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Revisiting Dona the Brahmin

Sunday, July 10th, 2011

Tags: atta, Buddha, Gandharan scrolls, human, humor, transcendent, word context
Posted in AN 4.36 Dona Sutta, bhavissatī, Buddhist History, Dona the Brahmin, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Translating | 7 Comments »

Where One Becomes One’s Natural Self

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Tags: dependent arising, kamma, Pali, translation
Posted in AN 3.34, apare, Bhikkhu Bodhi, diṭṭheva dhamme, pariyāya, paticca samuppada, Rebirth, SN 12.46, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Translating | 3 Comments »

Diṭṭheva Dhamme As The Way We See Things For Ourselves

Friday, May 27th, 2011

Tags: flexible words, Gombrich, Pali, rebirth, translation
Posted in AN 10.208, Bhikkhu Bodhi, direct experience, diṭṭheva dhamme, Maurice Walshe, Richard F Gombrich, Translating | 1 Comment »

The Causes Of Three Kinds of Results of Karma

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

Tags: after the breakup of the body, fruit and result of good and bad actions, intention, kamma, pleasant painful neutral, rebirth, right view, translation, wrong view
Posted in apare, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Bhikkhu Nanamoli, diṭṭheva dhamme, MN 136, pariyāya, Rebirth, Translating, vedana | 8 Comments »

No Escape

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

Tags: Buddha, flexible words, fruit and result of good and bad actions, intention, kamma, Pali, rebirth, translation, word context
Posted in AN 10.208, apare, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Brahma Vihara, Brahminism, diṭṭheva dhamme, F.L. Woodward, pariyāya, Rebirth, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Translating | No Comments »

Addendum to “I am not a man,” the Buddha said.

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Tags: Buddha, Pali, rebirth, TED.com, translation
Posted in AN 4.36 Dona Sutta, bhava, Buddhist Vocabulary, Dona the Brahmin, Rebirth, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Translating | 6 Comments »

“I am not a man,” the Buddha said.

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Tags: Buddha, liberation, Pali, rebirth, Secular Buddhist
Posted in AN 4.36 Dona Sutta, bhavissatī, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Dona the Brahmin, Rebirth, responses to blogs &c, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Translating | 11 Comments »

Dependent Arising Is Not A Wheel

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Tags: Buddha, dependent arising, liberation, translation
Posted in Bhikkhu Bodhi, paticca samuppada, Rebirth, SN 12.23, Suttas | 9 Comments »

What Is Birth?

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Tags: aggregates, dependent arising, flexible words, Pali, Theravada, translation, word context
Posted in ayatana, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Bhikkhu Nanamoli, Buddhist Vocabulary, MN 141, paticca samuppada, Piyadassi Thera, responses to blogs &c, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Translating | 2 Comments »

A Doubly-Bad Dice Throw

Monday, October 4th, 2010

Tags: after the breakup of the body, fruit and result of good and bad actions, Kalama Sutta, kamma, logical argument, merit, no other world
Posted in AN 3.65 Kalama Sutta, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Bhikkhu Nanamoli, MN 60 Safe Bet, Rebirth, Thanissaro Bhikkhu | 14 Comments »