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…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…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…
…speech/desana is recorded in both: 1) the nama gotta(after the speech/desana is done) and 2) an actual physical recording device. Now let us assume there are two tihetuka people who…
…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”,…
All the information below is found in the Mahākhandhaka. I had written about certain prohibitions on August 6 without giving the Pali reference. I was able to find the source…
…paccaya “Nama-Rupa”… So this “Nama-Rupa” comes from vinnana. Vinnana has kammic energy which creates mind AND matter. And this vinnana was created by abhi-sankhara (done in past lives and also…
…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…
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,…
…Kāma Loka.” 8. Also see “Avijjā is Triggered by Kāma Saññā in Kāma Loka” and other recent posts in “New / Revised Posts.” One cannot hope to eliminate “99% or…
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…
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