Schizophrenia and the mind

Hi All, I recently read an article on Schizophrenia. I was curious about what is defined as “Positive symptoms”: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/schizophrenia What is it that causes patients to Hear or see…

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…

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…

A confusion related to attaining the fourth path in a pure abode:

…Once again, sir, thank you! I have been reading “A Discourse on Paticcasamuppada” by Venerable. Mahasi Sayadaw https://www.wisdomlib.org/buddhism/book/a-discourse-on-paticcasamuppada/d/doc1995.html In this chapter it says that Venerable Ugga obtained Arhatship in the…