Vacī Saṅkhāra – Saṅkappa (Conscious Thoughts) and Vācā (Speech)
November 30, 2019; December 1, 2019; July 17, 2021; September 10, 2022 (esp. #11) Introduction 1. Vacī Saṅkhāra is looking into a ārammana deeper (vitakka) and in detail (vicāra). We…
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Phassa paccayā Vēdanā….to Tanhā
“Phassa paccayā vedanā” in Akusala-Mula Paṭicca Samuppāda processes is really “samphassa paccayā samphassa-jā-vedanā.” That automatically leads to attachment or taṇhā. Rewritten May 25, 2021; rewritten with new title June 3,…
Uppatti Paṭicca Samuppāda (How We Create Our Own Rebirths)
July 6, 2019; revised October 4, 2021; November 3, 2022 Rebirths Arise Due to Our Actions 1. Uppatti Paṭicca Samuppāda describes how we create our rebirths. Idappaccayātā Paṭicca Samuppāda explains…
Complexity of the Mind – Viññāṇa and Saṅkhāra
April 28, 2019; revised November 8, 2019 Vipāka Viññāna and Kamma Viññāṇa 1. Even though science has made significant progress in the understanding of the material world, science has advanced…
Connection Between Sankhāra and Viññāna
A person is constantly generating thoughts about his upcoming vacation, anticipating what he could possibly see and enjoy. In the standard Paticca Samuppāda steps, it would be sankhāra <—> viññāna…
Reply To: Validity of current interpretation of Satipatthana Sutta
…take a book to explain if started from the beginning. But the essence is “Once a mind gets to the “paccupaṭṭhita sati” (bahiddha vinnana), it is free of any manifested…
Post on “Citta, Manō, Viññāna – Nine Stages of a Thought”
Citta, Manō, Viññāna – Nine Stages of a Thought 13. However, in the case of an Arahant, the process stops at the mānasan stage and thus will not contaminate with…
What is Mind? How do we Experience the Outside World?
Revised January 17, 2019; March 20, 2023 1. Everything we experience comes through six “doors” or “āyatana” we have to the outside worlds: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind….
Kāye Kāyānupassanā – Details in Satipaṭṭhāna
…in kāma loka) plays a key role in it. Satipaṭṭhāna Bhūmi – Where One Has Sammā Sati 3. A person gets into the Satipaṭṭhāna Bhūmi for the first time ever…
Introduction – What is Suffering?
…appealing, and particular touches bring pleasurable sensations. Those three types are the “close contacts” available only in kāma loka. However, the most appeal is for bodily contact with the opposite…