Reply To: Permanent effect of magga citta

Another unique feature of the mind (or nāma loka or viññāṇa dhātu) is that there are no “spatial locations” or “spatial boundaries” in viññāṇa dhātu. We cannot ask WHERE it…

Approach to Dhamma

…a certain goal in mind (especially while engaging in dasa akusala), our minds release “an unseen energy” to the nama loka (vinnana dhatu). That energy can bring vipaka during a…

Reply To: rupakkhandha vs saññākhandha

@Sachin Saññā is not sadda Rūpa. #1 All Rūpa (not RūpakKhanda) are made of five dhatus. #2 Rūpa varies from very subtle levels to very dense level. World is made…

Reply To: Memory Records

Memories are in vinnana dhatu. The brain retrieves them. If the brain becomes defective, memory recall will be poor. Depending on the extent of the damage to the brain, memory…

Reply To: DN 34 Dasuttarasutta

1. We can sort things out by looking at the following sutta: “Paṭhamabhava Sutta (AN 3.76).” The key verse is: “Iti kho, ānanda, kammaṁ khettaṁ, viññāṇaṁ bījaṁ, taṇhā sneho.” It…

Reply To: Akasa dhatu – "space element" ?

@C.Saket. You said: In the post : Rupa – Generation mechanism, it is said that: “…Those 8 rupas (patavi, apo, tejo, vayo, vanna, gandha, rasa, oja) and the akasa dhatu

Reply To: AN 10.7 Sariputta Sutta

…mention of asankata dhatu and nibbana dhatu (I was thinking nibbana dhatu) as being the possible thought object making contact with the phassa cetasika, but I’m not certain. Regardless this…

Not happy with the translations

…translations of the six words in Sinhala and to English. Somehow I am not satisfied with apo dhatu as water element and the other words und auch Dhatu, except ākāsa!!!…