Philosophy of the Mind
…mentioned above (including akasa dhatu) are derived from the satara mahā bhuta: pathavi, āpo, tejo, vayo. Viññāṇa constitutes of citta and cetasika. All inert things and plants (31 realms) are…
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Reply To: Post on “Namagotta, Bhava, Kamma Bīja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane)”
I think it would be easier to think about it the following way. 1. Nāmaloka (viññāṇa dhātu) consists of the four mental aggregates: vedanakkhandha, saññākkhandha, saṅkhārakkhandha, and viññāṇakkhandha. – Part…
Kiriya Citta
…term can be kamma vinnana. Because Arahant has no kamma vinnana, but he/she still can respond to something. So there are three types of citta in reaction term: javana citta(J),…
Reply To: Kiriya Citta
Excellent! You got the main ideas/concepts. I have reproduced a figure in the post “Avyākata Paṭicca Samuppāda for Vipāka Viññāṇa” under #15. It shows a typical thought process (citta vīthi)…
Reply To: Validity of current interpretation of Satipatthana Sutta
…get established.” A human mind (or vinnana) is first established in the “dhatu” or “initial stage,” where a “set of distorted kama sanna” is automatically experienced regardless of whether or…
Reply To: Posts Related to “Distorted Saññā”
Regarding Lotus’s first question: “1. Bahiddha Viññāṇa corresponds to Rūpa Paṭisaṁvedī and marks the starting phase of Purāna Kamma. I understand that even for an Arahant, Rūpa Paṭisaṁvedī automatically occurs…
Tiparivatta and Twelve Types of Ñāṇa (Knowledge)
January 29, 2016; revised January 7, 2019; February 22, 2020 Introduction 1. We discussed the tiparivaṭṭa (three rounds of bondage) briefly in the post “Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta – Introduction.” Here, we…
Anicca – Worthlessness of Worldly Things
August 20, 2017; revised June 8, 2020 Different Meanings of Anicca 1. Anicca (pronounced “anichcha”) is a profound concept that has several meanings (impermanence is only a small part of…
Abnormal Births Due to Gandhabba Transformations
…loka” (or “other world”, sometimes called nether world), compared to “this world” that we can see. That gandhabba has to wait for a suitable womb to become available, and at…
Reply To: Sotapanna information from the Sutta-pitaka
…LOKA (meaning kama loka. Anagami is never coming back to kama loka). However, a Sakadagami has much less kama raga/patigha compared to a Sotapanna, and thus is expected to be…