A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…vinnana.” The “sankhara paccaya vinnana” illustrates that more abhisankhara leads to the growth of a stronger kamma vinnana. Therefore, both “sankhara paccaya vinnana” and “vinnana paccaya namarupa” deal with the…
…vinnana” does not belong to the rupa aggregate. It belongs to the vinnana aggregate. 2. At the cuti-patisandhi moment, a “patisandhi vinnana” gets more energy and is converted to a…
…That happens, for example, via “cakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjāti cakkhu viññāṇaṃ” – That cakkhu vinnana is a vipaka vinnana and not a kamma vinnana. – The relevant sankhara are…
May 7, 2022; revised December 5, 2022 The verse “saṅkhittena pañcupādānakkhandhā dukkhā” in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11) says that attachment to pañcakkhandha (i.e., pañcupādānakkhandhā) is the root cause of…
August 2, 2021 Anatta is a characteristic of this world and not about a “self.” While impermanence is a part of anicca nature, it does not describe the full meaning…
July 14, 2021 Noble Truths – Deeper Aspect of Buddha Dhamma 1. Most Buddhists today follow the “superficial” or “mundane” version of the Buddha Dhamma, which is to live a…
Vedanā arises with a sensory input or an ārammaṇa. A sensory input may give rise to two types of vedanā: vipāka vedanā (unavoidable) and “samphassa-jā-vedanā” which may arise if the…
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…vinnanakkhanda). Is there a reason why isn’t rupakkhandha categorized as nama in here even though it is mental? – “Kamma Viññāna is not strictly mental and is responsible for the…
…sota-vinnana) and vinnana-dhatu? Is there a relationship? I understood vinnana is something that conditionally arises and ceases, dependend for example on sense-contact. Is vinnana-dhatu not something that arises and ceases?…