Dear Yong Peng,

op 15-01-2006 14:22 schreef Ong Yong Peng op yongpeng.ong@...:

> Dutiya Vagga
> second / part
> The Second Part
>
> 1. "Naaha.m, bhikkhave, a~n~na.m ekadhammampi samanupassaami yena
> anuppannaa vaa akusalaa dhammaa uppajjanti uppannaa vaa akusalaa
> dhammaa bhiyyobhaavaaya vepullaaya sa.mvattanti yathayida.m,
> bhikkhave, micchaadi.t.thi.

> "O monks, I do not perceive even one other phenomenon by which non-
> arisen unwholesome thoughts surface or arisen unwholesome thoughts
> lead to fully magnified development as just this, monks: wrong views.

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N: PTS has: any other single ..
akusalaadhammaa: not just thoughts, but they include citta and cetasikas.
They are not merely thoughts, thinking of ideas, also cittas with desire for
visible object, sound, etc. Personally I would suggest: akusala dhammas.
uppannaa: arisen instead of surfaced.
Fully magnified: sounds somewhat strange in English. Lead to their increase
and abundance...
Micchadi.t.thi: singular: wrong view.
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Y.P.: Micchaadi.t.thikassa, bhikkhave, anuppannaa ceva akusalaa dhammaa

> uppajjanti uppannaa ca akusalaa dhammaa bhiyyobhaavaaya vepullaaya
> sa.mvattantii"ti.

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> So, for having wrong views, monks,

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N: In one of wrong view (literally: for the person who has wrong view)

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Y.P.: as just this, monks: right views.
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N: right view. (singular)
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It impresses me that the same expression is used as in the case of the four
right efforts. This shows the power of the development of right
understanding of dhammas that appear. At the same time there are then
conditions for the four right efforts.
Nina.