Shortcomings of sensual pleasures based on Paṭicca Samuppāda.
…close. From this tendency comes birth where we can keep that kind of objects close to us And all births gives suffering either immediately or in long term. Immediately in…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…close. From this tendency comes birth where we can keep that kind of objects close to us And all births gives suffering either immediately or in long term. Immediately in…
…explained with an example. It starts with an ārammaṇa coming to the mind via one of the six senses. As we discussed in recent posts, the mind can stay on…
…latter case, we could get into a “confused state of mind.” A “strong ārammaṇa” is usually associated with “lobha,” “dosa,” and “moha.” Let us examine the examples in #1 to…
…word.” It may take time to absorb this critical point. “Samphassa-jā-Vedanā“ – Example 1 2. A sensory input comes through one of the six senses: eyes (sights), ears (sounds), nose…
…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…
…13. We can find many examples in our daily lives to see how an indriya becomes an āyatana. In another example, suppose you park the car on the side of…
Taṇhā happens automatically due to “bad gati.” We have control over “upādāna” because that is when we become aware of the “attachment.” October 25, 2018; revised November 4, 2019; March…
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…
…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…
…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…