Reply To: post on “Key Steps of Kammic Energy Accumulation”
Aybowan…..for everyone In short I’d say that’s correct, but there are several invisible loops involved. I’ll go into more detail about seeing from my point of view explain to see…
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Reply To: About books by bhikku Katukurunde Nanananda
Hi LDF (LayDhammaFollower), Do you know whether the author has talked about the namarupa formation in vinnana via javana citta? You mention he doesn’t distinguish between phassa and samphassa, so…
Reply To: post on Vinnana, Thoughts, and the Subconscious
…tool can be used, for example, to find how vinnana is spelled by typing “vinnana” in the Search box: 479 results for vinnana As you can see, it correctly spells…
Reply To: Sermon by Waharaka Thero on “Noble truth of suffering”
So, your only basis is the mundane interpretation of Waharaka Thero’s statement, not the sutta explanation. Of course, it is up to each person to decide. The whole verse in…
Preservation of the Buddha Dhamma
…Vibhanga (The Book of Divisions), Kathavatthu (Points of Controversy), Puggala Pannatthi (Description of Individuals), Dhatukatha (Discussion regarding Elements), Yamaka (The Book of the Pairs), and Patthana (The Book of Relations)….
What is a Thought?
Revised January 24, 2019; December 26, 2023 Basic Abhidhamma 1. Abhidhamma has many confusing terms, like citta and manō, which have been interpreted differently in different books. I have written…
Misinterpretation of Anicca and Anatta by Early European Scholars
April 29, 2017; revised August 14, 2018; major revision February 24, 2022; revised May 20, 2023 Introduction 1. Degradation of Theravāda Buddha Dhamma occurred gradually over the past 1500 years,…
Reply To: AN 10.81 and MN72, about the nature of the Buddha
…Nibbanam). Until Parinibbana, Buddha (or an Arahant) would have a pancakkhandha, but no pancaupadanakkhandha. Both are absent after Parinibbana. But of course, nama gotta (records) of those pancakkhandha remain forever….
Reply To: Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma (Bhikkhu Bodhi) – Grave Error on p. 164
Yes, Johnny. But in addition, our memories (nama gotta) are also recalled with this mechanism (via mana indriya). The ability to recall memories from past lives comes with abhinna powers….
Reply To: Two unbroken streams of consciousness (DN28)
…“Buddha Dhamma: Non-Perceivability and Self-Consistency“. Siebe said: “In the sutta’s the Buddha advises the khandha’s, ofcourse also the vinnanakhandha, to see, with correct wisdom, like this: ‘This is not mine,…