A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
Understood, but I need to ask again: Katame dhammā anidassanaappaṭighā? Vedanākkhandho, saññākkhandho, saṅkhārakkhandho, viññāṇakkhandho; yañca rūpaṁ anidassanaṁ appaṭighaṁ dhammāyatanapariyāpannaṁ; asaṅkhatā ca dhātu — ime dhammā anidassanaappaṭighā. “Dhammā anidassanaappaṭighā” means –…
Your analogy is an excellent one, Lang! 1. Yes. Only when the gandhabba is inside the physical body, do we need the brain to extract memories. 2. When the gandhabba…
Okay. Your answer was very helpful. I appreciate your patience. Sometimes I feel as though I am in pre-school each time I tackle a Buddha Dhamma subject. For a teacher,…
Very interesting. Thank you! Yes. Even after the cremation of other Arahants, such “indestructible dhatu” are found and venerated….
August 21, 2022; September 12, 2002 (#6) The concepts of anusaya, gati, and bhava are associated with a mind, i.e., manomaya kāya/gandhabba of a lifestream. Kammic Energy Creates Hadaya Vatthu…
Where the 6 primary causes lobha, dosa, moha, alobha, adosa, amoha belong to? the six dhatu? pathavi, apo, tejo, vayo, akasa, vinnana? or elsewhere?…
I have been trying to respond to your original comment: “Where the 6 primary causes lobha, dosa, moha, alobha, adosa, amoha belong to? the six dhatu? pathavi, apo, tejo, vayo,…
“Is there another usage of dhātu?” Yes. Words can have different meanings depending on context. That is true not only in Pali but in many languages. Following are some examples:…
…them (with the correct seeing of the true nature) leads to stopping their arising, i.e., Nibbana. Third part: Yes. The Buddha described “loka” in several ways: six dhatu, five aggregates,…
…namagotta. It is just a record, without any energy. 2. So, there are two types of entities in the nāmalōka: (i) dhammā with kammic energy and (ii) namagotta without energy….