Reply To: Discourse 1 – Nicca, Sukha, Atta

…an Arahant. I want to focus on the phrase: sabbe dhamma anatta. There are things in this world that are of use/value/essence like punnabhisankhara, kusala kamma, nama gotta, jhanas, and…

Difference between a post and a sutta

…jāti, jāti paccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ. Evametesaṁ dhammānaṁ samudayo hoti. I have put the different Pali words in bold. We can see that your post has “namarupa” and the sutta has “nama”,…

Reply To: Compilation of my thoughts

…current understanding of the distinctions is as follows: Bahidda vinnana (vipaka vinnana), ajjhatta vinnana (kamma vinnana) 7. Through the khandhas, the following can be understood: Rupakkhandha and vinnanakkhandha help distinguish…

Reply To: Akasa dhatu vs vinnana dhatu

There are 6 dhatu in all: patavi, apo, tejo, vayo, akasa, vinnana. patavi, apo, tejo, vayo are in akasa. Therefore, akasa can be thought of as “where patavi, apo, tejo,…

Āsēvana and Aññamañña Paccayā

November 20, 2016; revised July 1, 2019; September 9, 2022; March 28, 2023 Introduction 1. As mentioned in the “Paṭṭhāna Dhamma – Connection to Cause and Effect (Hetu Phala),” there…

Viññāṇa Aggregate

November 30, 2017 Viññāṇa – Two Critical Meanings Viññāṇa – What It Really Means Kamma Viññāṇa – Link Between Mind and Matter Anidassana Viññāṇa – What It Really Means Anidassana,…