Reply To: About Jati and Ayatana

…way. vinnana paccaya namarupa #10 At the end of existence (bhava), a given lifestream jumps from one kind of existence to another. The easiest to visualize is in the case…

Reply To: About Jati and Ayatana

Dosakkhayo asked: “If “vinnana paccaya namarupa” and “bhava paccaya jati” are separate and independent stages, how are they different?” Two terms that are the hardest to understand in Paticca Samuppada…

Reply To: About Jati and Ayatana

…energy” formation is “namarupa formation.” This is where “nama” and “rupa” are combined by the mind, and kammic energy is produced in javana cittas. The critical steps are “avijja paccaya…

Reply To: Compilation of my thoughts

Yes. Here, “nama” refers to the “impression of an external rupa” that one likes/dislikes. That is what the mind is focused on at that moment. “Namarupa” is the “rupa” created…

Vedās Originated With Buddha Kassapa’s Teachings

…arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṃ buddho bhagavā’ti. Then he sends his pupil to the Gotama Buddha to check whether he has the “thirty-two marks of a…

Dinosaurs and shape of the earth. . .

…was never such a physical / “living” / “conscious” being (nama-rupa) that once lived / existed on this planet? Imagine being told some big lies from the very first day…