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Buddhism – In Charts
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
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Buddhahood Associated Controversies
Buddhahood Controversies – Introduction
Pāṭihāriya (Supernormal Abilities) of a Buddha – Part I
Pāṭihāriya (Supernormal Abilities) of a Buddha – Part II
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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
Gandhabbaya – Only in Human and Animal Realms
Body Types in 31 Realms – Importance of Manomaya Kaya
31 Realms Associated with the Earth
Gandhabba Sensing the World – With and Without a Physical Body
Nibbāna in the Big Picture
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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
Power of the Human Mind – Introduction
Difference Between Jhāna and Stages of Nibbāna
Power of the Human Mind – Anariya or Mundane Jhānas
Power of the Human Mind – Ariya Jhānas
Are There Procedures for Attaining Magga Phala, Jhāna and Abhiññā?
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Transfer of Merits (Pattidāna) – How Does it Happen?
Vinaya – The Nature Likes to be in Equilibrium
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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
Often Mistranslated Pāli Keywords
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Elephant in the Room 2 – Jhāna and Kasiṇa
Samādhi, Jhāna, and Sammā Samādhi
Jhāna, Jhāya, and Jhāyi – Different Meanings
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Elephant in the Room 3 – Ānāpānasati
Ānāpānasati – Overview
Assāsa Passāsa – What Do They Mean?
Ānāpānasati Not About Breath – Icchānaṅgala Sutta
Mahārāhulovāda Sutta and Ānāpānasati
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Elephant in the Room 4 – Gandhabba/Manomaya Kāya
Does Gandhabba Mean “Semen”?
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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
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San – A Critical Pāli Root
What is “San”? Meaning of Sansāra (or Saṃsāra)
Sankhāra, Kamma, Kamma Bīja, Kamma Vipāka
Sankhara – Life is a Bundle of Sankhara
Kamma are Done with Saṅkhāra – Types of Saṅkhāra
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Nibbāna
Nibbana “Exists”, but Not in This World
Nibbana – Is it Difficult to Understand?
The Four Stages in Attaining Nibbāna
What Are Rūpa? (Relation to Nibbāna)
Nirāmisa Sukha
Does the First Noble Truth Describe only Suffering?
Nirödha and Vaya – Two Different Concepts
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa
Mental Aggregates
Rupa Aggregate
Viññāṇa Aggregate
Nāmarūpa Formation
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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
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Living Dhamma – Overview
Living Dhamma – Introduction
Niramisa Sukha to Nibbana Suva – The Key Step
Starting on the Path Even without Belief in Rebirth
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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
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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)
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Mundane Sammā Samadhi
Micca Ditthi – Connection to Hethu Phala (Cause and Effect)
Suffering in This Life and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Suffering in This Life and Paṭicca Samuppāda II
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Transition to Noble Eightfold Path
Is It Necessary for a Buddhist to Eliminate Sensual Desires?
Sīla, Samādhi, Paññā to Paññā, Sīla, Samādhi
Ye Dhammā Hetuppabhavā.. and Yam Kiñci Samudaya Dhammam..
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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
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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
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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
Origin of Life – One Creates One’s Own Future Lives
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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
Calming the Mind
Buddha Dhamma and Buddhism
Dhamma Concepts
Buddha Dhamma and Morality
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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
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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
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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
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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
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)
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Kamma and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Kamma and Paṭicca Samuppāda – Introduction
Dhamma and Dhammā – Different but Related
Difference Between Dhammā and Saṅkhāra
Kāma Assāda – A Root Cause of Suffering
Gati (Habits/Character) Determine Births – Saṃsappanīya Sutta
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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
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Sakkāya Diṭṭhi and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Sakkāya Diṭṭhi – Wrong View of “Me” and “Mine”
What Reincarnates? – Concept of a Lifestream
Anatta and Sakkāya Diṭṭhi – Two Different Concepts
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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
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How Are Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles Initiated?
Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles
Avyākata Paṭicca Samuppāda for Vipāka Viññāṇa
Akusala-Mūla Upapatti Paṭicca Samuppāda
Uppatti Paṭicca Samuppāda (How We Create Our Own Rebirths)
Kusala-Mula Paṭicca Samuppāda
Idappaccayātā Paṭicca Samuppāda
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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,…
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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”?
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
Do I Have “A Mind” That Is Fixed and “Mine”?
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