Toolkit for First Jhāna in the Suttas

…accompanied by directed thought and evaluation. He permeates and pervades, suffuses and fills this very body with the rapture and pleasure born from withdrawal. The following is a simile(translated), provided…

habitual behaviour and suffering

…good habits. There comes a time when one also sees and really feels doing habitually good is not pure. One senses that it is not stainless, because anything habitual cannot…

Essence of Buddhism – In the First Sutta

…does not get what one likes/craves/desires, that is suffering – in brief, the origin of suffering is the craving for the five aggregates of rūpa, vedanā, saññā, saṅkhāra, viññāna (pancupādānakkhandha)….

Reply To: Past Memories

…reincarnationresearch.com from time to time. In one particular case, the subject describes the interval state (the bottom of the page). Here they call it a spirit being orb. https://www.reincarnationresearch.com/spirit-being-orbs-and-the-reincarnation-case-of-shanti-devi-mathur/ Lang…

Reply To: Pure Dhamma zoom meeting!

Thank you, Mr. Sāketa, for initiating this zoom meeting! As “Google Meet” does not have recording (free edition) and “Zoom” only allow 45 minutes per session (free edition), you may…

Revealing Nirodha Samāpatti – Delson Armstrong

…teacher is Anagami, probably. He can stay in Nirodha Samapati for up to 6 days! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zli_OjNUFG0&list=PL3sECDBQqxlF-lz4YY-27CyomwKTdN0LI&index=1&pp=iAQB Revealing Nirodha Samāpatti – Delson Armstrong, Shinzen Young, Chelsey Fasano, & Dr Raikkonen https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OIEWAerJKOs&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.guruviking.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY…

Reply To: I Have Been working on Pure Buddha Dhamma MindMap.

…improved visual colour schemes etc. You can view this last updated version by downloading files from link mentioned above. This is the link for MiMind Mind Mapping android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cryptobees.mimind…

Reply To: Difference Between Dukkha Saccha & Dukkha Ariya Saccha

Dear Lal, Here is the link from Waharaka.com, “දුක්ඛ සත්‍ය” සහ “දුක්ඛ ආර්ය සත්‍ය” අතර වෙනස කුමක්ද? (waharaka.com) Also, https://waharaka.com/listen/CD101-08 if the above one is not accessible. Mettha, Ravi….