Yong Peng, I know this is funny (see the :) ): I thought...you
thought...such and such.

Ironically I am working on just this very fascinating subject: papanca,
which is how
the mind proliferates from a single thought into a tsunami of ideas mostly
from
past demons and project them onto others.

I have also listened to two online audios on papanca by speakers from the
USA
Vipassana people, and it's amazing how good they (Donald Rothberg & Rodney
Smith)
are in their talks: I am proud of them and I am humbled at the same time.

My over-enthusiam or perception of it are probably echos of the pains of
constant
inroads from the zealous evangelists: the best way to protect the Suttas is
to talk
about them. And perhaps a bit of Berkeley, too, where we try to share what
we think
is really worthwhile, and we never get put down for it :)

I think the Internet can be a spiritual connection if we allow it.

Thanks for understanding.

Happy Vesak again.

Piya

On 5/20/07, Ong Yong Peng <pali.smith@...> wrote:
>
> Piya, I thought you meant your article concludes any prevailing
> discussion. :)
>
> My apologies.
>
> metta,
> Yong Peng.
>
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com <Pali%40yahoogroups.com>, Piya Tan wrote:
>
> I'm still mystified how my posting has in anyway plugged the flow of
> new insights.
>
> > Your extensively researched articles and the effort you put in
> > for them deserve credits. However, that should not plug the flow
> > of new insights.
>
> >> My article tries to be a digest of the latest discussions on the
> >> topic, with special emphasis on the Suttas.
>
>
>


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