A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
“Aniccaṁ vipariṇāmi aññathābhāvi” is a verse that succinctly states the unfruitfulness of pursuing sensory pleasures. Understanding its true meaning can get one to the Sotapanna stage of Nibbāna. September 22,…
March 11, 2016; revised October 31, 2017; February 10, 2020 1. The essence of the Buddha Dhamma is that what we PERCEIVE to be enjoyment (assāada) is actually the CAUSE…
…due to kama raga. Rupāvacara Brahma (only manomaya kāya; cannot be even seen with a microscope) Mental stress is much reduced. Mainly jhanic pleasures. Viparinama dukha when close death. Suppression…
…saṁsaric journey is among three types of loka: kāma loka, rupa loka, and arupa loka (with the 31 realms distributed among these three.) As explained in Paṭicca Samuppāda, one’s birth…
Buddha’s description of the “world” (“loka“) is different from the “material world.” The Buddha meant by “loka” the “mental world” of each person. Even though we all experience the same…
…vinnana (for example sota-vinnana) and vinnana-dhatu? Is there a relationship? Of course there is. It is like asking whether there is a relationship between patavi dhatu and a tree or…
…be good to read about Maha Nidānasutta which not only explains PS but also gives indepth explanation of each paccaya especially on namarupa paccaya vinnana and vinnana paccaya namarupa. In…
“Here, this viññāna is kamma viññāna, and also viññāna as in “viññāna paccayā nāmarūpa”, correct?” That is correct, Lang. Also, cakkhu, sota, ghana, jivha, kaya viññāna do not generate kamma….
October 19, 2019; Title revised December 30, 2021; August 2, 2024 (#2) Cha chakka – Six Sets of Sixes 1. We have finished discussing the six steps in the Chachakka…
The answer becomes clear when you list the factors involved in “recalling a memory.” 1. All memories (namagotta) from eons ago are in vinnana dhatu and will always be there….