Can an Ariya get Alzheimer’s Disease?

I think I saw somewhere in puredhamma that alzheimers were caused by damage to the mano indriya in the brain. (I don’t remember exactly because I saw it a long…

Reply To: Post on “31 Realms of Existence”

Lal said: “In other words, in “saññā nirodha” thoughts arise without much of past memories….” Is this similar to Alzheimer’s / dementia? I’m in a position to be in contact…

Saññā – What It Really Means

…be able to recognize one’s surroundings. That is what happens to people with Alzheimer’s disease. When a person gets old, the brain starts degrading, and then again, one’s ability to…

Reply To: Post on “31 Realms of Existence”

Hello cubibobi: No. Patients with Alzheimer’s / dementia lose memories because their brains have defects. Their brain scans likely reveal that parts of their brains have been damaged or not…

Reply To: Anxiety and Tilakkhana

…when to urinate or defecate, we can develop mental illness, parkinson for example, and not we able to control correctly our body, alzheimer and losing some mindfulness capabilities, etc. We…

Reply To: Misinformation Effect

…memories. – See “Brain – Interface between Mind and Body” 3. Thus, the ability to recall memories depends on the brain. In the worse case, a person with Alzheimer’s disease…