Reply To: What is the difference between manodhatu and manovinnanadhatu?
…dhammesu” refers to that. I will start a new series to discuss that in detail after finalizing a post or two on “kama guna.” Please hold further questions until then….
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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…
Pure Dhamma – Sitemap
…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: 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…
An Apparent “Self” Is Involved in Kamma Generation
November 2, 2019; revised November 6, 2019; October 14, 2022; February 3, 2023 Introduction 1. Here, we will discuss why someone with sakkāya diṭṭhi believes in a “self” (knowingly or…
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….
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: 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…
Uncovering the Suffering-Free (Pabhassara) Mind
…it is covered by ten layers of sansāric bonds (saṁyojana.) Furthermore, in any realm in this world, a mind falls first on the kama dhātu, rupa dhātu, or arupa dhātu….