Each Citta Starts with Distorted Saññā
…(#3, #4) Download/Print: “B2. Each Citta Starts with Distorted Saññā.” A Citta Does Not Start as a Pabhassara Citta 1. In the two previous posts of the new series on…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…(#3, #4) Download/Print: “B2. Each Citta Starts with Distorted Saññā.” A Citta Does Not Start as a Pabhassara Citta 1. In the two previous posts of the new series on…
…is well-known to science; see “Saccade.” Thus, several such “snapshots” combine to give the image of the tree. When the object moves, things get even more complicated; see “Vision Is…
…Download/Print: “Ariya and Anariya Jhana“ The chart does not show that the time spent in the rupa and arupa loka is negligibly small. Furthermore, even in kama loka, most of…
…Questions/Comments 14. Please comment and ask questions about any post listed under the “Buddha Dhamma – Advanced” section in the forum thread “Posts in the ‘Buddha Dhamma – Advanced’ Section,”…
…of a human. Therefore, the same sensory input will give rise to very different types of “initial rupa saññā” in a human compared to an animal. They are common only…
Contamination of the human mind can happen within a split second. Buddha’s description is discussed in detail. August 26, 2023; revised November 11, 2023 (#1) Download/Print: “B3. Contamination of Mind…
…rūpaṁ, Saññānidānā hi papañcasaṅkhā”. In the Tipitaka, words are combined to compress the lines of text. If we expand the verse: “Na sañña saññī na visañña saññī, Nopi asaññī na…
…arises based on saññā vipallāsa. 19. When that comprehension is complete, one has attained the Arahanthood, as explained starting at marker 75.1. An Arahant has fully comprehended (abhijānāti) how anything…
…mental contact. It is just seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, or just an arbitrary thought that comes to the mind without one’s own likes/dislikes. Phassa is a universal cetasika and…
…and Nettippakarana) or the “Vibhaṅga” in the Abhidhamma Pitaka. Other Commentaries written later (and not included in the Tipiṭaka) have apparent contradictions with the Tipiṭaka; see “Tipiṭaka Commentaries – Helpful…