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Depending on the person the 5 hindrances are strong in the beginning. I guess in your case vicikicca and uddacca-kukkucca were relevant. That’s why one hovers around without knowing what is right and wrong. Learning Dhamma reduces the hindrances so that one can build faith in the Dhamma with the validation of its effectiveness.
My problem was in the beginning when I came to puredhamma.net. Learning Dhamma was something very strange to me, because I came form the field of breath meditation, where learning/grasping/comprehending was not really needed. Therefore I remember that I have send some stupid questions to Lal. I had to drop the thinking in wrong concepts first.
Great merits for Lal for all his efforts!
Dear Dr. Chakma, thank you for your kind words! May you progress on the path. Success is guaranteed in this way.
Hello Dr. Chakma,
I have read Dhamma and listened to recorded desana from Lal. The changes I experienced are in line with the explanations of what should happen at the Sotapanna stage. So the probability is very high that I have attained Sotapanna magga phala and that recorded desana are sufficient.Hello Lal,
thanks for your open words! I see that we share some experience on the path.As I have to maintain wordly things my mind gets distracted every day again. I have the feeling that the contemplation goes not so deep when I have to sort out daily issues first. Of course my mind is already calmer compared to e.g. 6 months before.
Also I realized that I want results on the path too fast. That is a gathi and may go away as I proceed…
Dear Lal, can you please explain why “vinnana cannot exist without rupa”?
What about dhamma coming to the mind? Where is rupa involved here?Hello Akvan,
I fully agree with your assessment that the wordly concepts are hardly useful in regard to Nibbana. When I explain the Dhamma to someone without any background that person wants to fall back to theses wordly concepts. It really requires the learning of Buddha Dhamma for a certain time to grasp some ideas before any understanding follows. That is a big obstacle to “get on board”.Tobias
Thanks Siebe! I got it now.
What I wanted to convey, is the link between micca ditthi and pancupādānakkhandha. Tanha leads to certain views about objects, feelings etc., that something is good/bad, important/unimportant, like/dislike … All these are wrong views. With stream entry one knows that and loses interest in such mindsets.The pancakkhandha explain the arising and passing away of all we mentally experience. All is having the sankata nature. As nothing here is stable, all is having also the anicca nature.
