Dear Yong Peng,

op 13-01-2006 13:49 schreef Ong Yong Peng op yongpeng.ong@...:

> after so much discussion, I am wondering if abhiññaa can be
> translated in just one word -- insight?

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N: There are several stages of insight, it has to be developed until
lokuttara citta arises that experiences nibbaana.
Direct understanding seems a good translation.
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> I have also other questions:
>
> 1. What is Bhikkhu Bodhi's MLDB translation?

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The Middle Long Discourses of the Buddha, which is M.N. and in hardcover
only.
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> 2. Do ekantanibbidaa, viraaga, nirodha, upasama, abhi~n~naa, sambodha
> and nibbaana arise simultaneously or in sequence, as the result of
> practising any one of the anussatis.

Nibbaana does not arise, it is the unconditioned dhamma. It is the object of
lokuttara citta. Lokuttara citta can only arise when insight has been fully
developed, it cannot be the result of the anussatis alone, but these can be
developed together with insight.
I do not know about the sequence.
Nina.