Reply To: Mudita Bhavana
…different way. One would eliminate kama raga to transcend the kama loka and get to the mindset of rupavacara Brahma realms. The Ariya version of Metta and karuna Bhavana help…
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…Tanhā and Upādāna Pāpa Kamma Versus Akusala Kamma Sorting out Some Key Pāli Terms (Tanhā, Lobha, Dosa, Moha, etc) Kama Tanha, Bhava Tanha, Vibhava Tanha Lobha, Raga and Kamachanda,…
Reply To: Post On Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
“Pleasing and agreeable things in this world that has Kāma Guṇa can evoke Sāmisa Vedanā in a person but never Kāma assāda, right?” Yes. “So, if a person who experiences…
Ārammaṇa Plays a Critical Role in a Sensory Event
October 28, 2020; revised October 18, 2021; June 6, 2023 Ārammaṇa means the focus of the mind at a given moment. It plays an equally important role as gati/anusaya in…
Reply To: Singular/Plural and Male/Female Words in Pali
Yes. “kāma” is sankappa rāga. “kāma rāga” means cravings for sensual pleasures enjoyed with the five physical senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching mind-pleasing things. Thus “kāma rāga” is…
11. Magga Phala via Cultivation of Satta Bojjhaṅga
…see, “Kāma Guna, Kāma, Kāma Rāga, Kāmaccanda.” 14. November 11, 2016: I get many questions on this topic, i.e., how to verify one is progressing towards the Sōtapanna stage. The…
Reply To: Why Kamma Vipaka?
…“built-in distorted sanna” and attach to worldly things, believing that “sensory pleasures (kama guna) are in that external object.” This is the main reason that most rebirths in the apayas….
Upādāna, Vanilla Cookies and the Sakadagami Stage
…time, I just splurged. After the reading the third post, Kāma Guna, Kāma, Kāma Rāga, Kāmaccanda, I realized I was in the kāma rāga category with these cookies. That is,…
Reply To: Post On Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
“(A) My question is, are there any sense objects rūpā, saddā, gandhā, rasā, phoṭṭhabbā “by itself” (without the mind or citta) that can definitely be said to have the “inherent…
New / Revised Posts
…– 9/9/23 (in the “Does “Anatta” Refer to a “Self”?” section) Kāma Guna, Kāma, Kāma Rāga, Kāmaccandha – 9/2/23 Contamination of a Human Mind – Detailed Analysis (with chart B3)…