A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…cries of jackals, tigers, leopards and other animals who were coming to the cemetery to feed on the dead bodies. Hearing the cries of those animals, Sopāka became terrified. Shivering…
…is no coming back. At Parinibbana, nama and rupa are totally separated (nama rupa paricceda), and that is not a reversible process. From the discussion that we have had on…
…The remaining patisandhi citta leads to rebirth in the Brahma loka (16 rūpa loka and four arūpa loka). These rise due to jhānic states: rebirths in the rūpa loka are…
…rupa rāga, and arupa rāga, corresponding to attachment to the kāma loka, rupa loka, and arupa loka respectively. At the Sakadāgāmi stage, kāma rāga and paṭigha are REDUCED to the…
…later designation, especially by Buddhaghosa. 6. For a human, getting to the first jhāna means (at least temporarily) transcending the kāma loka. Initially, that is only for a couple of…
November 29, 2018; revised January 30, 2024 1. Kāmaccandha is a Pāli word that has roots in the keyword “icca” (pronounced “ichcha”), There is no need to look for Sanskrit…
…is unaware of that process involving “this world that we experience” and the “para loka of the gandhabbā.” For a crude but good visualization of the gandhabba and para loka,…
…kāma rāga, rupa rāga, and arupa rāga (that binds one to the kāma loka, rupa loka, and arupa loka.) But a Sotapanna has overcome the lowest realms in the kāma…
Namagotta, Bhava, Kamma Bīja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane) #7 On the “moral side,” all stages of Nibbāna are “anantariya kamma.” For example, when one attains the Sotāpanna stage, he/she…
It is good to keep in mind the “three main lokas” of kama loka (four apayas, human realm, six Deva realms), rupa loka (16 rupavacara Brahma realms) and arupa loka…