A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
Assāda (sense pleasure) starts with ‘kāma saññā’, triggering a ‘trace of liking‘ (manāpa) and grows rapidly to a strong ‘sukha vedanā’ that a puthujjana consciously experiences after the mind goes…
…in the kama loka would have “kama sanna.” Attchement to “kama sanna” with “kama guna” does not occur for an Arahant. (However, an Arahant in Arahant-phala samapatti or nirodha samapatti…
…point.” For example, a citta in kama loka arises with kāma saññā at the kāma dhātu stage. This citta then rapidly gets contaminated within its lifetime and ends up in…
Ārammaṇa means a sensory input. It initiates kamma generation via Paṭicca Samuppāda and adds to pañcupādānakkhandha (“five grasping aggregates.”) No one below the Arahant stage generates pañcakkhandha (“five aggregates.”) March…
…“kāma guna” of sweetness. That holds for everyone, from an average person to an Arahant. A beautiful woman will be seen as such by anyone from an ordinary person to…
…an Anagami still has liking for sense pleasures, even though they are not strong enough to lead to a bhava in kama loka? Is this kama linked to the higher…
…kāma loka. Some anariya yogis, even before the Buddha, could see the adverse consequences of attaching to “pañca kāma” (with kāma guna arising in mind). By contemplating the adverse consequences…
…mentioning that many times, plus a few other examples, such as one about a beautiful woman. Kāma Guna, Kāma, Kāma Rāga, Kāmaccandha #9. of this post says: A beautiful…
…and these are called “kama guna”. Some kama guna can be matching, but others are different from bhava to bhava. Humans and dogs enjoy some similar foods, but dogs also…
Paṭisotagāmi means to go against the tendency to “go with the flow of the rebirth process” and cultivate the path to Nibbāna. The first step is to “see the adverse…