Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana
…But they are essentially the same, both are kammic energies built up by vinnana or desires/hopes. Of course, desires/hopes must be connected to dasa akusala in order to qualify. For…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…But they are essentially the same, both are kammic energies built up by vinnana or desires/hopes. Of course, desires/hopes must be connected to dasa akusala in order to qualify. For…
…Regarding “namarupa paccaya salayatana,” I understand it as the stage where the sangati generated in the previous step (vinnana paccaya namarupa) are reflected as ayatana. In this process, the mind…
Lal: ‘Vinnana with sobhana cetasika are not considered contaminated.’ Upekkha: “…even a good vinnana is contaminated and … AN ARAHANT CAN’T HAVE ANY SOBHANA CETASIKA..” In the absence of ANY…
…of generating kāma saṅkappa and getting to the “bahidda viññāna” stage does not occur for an Arahant. I think it should be ajjhatta vinnana instead of bahidda vinnana. with metta….
…this correct: 1) Sobhana cetasika lead to good vinnana. 2) An Arahant still has sobhana cetasikas. 3) A good vinnana is not contaminated. 4) An Arahant still has good vinnana….
9 Stages of a citta. Going from pure to contaminated: 1) citta 2) mano 3) manasan 4) hadayan 5) pandaran 6) mana indriyan 7) manayatana 8) vinnana 9) vinnanakkhandha -Vinnana…
Revised November 4, 2018; August 27, 2022 1. Nothing can happen without a cause (“hētu” in Pāli or Sinhala). Everything happens for reasons or causes. Usually, many things simultaneously arise…
…Vinnana , we need to tackle the Kamma Vinnana. If the mind doesn’t generate Kamma Vinnana, it won’t fabricate a future mind, as the cause is no longer present. …
…i.e. we would value highly of this physical body of ours and marvel at our creativity and accomplishments (namarupa paccaya vinnana, vinnana paccaya sankhara). The more we do this back…
…things that one own, so on. Then those give rise to the four mental aggregates: vedana, sanna, sankhara, vinnana. They are therefore inherently connected with the rupakkhandha. For example, one…