Sakkāya Diṭṭhi in Terms of Attā or “Self” or “Ātma”
October 26, 2019; revised November 1, 2019; October 9, 2022 Summary of Chachakka Sutta Up to This Point 1. The Chachakka Sutta (MN 148) describes in detail what happens when…
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Vision (Cakkhu Viññāṇa) is Not Just Seeing
Cakkhu viññāṇa is not just “seeing a picture” of an object; it includes gauging the distance of the object from us. Furthermore, it simultaneously generates recognition (perception), feelings, and other…
Taṇhā Paccayā Upādāna – Critical Step in Paṭicca Samuppāda
“Taṇhā paccayā upādāna” is a critical step in Paṭicca Samuppāda (PS). That is where we can take CONTROL of the PS process. December 7, 2019; revised October 14, 2020; October…
Do 5 Aggregates Arise and Cease Moment to Moment?
In Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta, the Buddha admonishes Sāti’s wrong view of viññana, as Sāti said that viññana is “It is that which, venerable sir, speaks and feels and experiences here and there…
Reply To: Kamma Vinnana
My understanding is that there is no kamma vinnana in an arahant. kamma vinnana is defiled consciousness; an arahant has only vipaka vinnana. Like you said, an arahant still engages…
Bhava and Jāti Within a Lifetime – Example
May 22, 2022 Bhava and jāti within a lifetime discussed with an example of how a “thief is born.” Paṭicca Samuppāda During a Lifetime 1. As the Buddha advised Ven….
Reply To: Gandhabba: Lying in Wait for Appropriate Womb
…deep in the woods (I lived in a rural area of New England) and would feed the animals. I began writing, but not simple stories. When in school we were…
Reply To: kusala mula PS leads not to rebirth
…In the Akusala-mula PS that feeds the rebirth process, the critical step of “upādāna paccayā bhavō” leads to the creation of the kamma bhava (energy to feed future rebirths.) –…
Reply To: Ghandhabba, Jati, Vinnana (Consciousness)
…story altogether. My query into this topic does not stem from a position of intellectualism or a desire to feed some intellectual need. Rather, my interest stems from curiosity on…
Gati and Family
…do not be worried about that. The real faith begins in the Sotapanna stage. As ordinary humans we can just feed that faith and reduce micca ditthi until they are…