Patigha…

…every morning to attempt to correct my meditationo. It includes what a nama-rupa is, beginningless bhava sansara, the “pain-body” that is what suffering is and why all sentient beings besides…

Udayavaya nana – remaining 25 factors

…Sankhara: avijja, tanha, kamma, phassa, nibbatti lakkhana. Vinnana: avijja, tanha, kamma, nama rupa, nibbatti lakkhana. 15. Thus those are the 25 factors that describe how anything in this world arise….

Reply To: Discourse 1 – Nicca, Sukha, Atta

…under sabbe sankhara, sabbe sankhara does fall under sabbe dhamma. Because sabbe dhamma means everything in this world including nama gotta, which is permanent thus anicca cannot apply to that….

Reply To: Discourse 1 – Nicca, Sukha, Atta

…timeless”, is this referring to Nibbana? Is this a case of transcendent truth as opposed to mundane truth? Mathematical facts(like 1+1=2), nama gotta records, and Buddha Dhamma contain unchanging and…

Reply To: How can vedana paccaya phassa?

…about annamanna paccaya, specifically the backward condition, in which the links in PS give rise to the preceding link, in addition to the successive link, e.g. nama rupa paccaya vinnana….

Reply To: Gandhabba and Cloning

…a bit strange that the gati could be stored in rupa (egg/sperm). For plants of course the construction details should be stored in the seeds. There is no nama-component involved….

Reply To: Gandhabba and Cloning

Lal, you said: “Two apple seeds are not the same. They both will yield apple trees. …” That applies to plants, OK. But how can the gati (the nama component)…

Analayo and mutti

…human being and it’s own dimension***. Time or “the+I+am” is simply the movement of rupa from the angle of a vinnana with a firm mana of a nama+rupa. laya seems…

Mystical Phenomena in Buddhism?

July 28, 2019; revised June 9, 2020; February 26, 2023 Introduction Some phenomena may be labeled “mystical” or “incomprehensible” only because there are no rational explanations yet. However, logical reasons…