Reply To: Post On Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
I have revised #6 of that post as follows: “Those things in this world that lead to such attachment and joyful feelings are those to which our ignorant minds assign…
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Worldview of the Buddha
August 26, 2019 Buddhist Worldview – Introduction Contact Between Āyatana Leads to Vipāka Viññāna How Do Sense Faculties Become Internal Āyatana? Indriya Make Phassa and Ayatana Make Samphassa Citta –…
Vipāka Vēdanā and “Samphassa jā Vēdanā” in a Sensory Event
…vedanā. However, some sōmanassa or dōmanassa vedanā arise due to kāma guna. The following post, “Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā),” will discuss this issue. However, no dukkha/sukha vedanā…
Seeing Is a Series of “Snapshots”
Even though we perceive seeing as continuous, it results from a rapid series of discrete sensory events or “snapshots.” That is the real meaning of the verse, “diṭṭhe diṭṭhamattaṁ bhavissati.”…
Views on Life
August 4, 2019 Views on Life – Wrong View of Materialism Wrong View of Creationism (and Eternal Future Life) – Part 1 Wrong View of Creationism (and Eternal Future Life)…
Is There a “Self”?
September 22, 2019 “Recovering the Suffering-Free Pure Mind.” (Necessary Background Material of August 9, 2023; extracted from “Buddhism – In Charts“) True Happiness Is the Absence of Suffering (with chart…
Reply To: Post on Pancakkhandha or Five Aggregates – A Misinterpreted Concept
Yes. The post, “Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)” is good to read. All vedana, including Sāmisa vēdanā, “samphassa-jā-vēdanā,” and nirāmisa vēdanā are included in the five types of…
Reply To: Post On Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
Hi Lal, When an Arahant tastes a delicious meal, will he/she feel that a delicious meal has been eaten? Do words like beautiful, melodious, fragrant, delicious, soothing etc. even exist…
Reply To: Post On Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
I have been thinking about this and here are some thoughts… I think there is no straightforward answer as to whether a person will absolutely find a delicious meal (as…
Reply To: Post on Pancakkhandha or Five Aggregates – A Misinterpreted Concept
Johnny apparently ran into posting the following comment, and he emailed me. Sāmisa vēdanā is also included, right? Glad that I re-read your post on Kāma guṇa and realise there…