Origin of Life
July 10, 2019 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…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
July 10, 2019 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…
May 7, 2020; revised May 8, 2020 Introduction 1. Five aggregates (pañcakkhandha) is a critical concept to understand. In the previous three posts, we discussed how the mind makes a…
If there is not even “kama sanna” then An Arahant would not experience any taste! I am still trying to verify it. (P.S. See comment #45581 below.) This is a…
Kāma Rāga, Rupa Rāga and Arupa Rāga The six types of kāma guṇa are iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā. They apply to manoviññeyyā dhammā, too. SN 35.104-1.8 “santi, bhikkhave,…
…abhisankhara defiled gati works in this step. raga or dosa(patigha) patisamvedi step starts in here kamaguna works in this step. It depends on one’s gati and how strong a given…
…time, I just splurged. After the reading the third post, Kāma Guna, Kāma, Kāma Rāga, Kāmaccanda, I realized I was in the kāma rāga category with these cookies. That is,…
“(A) My question is, are there any sense objects rūpā, saddā, gandhā, rasā, phoṭṭhabbā “by itself” (without the mind or citta) that can definitely be said to have the “inherent…
Most vedanā are “mind-made” (“samphassa-jā-vedanā”) and have their origin in “distorted saññā.“ Revised February 9, 2017; rewritten December 20, 2023; revised August 23, 2024 Introduction 1. The word vedanā means…
…in here. sangati begin working in this step. Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā) #12 kamaguna works in this step. raga or dosa(patigha) patisamvedi step starts in here Nava…
Does this mean, when tasting the sweetness of sugar, this is sukha vedana and also kama guna?