Reply To: Respect for anariya yogi?

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

Two Aspects of Saññā – Beneficial and Dangerous

…beings in “kāma loka” receive a false/distorted kāma saññā for sensory inputs. Rupa loka Brahmās receive a false/distorted jhānic saññā and Arupa loka Brahmās receive a false/distorted arupa samāpatti saññā….

Colors Are Mind-Made (Due to Kāma Saññā)

…absent in rūpa loka and arūpa loka. Those Brahmās had given up craving for sensual pleasures to be born in those realms. They crave jhānic pleasures (with rūpa rāga) and…

Key Dhamma Concepts

…and Jāti Namagotta, Bhava, Kamma Bīja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane) Gati and Bhava – Many Varieties Gati to Bhava to Jati – Ours to Control Memory, Brain, Mind, Nama

Reply To: Post on Five Aggregates – Introduction

…that in such instances the initial trigger happens. Connection ever registered in nama loka, condition arising, signal to the brain, transfer to hadaya vatthu, onto vinnana (and awareness of the…

Reply To: Anidassana Vinnana

…get a chance to take hold)”. In other words, when vinnana is stopped from arising (at the death of an Arahant), nama and rupa (pancakkhandha), which includes patavi, apo, tejo,…