A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…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…
…adinava (unfruitfulness/dangers) in sense pleasures at lower realms. In the realms of kama loka, beings enjoy sense pleasures through all five physical senses. In the rupavacara brahma loka, smell, taste,…
…(relevant to kāma loka) remains intact. In that case, that ‘distorted sanna’ will trigger automatic attachment to that sensory input and move the mind to “kāma loka.” This is STEP…
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,…
…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…
The point is the following: 1. Namagotta (memories) are preserved in vinnana dhatu as the mental aggregates. They don’t have energies but records. We need to make an effort to…
…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…
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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…
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…