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…realms, one is born with a dense body (kāma loka), fine-material body (rūpa loka), or only a trace of “matter” in the form of “gati” (arūpa loka). When the mind…
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…realms, one is born with a dense body (kāma loka), fine-material body (rūpa loka), or only a trace of “matter” in the form of “gati” (arūpa loka). When the mind…
…loka: the human realm and Deva realms. – That also happens in two steps: A Sakadagami will not be born with a human body and an Anagami would not be…
…sensory pleasures in the “kama loka.” That is why a Sotapanna or a Sotapnna Anugami will be reborn in the higher realms of “kama loka.” An Anagami would not be…
Theruwan Saranayi! 1. Yes. The duration of the jhana does not matter. As long as one has attained a jhana citta vithi, one has transcended the “kama loka.” Thus the…
…first Ariya jhana. But if even a Sotapanna Anugami attains an anariya jhana, they will not return to the kama loka. I think that is what you are after. But,…
…loka” and “rupa loka” and approaching the “arupa loka.“ That is when one loses all perception of a “physical body” or “any rupa” and a white environment is the only…
…and be instantly reborn as Brahma in Rupa loka or, if attaining Arahanthood, cease to exist in this world. So, it is not that the lifetime is always fixed…
…Element, which has 75 Citta, and the Mind Element, which has 4 Citta. Now, when I say that the Arupa Loka refers only to the absence of Gandhabba. And that…
Very good, Jorg. You caught one of the very few instances where Wharaka Thero stated something not quite right. That is one of the early discourses, and I had also…
From post Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā) Vedanā Due to Kāma Guṇa Are Not “samphassa-jā-vedanā“ 5. However, this sōmanassa vēdanā that arises due to kāma guṇa are NOT…