A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
A sensory experience in anyone starts by triggering (distorted) kāma saññā. A puthujjana‘s mind automatically and instantaneously attaches to that kāma saññā based on existing pañcupādānakkhandha. Thus, attachment is to…
…also correct to say this about the stronger forms of liking: kāma rāga = rāga for kāma guna kāmaccanda = ccanda (iccha + anda) for kāma guna Thank you! Lang…
…the connection to Kamaguna”. I’m not sure if you had a chance to come across what I mentioned in the thread “Post on Kama guna – Origin of attachment (Tanha)”…
Āhāra in Buddha Dhamma refers to “food” for the mental body, not the physical body. July 20, 2024; rewritten March 22, 2025 (revised #7 same day) Āhāra Means “Mental Food”…
…involved is due to sensory experiences that arise as part of a being’s bhava (yet at the root still determined by kammā), which are called “kāma guna“; see, “Kāma Guna,…
…impression that Arhant would experience the sweetness of sugar called kama guna. I also assumed that kama guna is an objective property of a sense object, not a subjective property….
While I continued to investigate into this matter, I came across this. Page 146 (not scanned page) The comprehensive manual of Abhidhamma: “Though it may seem that pleasure and pain…
…answers in the above post. Please ask questions if something is not clear. – Saltiness, sweetness, bitter, etc are applicable to all with human bodies. They are called kama guna….
…guna) is not kāma. Generating vaci saṅkhāra (or kāma sankappanā) about them is kāma; see, “Kāma Guna, Kāma, Kāma Rāga, Kāmaccanda.” Further details at “Vitakka, Vicāra, Savitakka, Savicāra, and Avitakka,…
…sounds gives rise to pursuing/investigating such sounds (sadda pariyesanā.) In the discussion of kāma guna for pañca kāma, only the first five apply. But it is the same process for…