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Kāma guṇa refers to “false, mind-made attractive qualities” that an ignorant mind assigns to sensory inputs (visuals, sounds, odors, tastes, touches, and dhammā). Because of kāma guṇa, we attach (taṇhā)…

…kāma to kāmacchanda based on the strengths of kāma guṇa that arise at a given time. The terms kāma guna, kāma, kāma rāga, and kāmaccandha are pronounced as follows: https://puredhamma.net/wp-content/uploads/Kama-guna-kamakama-raga-kamaccanda.mp3…

Kāma assāda (sensory pleasure) level for a puthujjana builds up in the mind within a split second of receiving a sensory input. However, even the most intense level of assāda…

Before we start consciously accumulating potent kamma in the ‘nava kamma‘ stage, the mind is contaminated automatically in two steps in the ‘purāna kamma‘ stage. The first is to generate…

Pañcupādānakkhandha of a puthujjana restarts at the moment of receiving a new sensory input. It always goes through the “purāna kamma” stage and may also enter the “nava kamma” stage….

…as anyone else in kāma loka, and the mind is still in kāma dhātu. However, it will not move to ‘kama loka.’ A better chart is in #6 of “Purāna…

Kāma Saññā can be overcome in two ways. The mundane way is to willfully suppress kāma rāga. The Noble way is a combination of sense restraint coupled with insight meditation…

…“kāma rāga saṁyojana,” his mind will instantly get into “kama loka” with bahiddha viññāṇa. That happens because his mind has not comprehended (avijjā) that the woman’s “beauty ” was a…