Reply To: Feelings: Sukha, Dukha, Somanassa, and Domanassa
…with the body one can feel sukha and dukha vedana as kamma vipaka. But of course kama guna are felt by all including Arahants. Somehow there is a missing link……
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…with the body one can feel sukha and dukha vedana as kamma vipaka. But of course kama guna are felt by all including Arahants. Somehow there is a missing link……
…in sugar” is a “human gati”; see the post on Kama Guna. For the Arahant, that gathi will also go away at Parinibbana; it is there only as long as…
…cittas could be the missing link to kama guna. It is the somanassa-sahagatam santirana cittam or investigating consciousness accompanied by joy. Thus when eating tasty food we will have –…
The need for interaction with other humans is inherent in a human. It is like “kama guna” that I discussed in the post “Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā).”…
…the kama guna (as mentioned above) which is a real phenomena called “intimate connection” – likely a source of energy from other people – you are missing in your life….
…And bhava again leads to arising of similar Iccha through kama guna corresponding to that bhava, this is how one is wheeling around, caught in vortex, THE catch 22 of…
Having kama guna cannot be (and NEED NOT BE) avoided as long as one in an existence as a human, animal, etc. @Lal, I think you might want to correct…
…some fundamental concepts to get a self-consistent picture. That is why I stopped revising a couple of posts on kama guna. It is necessary to discuss some relevant issues first….
…sanna“) fools people. They think material things have kama guna, i.e., material wealth can bring long-lasting happiness: “Sotapanna Stage via Understanding Perception (Saññā).” But it works the way. People do…
…This happens at the “avyākata” or “abyākata” stage of an Idappacayata Paticca Samuppada process. If the mind attaches further to that arammana with kama guna, etc., then the “nava kamma”…