Saḷāyatana Are Not Sense Faculties
…and Mano Loka (Mind Plane)’” You may want to think about this carefully. See the analysis of the five aggregates in “The Five Aggregates (Pañcakkhandha).” We can discuss any questions…
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Reply To: Compilation of my thoughts
…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…
Reply To: Post on “Details of Kamma – Intention, Who Is Affected, Kamma Patha”
Yes. Thank you. I revised the translation as follows: “Bhikkhus, what you intend or plan (based on your underlying tendencies or anusaya), help grow that anusaya and become a support…
Question about post Dhamma and Dhammā – Different but Related
Hallo Lal. Lal wrote. Dhamma and Dhammā – Different but Related Dhammā means to “bear or give rise to things in this world,” and Dhamma explains how. Buddha Dhamma explains…
Reply To: Is Buddhism like Advaita Vedanta?
Dhamma rightfully views consciousness as a manifestation of causes and conditions (therefore, various kinds of viññāṇa), but other religions portray it as something continuous like a “soul”. For example, the…
Reply To: Determinism
…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. …
Contradictions in Paṭicca Samuppāda Vibhaṅga
1. I believe that the Paṭicca Samuppāda Vibhaṅga in the Tipiṭaka Commentary “Vibhaṅga Pakarana” contains material that is inconsistent with the Sutta Piṭaka. Since we know that those commentaries were…
Kamma, Saṅkhāra, and Abhisaṅkhāra – What Is “Intention”?
November 23, 2019; revised July 8, 2022; August 27, 2022 Saṅkhāra Create Causes for Future Suffering 1. Paṭicca Samuppāda (PS) describes how future suffering arises due to saṅkhāra done with…
Paṭicca Samuppāda – A “Self” Exists Due to Avijjā
It is not beneficial to start with the concept of either a “Self” or “no-Self.” Paṭicca Samuppāda explains that a “self” exists only due to causes and conditions. November 16,…
Reply To: what does ending of sakkaya ditthi really mean?
In the sutta’s the Buddha instructs us to see and understand that any rupa, past, present, future, subtle, far, nearby, gross etc., any vedana, any sanna, sankhara and vinnana is…