Reply To: A Consciousness That Does Not Establish

There are vipāka viññāna and kamma viññāna. Vipāka viññāna are six types: They arise via our six senses: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and the mind, called cakkhu, sōta, ghāna,jivhā,…

Viññāṇa – Two Critical Meanings

January 3, 2022 Viññāṇa – What It Really Means “Kamma Viññāṇa – Link Between Mind and Matter“ Abhisaṅkhāra Lead to Kamma Viññāṇa Two Types of Kamma Viññāṇa Summary of Key…

Reply To: Bhava and Kamma Beeja

…that is the “pati” + “icca”. The vinnana generated is an “hateful vinnana” and the kamma is done with that “hateful vinnana”. Therefore, the bhava (or the kamma beeja) created…

Reply To: About books by bhikku Katukurunde Nanananda

Yes. Understanding “namarupa formation” is the most critical issue. 1. That is how one starts with “nama dhamma” (vedana, sanna, sankhara, and vipaka vinnana) and CREATES future rupa: First, “namarupa”…

Dhamma and Dhammā – Different but Related

…in kāma loka, rupa loka, and arupa loka. Any rūpa, vedanā, saññā, saṅkhārā, or viññāṇa arising in any realm have root causes in those kammic energies (dhammā.) A basic description…

Imasmim Sati Idam Hoti – What Does It Really Mean?

…He understands thus: ‘In such a way the world ceases to exist (nirujjhatī), and thus the samsāric suffering ends.’ 15. Finally, “Yato kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako evaṃ lokassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca yathābhūtaṃ…

31 Realms Associated with the Earth

…own 31 realms. A cluster of thousand of such cakkavāla is called a “cūḷanikā lokadhātu” or a “small world system.” A thousand such systems are a “majjhimikā lokadhātu” or a…