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First of all, I would like to thank Sir Lal very much for this amazing post. Colours Are Mind-Made (Due to Kāma Saññā)
This is a concept I have frequently heard from the Bhantes . They say that the world is entirely mental. What exists outside are the 4 Dhatu (Apo, Tejo, Vayo and Pathavi). The world is colourless, silent, tasteless, touchless and odourless. All our experiences are based on our distorted perception of the 4 elements.
I strongly recommend watching these sermons which will help to understand more what Sir Lal try to explains.
Please start watching at 44:10 Bhante explains how colours are created in the mind.Colours don’t exist
This ven Anagarika explains how we are deceive by colours. See Illusion of Colours
Another Ven Anagarika explains this concept. See The Perception of Colours
Another excellent sermon where Venerable Nivanthpa Thero explains how we are fooled by colours. See Love Thy Self . I suggest watching it entirely to grasp the teaching. But you can start at 1:26:41.
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I have found diseases that completely deprive a person of their senses. Reading about some people’s experiences, it is clear that attachment to Kama Sanna does not depend on the senses. It is Avijja and Kama Raga that are responsible for it. These people have never felt the experience of the sense that has been lost, but they are sad not to have it. This shows that as long as Kama Raga Anusaya has not been eliminated, one will become attached to Kama Loka even if one has no senses (That is why the puthujjanas brahmas rupa and arupa return to Kama Loka). An arahant or an anagami can lose their senses and they will not be affected by it at all. They do not desire to experience Kama Sanna because Kāma ragā has been completely eliminated. See the story of Venerable Cakkupala. He became blind at the same time as he reached the arahant stage!! Arahant Cakkupala: The Arahant who became blind
He told himself that it is better to cure the disease of mental defilements that cause suffering than the disease of the eyes and continued with deep meditation refusing to lie down as advised by the physician. The physician decided to stop treating Venerable Cakkupala’s eye disease as he was refusing to follow his advice. His eye disease gradually became worse. He ignored that and continued with his meditation and at midnight on a particular day, he eradicated all his mental defilements and attained enlightenment as an Arahant. During the same night, he also became totally blind.
“I am blind, My eyes are destroyed, I have stumbled, On a wilderness track, Even if I must crawl, I will go on, But not with an evil companion.”
- Arahants are sometimes referred to as brahmas, meaning they live purely and without attachment to sensual pleasures. We could even say that they resemble arupa brahmas because, even if they were to lose all five senses, they would not experience the slightest bit of aversion or attachment.
The illness that affects the senses
Achromatopsia (colour blindness)
Congenital Anosmia (Born without smell sense)
Congenital Ageusia (Born without taste sense)
The man who lost his sense of touch and Kim Stenger a woman born without the sense of touch.
Through these conditions, we can observe the law of cause and effect and how the process is triggered in our mind. If a cause is missing, the effect will not manifest.
“Hētum Paṭicca Sambhūtam Hētu Bhamgā Nirujjati”
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Thank you, Jittananto.
- I watched the above videos on the defections in the sensory capabilities of some people.
- Our physical bodies are tailored to provide specific saññā associated with vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch using numerous built-in sensors and the nervous system.
- The ‘abnormalities’ reported/discussed in those videos are cases of kamma vipaka. Those people cannot fully function like others.
P.S. I have made a few revisions to yesterday’s post: Colors Are Mind-Made (Due to Kāma Saññā)
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