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I could not understand your reply, Tobi.
It would be helpful if Lal could answer these issues 🙏
Namo Buddhaya
Hello Yash RS,
They say, “The fact is that time doesn’t actually exist at all!”
Sorry, that is not right, in my opinion, because time exists.
Time is a law of nature and it is related to the expanding space of matter and the idea or goal inherent in matter, which is controlled by Kamma Vipaka.
With the essence spirit we can experience three types of time. These are future, present and past. Past, but only with “Abhinna powers” and kamma energy in the form of pancupādānakkhandha. Time is a component of saññā and is part of Anicca nature. Even an arahant experiences time.Time is not present in Nibbana. If that is what they meant, the statement is true again.
That is what I am saying.
Time is just a perception, saying Past, Present and Future is nothing but perception, it’s ok to use these terms in a conventional way but in absolute way there is no “time like entity”.
What is time by the way? Can anyone define what exactly is time ? It can be defined via Dhamma.
There are causes and effects, that’s all! And our perception that a “fixed entity” is changing leads us to connect all those changing events and we say “Time is passing”.
People with Abhinna powers can see their “past lives” because they are in the namagota in the vinnana if I am correct, those too were “changing events” but we perceive that the same person has undergone those changes and we again perceive that there is time.
You said that it is inherent in matter. That’s what cause and effect is! We Perceive that the “same object” is changing there because we perceive things to be fixed.
Obviously in Nibbana, nothing is changing, so a perception of time will also be not present.
Correct me if I am wrong🙏🙏
Such instances have also started to happen with me in the recent times.
There was one day I was going to the gym and I wanted a lifting belt because the belt the gym had was very loose for me, so I had to use a dirty jacket of the gym to tie the belt.
I was just thinking down the way that “I hope the gym has a new belt that fits me well”
And when I entered the gym about to squat, I found a brand new belt which fit me perfectly, I asked the people around whose belt is this? Can I use this? They said they don’t know. We all thought that it’s the new gym belt .So I just used it and the point is the next day that belt was nowhere!
No one knows where that belt is now!
But I still think of that day as a coincidence because I cannot confirm.
There have been a few more instances which I cannot recall currently.
The recent one was when my Mentor was being transferred to another state( She would assess me in the exam I am going to attempt in some years). So I couldn’t even talk to her on phone as they don’t provide the personal numbers of the mentors. And the other two mentors were not that good in guiding the students. So I got stressed by this news and thought “Had I taken her personal number, I would have not faced this problem”
Now I had to meet my new mentor.
I went to the centre after many days, and I saw my previous mentor.
She was there, and gave me her personal number, all the books required and assured me to guide through the process.
I still don’t know if it is a coincidence or not.
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The fact is that in reality Time doesn’t exist at all!
There are only causes and effects and our mind perceives everything to be as a fixed entity, therefore it draws a line to join all those changing events in that object and that line is said to be the “time”.
Time is just our perception.
So I don’t know how science will go further with the “space-time” theory since it doesn’t really “exist” it’s just the mind’s perception.
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The point is that Our Human Body was “made” by the Gandhabba having the blue print of this current body.
It grew with time from zygote to the present state via the food we take.
The point is the mind created this body when it had those samyojanas responsible for one to be born in the Kama Loka. So the mind had “distorted sanna” ( of this bhava) before the grasping of this bhava, so it created this body to feel the external world in that way!
So even after a human attains the Arahant stage, he will physically experience this world to be the same as it was created by the mind having distorted sanna in the past.
But the “present mind” of the Arahant will not attach to those experiences.
Therefore if a Deva or Brahama attains the Arahant stage, his body will instantly die as it is not suitable with the mind and will attain parinibbana instantaneously.
But since our human bodies are very dense, this “sudden death” doesn’t take place and the external world is still presented to our mind with that “distorted sanna” via our bodies and brain.
Sanna vipallasa is the mind attaching to those experiences ,perceiving them to be happiness.
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I think we should make a list of all the people interested and their respective time slots, and then arrange the time table accordingly,
On Sundays I am available from
1:30am Est – 10:30am Est
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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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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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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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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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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?
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?
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?1 user thanked author for this post.
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.
