Views on Life

August 4, 2019

• 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

  • 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

  • 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’

    • 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