In this new section, I hope to discuss essential material on Buddha Dhamma (Buddha’s teachings) that could help beginners and long-term readers.
November 13, 2026
This section was previously entitled “Key Dhamma Concepts”.
New Posts:
Dhamma Essentials – Introduction
Old Posts (these will be revised as needed):
Basic Framework of Buddha Dhamma
- Buddha Dhamma – Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhana
- Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhana – Key Relationships
- Anicca Nature, the First Noble Truth, and Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Anicca Nature – Not Possible to Overcome Suffering in This World
- Tilakkhana – Introduction
San (Explanation of many key Pāli words)
- What is “San”? Meaning of Sansāra (or Saṃsāra)
- Sankhāra, Kamma, Kamma Bīja, Kamma Vipāka
- Sankhāra – Life is a Bundle of Sankhāra
- Difference Between Dhamma and saṅkhāra
- Kamma are Done with Saṅkhāra – Types of Saṅkhāra
- Nibbāna – Is it Difficult to Understand?
- The Four Stages in Attaining Nibbāna
- What Are Rupa? (Relation to Nibbāna)
- Niramisa Sukha
- How to Taste Nibbāna
- Does the First Noble Truth Describe only Suffering?
- Nirodha and Vaya – Two Different Concepts
- Nibbāna “Exists”, but Not in This World
- Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Wrong Interpretations
- Anicca – True Meaning
- Anicca – Inability to Keep What We Like
- Anicca – Repeated Arising/Destruction
- Anicca – Worthlessness of Worldly Things
- Anicca – The Incessant Distress (“Pīḷana”)
- Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – According to Some Key Suttas
- Anatta – the Opposite of Which Atta?
- Dasa Akusala and Anatta – The Critical Link
- Anattā (Mundane Interpretation) – There is no “Unchanging Self”
- Anatta and Dukkha – True Meanings
- How to Cultivate Anicca Saññā
- How to Cultivate the Anicca Saññā – II
- If Everything is Anicca Should We Just give up Everything?
- Why are Tilakkhaṇa not Included in 37 Factors of Enlightenment?
- Two Versions of 37 Factors of Enlightenment
- The Incessant Distress (“Pilana”) – Key to Dukkha Sacca
- Also see, “Root Cause of Anicca – Five Stages of a Saṅkata” that is in a different section.
- Namagotta, Bhava, Kamma Bīja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane)
- Gati and Bhava – Many Varieties
- Gati to Bhava to Jati – Ours to Control
- Memory, Brain, Mind, Nama Loka, Kamma Bhava, Kamma Vipaka
- 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)
- Pāpa Kamma Versus Akusala Kamma
Sorting out Some Key Pāli Terms (Tanha, Lobha, Dosa, Moha, etc)
- Kama Taṇhā, Bhava Taṇhā, Vibhava Taṇhā
- Tanhā – How We Attach Via Greed, Hate, and Ignorance
- Lobha, Rāga and Kāmachanda, Kāmarāga
- Lobha, Dosa, Moha versus Rāga, Paṭigha, Avijjā
- What Are Kilesa (Mental Impurities)? – Connection to Cetasika
- Diṭṭhi (Wrong Views), Sammā Diṭṭhi (Good/Correct Views)
- Anantara and Samanantara Paccayā
- What is Avijjā (Ignorance)?
- Indriya and Āyatana – Big Difference
- Hetu-Phala, Paccuppanna, and Paṭicca Samuppāda
- Correct Meaning of Vaci saṅkhāra
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Pañca Indriya and Pañca Bala – Five Faculties and Five Powers
- Kāmaccandha and Icca – Being Blinded by Cravings
The Five Aggregates (Pañcakkhandha)
- Vedanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways
- Two Aspects of Saññā – Beneficial and Dangerous
- Saṅkhāra is discussed in, “Saṅkhāra, Kamma, Kamma Bīja, Kamma Vipāka“.
- “Viññāṇa (Defiled Consciousness)“
- “Rūpa (Material Form)“
Subsection: “Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa“
Deeper Analyses:
