Derek and all friends,

DC> Interesting project ... "From Father to Son: The Buddha's Training of
DC> Raahula." If you can get together a minimum of 5,000 words, the Buddhist
DC> Publication Society might consider publishing it (if it hasn't already been
DC> done). Query Bhikkhu Bodhi, Editor, Buddhist Publication Society, 54
DC> Sangharaja Mawatha, P.O. Box 61, Kady, SRI LANKA.

Hey, the goal here is not to get together some amount of words or to
publish something on paper under some name or another.
Every moment of translation is a moment of living contact with those who
wrote the texts, a moment of learning.
Every moment of translation is a moment of living contact with those
who read the texts, a moment of conveying knowledge.

This project is as much open as it can be, with no limits or set
rules, a living exploration of Buddha's teaching, so everyone is
invited to make a contribution, and the result will be exactly as good
as wisdom, patience and lovingkindness invested in it.

I really enjoy the work we do here at this group, and the natural
expression of it is sharing goals, so that we will be able to
cooperate.

DC> Discernment of conditions (paccaya-pariggaha) is a stage in the development
DC> of insight in which the meditator explores the conditions of the five
DC> aggregates (see Vism., chap. 19). In the proper sequence of development this
DC> stage should precede investigation of the aggregates as impermanent,
DC> suffering, and nonself.

You know, the prerequisites described by Buddha in Meghiya sutta
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/khuddaka/udana/ud4-1.html
are much more comrehensible and practical.

DC> You can probably find the relevant passage from the commentary -- in Pali,
DC> of course! -- if you visit http://www.tipitaka.org

Well, thanks to Vipassana Research Institute they are included on
Chattha Sangayana CD that they have sent me. So there is no problem,
just learning this language called Pali ... :)

Dimitry