Pāli Glossary

…character hadayavatthu hadayavaththu seat of mind hetu hãthu root cause hiri shame iddhipada iddhipäda means to accomplishment kāmachanda kāmachanda greed for things in kāmaloka kāmaloka kāmalõka first 11 realms with…

Reply To: Permanent effect of magga citta

Another unique feature of the mind (or nāma loka or viññāṇa dhātu) is that there are no “spatial locations” or “spatial boundaries” in viññāṇa dhātu. We cannot ask WHERE it…

Approach to Dhamma

…a certain goal in mind (especially while engaging in dasa akusala), our minds release “an unseen energy” to the nama loka (vinnana dhatu). That energy can bring vipaka during a…

Reply To: Memory Records

Memories are in vinnana dhatu. The brain retrieves them. If the brain becomes defective, memory recall will be poor. Depending on the extent of the damage to the brain, memory…