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What I feared is exactly what happened. People have confined  this to a game of sensations.

But the teaching here is not about sensations, nor about how they feel or what they are.

The true teaching is about staying equanimous — at every single moment.

The teaching is to see the anicca nature in every moment.

 

S.N. Goenka did not merely teach us to sit and watch sensations — he taught how to bring that insight into real life.

The first thing to realize is: external things are not under my control.

Whatever happens outside, the real disturbance arises inside — in the mind and body.

 

Let’s leave the outside for a while and just observe what’s happening within.

That’s where everything unfolds — greed (lobha), delusion (moha), craving (taṇhā) — it all arises inside.

So where do I need to remain equanimous? Right there — toward all of them.

That’s the teaching.

 

But people have turned it into a mere sensation game.

Sensations are just a medium.

The main goal is to maintain a state of equanimity.

 

Goenka kept saying repeatedly:

“Observe the anicca nature of sensation — this is not me, not mine, I have no control over it. It arises and passes away.

So why should I crave it? Why should I hate it? Why should I get attached to it? It’s anicca… anicca… anicca.”

 

You must listen to his 1-hour evening Dhamma discourses.

Personally, I don’t find much difference between what Goenka teaches and what’s on PureDhamma.net.

Yes, it’s true that Pure Dhamma explains Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhaṇa, etc. in more technical detail and structure.

But Goenka taught these too —

Only those understood him who went beyond just watching sensations during those 10 days.

 

Those who remained stuck in the sensation game came out of the 10-day retreat with confused, delusional interpretations.

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What Is Anantariya Papa Kamma?

Anantariya (अनन्तरिय) papa kamma refers to five extremely heavy bad kammas that immediately lead to hell (apayā) without any intervening rebirth:

1. Killing one’s mother
2. Killing one’s father
3. Killing an Arahant (fully enlightened being)
4. Shedding the blood of a Buddha or attempting to kill a Buddha
5. Creating a major schism in the Sangha (monastic community)

 Why Didn’t the Cow Commit Anantariya Kamma?

• Anantariya papa kamma requires intentional killing.
• Animals do not have moral discernment—they act out of instinct, not with the intention to commit evil.
• Kamma is based on “cetana” (intention or volition). Since the cow did not intentionally kill the Arahant with a malicious mindset, it did not accumulate anantariya kamma.
• The cow’s action was merely a natural occurrence—it was not a deliberate act of harming a holy person.

What may have Actually Happened?

• The Arahant’s past kamma had ripened, leading to death in that manner.
• The cow was just a medium, not the root cause of the Arahant’s death.
• Since animals lack the ability to consciously create good or bad moral kamma, they cannot commit anantariya kamma.

Conclusion:

The cow did NOT commit an anantariya papa kamma because it did not have any intention to kill.
The Arahant’s death was simply the ripening of their own past kamma, not the cow’s fault.For anantariya kamma to occur, the killing must be deliberate and intentional!

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