Origin of Life

July 10, 2019

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 Ayatana Make Samphassa

  • 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 – Six Types of Vipāka Viññāṇa

    • 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”
    • Taṇhā – 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)

    • Taṇhā 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

• 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)

• 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

Origin of Life – One Creates One’s Own Future Lives