What Are Rūpa? (Relation to Nibbāna)

…of hate and greed (in the rūpa loka and arūpa loka) are, thus, purer than the minds in kāma loka. In the rūpa loka (realms 12-27), the bodies of the…

Āsava, Anusaya, and Gati (Gathi)

…with our five physical senses. The other is the nāma loka. The nāma loka has our memories or nāma gotta and kamma bija. This “immaterial world” is accessed with the…

Pure Dhamma – Sitemap

…Sila, Samadhi Six Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbāna) Ye Dhammā Hetuppabhavā.. and yam kińci samudaya dhammam.. Samādhi, Jhāna (Dhyāna), Magga Phala Samādhi, Jhāna,…

Niddesa (Brief Description) of Paṭicca Samuppāda

March 7, 2022; revised February 1, 2023 The niddesa version (Brief Description) of Paṭicca Samuppāda provides more clarity than the uddesa (utterance) version. We discuss the niddesa version in this…

Reply To: Permanent effect of magga citta

…Buddha is limited to a dasasahassi lokadhātu and the fact that nama loka has no space dimension..” – What is the contradiction? Just because nama loka (vinnana plane) has “no…