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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…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
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….
…benefit for a Sotapanna to mediate on “netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā” of the five aggregates and on the other dhatu’s like in the Mahārāhulovāda Sutta? …
…on the other dhatu’s like in the Mahārāhulovādasutta. – “Thus, the correct translation of “‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ ti” is “mine, of myself, or can be beneficial for…
…aggregates and on the other dhatu’s like in the Mahārāhulovāda Sutta.” Contemplating the correct translation of “‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ ti” (i.e., pancupadanakkhandha is “mine, of myself, or…
…Javana cittas arise when we engage in abhisankhara. See “Kamma and Saṅkhāra, Cetanā and Sañcetanā.” Such a kammic energy stays in “vinnana dhatu” until suitable CONDITIONS appear to bring back…
Vb2 Āyatanavibhaṅga 28.1 Tattha katamaṁ dhammāyatanaṁ? Vedanākkhandho, saññākkhandho, saṅkhārakkhandho, yañca rūpaṁ anidassanaappaṭighaṁ dhammāyatanapariyāpannaṁ, asaṅkhatā ca dhātu. Is Nibbana(asankhata) included in dhammāyatana because the permanent elimination of the contamination is experienced…
…kamma bhava too. Human enjoys kamaloka’s sensory pleasure. That’s why human bhava is in kama bhava. So human gati has multiple properties to enjoy sensory pleasures. The reason that phenomenon…