A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
Theruwan Saranai, I’ve been reflecting on paṭicca-samuppāda and Waharaka Thero’s explanations. He often says: if things were nicca, we could arrange them as we wish. But since they don’t work…
Revised January 28, 2020; June 21, 2023 Things Happen Due to Causes and Conditions 1. A key concept in Buddha’s Dhamma is cause and effect. Nothing happens without a cause…
…Nibbāna in terms of ultimate realities. Lokaya (World of 31 Realms)Nibbana Ultimate Realities (4) Citta (89) Cetasika (52) Rupa (28) Nibbana Aggregates (5) Vedana kandha Sanna kandha Sankhara kandha Vinnana…
Revised May 20, 2018; February 17, 2019; June 7, 2024 1. There are two meanings to “kāya”: (i) “kāya” for the body, and (ii) the other “kāya” means “collections” or…
…Pattana Dhamma). Utu niayama deals with the viparinama nature of a sankata. These are all inter-related. I am looking for relevant suttas, but found only this one on dhamma niyama:…
…it is relevant. Thus: In English at least, we take space to mean that which contains, the Infinite Container, to put it that way. Now ‘dhatu’ already implies matter ,in…
…Nibbana is the only unconditioned element; it is not caused by conditions. Hence Nibbana is called Asankhata Dhatu and it is permanent. The other three are caused by conditions. They…
…and australia which really opened my mind. My studies show that mantra works with the aether element or akasha-dhatu and i’ve recently learned that the maha-bhutas have a trickle down…
Hi, How do you “decode” the following : I – M 140 Dhatu-vibhanga Sutta “Furthermore, a sage at peace is not born, does not age, does not die, is unagitated,…
The sutta that @Yeos is referring is MN 140 Dhatu-vibhanga Sutta: The Analysis of the Elements. The portion he refers to is as below: The sage at peace is not…