Dear Nina,

thank you again. I definitely like to learn more about the jhana factors. However, I do not know why you have to refer to the commentaries. Are you referring to the commentaries for the current passage?

My opinion is we should first look at other sutta passages, and only when they are exhausted that we begin to look beyond the suttas. For example, you provided an excellent write-up on 'dhamma', a word which may occur several times in the same sutta taking on different meanings with a difficult context.

I would be less interested to study entirely from the commentaries when the suttas already have good explanations. However, I will not stop you from posting. ;-)

I would also recommend that we start a new thread to keep the messages manageable.

metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Nina van Gorkom wrote:

You asked some time ago what the jhaanafactors are doing exactly and I looked up more material in the Commentaries. It will take some time for me to summarize it, but if you like I can do it.