Reply To: Rupa and Dualism
…is stored in “vinnana dhatu.” The collective kammic energy of all living beings leads to the arising of the external world. One’s own kammic energy can bring future rebirths for…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…is stored in “vinnana dhatu.” The collective kammic energy of all living beings leads to the arising of the external world. One’s own kammic energy can bring future rebirths for…
…frequently heard from the Bhantes . They say that the world is entirely mental. What exists outside are the 4 Dhatu (Apo, Tejo, Vayo and Pathavi). The world is colourless,…
…the brain (unknown to science yet) that receives our memories stored in the vinnana dhatu. All those signals are first processed by the brain to convert them to types of…
Rūpa samudaya explains how the ‘colorful world’ we experience (e.g., colorful flowers) is created by the mind (via ‘kāma saññā‘). Modern science confirms that ‘colors’ are not in external objects…
…animals, humans, and up to the heavenly realms. Being travel to form realms (rupa dhatu), and a destruction of fire occurs. After 7 fire destructions, a destruction of water occurs;…
Dear Lal, I see you have edited your response to add a P.S., claiming my previous points are “without substance” while stating you will explain them “in the future.” Dismissing…
July 14, 2026 1. The original post had the title “Avyākata Paṭicca Samuppāda for Vipāka Viññāṇa,” originally written on October 17, 2017. However, I recently realized that such a Paṭicca…