The rebirth process can be seen as a process of repeatedly moving between good and bad realms.
- What we can learn from this is that where one is born (jati) depends on the level and nature of the contamination of the mind (bhava).
I have further expanded on this through distorted sañña.
- Saṃsāra can also be described as the cycle of kamma viññāṇa and the corresponding vipāka viññāṇa.
- For such vipāka viññāṇa to be experienced, there must be a corresponding kāya.
- What I learned from studying distorted sañña is that the distortion corresponding to kamma viññāṇa is imprinted on the kāya as vipāka.
What can be understood from kamma and vipāka is the clear distinction between what is given and what I can change.
- Distorted sañña can also be viewed in the same way as dealing with vipāka.
- It is about distinguishing between what is given (distorted sañña) and what can be changed by oneself (defiled sañña).
Recently, I have contemplated this concept a lot and have been able to reflect beneficially on kāma rāga.
I express my deep gratitude to Ven. Lal, who made this possible.
