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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…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
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…
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…
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…
…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…
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…
…the general sequence of steps involved in kamma accumulation based on any sensory input in kāma loka. We discussed that in the post “Upaya and Upādāna – Two Stages of…
…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…
…comprehend all the 4 dhatus and not just with vayo ( air) In the sutta’s the formula for any dhatu meditation is always Etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti in…
…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”…
…above chart, the sensory input makes the mind fall into kama dhatu. It automatically gets the “kama sanna.“ However, the mind would automatically generate “mano kamma” (“kāma saṅkappa” or “mano…