Āhāra (Food) in Udayavaya Ñāna
…arise only in kāma loka, once one loses craving for kabaḷīkāra āhāra, rebirths in kāma loka will be stopped as in the case of an Anāgāmi. Other three “mental foods”…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…arise only in kāma loka, once one loses craving for kabaḷīkāra āhāra, rebirths in kāma loka will be stopped as in the case of an Anāgāmi. Other three “mental foods”…
…we start comprehending the Noble Truths (Paticca Samuppada), then we can start removing anusaya leading to the removal of taṇhā. See “Phassa paccayā Vēdanā….to Tanhā” and #8 in “Loka Sutta…
…experienced all of it. To emphasize, only the four mental components are preserved in the nāma loka. The rupa loka has only “material things,” Thus, rupakkhandha is not preserved in…
…an Arahant?” The six dhātus include everything in the world. Kāma dhātu, rupa dhātu, and arupa dhātu (and kāma loka, rupa loka, and arupa loka) are three parts of the…
…generating “bad vaci saṅkhāra“. Even though one may not be saying a single bad word, just consciously think about bad thoughts about another person will feed that bad habit. So,…
January 1, 2016; revised November 2, 2017, June 28, 2019 Rūpa and Rūpakkhandha are two different things. There are rūpa made up of “physical matter ” (suddhashtaka) in the rūpa…
May 26, 2017; revised October 3, 2022 This important subsection will discuss the link between the mind (nāma) and matter (rūpa). These are deeper analyses. The “mind to matter” transition…
…dhātu. See, “What are Rūpa? – Dhammā are Rūpa too!” – Is anidassana/appaṭigha nāma the namagotta? If so, could you tell me how anidassana/appaṭigha rupa(dhammā) can turn into anidassana/appaṭigha nāma?…
…phassa between vanna rupa (rupa rupa) and the cakkhu indriya. This vinnana is a vipaka vinnana, and may be cakkhu vinnana, sota vinnana, ghana vinnana, jivha vinnana, kaya vinnana or…
Greetings Lal and others, Buddha says everything eventually exists in mind only. That suggests everything is subjective. The nama-rupa is said to arise simultaneously. Does this mean the mind creates…