September 11, 2024 at 6:12 am
#51913
Keymaster
“Did Buddha dicuss any comprehensive aspect of how dreams work? “
No. he did not. We can understand why the following way.
- The brain is the critical interface between the external world and the seat of the mind (hadaya vatthu) located in the mental body (gandhabba). It is a (biological) machine that works very hard analyzing and converting the signals received by eyes, ears, etc., to a form that the hadaya vatthu understands.
- The brain needs to be rejuvenated at the end of the day, and it stops processing. During that time, the mind (hadaya vatthu) enters a “holding state” called bhavanga. Thus, no “useful activity” occurs in the mind during sleep.