Re: psg news

Dear Jim,
Thanks for persuading Nina to join.
She  sent me this note:
"Dear Robert, I looked up the Netti text. Here again we have also:
conceit is
of two kinds: kusala and akusala. Any conceit supported by which one
abandons conceit is profitable; but any conceit which makes dukkha
occur is
unprofitable conceit. It then continues about grief that has for its
support
nekkhamma ... and longing arises in him. such craving is profitable.
Our approach could be: from what angle has this been stated, there
are
so
many angles and realities have been taught under so many different
headings.
That is why also the texts about samatha are sometimes difficult to
interprete. Countless methods of teaching. The heading here is:<
conveying
an investigation in combined treatment>.
I am glad Jim pointed to different manuscripts.
Do you have Wheel 351-353, The Jhanas , from ven. Henepola
Gunaratana?
It
has many texts on jhana.
I like to quote a text from the Sangiti co, very short, but a
reminder
of
sukkha vipassana, as Buddhaghosa frequently does. Is such a quote
suitable
for psg? I do not know yet what is suitable,"endquote.
____________
robert

  In palistudy@..., "Jim Anderson" <jima@...> wrote:
> Dear list-members,
>
> I'm pleased to inform you that a new member (the ninth) has
recently joined
> our group. I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome Nina van
Gorkom.
> It's a real honour to have her with us and I'm sure her presence and
> participation will be greatly appreciated by all of us here. She'll
be  away
> on vacation from May 12-28 so she's just around for a few more
days. Without
> realizing it until afterwards I had coincidentally subscribed Nina
on an
> auspicious Visaakha day.
>
> The list has been relatively quiet since mid-March but now that
Nina has
> joined us I should really start working again on more contributions
to Pali
> study. I had started on the sutta concerning the niggahiita (.m)
but it
> still needs a lot more work. This particular letter is probably the
most
> difficult to understand of all the letters (at least in my mind).
>
> You don't need to wait for my contributions to participate. You're
all free
> to make your own contributions, ask questions, put forth any Pali
word or
> short text for comments or study, or anything else that you might
think
> appropriate. I've been thinking of posting something on the uses of
the
> future passive participle like sevitabba touched on in Rob's recent
post to
> dsg and perhaps something on the Lumbini inscription.
>
> Best wishes,
> Jim