Worldview of the Buddha

August 26, 2019

• Buddhist Worldview – Introduction

• Contact Between Āyatana Leads to Vipāka Viññāna

• How Do Sense Faculties Become Internal Āyatana?

• Indriya Make Phassa and Ayatana Make Samphassa
• Citta – Basis of Our Experience and Actions
• Vipāka Vēdanā and “Samphassa jā Vēdanā” in a Sensory Event
• Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
• Vision Is a Series of “Snapshots” – Movie Analogy
• Chachakka Sutta – No “Self” in Initial Sensory Experience
• Sakkāya Diṭṭhi in Terms of Attā or “Self” or “Ātma”
• An Apparent “Self” Is Involved in Kamma Generation

• Paṭicca Samuppāda – Not “Self” or “No-Self” 
  • • Tanhā – The Origin of Suffering
    • Paṭicca Samuppāda – A “Self” Exists Due to Avijjā
    • Kamma, Saṅkhāra, and Abhisaṅkhāra
    • Vacī Saṅkhāra – Saṅkappa (Conscious Thoughts) and Vācā (Speech)
    • Tanhā Paccayā Upādāna – Critical Step in Paṭicca Samuppāda
    • Mōha/Avijjā and Vipāka Viññāṇa/Kamma Viññāṇa
    • Icchā (Cravings) Lead to Upādāna and to Eventual Suffering
    • Dhammā, Kamma, Saṅkhāra, Mind – Critical Connections
    • Paṭicca Samuppāda – From Mind to Matter
    • Kamma and Paṭicca Samuppāda
      • Kamma and Paṭicca Samuppāda – Introduction
      • Kāma Assāda – A Root Cause of Suffering
      • Gati (Habits/Character) Determine Births – Saṃsappanīya Sutta

• Worldview of the Buddha – Explanatory Material

  • Ghost 1990 Movie – Good Depiction of Gandhabba Concept
  • Mental Body Versus the Physical Body
  • “Tipiṭaka English” Convention Adopted by Early European Scholars – Part 1
  • “Tipiṭaka English” Convention Adopted by Early European Scholars – Part 2

• Wider Worldview of the Buddha
  • The Framework of Buddha Dhamma
  • The Suffering (Dukkha) in the First Noble Truth
  • Dangers of Ten Types of Wrong Views and Four Possible Paths
  • Sammā Diṭṭhī – Only One Leads to the Noble Path
  • Fear of Nibbāna (Enlightenment)