Jou and Bruce,
Thank you both for your responses. You confirmed what
I suspected.

Metta,
John
--- Jou Smith <josmith.1@...> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Kelly" <palistudent@...>
> To: "Pali" <Pali@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 1:50 AM
> Subject: [Pali] choiceless awareness
>
>
> > Friends,
>
> Hi John
>
> > Does the term "choiceless awareness", as in
> meditation
> > based on pure awareness without any particular
> object
> > of meditation occur anywhere in the Pali Canon?
>
> I don't think so. I don't see it as the Buddha's
> teaching. To me to be aware
> always has the element of intention or knowing.
>
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