A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
First Question: “Where exactly do “I” hold these nivarana in me?” All defilements (anusaya, gati, nivarana, etc.) remain in the mental body (gandhabba) and not in the physical body. –…
…a debate about it because it does not matter to me either way. The Sinhala language is very close to Pali. Many common words include sankhara, vinnana, gati, anusaya, asava,…
…isn’t about future identity. The right question is: “What am I doing with my current gati, clinging, and anusaya?” The one who sees this properly doesn’t try to “fix the…
Just published two posts related to this question. These two posts are VERY important since they also clarify kammakkhaya (and removal of asava/anusaya and gati): Kanha (Dark) and Sukka (Bright)…
…see, “Cetasika – Connection to Gati” for various types of cetasika. Those 18 cittās are listed on p. 112 of Ref.1 under the second group below the group of akusala…
…the Sōtapanna stage. 4. Removal of cravings for worldly pleasures or āsāvās (āsavakkhaya) leads to Nibbāna; see, “Gati (Character), Anusaya (Temptations), and Āsava (Cravings).” Out of the four āsāvās that…
…the womb of a woman following sexual intercourse, a gandhabba matching the parents’ general gati is pulled into the womb. See “Buddhist Explanations of Conception, Abortion, and Contraception.” Rebirth Account…
…“neutral feeling” may not even register in one’s mind because the “samphassa-jā-vēdanā” we discuss next arises automatically and instantaneously based on one’s gati. 8. But if one has cravings or…
…the Same as the First Noble Truth on Suffering? Complexity of the Mind – Viññāna and Sankhāra Dhamma, Saṅkhāra, Sankata, Rupa, Viññāṇa, Gati, Āsava, Anusaya Bhava and Bhavaṅga – Simply…
…about citta’s, citta vitthi’s, cetasika’s, rupa’s, gati’s, anusaya, cravings etc. It does not deal with our real identity. Cetasika’s are just mental formations, not mine, not I, not myself. This…