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Pure Dhamma

Pure Dhamma

A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings

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  • Welcome!
  • Buddha Dhamma
    • User’s Guide to Pure Dhamma Website
    • Buddhism – In Charts
    • Buddha Dhamma – A Scientific Approach
    • Buddhahood Associated Controversies
    • What is Buddha Dhamma?
    • Foundation of Dhamma
    • The Importance of Purifying the Mind
    • The Grand Unified Theory of Dhamma
    • Buddha Dhamma: Non-Perceivability and Self-Consistency
    • Samsāric Time Scale, Buddhist Cosmology, and the Big Bang Theory
    • Evidence for Rebirth
    • Power of the Human Mind
    • Transfer of Merits (Pattidāna) – How Does it Happen?
    • Vinaya – The Nature Likes to be in Equilibrium
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  • Elephants in the Room
    • Word-for-Word Translation of the Tipiṭaka
      • “Elephant in the Room” – Direct Translation of the Tipiṭaka
      • Niddesa (Brief Description) of Paṭicca Samuppāda
      • Paṭicca Samuppāda During a Lifetime
      • Often Mistranslated Pāli Keywords
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    • Elephant in the Room 2 – Jhāna and Kasiṇa
      • “Jānato Passato” and Ājāniya – Critical Words to Remember
      • Samādhi, Jhāna, and Sammā Samādhi
      • Jhāna, Jhāya, and Jhāyi – Different Meanings
      • Jhāna – Finer Details
      • Sammā Samādhi – How to Define It?
      • Ariya Jhāna and Anariya Jhāna – Main Differences
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    • Elephant in the Room 3 – Ānāpānasati
      • Ānāpānasati – Overview
      • Assāsa Passāsa – What Do They Mean?
      • Ānāpānasati Not About Breath – Icchā­naṅga­la Sutta
      • Mahārāhulovāda Sutta and Ānāpānasati
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    • Elephant in the Room 4 – Gandhabba/Manomaya Kāya
      • Does Gandhabba Mean “Semen”?
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  • Key Dhamma Concepts
    • Basic Framework of Buddha Dhamma
      • Buddha Dhamma – Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhaṇa
      • Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhana – Key Relationships
      • Anicca Nature, the First Noble Truth, and Paṭicca Samuppāda
      • Tilakkhaṇa – Introduction
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    • San – A Critical Pāli Root
      • What is “San”? Meaning of Sansāra (or Saṃsāra)
      • Sankhāra, Kamma, Kamma Bīja, Kamma Vipāka
      • Sankhara – Life is a Bundle of Sankhara
      • Kamma are Done with Abhisaṅkhāra – Types of Abhisaṅkhāra
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    • Nibbāna
      • Nibbana “Exists”, but Not in This World
      • Nibbana – Is it Difficult to Understand?
      • The Four Stages in Attaining Nibbāna
      • What Are Rūpa? (Relation to Nibbāna)
      • Nirāmisa Sukha
      • Does the First Noble Truth Describe only Suffering?
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    • Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta
      • Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Distortion Timeline
      • Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Wrong Interpretations
      • Anatta and Dukkha – True Meanings
      • Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – According to Some Key Suttas
      • Anicca – True Meaning
      • Anattā – A Systematic Analysis
      • Tilakkhaṇa – English Discourses
      • The Way to Nibbāna – Transcription of a Discourse by Waharaka Thero
      • Sotāpanna Stage and Tilakkhaṇa
      • Why are Tilakkhaṇa not Included in 37 Factors of Enlightenment?
      • Two Versions of 37 Factors of Enlightenment
      • Types of Bodies in 31 Realms – Connection to Jhāna
      • Finest Manōmaya Kaya of an Arūpāvacara Brahma
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    • Gati, Bhava, and Jāti
      • Namagotta, Bhava, Kamma Bīja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane)
      • Gati and Bhava – Many Varieties
      • Gathi to Bhava to Jathi – Ours to Control
      • Memory, Brain, Mind, Nama Loka, Kamma Bhava, Kamma Vipāka
      • Bhava and Jāti – States of Existence and Births Therein
      • Cuti and Marana – Related to Bhava and Jāti
      • Anusaya, Gati, Bhava – Connection to Manomaya Kāya (Gandhabba)
      • Pāpa Kamma Versus Akusala Kamma
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    • Sorting out Some Key Pāli Terms (Taṇhā, Lobha, Dosa, Moha, etc)
      • Kāma Taṇhā, Bhava Taṇhā, Vibhava Taṇhā
      • Taṇhā – How We Attach Via Greed, Hate, and Ignorance
      • Lōbha, Rāga and Kāmacchanda, Kāmarāga
      • Lōbha, Dōsa, Mōha versus Rāga, Paṭigha, Avijjā
      • What is Avijjā (Ignorance)?
      • Indriya and Āyatana – Big Difference
      • Hetu-Phala, Paccuppanna, and Paṭicca Samuppāda
      • Diṭṭhi (Wrong Views), Sammā Diṭṭhi (Good/Correct Views)