Reply To: arupa loka

…to understand concepts associated with viññāṇa dhātu (nāma loka) with those we are familiar with the rupa loka. In the rupa loka, “things/rupa above the suddhatthaka level” have spatial locations….

Reply To: The Second Law of Infodynamics

…Ideas stored in a Namagotta in the form of “Pancakkhandha”. These “Pancakkhandha” are associated with Rupa, in Kama Loka and Rupa Loka. A connection, that relates to form and also…

Upādāna Paccayā Bhava – Two Types of Bhava

…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…

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”…

Reply To: Ultimate Realities – Table

…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…

Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa

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…