Reply To: Nirodha Samapatti

…all the limited and determinate qualities of conditioned things. The Buddha also refers to Nibbana as a ‘dhatu,’ an element, the ‘deathless element’ (amata-dhatu). He compares the element of Nibbana…

Reply To: hetu the six roots

…else”. So now I got it. Lobha, dosa, moha, alobha, adosa, and amoha do not belong to dhatu. Instead, six dhatu come from the six hetu. But here is another…

Reply To: hetu the six roots

“Where the 6 primary causes lobha, dosa, moha, alobha, adosa, amoha belong to? the six dhatu? pathavi, apo, tejo, vayo, akasa, vinnana? or elsewhere?” The reason why I asked the…

Reply To: Anāgata Rupa

1. “Atita rupa” are mental impressions of the rupa experienced. A record of them remains intact in the vinnana dhatu as “namagotta.” “Paccuppana rupa” are those being experienced; they become…

Reply To: Semen Retention and Brahmacharya

…bodies undergo these transformations. Their bones become indestructible “dhatu” (crystal-like) that don’t burn upon cremation of the body. That is how we have “dhatu” of the Buddha and various Arahants….