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- Buddha Dhamma – A Scientific Approach
- Introduction – A Scientific Approach to Buddha Dhamma
- Theories of Our World – Scientific Overview
- Mind and Matter – Buddhist Analysis
- Sensual Pleasures – The Hidden Suffering
- Kammic Energy Leads to Consciousness
- Brain and the Gandhabba
- Our Two Worlds – Rupa Loka and Nāma Loka
- Tipitaka – A Systematic Approach
- Antarābhava and Gandhabba
- Buddhahood Associated Controversies
- What is Buddha Dhamma?
- Foundation of Dhamma
- The Importance of Purifying the Mind
- The Grand Unified Theory of Dhamma
- The Grand Unified Theory of Dhamma – Introduction
- Our Two Worlds: Material and Immaterial
- 31 Realms Associated with the Earth
- Gandhabbaya – Only in Human and Animal Realms
- Body Types in 31 Realms – Importance of Manomaya Kaya
- Gandhabba Sensing the World – With and Without a Physical Body
- Nibbāna in the Big Picture
- Buddha Dhamma: Non-Perceivability and Self-Consistency
- Samsāric Time Scale, Buddhist Cosmology, and the Big Bang Theory
- Evidence for Rebirth
- Power of the Human Mind
- Transfer of Merits (Pattidāna) – How Does it Happen?
- First Noble Truth is Suffering? Myths about Suffering
- Vinaya – The Nature Likes to be in Equilibrium
- Elephants in the Room
- Word-for-Word Translation of the Tipiṭaka
- “Elephant in the Room” – Direct Translation of the Tipiṭaka
- Niddesa (Brief Description) of Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Paṭicca Samuppāda During a Lifetime
- Idappaccayatā Paṭicca Samuppāda – Bhava and Jāti Within a Lifetime
- Change of Mindset Due to an Ārammaṇa
- Khandhā in Idappaccayatā Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Seeing Is a Series of “Snapshots”
- Aggregate of Forms – Collection of “Mental Impressions” of Forms
- Rupakkhandha in Idappaccayatā Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Five Aggregates – Experiences of Each Sentient Being
- Pañcupādānakkhandha – Attachment to One’s Experiences
- Noble Truth of Suffering- Pañcupādānakkhandhā Dukkhā
- Sakkāya Diṭṭhi and Pañcupādānakkhandhā
- Bhava and Jāti Within a Lifetime – Example
- Often Mistranslated Pāli Keywords
- Elephant in the Room 2 – Jhāna and Kasiṇa
- Elephant in the Room 3 – Ānāpānasati
- Key Dhamma Concepts
- Basic Framework of Buddha Dhamma
- Buddha Dhamma – Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhaṇa
- Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhana – Key Relationships
- Anicca Nature, the First Noble Truth, and Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Tilakkhaṇa – Introduction
- Anicca and Anatta – Two Characteristics of the World
- Anuloma Khanti and Sammattaniyāma – Pre-requisites for a Sotapanna
- Anicca Nature – Not Possible to Overcome Suffering in This World
- Dukkha in Tilakkhaṇa Is a Characteristic – Not Dukkha Vedanā
- Attachment to Things with Dukkha Lakkhaṇa Leads to Dukkha
- How Does Anicca Nature Lead to Dukkha?
- Anatta is a Characteristic of the World, not About a “Self”
- Anatta in Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta – Part 1
- Anatta in Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta – Part 2
- San – A Critical Pāli Root
- Nibbāna
- Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta
- Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Wrong Interpretations
- Anatta and Dukkha – True Meanings
- Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – According to Some Key Suttas
- Anicca – True Meaning
- Anattā – A Systematic Analysis
- Tilakkhaṇa – English Discourses
- The Way to Nibbāna – Transcription of a Discourse by Waharaka Thero
- Sotāpanna Stage and Tilakkhaṇa
- Why are Tilakkhaṇa not Included in 37 Factors of Enlightenment?
- Two Versions of 37 Factors of Enlightenment
- Types of Bodies in 31 Realms – Connection to Jhāna
- Finest Manōmaya Kaya of an Arūpāvacara Brahma
- Gati, Bhava, and Jāti
- Namagotta, Bhava, Kamma Bīja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane)
- Gati and Bhava – Many Varieties
- Gathi to Bhava to Jathi – Ours to Control
- Memory, Brain, Mind, Nama Loka, Kamma Bhava, Kamma Vipāka
- Bhava and Jāti – States of Existence and Births Therein
- Cuti and Marana – Related to Bhava and Jāti
- Anusaya, Gati, Bhava – Connection to Manomaya Kāya (Gandhabba)
- Difference Between Taṇhā and Upādāna
- Pāpa Kamma Versus Akusala Kamma
- Sorting out Some Key Pāli Terms (Taṇhā, Lobha, Dosa, Moha, etc)
- Kāma Taṇhā, Bhava Taṇhā, Vibhava Taṇhā
- Taṇhā – How We Attach Via Greed, Hate, and Ignorance
- Lōbha, Rāga and Kāmacchanda, Kāmarāga
- Lōbha, Dōsa, Mōha versus Rāga, Paṭigha, Avijjā
- What is Avijjā (Ignorance)?
- Vedanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways
- Indriya and Āyatana – Big Difference
- Hetu-Phala, Paccuppanna, and Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Diṭṭhi (Wrong Views), Sammā Diṭṭhi (Good/Correct Views)
- Correct Meaning of Vacī Saṅkhāra
- Panca Indriya and Panca Bala – Five Faculties and Five Powers
- Kāmaccandha and Icca – Being Blinded by Cravings
- The Five Aggregates (Pañcakkhandha)
- Five Aggregates – Introduction
- Difference Between Physical Rūpa and Rūpakkhandha
- Rūpakkhandha and Rūpa Upādānakkhandha
- Arising of Five Aggregates Based on an Ārammaṇa
- Memory Records- Critical Part of Five Aggregates
- Pañca Upādānakkhandhā – Introduction
- Five Aggregates – Connection to Tilakkhaṇa
- Viññāṇa (Defiled Consciousness)
- Rupa (Material Form)
- Pancakkhandha or Five Aggregates – A Misinterpreted Concept
- Pañcupādānakkhandha – It is All Mental
- Living Dhamma
- Essential Buddhism
- Four Noble Truths – Suffering and Its Elimination
- Introduction to Citta, Vēdanā, Saññā, Saṅkhāra, and Viññāṇa
- Breath Meditation Is Addictive and Harmful in the Long Run
- Viññāṇa – Consciousness Together With Future Expectations
- Connection Between Saṅkhāra and Viññāṇa
- Viññāna and Saṅkhāra – Connection to Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Ānapānasati Eliminates Mental Stress Permanently
- Ānāpāna and Satipaṭṭhāna – Fundamentals
- Sati in Ānāpānasati/Satipaṭṭhāna – Two Meanings of Sati
- Living Dhamma – Overview
- Dhamma with Less Pāli
- Buddha Dhamma for an Inquiring Mind – Part I
- Root of All Suffering – Ten Immoral Actions
- Is Suffering the Same as the First Noble Truth on Suffering?
- Dhamma, Saṅkhāra, Sankata, Rupa, Viññāṇa, Gati, Āsava, Anusaya
- Complexity of the Mind – Viññāna and Sankhāra
- Citta, Manō, Viññāna – Nine Stages of a Thought
- Living Dhamma – Fundamentals
- What Are Kilesa (Mental Impurities)? – Connection to Cetasika
- Suffering in This Life – Role of Mental Impurities
- Satipattana Sutta – Relevance to Suffering in This Life
- How Are Gati and Kilesa Incorporated into Thoughts?
- Noble Eightfold Path – Role of Sobhana Cetasika
- Getting to Samadhi
- Sexual Orientation – Effects of Kamma and Gathi (Sankhara)
- Mundane Sammā Samadhi
- Transition to Noble Eightfold Path
- Samādhi, Jhāna (Dhyāna), Magga Phala
- Samādhi, Jhāna, Magga Phala – Introduction
- Vitakka, Vicāra, Savitakka, Savicāra, and Avitakka, Avicāra
- Jhānic Experience in Detail – Sāmaññaphala Sutta (DN 2)
- Ascendance to Nibbāna via Jhāna (Dhyāna)
- Pannāvimutti – Arahanthood without Jhāna
- Mundane versus Supramundane Jhāna
- Nirōdha Samāpatti, Phala Samāpatti, Jhāna, and Jhāna Samāpatti
- Mental Body – Gandhabbaya
- Our Mental Body – Gandhabbaya
- Gandhabba State – Evidence from Tipiṭaka
- Antarābhava and Gandhabba
- Ānantariya Kamma – Connection to Gandhabba
- Mental Body (Gandhabbaya) – Personal Accounts
- Abnormal Births Due to Gandhabba Transformations
- Satara Āhāra for Mental Body or Gandhabba
- Micchā Diṭṭhi, Gandhabba, and Sōtapanna Stage
- Working of Kammā – Critical Role of Conditions
- Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa
- Dhamma and Science
- Dhamma and Science – Introduction
- Good Explanations – Key to Weeding Out Bad Versions of Dhamma
- Origin of Life
- Origin of Life – There is No Traceable Origin
- Human Life – A Mental Base (Gandhabba) and a Material Base (Cell)
- Clarification of “Mental Body” and “Physical Body” – Different Types of “Kāya”
- Four Types of Births in Buddhism
- Buddhist Explanations of Conception, Abortion, and Contraception
- Cloning and Gandhabba
- Living Cell – How Did the First Cell Come to Existence?
- Mystical Phenomena in Buddhism?
- Views on Life
- Views on Life – Wrong View of Materialism
- Wrong View of Creationism (and Eternal Future Life) – Part 1
- Wrong View of Creationism (and Eternal Future Life) – Part 2
- Worldview of the Buddha
- Buddhist Worldview – Introduction
- Contact Between Āyatana Leads to Vipāka Viññāna
- How Do Sense Faculties Become Internal Āyatana?
- Indriya Make Phassa and Āyatana Make Samphassa
- 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)
- Ghost 1990 Movie – Good Depiction of Gandhabba Concept
- Mental Body Versus the Physical Body
- Origin of Life – One Creates One’s Own Future Lives
- Consciousness – A Dhamma Perspective
- Buddhism – Consistencies with Science
- Buddhism – Inconsistencies with Science
- Three Levels of Practice
- Moral Living and Fundamentals
- The Basics
- The Pale Blue Dot……..
- The Law of Attraction, Habits, Character (Gati), and Cravings (Āsava)
- Habits, Goals, and Character (Gati or Gathi)
- Wrong Views (Micca Ditthi) – A Simpler Analysis
- Four Noble Truths: Recipe for Problem Solving
- First Noble Truth – A Simple Explanation of One Aspect
- Difference between a Wish and a Determination (Pāramitā)
- Calming the Mind
- Key to Calming the Mind – The Five Hindrances
- Solution to a Wandering Mind – Abandon Everything?
- Right Speech – How to Avoid Accumulating Kamma
- Three Kinds of Happiness – What is Niramisa Sukha?
- Learning Buddha Dhamma Leads to Nirāmisa Sukha
- How to Taste Nibbāna
- Need to Experience Suffering in Order to Understand it?
- Does Impermanence Lead to Suffering?
- Buddha Dhamma and Buddhism
- Dhamma Concepts
- Kilesa – Relationship to Akusala, Kusala, and Puñña Kamma
- Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala)
- Punna Kamma – Dāna, Sīla, Bhāvanā
- Details of Kamma – Intention, Who Is Affected, Kamma Patha
- The Five Precepts – What the Buddha Meant by Them
- What is Kamma? – Is Everything Determined by Kamma?
- How to Evaluate Weights of Different Kamma
- Account of Anugulimāla – Many Insights to Buddha Dhamma
- Why is it Necessary to Learn Key Pāli Words?
- The Four Bases of Mental Power (Satara Iddhipada)
- Buddha Dhamma and Morality
- Working Towards Good Rebirths
- Saṃsāric Habits, Character (Gati), and Cravings (Āsava)
- Complexity of Life and the Way to Seek “Good Rebirths”
- Three Kinds of Diṭṭhi, Eightfold Paths, and Samadhi
- Rebirth – Connection to Suffering in the First Noble Truth
- How the Buddha Described the Chance of Rebirth in the Human Realm
- Kamma, Debt, and Meditation
- Implications of the Rebirth Process in Daily Life and in Society
- How do we Decide which View is Wrong View (Diṭṭhi)?
- What Does Buddha Dhamma Say about Creator, Satan, Angels, and Demons?
- Patisandhi Citta – How the Next Life is Determined According to Gathi
- Seeking Nibbāna
- Aṭṭha Purisa Puggalā- Eight Noble Persons
- Āsava, Anusaya, and Gati (Gathi)
- The Way to Nibbana – Removal of Asavas
- Kanha (Dark) and Sukka (Bright) Kamma and Kammakkhaya
- Dasa Samyojana – Bonds in Rebirth Process
- The Cooling Down Process (Nibbana) – How Root Causes are Removed
- Why is Correct Interpretation of Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta so Important?
- How to Cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path starting with Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta
- Difference Between Giving Up Valuables and Losing Interest in Worthless
- Sotapanna Stage of Nibbana
- The Sōtapanna Stage
- Why a Sotāpanna is Better off than any King, Emperor, or a Billionaire
- Myths about the Sotāpanna Stage
- Sōtapanna Anugāmi and a Sōtapanna
- Sōtapanna Anugāmi – No More Births in the Apāyās
- Four Conditions for Attaining Sōtapanna Magga/Phala
- Sotapatti Anga – The Four Qualities of a Sotapanna
- Sammā Diṭṭhi – Realization, Not Memorization
- How Does One Know whether the Sōtapanna Stage is Reached?
- Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissarana
- Sakkāya Diṭṭhi is Personality (Me) View?
- Akusala Citta – How a Sotapanna Avoids Apayagami Citta
- What is the only Akusala Removed by a Sōtapanna?
- Udayavaya Ñāna
- Tables and Summaries
- Pali Glossary – (A-K)
- The 89 (121) Types of Citta
- Rupa (Material Form) – Table
- Pali Glossary – (L-Z)
- Cetasika (Mental Factors)
- Rupa – Generation Mechanisms
- Rupa Kalāpa (Grouping of Matter)
- List of “San” Words and Other Pāli Roots
- Akusala Citta and Akusala Vipāka Citta
- 37 Factors of Enlightenment
- Conditions for the Four Stages of Nibbāna
- Ultimate Realities – Table
- 31 Realms of Existence
- Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Paticca Samuppada - "Pati+ichcha"+"Sama+uppäda"
- Paticca Samuppada – Overview
- Paṭicca Samuppāda – Essential Concepts
- Nibbāna – Rāgakkhaya Dosakkhaya Mohakkhaya – Part 1
- Pañca Nīvaraṇa and Sensual Pleasures (Kāma Rāga)
- What is "Käma"? It is not Sex
- Icchā, Taṇhā, Kāma – Root Causes of Suffering
- Jāti – Different Types of Births
- Bhava – Kammic Energy That Can Power an Existence
- Bhava and Punabbhava – Kammic Energy Giving Rise to Renewed Existence
- Concepts of Upādāna and Upādānakkhandha
- Six Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbana)
- Kamma and Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhana, Four Noble Truths
- Paṭicca Samuppāda – Introduction
- What Did the Buddha Mean by a “Loka”?
- Future Suffering (Loka/Dukkha Samudaya) Starts With Sensory Input (Ārammaṇa)
- Sotapanna – One With the “Wider Worldview” of the Buddha
- Sotapannā – Just Starting on the Noble Path
- Yoniso Manasikāra and Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Dhamma – Different Meanings Depending on the Context
- Dhammānudhamma Paṭipatti – Connection to Paṭicca Samuppāda/Tilakkhana
- Sakkāya Diṭṭhi and Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Understanding the Terms in Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Distortion of Pāli Keywords in Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Saṅkhāra – Many Meanings
- Viññāṇa – Two Critical Meanings
- Memory, Dhammā, and Viññāṇa Dhātu
- Citta Vithi – Fundamental Sensory Unit
- Does any Object (Rupa) Last only 17 Thought Moments?
- Phassa (Contact) – Contact With Pasāda Rupa
- Arising of the Five Aggregates With an Ārammaṇa
- How Are Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles Initiated?
- Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles
- Patilōma Paticca Samuppāda – Key to Nibbāna
- Paṭicca Samuppāda in Plain English
- Introduction – What is Suffering?
- Introduction -2 – The Three Categories of Suffering
- Avijjā paccayā sankhārā
- Sankhara paccaya Vinnana – 1
- Sankhara paccaya Vinnana – 2
- Viññāna Paccayā Nāmarūpa
- Nāmarūpa Paccayā Salāyatana
- Difference between Phassa and Samphassa
- Phassa paccaya Vedana….to Bhava
- Bhava paccaya Jati….Jara, Marana,…
- Imasmim Sati Idam Hoti – What Does It Really Mean?
- Paṭṭhāna Dhamma
- Is There a “Self”?
- 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 Ditthi in Terms of Attā or "Self" or "Ātma"
- An Apparent “Self” Is Involved in Kamma Generation
- Paticca Samuppāda – Not ‘Self’ or ‘No-Self’
- Tanhā – The Origin of Suffering
- Paṭicca Samuppāda – A “Self” Exists Due to Avijjā
- Kamma, Saṅkhāra, and Abhisaṅkhāra – What Is “Intention”?
- Vacī Saṅkhāra – Saṅkappa (Conscious Thoughts) and Vācā (Speech)
- Tanhā Paccayā Upādāna – Critical Step in Paticca Samuppāda
- Mōha/Avijjā and Vipāka Viññāṇa/Kamma Viññāṇa
- Icchā (Cravings) Lead to Upādāna and to Eventual Suffering
- Dhammā, Kamma, Saṅkhāra, Mind – Critical Connections
- Paticca Samuppāda – From Mind to Matter
- Dhamma and Philosophy
- Bhāvanā (Meditation)
- 1. Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
- 2. The Basics in Meditation
- 3. The Second Level – Key to Purify the Mind
- 4. What Do All These Different Meditation Techniques Mean?
- 5. Ariya Metta Bhāvana (Loving Kindness Meditation)
- 6. Anāpānasati Bhāvanā (Introduction)
- 7. What is Ānāpāna?
- Is Ānāpānasati Breath Meditation?
- 8. The Basic Formal Anāpānasati Meditation
- Karaniya Metta Sutta – Metta Bhavana
- Possible Effects in Meditation – Kundalini Awakening
- 9. Key to Anapanasati – How to Change Habits and Character (Gathi)
- 11. Magga Phala via Cultivation of Satta Bojjhaṅga
- 10. Attaining the Sotāpanna Stage via Removing Ditthasava
- 12. Key Factors to be Considered when "Meditating" for the Sotapanna Stage
- 13. Kammaṭṭhāna (Recitations) for the Sotāpanna Stage
- Possible Outcomes of Meditation – Samadhi, Jhana, Magga Phala
- What is Samadhi? – Three Kinds of Mindfulness
- Getting to Samādhi via Formal Mediation Sessions
- Are You Not Getting Expected Results from Meditation?
- Anussati and Anupassanā – Being Mindful and Removing Defilements
- Myths about Meditation
- A Simple Way to Enhance Merits (Kusala) and Avoid Demerits (Akusala)
- Abhidhamma
- Abhidhamma – Introduction
- Essential Abhidhamma – The Basics
- Amazingly Fast Time Evolution of a Thought (Citta)
- The Amazing Mind – Critical Role of Nāmagotta (Memories)
- Citta and Cetasika – How Vinnana (Consciousness) Arises
- State of Mind in the Absence of Citta Vithi – Bhavanga
- Bhava and Bhavaṅga – Simply Explained!
- Citta Vithi – Processing of Sense Inputs
- Javana of a Citta – The Root of Mental Power
- Cetasika – Connection to Gati
- Mind and Consciousness
- What is Mind? How do we Experience the Outside World?
- What is a Thought?
- What is in a Thought? Why Gati are so Important?
- What is Consciousness?
- 1. Thoughts (Citta), Consciousness (Vinnana), and Mind (Hadaya Vatthu) – Introduction
- 2. Viññāṇa (Consciousness) can be of Many Different Types and Forms
- 3. Viññāṇa, Thoughts, and the Subconscious
- Gandhabba (Manomaya Kaya)
- Gandhabba (Manomaya Kāya)- Introduction
- Hidden World of the Gandhabba: Netherworld (Paralōka)
- Ghost in the Machine – Synonym for the Manomaya Kaya?
- Manomaya Kaya (Gandhabba) and the Physical Body
- Brain – Interface between Mind and Body
- Out-of-Body Experience (OBE) and Manōmaya Kāya
- Cuti-Patisandhi – An Abhidhamma Description
- Abhidhamma via Science
- Why Do People Enjoy Immoral Deeds? – Ditthi Is Key
- The Origin of Matter – Suddhashtaka
- Key to Sotapanna Stage – Ditthi and Vicikicca
- What are Dhamma? – A Deeper Analysis
- Pabhassara Citta, Radiant Mind, and Bhavaṅga
- Historical Background
- Historical Background – Introduction
- Methods of Delivery of Dhamma by the Buddha
- Misconceptions on the Topics the Buddha “Refused to Answer”
- Misinterpretations of Buddha Dhamma
- “Tipiṭaka English” Convention Adopted by Early European Scholars – Part 1
- Historical Timeline of Edward Conze
- Preservation of the Buddha Dhamma
- Why is it Critical to Find the Pure Buddha Dhamma?
- Key Problems with Mahāyāna Teachings
- Saddharma Pundarika Sutra (Lotus Sutra) – A Focused Analysis
- What is Suñyāta or Suññāta (Emptiness)?
- Incorrect Theravada Interpretations – Historical Timeline
- Buddhaghosa and Visuddhimagga – Historical Background
- Tipitaka Commentaries – Helpful or Misleading?
- Buddhaghosa’s Visuddhimagga – A Focused Analysis
- Background on the Current Revival of Buddhism (Buddha Dhamma)
- Misinterpretation of Anicca and Anatta by Early European Scholars
- Buddhist Chanting
- Dhammapada
- Sutta Interpretations
- Mahā Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
- Sutta – Introduction
- Pali Dictionaries – Are They Reliable?
- Nikāya in the Sutta Piṭaka
- Sutta Learning Sequence for the Present Day
- Mahā Cattārisaka Sutta (Discourse on the Great Forty)
- Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
- Anguttara Nikāya – Suttā on Key Concepts
- Na Cētanākaranīya Sutta
- Pathama Metta Sutta
- Kukkuravatika Sutta (Majjhima Nikāya 57) – Kammakkhaya
- Buddhism and Evolution – Aggañña Sutta (DN 27)
- Yamaka Sutta (SN 22.85) – Arahanthood Is Not Annihilation but End of Suffering
- Tapussa Sutta (AN 9.41)– Akuppā Cētōvimutti
- Three Types of “Bodies” – Poṭṭhapāda Sutta (DN 9)
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