Ah ha! That makes sense to me. Thank you for the
> > historical
> > > background.
> > >
> > > > "The Origin of Insight Meditation" (Lance
> > Cousins) in The Buddha
> > > Forum vol 4 (1996:
> > > > 35-58).
> > >
> > > I'll look out for that one.
> > >
> > > Derek.
> > >
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