Re: psg news

Dear Robert (and others),

Thanks for sharing Nina's letter with us. Nina is welcome to submit anything
she wishes to psg including the quote from the Sangiti com. As far as I'm
concerned she is very much at liberty to do as she pleases here. She has my
absolute permission to teach or carry on a dhamma discussion on any topic
with the psg group. Also, any member(s) here is/are at liberty to use psg to
communicate or initiate a dialogue with Nina.

Best wishes,
Jim

>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