Hi,

As I said, I do not have the time to address every single quote.I
believe neither others do have the time. I have asked you to quote one
passage/sutta, then we discussed about it, then only proceed to the
next quote.

Anabhijjhalu vihareyya
avyapannena cetasa
sato ekaggacittassa
ajjhattam susamahito.

Love without covetous greed,
fill your mind with benevolence.
Be mindful and one-pointed,
inwardly stable and concentrated.

Or,

If anyone is interested I've begun building a collection of videos
related to Buddhism. At present the collection is new and will need
more topics adding. Currently there is a range of topics from
meditation through to videos of Buddhist temples.

Please feel free to suggest more topics to add.

Hi folks,

I hereby nominate Thubten Pema Tenzin, American fantasist, phoney
Tibetan Buddhist monk, and cyber-panhandler extraordinaire, for the
awards of "Usenet Kook of the Month" and "Clueless Newbie of the
Month".

Click here for his profile and judge for yourselves: http://tinyurl.com/yqbtd5

Anyone wish to second the nomination?

Hi,

The Buddha said it is better to hold the body, rather than the mind,
as self.

SN 12.61 (S II.94)

"It would be better for the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person to
hold to the body composed of the four great elements, rather than the
mind, as the self. Why is that? Because this body composed of the four
great elements is seen standing for a year, two years, three, four,
five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred years or more. But
what's called 'mind,' 'intellect,' or 'consciousness' by day and by
night arises as one thing and ceases as another. Just as a monkey,
swinging through a forest wilderness, grabs a branch. Letting go of
it, it grabs another branch. Letting go of that, it grabs another one.
Letting go of that, it grabs another one. In the same way, what's
called 'mind,' 'intellect,' or 'consciousness' by day and by night
arises as one thing and ceases as another."

Here, we read the mind arises and ceases by day and night, just like
amonkey swinging through a forest.

Hi,

Please read Antonio Damasio, John Searle, David Chalmers and Daniel
Dennett as recommended in my previous post.

I never said namarupa is not the 5 khandhas. I said citta is not a
khandha, but arises, originates from the origination of nama-rupa.

The mind is a process, or function, of nama-rupa.

Here's Itivuttaka 44:

This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have
heard: "Monks, there are these two forms of the Unbinding property.
Which two? The Unbinding property with fuel remaining, & the Unbinding
property with no fuel remaining.