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Buddha Dhamma
Elephants in the Room
Word-for-Word Translation of the Tipiṭaka
Elephant in the Room 2 – Jhāna and Kasiṇa
Elephant in the Room 3 – Ānāpānasati
Elephant in the Room 4 – Gandhabba/Manomaya Kāya
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Key Dhamma Concepts
Basic Framework of Buddha Dhamma
San – A Critical Pāli Root
Nibbāna
Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta
Gati, Bhava, and Jāti
Sorting out Some Key Pāli Terms (Taṇhā, Lobha, Dosa, Moha, etc)
The Five Aggregates (Pañcakkhandha)
Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa
Mental Aggregates
Rupa Aggregate
Viññāṇa Aggregate
Nāmarūpa Formation
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Living Dhamma
Essential Buddhism
Living Dhamma – Overview
Dhamma with Less Pāli
Living Dhamma – Fundamentals
Mundane Sammā Samadhi
Transition to Noble Eightfold Path
Samādhi, Jhāna (Dhyāna), Magga Phala
Mental Body – Gandhabbaya
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Dhamma and Science
Dhamma and Science – Introduction
Good Explanations – Key to Weeding Out Bad Versions of Dhamma
Origin of Life
Consciousness – A Dhamma Perspective
Buddhism – Consistencies with Science
Buddhism – Inconsistencies with Science
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Three Levels of Practice
Moral Living and Fundamentals
The Basics
Buddha Dhamma and Buddhism
Dhamma Concepts
Buddha Dhamma and Morality
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Working Towards Good Rebirths
Seeking Nibbāna
Sotapanna Stage of Nibbana
Sotapanna Stage via Understanding Perception (Saññā)
Sotapanna Stage – Previous Posts
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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
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Paṭicca Samuppāda
Paticca Samuppada – “Pati+ichcha”+”Sama+uppäda”
Paticca Samuppada – Overview
Paṭicca Samuppāda – Essential Concepts
Kamma and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhana, Four Noble Truths
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?
Pañcupādānakkhandha – Arises With an Ārammaṇa
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How Are Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles Initiated?
Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles
Paṭicca Samuppāda in Plain English
Imasmim Sati Idam Hoti – What Does It Really Mean?
Paṭṭhāna Dhamma
Pattana Dhamma – Connection to Cause and Effect (Hethu Phala)
What Does “Paccayā” Mean in Paṭicca Samuppāda?
Anantara and Samanantara Paccayā
Āsēvana and Aññamañña Paccayā
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Is There a “Self”?
Recovering the Suffering-Free Pure Mind
Does “Anatta” Refer to a “Self”?
Cognition Modes – Sañjānāti, Vijānāti, Pajānāti, Abhijānāti
Anicca Nature- Chasing Worldly Pleasures Is Pointless
Aniccaṁ Vipariṇāmi Aññathābhāvi – A Critical Verse
Dukkha – Previously Unknown Truth About Suffering
Saññā Vipallāsa – Distorted Perception
Saññā – All Our Thoughts Arise With “Distorted Saññā”
Upaya and Upādāna – Two Stages of Attachment
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Sensory Experience – Basis of Buddhā’s Worldview
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
Close
Close
Dhamma and Philosophy
Dhamma and Philosophy – Introduction
The Infinity Problem in Buddhism
Is Buddha Dhamma (Buddhism) a Religion?
Philosophy of the Mind
Free Will in Buddhism – Connection to Sankhara
Book Reviews
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Bhāvanā (Meditation)
Meditation – Deeper Aspects
Āhāra – Food for the Mental Body
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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
How to Attain Samādhi via “Vipassanā Pubbanga Samatha” Bhāvanā
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)
Close
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
Close
Mind and Consciousness
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
Close
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
Close
Historical Background
Buddhist Chanting
Dhammapada
Manōpubbangamā Dhammā..
Sabba Papassa Akaranan….
Najajja Vasalo Hoti……
Appamādō Amata Padam….
Arōgyā Paramā Lābhā..
Anicca vata Sankhara…
Attā Hi Attanō Nāthō
Close
Sutta Interpretations
Ānāpānasati – Mindfulness (Sati) Based on Buddha’s Worldview
Sutta – Introduction
Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta – New Series
Mind – Terminologies in Suttās versus Abhidhamma
Paṭicca Samuppāda Creates the External World, Too!
Kāya Can be Pañcupādānakkhandha or Physical Body
Ānāpānasati – Connection to Satipaṭṭhāna
Kāya Is Pañcupādānakkhandha Kāya in Most Suttās
Satipaṭṭhāna – What Does It Mean?
Growth of Pañcupādānakkhandha – “Anusotagāmi“
Paṭisotagāmi – Moving Toward Satipaṭṭhāna Bhumi and Nibbāna
Overcoming Kāma Saññā – Satipaṭṭhāna Bhumi or Jhāna
Close
Pali Dictionaries – Are They Reliable?
Nikāya in the Sutta Piṭaka
Sutta Learning Sequence for the Present Day
Aggañña Sutta Discussion – Introduction
Buddhism and Evolution – Aggañña Sutta (DN 27)
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Myths or Realities?
Forums
About
Quantum Mechanics and Dhamma
Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness
Will Quantum Mechanics Be Able to Explain Consciousness?
The Observer Effect in Quantum Mechanics
Close
Quantum Mechanics – A New Interpretation
What Is a Wave and What Is a Particle?
Photons Are Particles Not Waves
Basis of the Proposed Interpretation – Feynman’s Technique in QED
Close
Quantum Mechanics and Dhamma – Introduction
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Buddha Dhamma – Systematic
Unique Worldview of a Sotāpanna
Paṭicca Samuppāda – Starting Point to Sotāpanna Stage
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Welcome!
Buddha Dhamma
Elephants in the Room
Word-for-Word Translation of the Tipiṭaka
Elephant in the Room 2 – Jhāna and Kasiṇa
Elephant in the Room 3 – Ānāpānasati
Elephant in the Room 4 – Gandhabba/Manomaya Kāya
Key Dhamma Concepts
Basic Framework of Buddha Dhamma
San – A Critical Pāli Root
Nibbāna
Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta
Gati, Bhava, and Jāti
Sorting out Some Key Pāli Terms (Taṇhā, Lobha, Dosa, Moha, etc)
The Five Aggregates (Pañcakkhandha)
Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa
Mental Aggregates
Rupa Aggregate
Viññāṇa Aggregate
Nāmarūpa Formation
Living Dhamma
Essential Buddhism
Living Dhamma – Overview
Dhamma with Less Pāli
Living Dhamma – Fundamentals
Mundane Sammā Samadhi
Transition to Noble Eightfold Path
Samādhi, Jhāna (Dhyāna), Magga Phala
Mental Body – Gandhabbaya
Dhamma and Science
Dhamma and Science – Introduction
Good Explanations – Key to Weeding Out Bad Versions of Dhamma
Origin of Life
Consciousness – A Dhamma Perspective
Buddhism – Consistencies with Science
Buddhism – Inconsistencies with Science
Three Levels of Practice
Moral Living and Fundamentals
The Basics
Buddha Dhamma and Buddhism
Dhamma Concepts
Buddha Dhamma and Morality
Working Towards Good Rebirths
Seeking Nibbāna
Sotapanna Stage of Nibbana
Sotapanna Stage via Understanding Perception (Saññā)
Sotapanna Stage – Previous Posts
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
Kamma and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhana, Four Noble Truths
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?
Pañcupādānakkhandha – Arises With an Ārammaṇa
How Are Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles Initiated?
Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles
Paṭicca Samuppāda in Plain English
Imasmim Sati Idam Hoti – What Does It Really Mean?
Paṭṭhāna Dhamma
Pattana Dhamma – Connection to Cause and Effect (Hethu Phala)
What Does “Paccayā” Mean in Paṭicca Samuppāda?
Anantara and Samanantara Paccayā
Āsēvana and Aññamañña Paccayā
Is There a “Self”?
Recovering the Suffering-Free Pure Mind
Does “Anatta” Refer to a “Self”?
Cognition Modes – Sañjānāti, Vijānāti, Pajānāti, Abhijānāti
Anicca Nature- Chasing Worldly Pleasures Is Pointless
Aniccaṁ Vipariṇāmi Aññathābhāvi – A Critical Verse
Dukkha – Previously Unknown Truth About Suffering
Saññā Vipallāsa – Distorted Perception
Saññā – All Our Thoughts Arise With “Distorted Saññā”
Upaya and Upādāna – Two Stages of Attachment
Sensory Experience – Basis of Buddhā’s Worldview
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
Dhamma and Philosophy – Introduction
The Infinity Problem in Buddhism
Is Buddha Dhamma (Buddhism) a Religion?
Philosophy of the Mind
Free Will in Buddhism – Connection to Sankhara
Book Reviews
Bhāvanā (Meditation)
Meditation – Deeper Aspects
Āhāra – Food for the Mental Body
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
How to Attain Samādhi via “Vipassanā Pubbanga Samatha” Bhāvanā
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
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
Buddhist Chanting
Dhammapada
Manōpubbangamā Dhammā..
Sabba Papassa Akaranan….
Najajja Vasalo Hoti……
Appamādō Amata Padam….
Arōgyā Paramā Lābhā..
Anicca vata Sankhara…
Attā Hi Attanō Nāthō
Sutta Interpretations
Ānāpānasati – Mindfulness (Sati) Based on Buddha’s Worldview
Sutta – Introduction
Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta – New Series
Mind – Terminologies in Suttās versus Abhidhamma
Paṭicca Samuppāda Creates the External World, Too!
Kāya Can be Pañcupādānakkhandha or Physical Body
Ānāpānasati – Connection to Satipaṭṭhāna
Kāya Is Pañcupādānakkhandha Kāya in Most Suttās
Satipaṭṭhāna – What Does It Mean?
Growth of Pañcupādānakkhandha – “Anusotagāmi“
Paṭisotagāmi – Moving Toward Satipaṭṭhāna Bhumi and Nibbāna
Overcoming Kāma Saññā – Satipaṭṭhāna Bhumi or Jhāna
Pali Dictionaries – Are They Reliable?
Nikāya in the Sutta Piṭaka
Sutta Learning Sequence for the Present Day
Aggañña Sutta Discussion – Introduction
Buddhism and Evolution – Aggañña Sutta (DN 27)
Myths or Realities?
Forums
About
Quantum Mechanics and Dhamma
Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness
Will Quantum Mechanics Be Able to Explain Consciousness?
The Observer Effect in Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics – A New Interpretation
What Is a Wave and What Is a Particle?
Photons Are Particles Not Waves
Basis of the Proposed Interpretation – Feynman’s Technique in QED
Quantum Mechanics and Dhamma – Introduction
Buddha Dhamma – Systematic
Unique Worldview of a Sotāpanna
Paṭicca Samuppāda – Starting Point to Sotāpanna Stage
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