Dear Chanida and Frank,
Op 24-dec-2012, om 7:37 heeft Chanida het volgende geschreven:

> I think that in each of such practices, the practitioner's mind
> must be in some state of concentration, otherwise the practice
> cannot be done.

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N: As I understand, it is always right understanding that is
foremost, also when developing samatha to the stage of jhaana. If one
does not know the citta that arises, kusala or akusala, how could one
develop samatha.
As to the development of vipassanaa, insight, understanding of
whatever appears now is developed, so that one knows that it is just
a reality, a dhamma. Lobha may appear: it is just a reality. Sadness
may appear: it is just a reality, a dhamma. It is not owned by a
person, there is no person there. Visible object appears: it is only
a dhamma, not a person in the visible object. Very gradually we can
understand what anattaa means.
I cannot read the quoted text by Frank, it is all warbled. Neither
can I look up the text since I do not have yet Venerable Bodhi's
translation.
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Nina.




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