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…“y not” commented somewhere that he has “avecca pasada” in the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha. It shows that he has progressed in the path very well! Credits to Mr. “y…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…“y not” commented somewhere that he has “avecca pasada” in the Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha. It shows that he has progressed in the path very well! Credits to Mr. “y…
Taį¹hÄ happens automatically due to “bad gati.” We have control over “upÄdÄna” because that is when we become aware of the “attachment.” October 25, 2018; revised November 4, 2019; March…
…as long as there exist conditions (such as anusaya) which can give rise to defilements, we can become under the sway of Mara, i.e. when anusaya are triggered. For example,…
…old. @2:50 minutes: Diane Sawyer tests Jill’s ability to recall past events. She passes all tests. @4:20 minutes: Jill says she has a “split-screen” in her head. She talks to…
…cut: sometimes I just wake up and I’m immediately cheerful-happy-ready-to-face-the-world and others I’m immediately in I-wanna-die mode or suppressing urge to scream and punch walls and many times I simply…
Many times in my life i have felt their is a certain purpose in what was/is happening. Or afterwards i saw that. For example, one pulls a certain book out…
…latter case, we could get into a “confused state of mind.” A “strong Ärammaį¹a” is usually associated with “lobha,” “dosa,” and “moha.” Let us examine the examples in #1 to…
…explained with an example. It starts with an Ärammaį¹a coming to the mind via one of the six senses. As we discussed in recent posts, the mind can stay on…
…joining a new life at the end of the old. That happens a thought-moment after the last citta of the current existence (bhava.) Let us consider an example. If the…
…good fruits. This is the same for dosa and lobha. We might, for example, think that greed can be good. Greed comes with welfare and welfare with comfort and less…