Ven. Ñānadīpa Mahāthera

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Not Perceiving the Feeling [Notes on MN 43]

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Friend, feeling and perception and consciousness-these things are associated, not disassociated. It is not possible to separate them and by separating them point out the difference [between them]. What one…
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Determining Determinations

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1. Feeling, perception and consciousness are always there together.1 It is impossible to have them arising independently and on their own; when there is one, the other two are present as…
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Resistance and Designation (Notes on DN 15)

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  Nāmarūpapaccayā phasso’ti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, tadānanda, imināpetaṃ pariyāyena veditabbaṃ, yathā nāmarūpapaccayā phasso. Yehi, Ānanda, ākārehi yehi liṅgehi yehi nimittehi yehi uddesehi nāmakā-yassa paññatti hoti, tesu ākāresu tesu liṅgesu…
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The Infinity of The Mind (Notes on AN 1.51)

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  Pabhassaramidaṃ, bhikkhave, cittaṃ. Tañca kho āgantukehi upakkilesehi upakkiliṭṭham. Taṃ assutavā   puthujjano yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāti. Tasmā 'assutavato puthujjanassa cittabhāvanā natthī'ti vadāmī''ti. Bright, monks, is the mind. It is superimposed by…
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NEW BOOK: “Getting Off” by Bodhesako

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Sāmanera Bodhesako Getting Off A Portrait of an American Buddhist Monk Getting Off is Samanera Bodhesako’s masterful narrative of his early years as a Buddhist novice and monk. isbn: 9789460900051…
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NEW BOOK: "Getting Off" by Bodhesako

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Sāmanera Bodhesako Getting Off A Portrait of an American Buddhist Monk Getting Off is Samanera Bodhesako’s masterful narrative of his early years as a Buddhist novice and monk. isbn: 9789460900051…
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The Aṭṭhakavagga – Pali, with English Translation

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by Paññobhāsa Bhikkhu From the Preface: The Aṭṭhakavagga is the fourth chapter of an ancient collection of Buddhist scriptures known as the Sutta Nipāta. Although it is only a single…
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MN 1 – Mūlapariyāya Sutta (1,1,1)

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(Original translation by Venerable Ñāṇamoli Thera from the manuscript of the Island Hermitage.) 1. Thus I heard: On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Ukkaṭṭhā at the root…
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