Sexual Orientation – Effects of Kamma and Gati (Saṅkhāra)
…they all have purisa bhāva dasaka. One is born in either the 16 rupa loka realms or the four arupa loka realms (Brahma realms) because one has given up all…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…they all have purisa bhāva dasaka. One is born in either the 16 rupa loka realms or the four arupa loka realms (Brahma realms) because one has given up all…
…level, attachment to an ārammana in kāma loka gives rise to rebirth in kāma loka; attachment to a jhāna leads to rebirth in rupa loka; attachment to arupa samāpatti gives…
…lōka (paranca lokam) Micchā Diṭṭhi (Wrong Views) About the Gandhabba 4. I have highlighted three types of micchā diṭṭhi that are common. They are somewhat interrelated. But the one about…
…higher level of puññābhisaṅkhāra (puñña abhisaṅkhāra) leads to rebirths in the higher seven realms in kāma loka and the 16 realms in the rupa loka. Those lead to rebirths in…
Let me give a brief outline. 1. Everything in this world is included in the six dhatu (basic elements) of pathavi, āpo, tejo, vāyo, ākāsa, and viññāṇa. 2. The first…
…can draw the following conclusions. The “vinnana paccaya namarupa” step can be analyzed in many ways. In particular, the namarupa of akusala/kusala PS and avyakata PS are very different and…
Getting into an anariya jhana means transcending the kama loka temporarily. However, unless those jhana cittas run continuously, a mind can “fall back” to kama loka in between jhana cittas….
Namagotta, Bhava, Kamma Bīja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane) In #2 “Manō lōka is devoid of material things; it is all “nāma” and no matter.” But, I’ve learned that viññāṇa…
…that vedana was NOT neutral, it was NOT mind-made, and WAS due to kamma vipaka. Even if the records of all that are in nama loka, and it is the…
…pañcakkhandha and the Nama Loka and the quality of the mind, which is, so to speak, like a chameleon that looks on both sides of the Namarupa and acts between…