Nina,

:) Sraddhabandhu is actually a layman, but I'm sure he is venerable.

The Western Buddhist Order has both celibate and non-celibate members.

Piya

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:54 AM, Nina van Gorkom <vangorko@...> wrote:

> Dear Venerable Sraddhabandhu,
> Op 14-sep-2008, om 16:46 heeft sraddhabandhu het volgende geschreven:
>
> > At the moment I give very short talks concerning anapanasati. In the
> > 10th step it says "'abhippamodaya.m citta.m". I guess "abhi" means
> > "highest" and "ppamodati" is the adjective proper. Has it anything to
> > do with "pamojja" (skt. pramodya)?
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> pamojja: delight, gladness. The tenth step, perhaps meant is what the
> Visuddhimagga quotes:
> < As regards the words in the third tetrad: "(X) I shall breathe
> in...breathe out gladdening the (manner of) consciousness", the
> Visuddhimagga (VIII, 231) states that there is gladdening in two
> ways, namely through concentration and through insight.>
>
> Nina.
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