Jāti and the 11 Fires for understanding the First Sacca.

…saṃkhittena pañc·upādāna·k·khandhā dukkhā. (https://www.buddha-vacana.org/sutta/samyutta/maha/sn56-011.html) I tried to co-relate these 2 lists, after listening to Venerable waharaka Theras teachings and of- course Lal Sirs Essays, and I could end up with…

Reply To: Ashta Vimoksha

Thanks Seng. Atta Vimokka is explained in the Maha Parinibbana Sutta. The link to the pali is; https://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Buddhist-Texts/D16-Mahaparinibbana/22-Vimokkha.htm In the Puggala pannatti, a panna vimutta person is explained to be…

Reflections on 2015

www in the address line: It should just be: https://puredhamma.net. Normally, typing just “puredhamma.net” should direct to https://puredhamma.net. Or, one could Google search “puredhamma” and the link will come out…

Curiosity Rover finds Crater probably was once a Giant Martian Lake

…more to come, especially if technology is developed to explore distant stars. Here is a report that came out today, Dec 9, 2014, which has another video by NASA: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2865886/Mars-warm-wet-entire-PLANET-Curiosity-rover-reveals-crater-mountain-exploring-giant-lake.html…

6. Anāpānasati Bhāvanā (Introduction)

…settle down and not come up (assuming that we are staying away from committing the BIG EIGHT immoral acts). However, this calming down or getting to Samatha is a TEMPORARY…

What is Suñyāta or Suññāta (Emptiness)?

…https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.121.than.html. Usually, I come across many English translations that are bad and even erroneous, but fortunately, this translation is relatively good. The highlighting in the link below is mine, and…

Reply To: Kammic Outcomes of Ambiguous Behavior

Yeos said: “comes to my mind…: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.028.nymo.html “The eye is burning, forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact is burning,..” The sutta is Adittapariyaya Sutta (SN 35.28): The sutta is…