Understanding the Terms in Paṭicca Samuppāda
January 6, 2021 Distortion of Pāli Keywords in Paṭicca Samuppāda Saṅkhāra – Many Meanings Viññāṇa – Two Critical Meanings Memory, Dhammā, and Viññāṇa Dhātu Citta Vithi – Fundamental Sensory Unit…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
January 6, 2021 Distortion of Pāli Keywords in Paṭicca Samuppāda Saṅkhāra – Many Meanings Viññāṇa – Two Critical Meanings Memory, Dhammā, and Viññāṇa Dhātu Citta Vithi – Fundamental Sensory Unit…
…things or remember sounds of music once heard?” Yes. All past memories are in the vinnana plane (or vinnana dhatu). Recalling memories requires only the hadaya vatthu. No pasada rupa…
October 4, 2021 Background for this subsection: “Basic Framework of Buddha Dhamma.” Paṭicca Samuppāda – Introduction What Did the Buddha Mean by a “Loka”? Future Suffering (Loka/Dukkha Samudaya) Starts With…
…into the dhatu’s. All the beautiful visions one has seen in one’s life, all for nothing at the end, ends up as a pile of rubbish. Not only that, the…
I cannot find a Tipitaka reference for the five dhammatā, only for dhammaniyāmatā: SN12.20 There it is stated: “Katamo ca, bhikkhave, paṭiccasamuppādo? Jātipaccayā, bhikkhave, jarāmaraṇaṁ. Uppādā vā tathāgatānaṁ anuppādā vā…
…heaven but “paraloka,” that world of the gandhabbas. They have been in that state only for a brief time, several minutes. If they stay in paraloka for long, they will…
The following post is from Tobias G: In “Tikanikkhepa” contains types of dhammā: 2.3.1.22. Sanidassanattika Katame dhammā sanidassanasappaṭighā? Rūpāyatanaṁ— ime dhammā sanidassanasappaṭighā. Katame dhammā anidassanasappaṭighā? Cakkhāyatanaṁ, sotāyatanaṁ, ghānāyatanaṁ, jivhāyatanaṁ, kāyāyatanaṁ,…
Katame dhammā anidassanaappaṭighā? Vedanākkhandho, saññākkhandho, saṅkhārakkhandho, viññāṇakkhandho; yañca rūpaṁ anidassanaṁ appaṭighaṁ dhammāyatanapariyāpannaṁ; asaṅkhatā ca dhātu— ime dhammā anidassanaappaṭighā. There are the khandhas. Those are anidassanaappaṭighā….
What is the translation of this part: “…yañca rūpaṁ anidassanaṁ appaṭighaṁ dhammāyatanapariyāpannaṁ; asaṅkhatā ca dhātu— ime dhammā anidassanaappaṭighā.“…
It means, “a rupa that cannot be seen, cannot be touched, and belongs to the dhammāyatana (i.e., a dhammā) OR Nibbāna dhātu” – They can make contact with the mind….