The Four Stages in Attaining Nibbāna

// Revised February 4, 2016; revised October 25, 2017; August 28, 2022 1. The 31 realms discussed in “31 Realms Associated with the Earth” are divided into three main categories…

Our Two Worlds – Rupa Loka and Nāma Loka

…Nāmagotta Response to a Sensory Stimulus – Role of Gati/Anusaya Ārammaṇa Plays a Critical Role in a Sensory Event Nāma Loka and Rupa Loka – Two Parts of Our World…

Kamma and Saṅkhāra, Cetanā and Sañcetanā

…rebirth process. Details in “Six Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbāna)” and “Kilesa – Relationship to Akusala, Kusala, and Puñña Kamma.” Kammic Energy Arises…

Kāma Assāda – A Root Cause of Suffering

…An arupāvacara jhāna will lead to rebirth in an arupāvacara Brahma realm (in arupa loka). Of the three types of loka, kāma loka is the “default loka” for living beings….

Khandhā in Idappaccayatā Paṭicca Samuppāda

March 28, 2022 We never experience a single unit of cognition, only khandhas or the cumulative effect of millions/billions of such units. That is why instead of rupa, vedanā, saññā,…