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Dasa Māra Senā (Mārasenā) – Ten Defilements

…world revolves around “kāma rāga.” That is why the Buddha placed “pañca kāma” or “kāma rāga” at the top of the list. Kāma has two related meanings: “liking/craving” and “the…

What is a Thought?

…“apples,” it has processed the previous words and passed that information to the hadaya vatthu (seat of the mind.) The mind can comprehend the meanings of those words and compare…

Paṭicca Samuppāda – Overview

…can have different meanings based on the context. 9. In the following, I will provide a few posts to read to get an idea of what those Pāli words mean….

Kamma, Saṅkhāra, and Abhisaṅkhāra – What Is “Intention”?

…“Tayo saṅkhārā—puññābhisaṅkhāro, apuññābhisaṅkhāro, āneñjābhisaṅkhāro.” 13. Therefore, the word saṅkhāra can have different meanings in different contexts. That is why saṅkhāra SHOULD NOT be translated as just “mental formations.” I hope…

Samādhi, Jhāna, and Sammā Samādhi

…step is to “transcend the kāma loka.” As discussed in the two posts, “Rupa and Rupakkhandha- Not External Objects” and “Vipariṇāma – Two Meanings,” most akusala kamma are done while…

Reply To: My Reality Is Not Your Reality

…is what truly matters to us. It also incorporates the above meanings of impermanence and inconstancy, yet it goes deeper than that to what truly exposes us to suffering. (For…

Reply To: Kāya Saṅkhāra

…discussed. 3. I am not certain whether assāsapassāsā convey two different meanings in the two situations. I tend to think that there are two meanings: In the first case, breathing…

Buddhism without Rebirth and Nibbāna?

…the correct meanings of keywords like viññāna, saṅkhāra, anicca, anatta, etc. are adopted as explained there. Buddha Dhamma (in its pure form) has withstood all tests; see “Dhamma and Science…