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“What does Buddho mean? Is it a plural of Buddha, and is there a mention of such breathing technique in the Tripitika?”
– Buddho is actually singular. It refers to the Buddha.
– Not everything is in the Tipitaka. Various meditation techniques can be used as long as they are consistent with the Tipitaka.
“I tried it this morning during my meditation (1hour duration) and it seemed to help.”
– Yes. It is fine to use that to calm the mind.
– Buddha comes from “bhava” + uddha” OR “stopping suffering-filled rebirth”.
– Also see:
“A Buddhist or a Bhauddhaya?”That is right.
In some rare cases, the mental state of the mother could be different from her “normal state”. For example, in the case of rape. In that case, a gandhabba matching that particular “state of mind” can take hold of the zygote. But there could be other cases, where the change could be good or bad.
– In cases like that, that gandhabba may be pulled out by kammic energy at a later time. That could result in a miscarriage.Of course, these cases are complex, involving many factors.
P.S. It is important to note that the mental state of the mother at the time of gandhabba entering the womb that relevant.
– For example, in a rape situation, a mother’s mental state is likely to be “bad”.
– However, if the gandhabba enters the womb a day or two later, what is relevant is the mental state of the mother at that time.Raj wrote: “..because when in meditation, one is stopping vaci shankhara from arising..”
Why would one want to stop ALL vaci sankhara during meditation? It is important to realize that “talking to oneself” also involves vaci sankhara. Meditation involves a lot of “good vaci sankhara.”
You want to stop “bad sankhara” due to “avijja paccaya sankhara”. Those sankhara are associated with immoral thoughts/speech, and actions. Those arise in Akusala-mula PS.
– But you need to cultivate “good sankhara” in “kusala-mula paccaya sankhara” in Kusala-mula PS. Kusala kamma involve “good sankhara.”I am not sure whether you have read the posts I suggested.
A “Chula Sotapanna” is the same as “Sotapanna Anugami”, someone who is beginning to understand Tilakkhana/Paticca Samuppada/Four Noble Truths. When that understanding gets to a certain level, one becomes a Sotapanna.
I had briefly addressed this sutta in the forum per a similar request by Christian, Tobias.
See whether that addresses your question. It is an important sutta.
“Is the body or the gandhabba which is constantly changing or is it both?”
– It is both. Of course, moment-to-moment changes are not discernible.
“And is the PS process happening continuously as we are changing continuously 24/7 or does it cease to happen sometimes (especially when we are in a deep sleep)?”
– All moment-to-moment changes are not necessarily due to Paticca Samuppada (PS).
– Such changes can happen in real-time due to PS processes (Idapaccaya PS), but such changes ALWAYS happen because both our physical bodies and gandhabba are saṅkhata. Everything in this world is a saṅkhata that is constantly undergoing changes and destroyed at some time.Only akusala-mula PS processes have “avijja paccaya sankhara”.
– If you start doing vipassana that is not an akusala.
– You have skipped the step “sankhara paccaya vinnana” in your analysis.Try to understand how akusala kamma are initiated by the mind via sankhara;
“Saṅkhāra – What It Really Means”Also understand the difference between Kusala-mula and Akusala-mula PS processes in the PS section.
Thanks, Lang. I forgot to mention the following to Raj.
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I am not sure why someone would want to spread a virus and make life difficult for others. What is the benefit (to him or anyone else)?
I am sorry. I don’t have time to investigate these issues. But anyone who can understand the presentation in the Sinhala language is welcome to post comments.
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“..where you mentioned that devas cannot help humans.”
I meant to say that Devas (or any living being) cannot lead anyone to Nibbana. One has to learn the true and correct Buddha Dhamma to attain Nibbana.
– Nibbana is attained by understanding the Four Noble Truths and then following the Noble Eightfold Path.
– Understanding Tilakkhana and Paticca Samuppada will facilitate comprehending the Noble Truths.
– The First Noble Truth is to see that suffering is present everywhere in this world of 31 realms. Births in the Deva and Brahma realms can lead to less suffering, but only until that existence lasts. There is no refuge anywhere in the 31 realms. That is what is meant by the “anatta nature of this world”.Devas can help humans in some ways.
– Humans can also help Devas by offering the merits of punna kammas.I am not sure what Thanissaro Bhikkhu is trying to say.
If he is referring to the mindset of a living Arahant it could be misleading in the following way:
– A living Arahant would not generate “stressful mental feelings”. These arise due to “samphassa-ja-vedana”. Since an Arahant does not generate “samphassa-ja-vedana” his mind would be devoid of “mental stresses”.
– But even an Arahant will still feel body aches and is still subject to injuries, sicknesses, etc. We know that even the Buddha had those and Ven. Moggalana died a horrible death (beaten to death).After the death, an Arahant is not reborn. So, there would be no dukkha vedana or sukha vedana.
– That is the ultimate bliss, to be free of ANY suffering (any type of dukkha vedana).
– This is hard for many people to understand. They think “Nibbanic bliss” is a vedana. It is not. Nibbanic bliss is to be free of all suffering.
– Vedana, sanna, sankhara, vinnana, and rupa (all five aggregates) are not present in Nibbana (more correctly after the Parinibbana (death) of an Arahant).On the other hand, Thanissaro Bhikkhu could be referring to the mindest of someone who got into a jhana. I have not watched the whole video.
– Of course, jhanic states are the best types of “sukha vedana” available in this world.
– Yet, those are temporary. As long as one is in this world, suffering CANNOT be avoided.The bottom line is that any kind of “sukha vedana” one may experience via meditation SHOULD NOT be one’s goal. The goal is to stop ANY suffering, and that can be achieved only by stopping the rebirth process.
– Of course, those who attain jhanas on the way, do get such “jhanic pleasures” as a bonus.
