Yash RS

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  • in reply to: Useful Essays from DRARISWORLD and Other Websites #47379
    Yash RS
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    What I understand is Sakkaya means 

    Sakka+kaya meaning “Good”+”Actions”

    It means that people have a view that whatever action is done to please oneself is good and worth it, so it is good to acquire worldly things for oneself, here the sense of “self” arises.

    The baby’s thought process is influenced by its parents/environment and also the baby’s past gati,when it grows and starts to understand things.

    I think initially Sakkayo is not there in the baby because of its low intelligence and less mental defilements, but with time it starts to arise.

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    Gad
    in reply to: Useful Essays from DRARISWORLD and Other Websites #47304
    Yash RS
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    I think that since these minds were so strong they just went From Sotapanna to Arahant stage at an amazingly fast speed, without even realizing it since they were very concentrated on Listening the Dhamma

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    Gad
    in reply to: Sakadagami Stage #47213
    Yash RS
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    Thanks 🙏,

    This is what I have understood recently 

    Wanting (stress)—leads to Seeking (stress)—–and after Acquiring ——Pleasure (relief from vexation/stress)—-which again leads to——Wanting ( Stress)

    because of Ignorance as the mind perceives that Pleasure Is Happiness, but it is not. Every Sentient Being is trapped in the above cycle, there is only stress in this cycle, No Happiness.

    So the more one craves for Pleasure ( because of Moha/Avijja) the more one is craving for Stress without knowing it! As pleasure only arises by reducing stress( temporarily)

    So, since the mind is craving for Stress, it Will be born in the corresponding realm that would impart that type of stress!

    Because in Reality the mind is not craving for Happiness but for Stress, which is evident from the cycle. So therefore if one truly Wants Happiness one Must truly “crave” for it, and that is experienced when No Attachment remains in the mind, The Neutral Mind is the truly Satisfied Mind, It is the only Happiness which is Unconditional.

    Even though I have understood it at a good level, still it has not sunk in the mind to the point of an Anagami or an Arahant. I guess because the mind has not truly Sensed the relief from Abstaining from Craving for Sensuality.  But I will keep on working on it 🙏

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    Gad
    in reply to: Sakadagami Stage #47210
    Yash RS
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    Namo Buddhaya,

    I can’t remember the last time I had a craving for any material possession( it has been more than a year), I even tried forcefully to bring this  type of craving but I still didn’t crave of any possession. I have also noticed that my sensual cravings have also reduced except for the sexual ones( it too has reduced but not like other sense cravings, for example my taste craving has reduced drastically, almost zero). In regard to the sexual craving, I think my case is same as The Person ( i don’t remember the name) at the time of Buddha who was a Sakadagami but still couldn’t give up drinking alcohol. So should I be assured that I may have attained the Sakadagami stage, I feel it though??

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    Gad
    in reply to: Useful Essays from DRARISWORLD and Other Websites #47085
    Yash RS
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    Thanks Gad, but I have a question, what should be done after following the 8 precepts 

    The first five of the eight precepts are similar to the five precepts, that is, to refrain from killing living beings, stealing, damaging speech, and to abstain from intoxicating drink or drugs,[2] but the third precept is abstinence of all sexual activity instead of refraining from sexual offenses.[3] The final three precepts are to abstain from eating at the wrong time (after midday); to abstain from entertainment such as dancing, singing, music, watching shows, as well as to abstain from wearing garlands, perfumes, cosmetics, and personal adornments; and to abstain from luxurious seats and beds.

    Won’t this induce mental stress as we are not habitual to it? I mean what should be done after that so that the mind doesn’t want to go back to the original lifestyle that was before following the 8 precepts?

     

    in reply to: Perceiving the sensual world #47079
    Yash RS
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    So does it mean that an Anagami or Arahant would still be able to recall even sexual pleasure/feeling but still won’t get triggered by it? 

     

    in reply to: Perceiving the sensual world #47051
    Yash RS
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    Whenever we see let’s say chocolate, we can recall/feel it’s taste through the past memory of the chocolate’s flavour, we remember how it tastes, we can feel it on our tongue just by thinking about it.
    This is “Defiled Vinnana”, right?

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    Gad
    in reply to: Perceiving the sensual world #47037
    Yash RS
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    Does an Anagami forget how a particular pleasure feels?

    For example, the Taste of a vanilla ice cream, normal people recall how it tastes and then start craving for it. But how does an Anagami respond to it? Can he recall the taste but still not attach/want it or will he not be able to recall it’s taste at all?

    Does this affect the memory power/recalling power of the Anagami?

    I know taste is mind-made feeling but I still want to confirm.

    in reply to: Formal Meditation #46999
    Yash RS
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    Whenever any desire or craving comes in the mind I try to remove it focusing on the stress that comes with it and the relief the mind feels when it’s not there. 

    in reply to: The Big Bang May Have Never Happened? #46892
    Yash RS
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    So how do scientists observe that galaxies are moving away ( Hubble Law)?

    in reply to: Useful Essays from DRARISWORLD and Other Websites #46846
    Yash RS
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    Sure . [email protected] is my email 

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    Gad
    in reply to: Useful Essays from DRARISWORLD and Other Websites #46845
    Yash RS
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    Hello Yash RS. I read your bio and you say you are a 20 year old sotāpanna. You are even aiming for the Anagami stage!! I am very happy to see someone in my age group progressing in magga phala. As you know most people in our group age  are not interested in Dhamma. Is it possible to contact me on my email to discuss your experience of the Dhamma?  This is my email :[email protected] 

    Sure Gad🙏

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    Gad
    in reply to: Video illustrating the concept of Niraya (Hell) #46279
    Yash RS
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    I understand all this now, but the video #46050, the girl died with dosa in her mind, which matches the gati of niraya which is in the same kama bhava like the human realm. So why can’t she be born in niraya since the mindset changed to dosa? Or is it that a very high dosa is required for that to happen?

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    Gad
    in reply to: Video illustrating the concept of Niraya (Hell) #46267
    Yash RS
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    The hell illustration video in this forum #46050

    in reply to: Video illustrating the concept of Niraya (Hell) #46261
    Yash RS
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    “Yes. The video is not correct in that aspect. Just because she had dosa in her mind at the moment of death of her PHYSICAL BODY does not matter.”

    So how do we explain this with the above approach?

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