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Buddha Dhamma – A Scientific Approach
Introduction – A Scientific Approach to Buddha Dhamma
Theories of Our World – Scientific Overview
Mind and Matter – Buddhist Analysis
Sensual Pleasures – The Hidden Suffering
Kammic Energy Leads to Consciousness
Brain and the Gandhabba
Mind Is Not in the Brain
Gandhabba in a Human Body – an Analogy
Persistent Vegetative State – Buddhist View
Patient H.M. – Different Roles of Brain in Memory
Memory Recall for Gandhabba in a Human Body
How Do We See? – Role of the Gandhabba
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Our Two Worlds – Rupa Loka and Nāma Loka
Autobiographical Memory – Preserved in Nāma Loka
Rupa and Rupakkhandha, Nāma and Nāmagotta
Response to a Sensory Stimulus – Role of Gati/Anusaya
Ārammaṇa Plays a Critical Role in a Sensory Event
Nāma Loka and Rupa Loka – Two Parts of Our World
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Tipitaka – A Systematic Approach
Tipitaka – The Uniqueness of Buddha Dhamma
Pāli Canon Is Self-Contained but Requires Detailed Explanation
Vinaya Piṭaka – More Than Disciplinary Rules
Abhidhamma Piṭaka – Deeper Analyses of Cocepts
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Antarābhava and Gandhabba
Antarābhava – No Connection to Gandhabba
Antarābhava Discussion in Kathāvatthu – Not Relevant to Gandhabba
Interpretation of the Tipiṭaka – Gandhabba Example
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Buddhahood Associated Controversies
Buddhahood Controversies – Introduction
Pāṭihāriya (Supernormal Abilities) of a Buddha – Part I
Pāṭihāriya (Supernormal Abilities) of a Buddha – Part II
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What is Buddha Dhamma?
Foundation of Dhamma
The Importance of Purifying the Mind
The Grand Unified Theory of Dhamma
The Grand Unified Theory of Dhamma – Introduction
Our Two Worlds: Material and Immaterial
Gandhabbaya – Only in Human and Animal Realms
Body Types in 31 Realms – Importance of Manomaya Kaya
31 Realms Associated with the Earth
Gandhabba Sensing the World – With and Without a Physical Body
Nibbāna in the Big Picture
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Buddha Dhamma: Non-Perceivability and Self-Consistency
Samsāric Time Scale, Buddhist Cosmology, and the Big Bang Theory
Evidence for Rebirth
Power of the Human Mind
Power of the Human Mind – Introduction
Difference Between Jhāna and Stages of Nibbāna
Power of the Human Mind – Anariya or Mundane Jhānas
Power of the Human Mind – Ariya Jhānas
Are There Procedures for Attaining Magga Phala, Jhāna and Abhiññā?
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Transfer of Merits (Pattidāna) – How Does it Happen?
First Noble Truth is Suffering? Myths about Suffering
Vinaya – The Nature Likes to be in Equilibrium
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Elephants in the Room
Word-for-Word Translation of the Tipiṭaka
“Elephant in the Room” – Direct Translation of the Tipiṭaka
Niddesa (Brief Description) of Paṭicca Samuppāda
Paṭicca Samuppāda During a Lifetime
Idappaccayatā Paṭicca Samuppāda – Bhava and Jāti Within a Lifetime
Change of Mindset Due to an Ārammaṇa
Khandhā in Idappaccayatā Paṭicca Samuppāda
Seeing Is a Series of “Snapshots”
Aggregate of Forms – Collection of “Mental Impressions” of Forms
Rupakkhandha in Idappaccayatā Paṭicca Samuppāda
Five Aggregates – Experiences of Each Sentient Being
Pañcupādānakkhandha – Attachment to One’s Experiences
Noble Truth of Suffering- Pañcupādānakkhandhā Dukkhā
Sakkāya Diṭṭhi and Pañcupādānakkhandhā
Bhava and Jāti Within a Lifetime – Example
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Often Mistranslated Pāli Keywords
Rāga and Jhāna – Two Commonly Misunderstood Words
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Elephant in the Room 2 – Jhāna and Kasiṇa
Samādhi, Jhāna, and Sammā Samādhi
Jhāna, Jhāya, and Jhāyi – Different Meanings
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Elephant in the Room 3 – Ānāpānasati
Ānāpānasati – Overview
Assāsa Passāsa – What Do They Mean?
Ānāpānasati Not About Breath – Icchānaṅgala Sutta
Mahārāhulovāda Sutta and Ānāpānasati
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Elephant in the Room 4 – Gandhabba/Manomaya Kāya
Does Gandhabba Mean “Semen”?
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Key Dhamma Concepts
Basic Framework of Buddha Dhamma
Buddha Dhamma – Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhaṇa
Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhana – Key Relationships
Anicca Nature, the First Noble Truth, and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Tilakkhaṇa – Introduction
Anicca and Anatta – Two Characteristics of the World
Anuloma Khanti and Sammattaniyāma – Pre-requisites for a Sotapanna
Anicca Nature – Not Possible to Overcome Suffering in This World
Dukkha in Tilakkhaṇa Is a Characteristic – Not Dukkha Vedanā
Attachment to Things with Dukkha Lakkhaṇa Leads to Dukkha
How Does Anicca Nature Lead to Dukkha?
Anatta is a Characteristic of the World, not About a “Self”
Anatta in Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta – Part 1
Anatta in Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta – Part 2
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San – A Critical Pāli Root
What is “San”? Meaning of Sansāra (or Saṃsāra)
Sankhāra, Kamma, Kamma Bīja, Kamma Vipāka
Sankhara – Life is a Bundle of Sankhara
Kamma are Done with Saṅkhāra – Types of Saṅkhāra
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Nibbāna
Nibbana “Exists”, but Not in This World
Nibbana – Is it Difficult to Understand?
The Four Stages in Attaining Nibbāna
What Are Rūpa? (Relation to Nibbāna)
Nirāmisa Sukha
Does the First Noble Truth Describe only Suffering?
Nirödha and Vaya – Two Different Concepts
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Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta
Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Wrong Interpretations
Anatta and Dukkha – True Meanings
Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – According to Some Key Suttas
Anicca – True Meaning
Anicca – Inability to Keep What We Like
Anicca – Repeated Arising/Destruction
Anicca – Worthlessness of Worldly Things
Anicca – The Incessant Distress (“Pīḷana”)
How to Cultivate the Anicca Saññā
How to Cultivate the Anicca Saññā – II
If Everything is Anicca Should We Just give up Everything?
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Anattā – A Systematic Analysis
Anattā in Anattalakkahaṇa Sutta – No Soul or an Ātma
Anatta – No Refuge in This World
Dasa Akusala and Anatta – The Critical Link
Anatta – the Opposite of Which Atta?
Anattā (Mundane Interpretation) – There is no “Unchanging Self”
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Tilakkhaṇa – English Discourses
The Way to Nibbāna – Transcription of a Discourse by Waharaka Thero
Sotāpanna Stage and Tilakkhaṇa
Sakkāya Diṭṭhi and Tilakkhaṇa
Sakkāya Ditthi – Getting Rid of Deeper Wrong Views
Associations (Sēvana)- A Root Cause of Wrong Views
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Why are Tilakkhaṇa not Included in 37 Factors of Enlightenment?
Two Versions of 37 Factors of Enlightenment
Types of Bodies in 31 Realms – Connection to Jhāna
Finest Manōmaya Kaya of an Arūpāvacara Brahma
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Gati, Bhava, and Jāti
Namagotta, Bhava, Kamma Bīja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane)
Gati and Bhava – Many Varieties
Gathi to Bhava to Jathi – Ours to Control
Memory, Brain, Mind, Nama Loka, Kamma Bhava, Kamma Vipāka
Bhava and Jāti – States of Existence and Births Therein
Cuti and Marana – Related to Bhava and Jāti
Anusaya, Gati, Bhava – Connection to Manomaya Kāya (Gandhabba)
Difference Between Taṇhā and Upādāna
Pāpa Kamma Versus Akusala Kamma
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Sorting out Some Key Pāli Terms (Taṇhā, Lobha, Dosa, Moha, etc)
Kāma Taṇhā, Bhava Taṇhā, Vibhava Taṇhā
Taṇhā – How We Attach Via Greed, Hate, and Ignorance
Lōbha, Rāga and Kāmacchanda, Kāmarāga
Lōbha, Dōsa, Mōha versus Rāga, Paṭigha, Avijjā
What is Avijjā (Ignorance)?
Vedanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways
Indriya and Āyatana – Big Difference
Hetu-Phala, Paccuppanna, and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Diṭṭhi (Wrong Views), Sammā Diṭṭhi (Good/Correct Views)
Correct Meaning of Vacī Saṅkhāra
Panca Indriya and Panca Bala – Five Faculties and Five Powers
Kāmaccandha and Icca – Being Blinded by Cravings
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The Five Aggregates (Pañcakkhandha)
Five Aggregates – Introduction
Difference Between Physical Rūpa and Rūpakkhandha
Rūpakkhandha and Rūpa Upādānakkhandha
Arising of Five Aggregates Based on an Ārammaṇa
Memory Records- Critical Part of Five Aggregates
Pañca Upādānakkhandhā – Introduction
Five Aggregates – Connection to Tilakkhaṇa
Five Aggregates and Tilakkhaṇa – Introduction
Icca, Nicca, Anicca – Important Connections
“Me” and “Mine” – The Root Cause of Suffering
Difference Between “Me and Mine” and Sakkāya Diṭṭhi
Sakkāya Diṭṭhi – “Me and Mine” View
Atta – Two Very Different Meanings
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Viññāṇa (Defiled Consciousness)
Rupa (Material Form)
Pancakkhandha or Five Aggregates – A Misinterpreted Concept
Pañcupādānakkhandha – It is All Mental
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Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa
Mental Aggregates
Sanna – What It Really Means
Future Suffering – Why It Arises
Ditthi, Sanna, and Sankhara – How They Relate
Vedana – What It Really Means
Vēdanā and Samphassa-Jā-Vēdanā – More Than Just Feelings
Does Bodily Pain Arise Only Due to Kamma Vipāka?
Sankhara – What It Really Means
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Rupa Aggregate
Bhūta and Yathābhūta – What Do They Really Mean
What are Rūpa? – Dhammā are Rūpā too!
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Viññāṇa Aggregate
Viññāna – What It Really Means
Kamma Viññāna – Link Between Mind and Matter
Anidassana Viññāṇa – What It Really Means
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Nāmarūpa Formation
Kamma Viññāṇa and Nāmarūpa Paricceda Ñāṇa
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Living Dhamma
Essential Buddhism
Four Noble Truths – Suffering and Its Elimination
Introduction to Citta, Vēdanā, Saññā, Saṅkhāra, and Viññāṇa
Breath Meditation Is Addictive and Harmful in the Long Run
Viññāṇa – Consciousness Together With Future Expectations
Connection Between Saṅkhāra and Viññāṇa
Viññāna and Saṅkhāra – Connection to Paṭicca Samuppāda
Ānapānasati Eliminates Mental Stress Permanently
Ānāpāna and Satipaṭṭhāna – Fundamentals
Sati in Ānāpānasati/Satipaṭṭhāna – Two Meanings of Sati
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Living Dhamma – Overview
Living Dhamma – Introduction
Niramisa Sukha to Nibbana Suva – The Key Step
Starting on the Path Even without Belief in Rebirth
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Dhamma with Less Pāli
Buddha Dhamma for an Inquiring Mind – Part I
Root of All Suffering – Ten Immoral Actions
Is Suffering the Same as the First Noble Truth on Suffering?
Dhamma, Saṅkhāra, Sankata, Rupa, Viññāṇa, Gati, Āsava, Anusaya
Complexity of the Mind – Viññāna and Sankhāra
Citta, Manō, Viññāna – Nine Stages of a Thought
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Living Dhamma – Fundamentals
What Are Kilesa (Mental Impurities)? – Connection to Cetasika
Suffering in This Life – Role of Mental Impurities
Satipattana Sutta – Relevance to Suffering in This Life
How Are Gati and Kilesa Incorporated into Thoughts?
Noble Eightfold Path – Role of Sobhana Cetasika
Getting to Samadhi
Sexual Orientation – Effects of Kamma and Gathi (Sankhara)
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Mundane Sammā Samadhi
Micca Ditthi – Connection to Hethu Phala (Cause and Effect)
Suffering in This Life and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Suffering in This Life and Paṭicca Samuppāda II
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Transition to Noble Eightfold Path
Is It Necessary for a Buddhist to Eliminate Sensual Desires?
Sīla, Samādhi, Paññā to Paññā, Sīla, Samādhi
Ye Dhammā Hetuppabhavā.. and Yam Kiñci Samudaya Dhammam..
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Samādhi, Jhāna (Dhyāna), Magga Phala
Samādhi, Jhāna, Magga Phala – Introduction
Vitakka, Vicāra, Savitakka, Savicāra, and Avitakka, Avicāra
Jhānic Experience in Detail – Sāmaññaphala Sutta (DN 2)
Ascendance to Nibbāna via Jhāna (Dhyāna)
Pannāvimutti – Arahanthood without Jhāna
Mundane versus Supramundane Jhāna
Nirōdha Samāpatti, Phala Samāpatti, Jhāna, and Jhāna Samāpatti
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Mental Body – Gandhabbaya
Our Mental Body – Gandhabbaya
Gandhabba State – Evidence from Tipiṭaka
Antarābhava and Gandhabba
Ānantariya Kamma – Connection to Gandhabba
Mental Body (Gandhabbaya) – Personal Accounts
Abnormal Births Due to Gandhabba Transformations
Satara Āhāra for Mental Body or Gandhabba
Micchā Diṭṭhi, Gandhabba, and Sōtapanna Stage
Working of Kammā – Critical Role of Conditions
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Dhamma and Science
Dhamma and Science – Introduction
Good Explanations – Key to Weeding Out Bad Versions of Dhamma
Origin of Life
Origin of Life – There is No Traceable Origin
Human Life – A Mental Base (Gandhabba) and a Material Base (Cell)
Clarification of “Mental Body” and “Physical Body” – Different Types of “Kāya”
Four Types of Births in Buddhism
Buddhist Explanations of Conception, Abortion, and Contraception
Cloning and Gandhabba
Living Cell – How Did the First Cell Come to Existence?
Mystical Phenomena in Buddhism?
Views on Life
Views on Life – Wrong View of Materialism
Wrong View of Creationism (and Eternal Future Life) – Part 1
Wrong View of Creationism (and Eternal Future Life) – Part 2
Worldview of the Buddha
Buddhist Worldview – Introduction
Contact Between Āyatana Leads to Vipāka Viññāna
How Do Sense Faculties Become Internal Āyatana?
Indriya Make Phassa and Āyatana Make Samphassa
The Framework of Buddha Dhamma
The Suffering (Dukkha) in the First Noble Truth
Dangers of Ten Types of Wrong Views and Four Possible Paths
Sammā Diṭṭhī – Only One Leads to the Noble Path
Fear of Nibbāna (Enlightenment)
Ghost 1990 Movie – Good Depiction of Gandhabba Concept
Mental Body Versus the Physical Body
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Origin of Life – One Creates One’s Own Future Lives
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Consciousness – A Dhamma Perspective
Buddhism – Consistencies with Science
Buddhism – Inconsistencies with Science
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Three Levels of Practice
Moral Living and Fundamentals
The Basics
The Pale Blue Dot……..
The Law of Attraction, Habits, Character (Gati), and Cravings (Āsava)
Habits, Goals, and Character (Gati or Gathi)
Wrong Views (Micca Ditthi) – A Simpler Analysis
Four Noble Truths: Recipe for Problem Solving
First Noble Truth – A Simple Explanation of One Aspect
Difference between a Wish and a Determination (Pāramitā)
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Calming the Mind
Key to Calming the Mind – The Five Hindrances
Solution to a Wandering Mind – Abandon Everything?
Right Speech – How to Avoid Accumulating Kamma
Three Kinds of Happiness – What is Niramisa Sukha?
Learning Buddha Dhamma Leads to Nirāmisa Sukha
How to Taste Nibbāna
Need to Experience Suffering in Order to Understand it?
Does Impermanence Lead to Suffering?
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Buddha Dhamma and Buddhism
What is Unique in Buddha Dhamma?
A Buddhist or a Bhauddhayā?
Where to Start on the Path?
Recent Evidence for Unbroken Memory Records (HSAM)
Buddhism without Rebirth and Nibbāna?
“Self” and “no-self”: A Simple Analysis – Do We Always Act with Avijja?
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Dhamma Concepts
Kilesa – Relationship to Akusala, Kusala, and Puñña Kamma
Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala)
Punna Kamma – Dāna, Sīla, Bhāvanā
Details of Kamma – Intention, Who Is Affected, Kamma Patha
The Five Precepts – What the Buddha Meant by Them
What is Kamma? – Is Everything Determined by Kamma?
How to Evaluate Weights of Different Kamma
Account of Anugulimāla – Many Insights to Buddha Dhamma
Why is it Necessary to Learn Key Pāli Words?
The Four Bases of Mental Power (Satara Iddhipada)
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Buddha Dhamma and Morality
Origin of Morality (and Immorality) in Buddhism
Is Eating Meat an Akusala Kamma (Immoral Deed)?
Do Things Just Happen? – The Hidden Causes
Craving for Pornography – How to Reduce the Tendency
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Working Towards Good Rebirths
Saṃsāric Habits, Character (Gati), and Cravings (Āsava)
Complexity of Life and the Way to Seek “Good Rebirths”
Three Kinds of Diṭṭhi, Eightfold Paths, and Samadhi
Rebirth – Connection to Suffering in the First Noble Truth
How the Buddha Described the Chance of Rebirth in the Human Realm
Kamma, Debt, and Meditation
Implications of the Rebirth Process in Daily Life and in Society
How do we Decide which View is Wrong View (Diṭṭhi)?
What Does Buddha Dhamma Say about Creator, Satan, Angels, and Demons?
Patisandhi Citta – How the Next Life is Determined According to Gathi
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Seeking Nibbāna
Aṭṭha Purisa Puggalā- Eight Noble Persons
Āsava, Anusaya, and Gati (Gathi)
The Way to Nibbana – Removal of Asavas
Kanha (Dark) and Sukka (Bright) Kamma and Kammakkhaya
Dasa Samyojana – Bonds in Rebirth Process
The Cooling Down Process (Nibbana) – How Root Causes are Removed
Why is Correct Interpretation of Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta so Important?
How to Cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path starting with Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta
Difference Between Giving Up Valuables and Losing Interest in Worthless
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Sotapanna Stage of Nibbana
The Sōtapanna Stage
Why a Sotāpanna is Better off than any King, Emperor, or a Billionaire
Myths about the Sotāpanna Stage
Sōtapanna Anugāmi and a Sōtapanna
Sōtapanna Anugāmi – No More Births in the Apāyās
Four Conditions for Attaining Sōtapanna Magga/Phala
Sotapatti Anga – The Four Qualities of a Sotapanna
Sammā Diṭṭhi – Realization, Not Memorization
How Does One Know whether the Sōtapanna Stage is Reached?
Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissarana
Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissarana – Introduction
Kāma Guna, Kāma, Kāma Rāga, Kāmaccandha
Asvada – How Perceived Pleasures can lead to Dukkha
Vedanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways
Feelings: Sukha, Dukha, Somanassa, and Domanassa
Kāma Assāda Start with Phassa Paccayā Vedanā or Samphassa-Jā-Vedana
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Sakkāya Diṭṭhi is Personality (Me) View?
Akusala Citta – How a Sotapanna Avoids Apayagami Citta
What is the only Akusala Removed by a Sōtapanna?
Udayavaya Ñāna
Udayavaya Nana – Introduction
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Tables and Summaries
Pali Glossary – (A-K)
The 89 (121) Types of Citta
Rupa (Material Form) – Table
Pali Glossary – (L-Z)
Cetasika (Mental Factors)
Rupa – Generation Mechanisms
Rupa Kalāpa (Grouping of Matter)
List of “San” Words and Other Pāli Roots
Akusala Citta and Akusala Vipāka Citta
37 Factors of Enlightenment
Conditions for the Four Stages of Nibbāna
Ultimate Realities – Table
31 Realms of Existence
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Paṭicca Samuppāda
Paticca Samuppada – “Pati+ichcha”+”Sama+uppäda”
Paticca Samuppada – Overview
Paṭicca Samuppāda – Essential Concepts
Nibbāna – Rāgakkhaya Dosakkhaya Mohakkhaya – Part 1
Pañca Nīvaraṇa and Sensual Pleasures (Kāma Rāga)
What is “Käma”? It is not Sex
Icchā, Taṇhā, Kāma – Root Causes of Suffering
Jāti – Different Types of Births
Bhava – Kammic Energy That Can Power an Existence
Bhava and Punabbhava – Kammic Energy Giving Rise to Renewed Existence
Concepts of Upādāna and Upādānakkhandha
Where Are Memories (Nāmagotta) “Stored”? – Connection to Pañcakkhandha
Loka Sutta – Origin and Cessation of the World
Dukkha Samudaya Starts With Samphassa-Jā-Vedanā
Key Steps of Kammic Energy Accumulation
Generating Kammic Energy in the “Upādāna Paccayā Bhava” Step
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Six Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbana)
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Kamma and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Kamma and Paṭicca Samuppāda – Introduction
Kāma Assāda – A Root Cause of Suffering
Gati (Habits/Character) Determine Births – Saṃsappanīya Sutta
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Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhana, Four Noble Truths
Paṭicca Samuppāda – Introduction
What Did the Buddha Mean by a “Loka”?
Future Suffering (Loka/Dukkha Samudaya) Starts With Sensory Input (Ārammaṇa)
Sotapanna – One With the “Wider Worldview” of the Buddha
Sotapannā – Just Starting on the Noble Path
Yoniso Manasikāra and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Dhamma – Different Meanings Depending on the Context
Dhammānudhamma Paṭipatti – Connection to Paṭicca Samuppāda/Tilakkhana
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Sakkāya Diṭṭhi and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Sakkāya Diṭṭhi – Wrong View of “Me” and “Mine”
What Reincarnates? – Concept of a Lifestream
Anatta and Sakkāya Diṭṭhi – Two Different Concepts
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Understanding the Terms in Paṭicca Samuppāda
Distortion of Pāli Keywords in Paṭicca Samuppāda
Saṅkhāra – Many Meanings
Saṅkhāra – Should Not be Translated as a Single Word
Kamma and Saṅkhāra, Cetanā and Sañcetanā
Kusala-Mula Saṅkhāra Are Needed to Attain Nibbāna
Rebirths Take Place According to Abhisaṅkhāra
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Viññāṇa – Two Critical Meanings
Abhisaṅkhāra Lead to Kamma Viññāṇa
Two Types of Kamma Viññāṇa
Summary of Key Concepts About Viññāṇa and Saṅkhāra
Anidassana, Appaṭigha Rupa Due to Anidassana Viññāṇa
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Memory, Dhammā, and Viññāṇa Dhātu
Critical Influence of Wrong Views on Akusala Citta
Near-Death Experiences (NDE): Brain Is Not the Mind
Gandhabba (Mental Body) Separating from Physical Body in Jhāna
Where Are Memories Stored? – Viññāṇa Dhātu
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Citta Vithi – Fundamental Sensory Unit
Does any Object (Rupa) Last only 17 Thought Moments?
Phassa (Contact) – Contact With Pasāda Rupa
Arising of the Five Aggregates With an Ārammaṇa
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How Are Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles Initiated?
Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles
Avyākata Paṭicca Samuppāda for Vipāka Viññāṇa
Akusala-Mūla Upapatti Paṭicca Samuppāda
Uppatti Paṭicca Samuppāda (How We Create Our Own Rebirths)
Kusala-Mula Paṭicca Samuppāda
Idappaccayātā Paṭicca Samuppāda
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Patilōma Paticca Samuppāda – Key to Nibbāna
Paṭicca Samuppāda in Plain English
Introduction – What is Suffering?
Introduction -2 – The Three Categories of Suffering
Avijjā paccayā sankhārā
Sankhara paccaya Vinnana – 1
Sankhara paccaya Vinnana – 2
Viññāna Paccayā Nāmarūpa
Nāmarūpa Paccayā Salāyatana
Difference between Phassa and Samphassa
Phassa paccaya Vedana….to Bhava
Bhava paccaya Jati….Jara, Marana,…
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Imasmim Sati Idam Hoti – What Does It Really Mean?
Paṭṭhāna Dhamma
Pattana Dhamma – Connection to Cause and Effect (Hethu Phala)
What Does “Paccayā” Mean in Paṭicca Samuppāda?
Anantara and Samanantara Paccayā
Āsēvana and Aññamañña Paccayā
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Is There a “Self”?
Citta – Basis of Our Experience and Actions
Vipāka Vēdanā and “Samphassa jā Vēdanā” in a Sensory Event
Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
Vision Is a Series of “Snapshots” – Movie Analogy
Do I Have “A Mind” That Is Fixed and “Mine”?
Chachakka Sutta – No “Self” in Initial Sensory Experience
Sakkāya Ditthi in Terms of Attā or “Self” or “Ātma”
An Apparent “Self” Is Involved in Kamma Generation
Paticca Samuppāda – Not ‘Self’ or ‘No-Self’
Tanhā – The Origin of Suffering
Paṭicca Samuppāda – A “Self” Exists Due to Avijjā
Kamma, Saṅkhāra, and Abhisaṅkhāra – What Is “Intention”?
Vacī Saṅkhāra – Saṅkappa (Conscious Thoughts) and Vācā (Speech)
Tanhā Paccayā Upādāna – Critical Step in Paticca Samuppāda
Mōha/Avijjā and Vipāka Viññāṇa/Kamma Viññāṇa
Icchā (Cravings) Lead to Upādāna and to Eventual Suffering
Dhammā, Kamma, Saṅkhāra, Mind – Critical Connections
Paticca Samuppāda – From Mind to Matter
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Dhamma and Philosophy
Dhamma and Philosophy – Introduction
The Infinity Problem in Buddhism
Is Buddha Dhamma (Buddhism) a Religion?
Philosophy of the Mind
Free Will in Buddhism – Connection to Sankhara
Book Reviews
“Why Does the World Exist?” by Jim Holt
“The Language of God” by Francis Collins
“Waking Up” by Sam Harris
“Spark” by John Ratey
“The Life of the Buddha” by Bhikkhu Nānamoli
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Bhāvanā (Meditation)
1. Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
2. The Basics in Meditation
3. The Second Level – Key to Purify the Mind
4. What Do All These Different Meditation Techniques Mean?
5. Ariya Metta Bhāvana (Loving Kindness Meditation)
6. Anāpānasati Bhāvanā (Introduction)
7. What is Ānāpāna?
Is Ānāpānasati Breath Meditation?
8. The Basic Formal Anāpānasati Meditation
Karaniya Metta Sutta – Metta Bhavana
Possible Effects in Meditation – Kundalini Awakening
9. Key to Anapanasati – How to Change Habits and Character (Gathi)
A Broad View of the “Person” Trying to be a “Better Person”
How Character (Gati) Leads to Bhava and Jāti
How Habits are Formed and Broken – A Scientific View
Introduction to Character or Personality (Gati)
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11. Magga Phala via Cultivation of Satta Bojjhaṅga
10. Attaining the Sotāpanna Stage via Removing Ditthasava
12. Key Factors to be Considered when “Meditating” for the Sotapanna Stage
13. Kammaṭṭhāna (Recitations) for the Sotāpanna Stage
Possible Outcomes of Meditation – Samadhi, Jhana, Magga Phala
What is Samadhi? – Three Kinds of Mindfulness
Getting to Samādhi via Formal Mediation Sessions
Are You Not Getting Expected Results from Meditation?
Anussati and Anupassanā – Being Mindful and Removing Defilements
Myths about Meditation
A Simple Way to Enhance Merits (Kusala) and Avoid Demerits (Akusala)
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Abhidhamma
Abhidhamma – Introduction
Essential Abhidhamma – The Basics
Amazingly Fast Time Evolution of a Thought (Citta)
The Amazing Mind – Critical Role of Nāmagotta (Memories)
Citta and Cetasika – How Vinnana (Consciousness) Arises
State of Mind in the Absence of Citta Vithi – Bhavanga
Bhava and Bhavaṅga – Simply Explained!
Citta Vithi – Processing of Sense Inputs
Javana of a Citta – The Root of Mental Power
Cetasika – Connection to Gati
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Mind and Consciousness
What is Mind? How do we Experience the Outside World?
What is a Thought?
What is in a Thought? Why Gati are so Important?
What is Consciousness?
1. Thoughts (Citta), Consciousness (Vinnana), and Mind (Hadaya Vatthu) – Introduction
2. Viññāṇa (Consciousness) can be of Many Different Types and Forms
3. Viññāṇa, Thoughts, and the Subconscious
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Gandhabba (Manomaya Kaya)
Gandhabba (Manomaya Kāya)- Introduction
Hidden World of the Gandhabba: Netherworld (Paralōka)
Ghost in the Machine – Synonym for the Manomaya Kaya?
Manomaya Kaya (Gandhabba) and the Physical Body
Brain – Interface between Mind and Body
Out-of-Body Experience (OBE) and Manōmaya Kāya
Cuti-Patisandhi – An Abhidhamma Description
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Abhidhamma via Science
Neuroscience says there is no Free Will? – That is a Misinterpretation!
The Double Slit Experiment – Correlation between Mind and Matter?
Vision (Cakkhu Viññāṇa) is Not Just Seeing
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Why Do People Enjoy Immoral Deeds? – Ditthi Is Key
The Origin of Matter – Suddhashtaka
Key to Sotapanna Stage – Ditthi and Vicikicca
What are Dhamma? – A Deeper Analysis
Pabhassara Citta, Radiant Mind, and Bhavaṅga
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Historical Background
Historical Background – Introduction
Methods of Delivery of Dhamma by the Buddha
Misconceptions on the Topics the Buddha “Refused to Answer”
Misinterpretations of Buddha Dhamma
“Tipiṭaka English” Convention Adopted by Early European Scholars – Part 1
Historical Timeline of Edward Conze
Preservation of the Buddha Dhamma
Why is it Critical to Find the Pure Buddha Dhamma?
Key Problems with Mahāyāna Teachings
Saddharma Pundarika Sutra (Lotus Sutra) – A Focused Analysis
What is Suñyāta or Suññāta (Emptiness)?
Incorrect Theravada Interpretations – Historical Timeline
Buddhaghosa and Visuddhimagga – Historical Background
Tipitaka Commentaries – Helpful or Misleading?
Buddhaghosa’s Visuddhimagga – A Focused Analysis
Background on the Current Revival of Buddhism (Buddha Dhamma)
Misinterpretation of Anicca and Anatta by Early European Scholars
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Buddhist Chanting
Buddhist Chanting – Introduction
Namaskaraya – Homage to the Buddha
Sutta Chanting (with Pāli Text)
Supreme Qualities of Buddha, Dhamma, Saṅgha
The Five Precepts – Panca Sila
Sadhu – Symbolizes Purified Hadaya Vatthu (Mind)
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Dhammapada
Manōpubbangamā Dhammā..
Sabba Papassa Akaranan….
Najajja Vasalo Hoti……
Appamādō Amata Padam….
Arōgyā Paramā Lābhā..
Anicca vata Sankhara…
Attā Hi Attanō Nāthō
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Sutta Interpretations
Mahā Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Satipatthana Sutta – Structure
Satipatthana – Introduction
Kāyānupassanā – Section on Postures (Iriyapathapabba)
Kāyānupassanā – The Section on Habits (Sampajānapabba)
Prerequisites for the Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvanā
What is “Kāya” in Kāyānupassanā?
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Sutta – Introduction
Pali Dictionaries – Are They Reliable?
Nikāya in the Sutta Piṭaka
Sutta Learning Sequence for the Present Day
Mahā Cattārisaka Sutta (Discourse on the Great Forty)
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
Majjhimā Paṭipadā – Way to Relinquish Attachments to this World
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta – Introduction
Essence of Buddhism – In the First Sutta
Tiparivatta and Twelve Types of Ñāṇa (Knowledge)
Relinquishing Defilements via Three Rounds and Four Stages
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Anguttara Nikāya – Suttā on Key Concepts
Dasa Akusala/Dasa Kusala – Basis of Buddha Dhamma -2
Dasa Akusala/Dasa Kusala – Basis of Buddha Dhamma
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Na Cētanākaranīya Sutta
Pathama Metta Sutta
Kukkuravatika Sutta (Majjhima Nikāya 57) – Kammakkhaya
Buddhism and Evolution – Aggañña Sutta (DN 27)
Yamaka Sutta (SN 22.85) – Arahanthood Is Not Annihilation but End of Suffering
Tapussa Sutta (AN 9.41)– Akuppā Cētōvimutti
Three Types of “Bodies” – Poṭṭhapāda Sutta (DN 9)
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Myths or Realities?
Animisa Locana Bodhi Poojawa – A Prelude to Acts of Gratitude
Paramita and Niyata Vivarana – Myths or Realities?
Tisarana Vandana and Its Effects on One’s Gathi
Does the Hell (Niraya) Exist?
Can Buddhist Meditation be Dangerous?
Boy Who Remembered Pāli Suttas for 1500 Years
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Quantum Mechanics and Dhamma – Introduction
Quantum Mechanics and Consciousness
Will Quantum Mechanics Be Able to Explain Consciousness?
The Observer Effect in Quantum Mechanics
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Quantum Mechanics – A New Interpretation
What Is a Wave and What Is a Particle?
Photons Are Particles Not Waves
Basis of the Proposed Interpretation – Feynman’s Technique in QED
Feynman’s Glass Plate Experiment
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Buddha Dhamma – A Scientific Approach
Introduction – A Scientific Approach to Buddha Dhamma
Theories of Our World – Scientific Overview
Mind and Matter – Buddhist Analysis
Sensual Pleasures – The Hidden Suffering
Kammic Energy Leads to Consciousness
Brain and the Gandhabba
Mind Is Not in the Brain
Gandhabba in a Human Body – an Analogy
Persistent Vegetative State – Buddhist View
Patient H.M. – Different Roles of Brain in Memory
Memory Recall for Gandhabba in a Human Body
How Do We See? – Role of the Gandhabba
Our Two Worlds – Rupa Loka and Nāma Loka
Autobiographical Memory – Preserved in Nāma Loka
Rupa and Rupakkhandha, Nāma and Nāmagotta
Response to a Sensory Stimulus – Role of Gati/Anusaya
Ārammaṇa Plays a Critical Role in a Sensory Event
Nāma Loka and Rupa Loka – Two Parts of Our World
Tipitaka – A Systematic Approach
Tipitaka – The Uniqueness of Buddha Dhamma
Pāli Canon Is Self-Contained but Requires Detailed Explanation
Vinaya Piṭaka – More Than Disciplinary Rules
Abhidhamma Piṭaka – Deeper Analyses of Cocepts
Antarābhava and Gandhabba
Antarābhava – No Connection to Gandhabba
Antarābhava Discussion in Kathāvatthu – Not Relevant to Gandhabba
Interpretation of the Tipiṭaka – Gandhabba Example
Buddhahood Associated Controversies
Buddhahood Controversies – Introduction
Pāṭihāriya (Supernormal Abilities) of a Buddha – Part I
Pāṭihāriya (Supernormal Abilities) of a Buddha – Part II
What is Buddha Dhamma?
Foundation of Dhamma
The Importance of Purifying the Mind
The Grand Unified Theory of Dhamma
The Grand Unified Theory of Dhamma – Introduction
Our Two Worlds: Material and Immaterial
Gandhabbaya – Only in Human and Animal Realms
Body Types in 31 Realms – Importance of Manomaya Kaya
31 Realms Associated with the Earth
Gandhabba Sensing the World – With and Without a Physical Body
Nibbāna in the Big Picture
Buddha Dhamma: Non-Perceivability and Self-Consistency
Samsāric Time Scale, Buddhist Cosmology, and the Big Bang Theory
Evidence for Rebirth
Power of the Human Mind
Power of the Human Mind – Introduction
Difference Between Jhāna and Stages of Nibbāna
Power of the Human Mind – Anariya or Mundane Jhānas
Power of the Human Mind – Ariya Jhānas
Are There Procedures for Attaining Magga Phala, Jhāna and Abhiññā?
Transfer of Merits (Pattidāna) – How Does it Happen?
First Noble Truth is Suffering? Myths about Suffering
Vinaya – The Nature Likes to be in Equilibrium
Elephants in the Room
Word-for-Word Translation of the Tipiṭaka
“Elephant in the Room” – Direct Translation of the Tipiṭaka
Niddesa (Brief Description) of Paṭicca Samuppāda
Paṭicca Samuppāda During a Lifetime
Idappaccayatā Paṭicca Samuppāda – Bhava and Jāti Within a Lifetime
Change of Mindset Due to an Ārammaṇa
Khandhā in Idappaccayatā Paṭicca Samuppāda
Seeing Is a Series of “Snapshots”
Aggregate of Forms – Collection of “Mental Impressions” of Forms
Rupakkhandha in Idappaccayatā Paṭicca Samuppāda
Five Aggregates – Experiences of Each Sentient Being
Pañcupādānakkhandha – Attachment to One’s Experiences
Noble Truth of Suffering- Pañcupādānakkhandhā Dukkhā
Sakkāya Diṭṭhi and Pañcupādānakkhandhā
Bhava and Jāti Within a Lifetime – Example
Often Mistranslated Pāli Keywords
Rāga and Jhāna – Two Commonly Misunderstood Words
Elephant in the Room 2 – Jhāna and Kasiṇa
Samādhi, Jhāna, and Sammā Samādhi
Jhāna, Jhāya, and Jhāyi – Different Meanings
Elephant in the Room 3 – Ānāpānasati
Ānāpānasati – Overview
Assāsa Passāsa – What Do They Mean?
Ānāpānasati Not About Breath – Icchānaṅgala Sutta
Mahārāhulovāda Sutta and Ānāpānasati
Elephant in the Room 4 – Gandhabba/Manomaya Kāya
Does Gandhabba Mean “Semen”?
Key Dhamma Concepts
Basic Framework of Buddha Dhamma
Buddha Dhamma – Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhaṇa
Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhana – Key Relationships
Anicca Nature, the First Noble Truth, and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Tilakkhaṇa – Introduction
Anicca and Anatta – Two Characteristics of the World
Anuloma Khanti and Sammattaniyāma – Pre-requisites for a Sotapanna
Anicca Nature – Not Possible to Overcome Suffering in This World
Dukkha in Tilakkhaṇa Is a Characteristic – Not Dukkha Vedanā
Attachment to Things with Dukkha Lakkhaṇa Leads to Dukkha
How Does Anicca Nature Lead to Dukkha?
Anatta is a Characteristic of the World, not About a “Self”
Anatta in Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta – Part 1
Anatta in Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta – Part 2
San – A Critical Pāli Root
What is “San”? Meaning of Sansāra (or Saṃsāra)
Sankhāra, Kamma, Kamma Bīja, Kamma Vipāka
Sankhara – Life is a Bundle of Sankhara
Kamma are Done with Saṅkhāra – Types of Saṅkhāra
Nibbāna
Nibbana “Exists”, but Not in This World
Nibbana – Is it Difficult to Understand?
The Four Stages in Attaining Nibbāna
What Are Rūpa? (Relation to Nibbāna)
Nirāmisa Sukha
Does the First Noble Truth Describe only Suffering?
Nirödha and Vaya – Two Different Concepts
Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta
Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Wrong Interpretations
Anatta and Dukkha – True Meanings
Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – According to Some Key Suttas
Anicca – True Meaning
Anicca – Inability to Keep What We Like
Anicca – Repeated Arising/Destruction
Anicca – Worthlessness of Worldly Things
Anicca – The Incessant Distress (“Pīḷana”)
How to Cultivate the Anicca Saññā
How to Cultivate the Anicca Saññā – II
If Everything is Anicca Should We Just give up Everything?
Anattā – A Systematic Analysis
Anattā in Anattalakkahaṇa Sutta – No Soul or an Ātma
Anatta – No Refuge in This World
Dasa Akusala and Anatta – The Critical Link
Anatta – the Opposite of Which Atta?
Anattā (Mundane Interpretation) – There is no “Unchanging Self”
Tilakkhaṇa – English Discourses
The Way to Nibbāna – Transcription of a Discourse by Waharaka Thero
Sotāpanna Stage and Tilakkhaṇa
Sakkāya Diṭṭhi and Tilakkhaṇa
Sakkāya Ditthi – Getting Rid of Deeper Wrong Views
Associations (Sēvana)- A Root Cause of Wrong Views
Why are Tilakkhaṇa not Included in 37 Factors of Enlightenment?
Two Versions of 37 Factors of Enlightenment
Types of Bodies in 31 Realms – Connection to Jhāna
Finest Manōmaya Kaya of an Arūpāvacara Brahma
Gati, Bhava, and Jāti
Namagotta, Bhava, Kamma Bīja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane)
Gati and Bhava – Many Varieties
Gathi to Bhava to Jathi – Ours to Control
Memory, Brain, Mind, Nama Loka, Kamma Bhava, Kamma Vipāka
Bhava and Jāti – States of Existence and Births Therein
Cuti and Marana – Related to Bhava and Jāti
Anusaya, Gati, Bhava – Connection to Manomaya Kāya (Gandhabba)
Difference Between Taṇhā and Upādāna
Pāpa Kamma Versus Akusala Kamma
Sorting out Some Key Pāli Terms (Taṇhā, Lobha, Dosa, Moha, etc)
Kāma Taṇhā, Bhava Taṇhā, Vibhava Taṇhā
Taṇhā – How We Attach Via Greed, Hate, and Ignorance
Lōbha, Rāga and Kāmacchanda, Kāmarāga
Lōbha, Dōsa, Mōha versus Rāga, Paṭigha, Avijjā
What is Avijjā (Ignorance)?
Vedanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways
Indriya and Āyatana – Big Difference
Hetu-Phala, Paccuppanna, and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Diṭṭhi (Wrong Views), Sammā Diṭṭhi (Good/Correct Views)
Correct Meaning of Vacī Saṅkhāra
Panca Indriya and Panca Bala – Five Faculties and Five Powers
Kāmaccandha and Icca – Being Blinded by Cravings
The Five Aggregates (Pañcakkhandha)
Five Aggregates – Introduction
Difference Between Physical Rūpa and Rūpakkhandha
Rūpakkhandha and Rūpa Upādānakkhandha
Arising of Five Aggregates Based on an Ārammaṇa
Memory Records- Critical Part of Five Aggregates
Pañca Upādānakkhandhā – Introduction
Five Aggregates – Connection to Tilakkhaṇa
Five Aggregates and Tilakkhaṇa – Introduction
Icca, Nicca, Anicca – Important Connections
“Me” and “Mine” – The Root Cause of Suffering
Difference Between “Me and Mine” and Sakkāya Diṭṭhi
Sakkāya Diṭṭhi – “Me and Mine” View
Atta – Two Very Different Meanings
Viññāṇa (Defiled Consciousness)
Rupa (Material Form)
Pancakkhandha or Five Aggregates – A Misinterpreted Concept
Pañcupādānakkhandha – It is All Mental
Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa
Mental Aggregates
Sanna – What It Really Means
Future Suffering – Why It Arises
Ditthi, Sanna, and Sankhara – How They Relate
Vedana – What It Really Means
Vēdanā and Samphassa-Jā-Vēdanā – More Than Just Feelings
Does Bodily Pain Arise Only Due to Kamma Vipāka?
Sankhara – What It Really Means
Rupa Aggregate
Bhūta and Yathābhūta – What Do They Really Mean
What are Rūpa? – Dhammā are Rūpā too!
Viññāṇa Aggregate
Viññāna – What It Really Means
Kamma Viññāna – Link Between Mind and Matter
Anidassana Viññāṇa – What It Really Means
Nāmarūpa Formation
Kamma Viññāṇa and Nāmarūpa Paricceda Ñāṇa
Living Dhamma
Essential Buddhism
Four Noble Truths – Suffering and Its Elimination
Introduction to Citta, Vēdanā, Saññā, Saṅkhāra, and Viññāṇa
Breath Meditation Is Addictive and Harmful in the Long Run
Viññāṇa – Consciousness Together With Future Expectations
Connection Between Saṅkhāra and Viññāṇa
Viññāna and Saṅkhāra – Connection to Paṭicca Samuppāda
Ānapānasati Eliminates Mental Stress Permanently
Ānāpāna and Satipaṭṭhāna – Fundamentals
Sati in Ānāpānasati/Satipaṭṭhāna – Two Meanings of Sati
Living Dhamma – Overview
Living Dhamma – Introduction
Niramisa Sukha to Nibbana Suva – The Key Step
Starting on the Path Even without Belief in Rebirth
Dhamma with Less Pāli
Buddha Dhamma for an Inquiring Mind – Part I
Root of All Suffering – Ten Immoral Actions
Is Suffering the Same as the First Noble Truth on Suffering?
Dhamma, Saṅkhāra, Sankata, Rupa, Viññāṇa, Gati, Āsava, Anusaya
Complexity of the Mind – Viññāna and Sankhāra
Citta, Manō, Viññāna – Nine Stages of a Thought
Living Dhamma – Fundamentals
What Are Kilesa (Mental Impurities)? – Connection to Cetasika
Suffering in This Life – Role of Mental Impurities
Satipattana Sutta – Relevance to Suffering in This Life
How Are Gati and Kilesa Incorporated into Thoughts?
Noble Eightfold Path – Role of Sobhana Cetasika
Getting to Samadhi
Sexual Orientation – Effects of Kamma and Gathi (Sankhara)
Mundane Sammā Samadhi
Micca Ditthi – Connection to Hethu Phala (Cause and Effect)
Suffering in This Life and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Suffering in This Life and Paṭicca Samuppāda II
Transition to Noble Eightfold Path
Is It Necessary for a Buddhist to Eliminate Sensual Desires?
Sīla, Samādhi, Paññā to Paññā, Sīla, Samādhi
Ye Dhammā Hetuppabhavā.. and Yam Kiñci Samudaya Dhammam..
Samādhi, Jhāna (Dhyāna), Magga Phala
Samādhi, Jhāna, Magga Phala – Introduction
Vitakka, Vicāra, Savitakka, Savicāra, and Avitakka, Avicāra
Jhānic Experience in Detail – Sāmaññaphala Sutta (DN 2)
Ascendance to Nibbāna via Jhāna (Dhyāna)
Pannāvimutti – Arahanthood without Jhāna
Mundane versus Supramundane Jhāna
Nirōdha Samāpatti, Phala Samāpatti, Jhāna, and Jhāna Samāpatti
Mental Body – Gandhabbaya
Our Mental Body – Gandhabbaya
Gandhabba State – Evidence from Tipiṭaka
Antarābhava and Gandhabba
Ānantariya Kamma – Connection to Gandhabba
Mental Body (Gandhabbaya) – Personal Accounts
Abnormal Births Due to Gandhabba Transformations
Satara Āhāra for Mental Body or Gandhabba
Micchā Diṭṭhi, Gandhabba, and Sōtapanna Stage
Working of Kammā – Critical Role of Conditions
Dhamma and Science
Dhamma and Science – Introduction
Good Explanations – Key to Weeding Out Bad Versions of Dhamma
Origin of Life
Origin of Life – There is No Traceable Origin
Human Life – A Mental Base (Gandhabba) and a Material Base (Cell)
Clarification of “Mental Body” and “Physical Body” – Different Types of “Kāya”
Four Types of Births in Buddhism
Buddhist Explanations of Conception, Abortion, and Contraception
Cloning and Gandhabba
Living Cell – How Did the First Cell Come to Existence?
Mystical Phenomena in Buddhism?
Views on Life
Views on Life – Wrong View of Materialism
Wrong View of Creationism (and Eternal Future Life) – Part 1
Wrong View of Creationism (and Eternal Future Life) – Part 2
Worldview of the Buddha
Buddhist Worldview – Introduction
Contact Between Āyatana Leads to Vipāka Viññāna
How Do Sense Faculties Become Internal Āyatana?
Indriya Make Phassa and Āyatana Make Samphassa
The Framework of Buddha Dhamma
The Suffering (Dukkha) in the First Noble Truth
Dangers of Ten Types of Wrong Views and Four Possible Paths
Sammā Diṭṭhī – Only One Leads to the Noble Path
Fear of Nibbāna (Enlightenment)
Ghost 1990 Movie – Good Depiction of Gandhabba Concept
Mental Body Versus the Physical Body
Origin of Life – One Creates One’s Own Future Lives
Consciousness – A Dhamma Perspective
Buddhism – Consistencies with Science
Buddhism – Inconsistencies with Science
Three Levels of Practice
Moral Living and Fundamentals
The Basics
The Pale Blue Dot……..
The Law of Attraction, Habits, Character (Gati), and Cravings (Āsava)
Habits, Goals, and Character (Gati or Gathi)
Wrong Views (Micca Ditthi) – A Simpler Analysis
Four Noble Truths: Recipe for Problem Solving
First Noble Truth – A Simple Explanation of One Aspect
Difference between a Wish and a Determination (Pāramitā)
Calming the Mind
Key to Calming the Mind – The Five Hindrances
Solution to a Wandering Mind – Abandon Everything?
Right Speech – How to Avoid Accumulating Kamma
Three Kinds of Happiness – What is Niramisa Sukha?
Learning Buddha Dhamma Leads to Nirāmisa Sukha
How to Taste Nibbāna
Need to Experience Suffering in Order to Understand it?
Does Impermanence Lead to Suffering?
Buddha Dhamma and Buddhism
What is Unique in Buddha Dhamma?
A Buddhist or a Bhauddhayā?
Where to Start on the Path?
Recent Evidence for Unbroken Memory Records (HSAM)
Buddhism without Rebirth and Nibbāna?
“Self” and “no-self”: A Simple Analysis – Do We Always Act with Avijja?
Dhamma Concepts
Kilesa – Relationship to Akusala, Kusala, and Puñña Kamma
Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala)
Punna Kamma – Dāna, Sīla, Bhāvanā
Details of Kamma – Intention, Who Is Affected, Kamma Patha
The Five Precepts – What the Buddha Meant by Them
What is Kamma? – Is Everything Determined by Kamma?
How to Evaluate Weights of Different Kamma
Account of Anugulimāla – Many Insights to Buddha Dhamma
Why is it Necessary to Learn Key Pāli Words?
The Four Bases of Mental Power (Satara Iddhipada)
Buddha Dhamma and Morality
Origin of Morality (and Immorality) in Buddhism
Is Eating Meat an Akusala Kamma (Immoral Deed)?
Do Things Just Happen? – The Hidden Causes
Craving for Pornography – How to Reduce the Tendency
Working Towards Good Rebirths
Saṃsāric Habits, Character (Gati), and Cravings (Āsava)
Complexity of Life and the Way to Seek “Good Rebirths”
Three Kinds of Diṭṭhi, Eightfold Paths, and Samadhi
Rebirth – Connection to Suffering in the First Noble Truth
How the Buddha Described the Chance of Rebirth in the Human Realm
Kamma, Debt, and Meditation
Implications of the Rebirth Process in Daily Life and in Society
How do we Decide which View is Wrong View (Diṭṭhi)?
What Does Buddha Dhamma Say about Creator, Satan, Angels, and Demons?
Patisandhi Citta – How the Next Life is Determined According to Gathi
Seeking Nibbāna
Aṭṭha Purisa Puggalā- Eight Noble Persons
Āsava, Anusaya, and Gati (Gathi)
The Way to Nibbana – Removal of Asavas
Kanha (Dark) and Sukka (Bright) Kamma and Kammakkhaya
Dasa Samyojana – Bonds in Rebirth Process
The Cooling Down Process (Nibbana) – How Root Causes are Removed
Why is Correct Interpretation of Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta so Important?
How to Cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path starting with Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta
Difference Between Giving Up Valuables and Losing Interest in Worthless
Sotapanna Stage of Nibbana
The Sōtapanna Stage
Why a Sotāpanna is Better off than any King, Emperor, or a Billionaire
Myths about the Sotāpanna Stage
Sōtapanna Anugāmi and a Sōtapanna
Sōtapanna Anugāmi – No More Births in the Apāyās
Four Conditions for Attaining Sōtapanna Magga/Phala
Sotapatti Anga – The Four Qualities of a Sotapanna
Sammā Diṭṭhi – Realization, Not Memorization
How Does One Know whether the Sōtapanna Stage is Reached?
Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissarana
Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissarana – Introduction
Kāma Guna, Kāma, Kāma Rāga, Kāmaccandha
Asvada – How Perceived Pleasures can lead to Dukkha
Vedanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways
Feelings: Sukha, Dukha, Somanassa, and Domanassa
Kāma Assāda Start with Phassa Paccayā Vedanā or Samphassa-Jā-Vedana
Sakkāya Diṭṭhi is Personality (Me) View?
Akusala Citta – How a Sotapanna Avoids Apayagami Citta
What is the only Akusala Removed by a Sōtapanna?
Udayavaya Ñāna
Udayavaya Nana – Introduction
Tables and Summaries
Pali Glossary – (A-K)
The 89 (121) Types of Citta
Rupa (Material Form) – Table
Pali Glossary – (L-Z)
Cetasika (Mental Factors)
Rupa – Generation Mechanisms
Rupa Kalāpa (Grouping of Matter)
List of “San” Words and Other Pāli Roots
Akusala Citta and Akusala Vipāka Citta
37 Factors of Enlightenment
Conditions for the Four Stages of Nibbāna
Ultimate Realities – Table
31 Realms of Existence
Paṭicca Samuppāda
Paticca Samuppada – “Pati+ichcha”+”Sama+uppäda”
Paticca Samuppada – Overview
Paṭicca Samuppāda – Essential Concepts
Nibbāna – Rāgakkhaya Dosakkhaya Mohakkhaya – Part 1
Pañca Nīvaraṇa and Sensual Pleasures (Kāma Rāga)
What is “Käma”? It is not Sex
Icchā, Taṇhā, Kāma – Root Causes of Suffering
Jāti – Different Types of Births
Bhava – Kammic Energy That Can Power an Existence
Bhava and Punabbhava – Kammic Energy Giving Rise to Renewed Existence
Concepts of Upādāna and Upādānakkhandha
Where Are Memories (Nāmagotta) “Stored”? – Connection to Pañcakkhandha
Loka Sutta – Origin and Cessation of the World
Dukkha Samudaya Starts With Samphassa-Jā-Vedanā
Key Steps of Kammic Energy Accumulation
Generating Kammic Energy in the “Upādāna Paccayā Bhava” Step
Six Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbana)
Kamma and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Kamma and Paṭicca Samuppāda – Introduction
Kāma Assāda – A Root Cause of Suffering
Gati (Habits/Character) Determine Births – Saṃsappanīya Sutta
Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhana, Four Noble Truths
Paṭicca Samuppāda – Introduction
What Did the Buddha Mean by a “Loka”?
Future Suffering (Loka/Dukkha Samudaya) Starts With Sensory Input (Ārammaṇa)
Sotapanna – One With the “Wider Worldview” of the Buddha
Sotapannā – Just Starting on the Noble Path
Yoniso Manasikāra and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Dhamma – Different Meanings Depending on the Context
Dhammānudhamma Paṭipatti – Connection to Paṭicca Samuppāda/Tilakkhana
Sakkāya Diṭṭhi and Paṭicca Samuppāda
Sakkāya Diṭṭhi – Wrong View of “Me” and “Mine”
What Reincarnates? – Concept of a Lifestream
Anatta and Sakkāya Diṭṭhi – Two Different Concepts
Understanding the Terms in Paṭicca Samuppāda
Distortion of Pāli Keywords in Paṭicca Samuppāda
Saṅkhāra – Many Meanings
Saṅkhāra – Should Not be Translated as a Single Word
Kamma and Saṅkhāra, Cetanā and Sañcetanā
Kusala-Mula Saṅkhāra Are Needed to Attain Nibbāna
Rebirths Take Place According to Abhisaṅkhāra
Viññāṇa – Two Critical Meanings
Abhisaṅkhāra Lead to Kamma Viññāṇa
Two Types of Kamma Viññāṇa
Summary of Key Concepts About Viññāṇa and Saṅkhāra
Anidassana, Appaṭigha Rupa Due to Anidassana Viññāṇa
Memory, Dhammā, and Viññāṇa Dhātu
Critical Influence of Wrong Views on Akusala Citta
Near-Death Experiences (NDE): Brain Is Not the Mind
Gandhabba (Mental Body) Separating from Physical Body in Jhāna
Where Are Memories Stored? – Viññāṇa Dhātu
Citta Vithi – Fundamental Sensory Unit
Does any Object (Rupa) Last only 17 Thought Moments?
Phassa (Contact) – Contact With Pasāda Rupa
Arising of the Five Aggregates With an Ārammaṇa
How Are Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles Initiated?
Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles
Avyākata Paṭicca Samuppāda for Vipāka Viññāṇa
Akusala-Mūla Upapatti Paṭicca Samuppāda
Uppatti Paṭicca Samuppāda (How We Create Our Own Rebirths)
Kusala-Mula Paṭicca Samuppāda
Idappaccayātā Paṭicca Samuppāda
Patilōma Paticca Samuppāda – Key to Nibbāna
Paṭicca Samuppāda in Plain English
Introduction – What is Suffering?
Introduction -2 – The Three Categories of Suffering
Avijjā paccayā sankhārā
Sankhara paccaya Vinnana – 1
Sankhara paccaya Vinnana – 2
Viññāna Paccayā Nāmarūpa
Nāmarūpa Paccayā Salāyatana
Difference between Phassa and Samphassa
Phassa paccaya Vedana….to Bhava
Bhava paccaya Jati….Jara, Marana,…
Imasmim Sati Idam Hoti – What Does It Really Mean?
Paṭṭhāna Dhamma
Pattana Dhamma – Connection to Cause and Effect (Hethu Phala)
What Does “Paccayā” Mean in Paṭicca Samuppāda?
Anantara and Samanantara Paccayā
Āsēvana and Aññamañña Paccayā
Is There a “Self”?
Citta – Basis of Our Experience and Actions
Vipāka Vēdanā and “Samphassa jā Vēdanā” in a Sensory Event
Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
Vision Is a Series of “Snapshots” – Movie Analogy
Do I Have “A Mind” That Is Fixed and “Mine”?
Chachakka Sutta – No “Self” in Initial Sensory Experience
Sakkāya Ditthi in Terms of Attā or “Self” or “Ātma”
An Apparent “Self” Is Involved in Kamma Generation
Paticca Samuppāda – Not ‘Self’ or ‘No-Self’
Tanhā – The Origin of Suffering
Paṭicca Samuppāda – A “Self” Exists Due to Avijjā
Kamma, Saṅkhāra, and Abhisaṅkhāra – What Is “Intention”?
Vacī Saṅkhāra – Saṅkappa (Conscious Thoughts) and Vācā (Speech)
Tanhā Paccayā Upādāna – Critical Step in Paticca Samuppāda
Mōha/Avijjā and Vipāka Viññāṇa/Kamma Viññāṇa
Icchā (Cravings) Lead to Upādāna and to Eventual Suffering
Dhammā, Kamma, Saṅkhāra, Mind – Critical Connections
Paticca Samuppāda – From Mind to Matter
Dhamma and Philosophy
Dhamma and Philosophy – Introduction
The Infinity Problem in Buddhism
Is Buddha Dhamma (Buddhism) a Religion?
Philosophy of the Mind
Free Will in Buddhism – Connection to Sankhara
Book Reviews
“Why Does the World Exist?” by Jim Holt
“The Language of God” by Francis Collins
“Waking Up” by Sam Harris
“Spark” by John Ratey
“The Life of the Buddha” by Bhikkhu Nānamoli
Bhāvanā (Meditation)
1. Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
2. The Basics in Meditation
3. The Second Level – Key to Purify the Mind
4. What Do All These Different Meditation Techniques Mean?
5. Ariya Metta Bhāvana (Loving Kindness Meditation)
6. Anāpānasati Bhāvanā (Introduction)
7. What is Ānāpāna?
Is Ānāpānasati Breath Meditation?
8. The Basic Formal Anāpānasati Meditation
Karaniya Metta Sutta – Metta Bhavana
Possible Effects in Meditation – Kundalini Awakening
9. Key to Anapanasati – How to Change Habits and Character (Gathi)
A Broad View of the “Person” Trying to be a “Better Person”
How Character (Gati) Leads to Bhava and Jāti
How Habits are Formed and Broken – A Scientific View
Introduction to Character or Personality (Gati)
11. Magga Phala via Cultivation of Satta Bojjhaṅga
10. Attaining the Sotāpanna Stage via Removing Ditthasava
12. Key Factors to be Considered when “Meditating” for the Sotapanna Stage
13. Kammaṭṭhāna (Recitations) for the Sotāpanna Stage
Possible Outcomes of Meditation – Samadhi, Jhana, Magga Phala
What is Samadhi? – Three Kinds of Mindfulness
Getting to Samādhi via Formal Mediation Sessions
Are You Not Getting Expected Results from Meditation?
Anussati and Anupassanā – Being Mindful and Removing Defilements
Myths about Meditation
A Simple Way to Enhance Merits (Kusala) and Avoid Demerits (Akusala)
Abhidhamma
Abhidhamma – Introduction
Essential Abhidhamma – The Basics
Amazingly Fast Time Evolution of a Thought (Citta)
The Amazing Mind – Critical Role of Nāmagotta (Memories)
Citta and Cetasika – How Vinnana (Consciousness) Arises
State of Mind in the Absence of Citta Vithi – Bhavanga
Bhava and Bhavaṅga – Simply Explained!
Citta Vithi – Processing of Sense Inputs
Javana of a Citta – The Root of Mental Power
Cetasika – Connection to Gati
Mind and Consciousness
What is Mind? How do we Experience the Outside World?
What is a Thought?
What is in a Thought? Why Gati are so Important?
What is Consciousness?
1. Thoughts (Citta), Consciousness (Vinnana), and Mind (Hadaya Vatthu) – Introduction
2. Viññāṇa (Consciousness) can be of Many Different Types and Forms
3. Viññāṇa, Thoughts, and the Subconscious
Gandhabba (Manomaya Kaya)
Gandhabba (Manomaya Kāya)- Introduction
Hidden World of the Gandhabba: Netherworld (Paralōka)
Ghost in the Machine – Synonym for the Manomaya Kaya?
Manomaya Kaya (Gandhabba) and the Physical Body
Brain – Interface between Mind and Body
Out-of-Body Experience (OBE) and Manōmaya Kāya
Cuti-Patisandhi – An Abhidhamma Description
Abhidhamma via Science
Neuroscience says there is no Free Will? – That is a Misinterpretation!
The Double Slit Experiment – Correlation between Mind and Matter?
Vision (Cakkhu Viññāṇa) is Not Just Seeing
Why Do People Enjoy Immoral Deeds? – Ditthi Is Key
The Origin of Matter – Suddhashtaka
Key to Sotapanna Stage – Ditthi and Vicikicca
What are Dhamma? – A Deeper Analysis
Pabhassara Citta, Radiant Mind, and Bhavaṅga
Historical Background
Historical Background – Introduction
Methods of Delivery of Dhamma by the Buddha
Misconceptions on the Topics the Buddha “Refused to Answer”
Misinterpretations of Buddha Dhamma
“Tipiṭaka English” Convention Adopted by Early European Scholars – Part 1
Historical Timeline of Edward Conze
Preservation of the Buddha Dhamma
Why is it Critical to Find the Pure Buddha Dhamma?
Key Problems with Mahāyāna Teachings
Saddharma Pundarika Sutra (Lotus Sutra) – A Focused Analysis
What is Suñyāta or Suññāta (Emptiness)?
Incorrect Theravada Interpretations – Historical Timeline
Buddhaghosa and Visuddhimagga – Historical Background
Tipitaka Commentaries – Helpful or Misleading?
Buddhaghosa’s Visuddhimagga – A Focused Analysis
Background on the Current Revival of Buddhism (Buddha Dhamma)
Misinterpretation of Anicca and Anatta by Early European Scholars
Buddhist Chanting
Buddhist Chanting – Introduction
Namaskaraya – Homage to the Buddha
Sutta Chanting (with Pāli Text)
Supreme Qualities of Buddha, Dhamma, Saṅgha
The Five Precepts – Panca Sila
Sadhu – Symbolizes Purified Hadaya Vatthu (Mind)
Dhammapada
Manōpubbangamā Dhammā..
Sabba Papassa Akaranan….
Najajja Vasalo Hoti……
Appamādō Amata Padam….
Arōgyā Paramā Lābhā..
Anicca vata Sankhara…
Attā Hi Attanō Nāthō
Sutta Interpretations
Mahā Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Satipatthana Sutta – Structure
Satipatthana – Introduction
Kāyānupassanā – Section on Postures (Iriyapathapabba)
Kāyānupassanā – The Section on Habits (Sampajānapabba)
Prerequisites for the Satipaṭṭhāna Bhāvanā
What is “Kāya” in Kāyānupassanā?
Sutta – Introduction
Pali Dictionaries – Are They Reliable?
Nikāya in the Sutta Piṭaka
Sutta Learning Sequence for the Present Day
Mahā Cattārisaka Sutta (Discourse on the Great Forty)
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
Majjhimā Paṭipadā – Way to Relinquish Attachments to this World
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta – Introduction
Essence of Buddhism – In the First Sutta
Tiparivatta and Twelve Types of Ñāṇa (Knowledge)
Relinquishing Defilements via Three Rounds and Four Stages
Anguttara Nikāya – Suttā on Key Concepts
Dasa Akusala/Dasa Kusala – Basis of Buddha Dhamma -2
Dasa Akusala/Dasa Kusala – Basis of Buddha Dhamma
Na Cētanākaranīya Sutta
Pathama Metta Sutta
Kukkuravatika Sutta (Majjhima Nikāya 57) – Kammakkhaya
Buddhism and Evolution – Aggañña Sutta (DN 27)
Yamaka Sutta (SN 22.85) – Arahanthood Is Not Annihilation but End of Suffering
Tapussa Sutta (AN 9.41)– Akuppā Cētōvimutti
Three Types of “Bodies” – Poṭṭhapāda Sutta (DN 9)
Myths or Realities?
Animisa Locana Bodhi Poojawa – A Prelude to Acts of Gratitude
Paramita and Niyata Vivarana – Myths or Realities?
Tisarana Vandana and Its Effects on One’s Gathi
Does the Hell (Niraya) Exist?
Can Buddhist Meditation be Dangerous?
Boy Who Remembered Pāli Suttas for 1500 Years
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