A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
Mahārāhulovāda Sutta provides Buddha’s instructions to Ven. Rahula for setting the background before starting the practice of Ānāpānasati and his instructions on Ānāpānasati. It also explains the correct kasina mediation….
…of kamma” are embedded in kamma bīja (seeds) in the nama loka as kamma bhava, the movie like sequence is recorded in the nama loka as nama gotta. Therefore, while…
…Dhatu”, “Rupa Dhatu”, to the “Kama Dhatu”, the outside world, the D= bark of the tree. The roots and their structures represent Pancupadanakkhandha, embedded for each tree root, as NG=…
Revised August 4, 2021; July 1, 2022 1. Viññāṇa is unique to sentient beings. Plants are alive but have no viññāṇa; they respond to the environments but are not capable…
…types of viññāṇa only bring in the external sensory input, i.e., they are “vipāka viññāṇa.” Viññāṇa and Saṅkhāra Feed on Each Other 16. For example, cakkhu viññāṇa is like a…
…will discuss below. The Analogy of a Four-Story House 2. The Buddha separated the 31 realms in the world (loka) into three lokās: kāma loka, rupa loka, and arupa loka….
…Within the kāma loka, there are various “lokā“: manussa loka (human world), peta loka (loka of hungry ghosts), Deva loka, etc. The 20 realms in rupa loka and arupa loka…
…connection to the Nama Loka. (That would still be the Rupa Loka level or Rupa Dhatu level) Without Gandhabba, only Hadaya and Nama Loka. (That would be the Arupa Loka…
…in the Three Lokās 14. The Buddha divided the world into three “lokās“: kāma loka, rupa loka, and arupa loka. In arupa loka, an external world that can be experienced…
…brahman gave. Furthermore, if one were to feed just one Anagami, that would be more beneficial than feeding 100 Sotapannas. – If one were to feed one Arahant, that would…