Dear Lynette,

We both have to thank a great teacher we all share, that is, Gautama Buddha,
who in his turn almost immediately after his own awakening, shows his own
gratitude to the Dharma as *his* teacher (see Garava Sutta, S 6.2).

Let's try in our small way to make this mad marketplace of information into
opportunities for spiritual exchanges, and help one another understand
ourselves better.

Piya Tan


On 1/9/07, Lynette Monteiro <lynettemonteiro@...>
wrote:

>
> Dear Sangha:
>
> Piya, this is a beautiful story about Rahula. I have often worried myself
> sick that I am just not "getting it" when I study the sutras. Now I can
> see
> that even when my teachers give me all the grains of teachings in a
> handful,
> and even if most of the grains flow through, some remain adhered to my
> hand
> with little effort to cling exerted on my part!
>
> Thank you for this teaching today!
>
> Metta,
> Lynette
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Piya Tan" <dharmafarer@... <dharmafarer%40gmail.com>>
> To: <Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 8:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Pali] Re: Iddhipada Vibhanga Sutta
>
> There is a delightful story about Sariputta in the Samyutta Commentary.
> One
> day his robe was slightly misarranged, and an observant novice pointed it
> out.
>
> The venerable Sariputta looked at his robe and noticing it to be so,
> thanked
> and praised the novice, and called him "teacher."
>
> We often remember Sariputta, but he has great humility and compassion, too
> (as found in a number of Dhammapada Commentaries stories).
>
> Please do not take this as hinting at anything other than the "Rahula
> blessing". It is said that Rahula as a young novice would often take hold
> of
> a handful of sand and aspire, may my teachers give me as much instructions
> today.
>
> I have myself been blessed with not only meeting with a number of
> wonderful
> teachers, but more importantly receiving teachings from them.
>
> We are all "learners" until we become non-learners (asekha). [Of course,
> technically, the true "learners" (asekha) are the saints on the path short
> of the arhats.]
>
> Piya Tan
>
> On 1/5/07, Piya Tan <dharmafarer@... <dharmafarer%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Bhante Jothiko,
> >
> > Sadhu & thank you for you compassionate and balanced review, which helps
> > fine-tune the little that I have known.
> >
> > My only comment is some of the Pali spellings, and I say this because I
> > feel that remarks by practitioners would be more highly valued with
> proper
> > Pali. So with due respect I am making a list of Pali words that I
> suggest
> > be
> > spelt correctly (and also to remind myself of same), as follows.
> >
> >
> > > 1- The most basic sitting meditation attitude `Parimukkham Satim
> > > Utthapetva'
> > should be "Parimukha.m sati.m upa.t.thapetvaa".
> >
> >
> > > Than meant by `Parimukkham' ='all around'.
> > should be "Parimukha.m"
> >
> >
> > > 2 - Idddhii is of `UttaraManussa Dhamma' `extra ordinary human
> > > achievements',
> > should be "iddhi" and "uttari,manussa dhamma"
> >
> >
> > > The lesser one of which is the first state of
> > > meditation `PatthamaJhana'
> > should be "pa.thamajjhaana" or "pa.thama jhaana"
> >
> >
> > > Tells us about his practices in `UpaKilesaSutta - M.N.
> > should be "Upakkilesa Sutta"
> >
> > .
> > > Either as the `four divine abidings' `BrahmaVinaraa' - regard toward
> > > all directions
> > should be "brahmavihaara"
> >
> >
> > > Or the development is of a Kasina, `A Totality'.
> > should be "kasi.na"
> >
> > > 4 - Sanna nimitakarana - the producer of signs- the meditation
> > > object is fully attended to.
> > should be "sa~n~naa nimittakara.na"
> >
> >
> > > 5 - Above all, it indicates Uppekkha -
> > should be "upekkhaa"
> >
> > > `IddhiPadaa' - are a way to Nibbana.
> > should be "iddhipaada".
> >
> > Please continue to help us with your clarifications as you see fit,
> > despite my pedantry. If each of us do our best, we can help a lot of
> > others,
> > too.
> >
> > Khamatu me bhante,
> >
> > Piya Tan
> >
>
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