Overcoming Kāma Saññā – Satipaṭṭhāna Bhumi or Jhāna
…binds one to the ‘rupa loka.’ Finally, one must overcome the ‘arupa saññā‘ that binds one to the ‘arupa loka.’ See “Loka and Nibbāna (Aloka) – Complete Overview.” All those…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…binds one to the ‘rupa loka.’ Finally, one must overcome the ‘arupa saññā‘ that binds one to the ‘arupa loka.’ See “Loka and Nibbāna (Aloka) – Complete Overview.” All those…
…gets “niyata vivarana” (confirmation of attaining the Buddhahood or “Buddha bhava”) from a Buddha at that time. The above concepts are looked at differently in “Memory, Brain, Mind, Nama Loka,…
…rupa loka and arupa loka Brahmas (details not shown). While the mind of a being (say a human) in kama loka falls on “kama dhatu” and proceeds to the bahiddha…
// 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…
…or “initial stages” in one of the three lokas: kama loka, rupa loka, or arupa loka. Since humans are in kama loka, our minds start at the “kama dhatu” stage….
…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…
…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…
…at least in the human realm. As long as one cultivates saṅkhāra compatible with kāma loka, it is impossible to be freed from kāma loka. Even seeking “harmless sense pleasures”…
…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….
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,…