Reply To: Post on Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
Please see #15 second bullet in Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā) It is a minor issue. Therefore, the next step of generating kāma saṅkappa and getting to the…
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Is There a “Self”?
September 22, 2019 “Recovering the Suffering-Free Pure Mind.” (Necessary Background Material of August 9, 2023; extracted from “Buddhism – In Charts“) True Happiness Is the Absence of Suffering (with chart…
Reply To: Post on Pancakkhandha or Five Aggregates – A Misinterpreted Concept
Johnny apparently ran into posting the following comment, and he emailed me. Sāmisa vēdanā is also included, right? Glad that I re-read your post on Kāma guṇa and realise there…
Reply To: Post on Pancakkhandha or Five Aggregates – A Misinterpreted Concept
Yes. The post, “Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)” is good to read. All vedana, including Sāmisa vēdanā, “samphassa-jā-vēdanā,” and nirāmisa vēdanā are included in the five types of…
Reply To: Post On Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
Hi Lal, When an Arahant tastes a delicious meal, will he/she feel that a delicious meal has been eaten? Do words like beautiful, melodious, fragrant, delicious, soothing etc. even exist…
Reply To: Post On Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
I have been thinking about this and here are some thoughts… I think there is no straightforward answer as to whether a person will absolutely find a delicious meal (as…
Seeing Is a Series of “Snapshots”
Even though we perceive seeing as continuous, it results from a rapid series of discrete sensory events or “snapshots.” That is the real meaning of the verse, “diṭṭhe diṭṭhamattaṁ bhavissati.”…
Reply To: Post On Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
TGS wrote, “It’s interesting to me seeing the Pali word “iṭṭhā” which arise in regards to an object that is desirable”. I notice that “iṭṭhā” also shows up as a…
Sensory Experience – Basis of Buddhā’s Worldview
The Buddha understood the true nature of this world by meticulously analyzing the sensory experience. The following posts provide an overview of his analysis of a sensory experience. Buddhist Worldview…
Reply To: The Big Bang May Have Never Happened?
I add… For me, the goal inherent in sankhata/matter means Kāma Guna. Then we would have to agree with the Mahayanists, who always discuss Dependent Arising when discussing cause and…