A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…pasāda derived from the four great elements. It is invisible (anidassano), makes contact (sappaṭighena) with visible (object).” – Pancakkhandha is all mental impression in vinnana dhatu. There is no satara…
I’ve been reflecting on kamma and vipaka the last few days. I think it might be a relevant topic here regarding the viññana dhatu. I was talking to a friend…
…‘Nāmagotta, Bhava, Kamma Bīja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane)’ The following is the content in that comment #40356: 1. Rūpakkhanda is preserved in nāmalōka as namagotta. It is just a…
Excellent, Jorg. You understood! You wrote: “There’s no actual “rupa” now in the viññāṇa dhatu. It’s a record of vedana, sañña, saṅkhāra, viññāṇa without energy.” Indeed! Regarding the following part…
#44834 “Viññāṇa Dhātu includes Records With and Without Kammic Energy” To put this in terms of the five aggregates, is it correct to say that: Records without kammic energy are…
…past kamma is going to be there in vinnana dhatu until one of the following two happens: (i) it brings vipaka and exhausts all that energy, or (ii) it does…
Thank you, Lal, for the explanations! The most important question for me is what is the meaning of the Pali terms or suttas? So far, I have not been able…
Does citta have a spatial location when it arises? Or do all mental processes for all lifestreams happen only in Vinnana dhatu which has no spatial dimension? Note: I understand…
Cittas arise in a hadaya vatthu (the “seat of the mind”.) So, cittas arise in each person, animal, Deva, etc. Memories (namagoatta) and kamma bija are in vinnana dhatu (which…
That is correct. The “image” itself (of an experience) is not preserved; that would require energy. All necessary “mental factors associated with that past image” is maintained in vinnana dhatu….