Paṭicca Samuppāda – Essential Concepts
…Existence Bhava and Punabbhava – Kammic Energy Giving Rise to Renewed Existence Concepts of Upādāna and Upādānakkhandha Six Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbāna)…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…Existence Bhava and Punabbhava – Kammic Energy Giving Rise to Renewed Existence Concepts of Upādāna and Upādānakkhandha Six Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbāna)…
June 8, 2021; last revised January 1, 2026 Rebirth in the lowest four realms is responsible for the “long-term suffering” that the Buddha pointed out in the First Noble Truth….
…(apuñña abhisaṅkhāra) lead to “bad births” in the apāyās. See “Six Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbāna)“ Just living a “moral life” is not…
…the bodily dukkha vedana. – A Deva feels sukha/dukha vedana because they have “solid-enough” bodies, even though less dense than ours. They also belong to kama loka. P.S. Just to…
…future. See, “Six Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbāna)” – So, in a strict sense, only Arahant’s actions will be TOTALLY free of kammic…
…cchanda, Kāma rāga.” Chandarāga is of three types: Kāma rāga (attachment to kāma loka), rupa rāga (attachment to rupa loka, the 16 rupāvacara Brahama realms), and arupa rāga (attachment to…
…explained in Comment 1 above, “When one has “kama raga” one gives preference to be reborn in kama loka.” One has “kama raga” if one places a high value on…
…is because their minds have truly “seen/realized” the bad consequences of rebirths even in human and Deva realms (realms in kama loka above the apayas.) 2. In the same way,…
…of rebirths in the 11 realms of kāma loka. – The resulting existence (or “bhava”) matches that state of mind: “paṭi+ichcha sama uppāda”; one “lives” that experience. In the above…
…not come back to the kama loka (will get the phala moment in the brahma loka and attain Nibbana there). So, he/she is still an Anagami (“na” + “agami” or…