Finest Manōmaya Kaya of an Arūpāvacara Brahma
December 19, 2018 1. As we discussed in the previous post, we can get some insights on “what survives the death of a physical body” by analyzing jhānic experiences; see,…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
December 19, 2018 1. As we discussed in the previous post, we can get some insights on “what survives the death of a physical body” by analyzing jhānic experiences; see,…
…a record (or records) gets transmitted to the viññāṇa dhatu/nama loka/mental plane (however you wish to call it) via the mana indriya. There’s no actual “rupa” now in the viññāṇa…
…reflect back with the memory. – Our nama loka is very different from the rupa loka. We can recall memories (in nama loka) from anywhere. More in the next post….
…the namagotta. Thus pancakkhandha includes past, present, and future, whereas namagotta includes only that portion of the pancakkhandha that has gone to the past. Even though I have discussed these…
…Preserved in Nāma Loka.” Therefore, it is important to realize that — in the strict sense — rupakkhandha includes any rupa that one has ever experienced. This fact is a…
…kāma loka. Here, the ‘(distorted/viparita) saññā‘ for the kāma loka is the ‘kāma saññā‘. Let us focus our discussion below for a human puthujjana in kāma loka with kāma saññā….
February 1, 2022 Critical Influence of Wrong Views on Akusala Citta Near-Death Experiences (NDE): Brain Is Not the Mind Gandhabba (Mental Body) Separating from Physical Body in Jhāna Where Are…
July 19, 2018; last revised December 5, 2024 Lōka Samudaya is not about “creating a whole new world.” When someone dies and is reborn, that is “arising into a new…
…two well-known yogis, Alara Kalama, and Uddaka Rāmaputta. They achieved very high states of jhāna (that belong in the rupa loka and arupa loka) via concentration meditation. However, it will…
…Are in Kāma and Rupa Loka 5. Therefore, the detection of rūpa in kāma loka and rūpa lōka involves matter or energy, and all those are above the suddhāṭṭhaka stage….