Reply To: Music and Distorted Saññā

Would like to confirm if Arahants have distorted sanna? The reason why I’m asking is because one post mentions Arahants have distorted sanna while another say’s Arahants don’t. Sotapanna stage…

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The above cartoon explains how the gandhabba sees while being outside or inside a physical body. (https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1fEIR5selbqa3cba8nPbxKFGEfp-iXytx) Note: 1. While being OUTSIDE the physical body, the gandhabba sees using a…

Reply To: Lord Buddha statue

1. There were no Buddha statues for many years after the Parinibbana of the Buddha. Soon after Buddha’s Parinibbana, stupas with Buddha’s remains (dhatu) were built. Statues of the Buddha…

Reply To: Uppatti Kamma Bhava

…What means “landing” in relation to kama dhatu, kama sanna, kama sankappa…? I guess it is the purana kamma stage. But how can the Bodhisatta avoid kama dhatu (with kama…

Reply To: Brahma Anagami and bad Kamma Vipāka

Thank you, Seng Kiat, for providing the background account. It says: Na antalikkhe na samuddamajjhe, na pabbatānaṁ vivaraṁ pavissa; Na vijjatī so jagatippadeso, yatthaṭṭhito mucceyya pāpakammā. Verse 127: Not in…

Reply To: About manomaya kaya

…while javana cittas arise. Those below the suddhatthaka level are released to vinnana dhatu as dhammā while javana cittas arise. Then such kammic energies (dhammā) stay in vinnana dhatu until…

Reply To: Sankhata and Nāmagotta

…of looking at a tree. It registered in the mind as a sankhata (cakkhu vinnana, which is only a vipaka vinnana.) That sankhata arose and passed away; only its “record”…