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To #38357
Thank you for clarification, Lang!
It didn’t occurred to me that those were of sinhala language.
Now, it makes senses.
I am compiling all the PLAYLIST of venerable waharaka thero’s Sermons with ENGLISH TRANSCRIPT:
PLAYLIST NAME:
“LET’S LEARN THE REALITY OF THE WORLD PRECISELY – Light Of the wisdom – Sooryavloka Series”
There are 7 videos in this playlist.This is the link to playlist (↓)
One more video of series not included in above seven videos series;
This above single video is about AnulōmaSanthiya and SammathaNiyama. I do not know what that is, as of writing now.This following link is for playlist of waharaka thero on various topics;
Following Link (↓) is for video playlist series, Know the Thilukhuna – Let’s learn the reality of world precisely. Eight videos in total.
Following last videos series (↓) has no series name in English except first video in series is titled as “what is the right way to attain nibbanā?” contains five videos.
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That’s all playlist and videos I could find as of now.
May this be of much help and benifit to everyone who hears and learns from it.
Have you considered that through uncountable maha kalpas, we have been planning and striving and plotting and scheming (plotting and scheming in those lifetimes in which we were predominantly immoral) for our worldly self-benefit and it has all come to naught at the end of the lifetimes?
A very scary and true observation.
We have never been able to fulfill our six senses with any arammana.
Only remaining question I have is how kamma Bijā and pañcakKhanda are tied to constantly changing lifestream?
I suspect this question has something to do with magga phala as well. Because at each magga phala there are kamma Bijā which that lifestream cannot grasp after phala citta, right?
Edit:
After some reading on website It seems answer lies in “tanha paccayā upādāna” step. After magga phala there are countless number of our aspirations about this world which cease. So, we never form any tanha for those object ever again.
Similarly, We remove tanha for all kama loka objects at anāgāmi stage,
so, as long as there is tanha, we want to keep close those desired arammana, and we will have bhava and jati and all dukkhā consequently.
So, removal of all tanha leads to removal of all upādāna and consequently all births in 31 realms, so, end of all suffering experienced due to Aniccā nature of saṅkhata in 31 realms ends with removal of tanha.
So, we need to just cultivate the panna about dhamma.
This is the nissarana from adīnava of sansarā.
Wow, I can see the path now.
Thank you so much for all your work, lal.
Your website has enabled all this for all of us!
Can someone clarify what would be difference between two views,
“I am my Body” vs “My body is Me”?They both seem to me same thing.
However difference last two views that is
When someone says “my body is IN me” or “I am IN my body” they clearly think there is somethings else which is actually his essence.EDIT:
This doubt came to me due to reading above replies. In which views are “I am body”, “my body is me”, “My body is in me”, “I am in my body “.
However, in the revised post by lal, the views written are “My body is equivalent to me” and “My body represents me”.
IF THIS IS THE CASE, then it becomes much easier to understand. “my body is equivalent to me” means without the body there would no renewed life of that being just like materialistic scientist’s view.
However CRITICAL THING TO UNDERSTAND IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACTUAL VIEW OF LIFE (i.e. Buddhist view) VS “THIS BODY REPRESENTS ME” View.
The materialistic view is easy to disregard, if one believes in rebirth then obviously something is taking rebirth. So there would be two kinds of views which would emerge. One is that “self” in this life is same as “self” in previous life. Another is that it is not same. Former view is wrong. Latter view is correct view.
In the actual true view of life, there is no permanent essence/Self/”I”/Me/Soul at any point in any lifestream anywhere There is only constantly changing mental body created based on strongest kammic energies present at those times.
However when one is of view that “My body represents me”, there is obviously window that in future “I” would represented by some new body, which would represent SAME “I” as right now, at that time. Which is wrong.
To Y Not #31894:
Of course you know this, but, I only recently came to have basic insight into Paṭicca Samuppāda process.
Not knowing four noble truths IS cause for beginning less sansarā. We never removed viññana because we never knew four truths. Because we never removed viññana, there was always abhisaṅkhāra, which lead to Bhavā until now.
But, Now that we are fortunate enough to born in this buddha sasana, I hope that may all of us be able to become at least sottapana anugami and maximum of us become anāgāmi in this life itself.
May Dhamma spread wide and far.
Link to sutta where buddha describes various ways in which Puthujjano praises the buddha and buddha describes how they should actually do it.
And it’s in Brahmajala Sutta!!!
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.01.0.bodh.html
To Lang: #38300
If you would test yourself at early stage I would say whatever deep anusuya is there inside your mind, it would surely come up and disturb you much.
I recently felt like Testing myself and frankly I did so. Result was that after heavy stimulation, I was aroused.
Yet, One thing I could notice is that this disturbance is much different from what you feel before ariya phala.
(as in less intense and even in this disturbance there is insight present about the drawbacks of that assāda, it was not like I completely got onto it, immersed into it to the point where I could lose discernment or lose any sati.)If someone was not ariya I am sure Heavy sexual stimuli would put them into animalistic Bhavā temporarily.
Anyways, thanks for reply.
I hope that may all of us would achieve anāgāmi stage soon. That would be most important and useful achievement of our life.
It seems to me the best explanation of arising of asava is following.
when this is, that is.
when this isn’t, that is not.when avijja is, asava is;
when avijja is not, asava is not;we know asava comes out in presence of strong arammana.
but we have asava because of ignorance of four noble truths AND tilakkhana.
we think this sankhata for which we have asava are delighting and worth having.
why? because, lack of understanding of their true nature.our existence as lifestream is due to ignorance.
so, lack of panna is cause for sansara.
with panna, sansara is stopped for that lifestream.Greetings! SengKiat,
I will try to create new file with appropriate formation and will share it with you in some time.
Edit:
Here you go: https://we.tl/t-tOYeGGM7QpPdf is now almost 90 pages long. Please note that I have created this quick pdf from MindMap software itself through export it is not polished version. Indeed first few pages are blank of content.
When I started this thread, I was not able to even understand what was wrong the worldly existence from POV of buddha dhamma. But now I can see adīnava of it.
You have frequently said that a Sottapana no longer NECESSARILY needs any guidance on how to get free from assadā.
Yet, I am not able to see any nissarana from Samsarā. What would vimutti looklike. I don’t understand.
Right now I am trying to devlop clarity on basics of dhamma. I understand sakkāya, yathabhuta Nana, PañcaUpādānaKhandha and now I can confidently claim that I have BASIC understanding/insight into first noble truth as well.
I understand that all of us are going through the same kind of sufferings at base level. None of us could keep what we like as we wish. And there is nothing out there except nibbanā which could grant us nissarana from all the adīnava of sansarā.
Yet, I DON’T SEE SYSTEMATIC WAY TO PROGRESS IN DHAMMA. I AM TRYING TO LEARN AS MUCH AS ABOUT BUDDHA DHAMMA WITH ALL IT’S SUBTLETY.
Maybe I need more development of samma diṭṭhi. I feel like I am starting to understand what buddha was trying to say.
Yet, I am not sure.Please remember that It takes few hours for update to reflect on website. So, please checkout the website after few hours.
Hi, everyone.
In this fortnight update of MindMap,
I have added 150+ new nodes to MindMap.There are no new sections added this week.
There is content added in multiple sections.
I have added appropriate credits for all contributors.
Starting this update, you will be able to see What I am working on in Future change section in MindMap.
Key changes:
– Added many details to Paṭicca Samuppāda section. YOU CAN SEE WHOLE PATICCA SAMUPPĀDA PROCESS IN VISUAL FORM WITH HELP OF CHRISTIAN’S CHART. THIS CHART WOULD BE MORE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH COMPUTER OR ANY LARGE SCREEN DEVICE.
– Added diagrams made by lal in appropriate sections.Quick link:
https://pure-buddha-dhamma-mindmap.on.drv.tw/Pure%20Dhamma.htmlThere are infinite types of Paṭicca Samuppāda cycles. Buddha was able to know as many as he wanted to know. So, ofc it was big breakthrough for him.
However, there are original commentaries included in tipitaka, in which Aniccā is analysed in various ways. Lal, created a post based on those commentary references.
I am not able to find that reference post right now.
Can you share that post @Lal?
