Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta – Introduction
…Vappa, Mahanama, and Assaji. Thus it has the framework or the foundation of Buddha Dhamma. The name of the sutta comes from the combination of three terms: Dhamma, Cakka, and…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…Vappa, Mahanama, and Assaji. Thus it has the framework or the foundation of Buddha Dhamma. The name of the sutta comes from the combination of three terms: Dhamma, Cakka, and…
…Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbāna).” The “milder versions” of lobha, dosa, and moha can be removed only by comprehending the teachings of the…
…kilesa kāma and also paṭigha from their minds and become free of all kāma loka realms. Then one becomes an Anāgāmi, i.e., not returning to the kāma loka ever again….
…but oneself. One sees the worthlessness of any sensory pleasure in the kāma loka only at the Anāgāmi stage. This is why it is a step-by-step process. 5. It is…
…no para loka (where gandhabbās live,) see, “Hidden World of the Gandhabba: Netherworld (para loka)“); and the Moon or the Sun would not arise there” (candimasūriyā is Moon and the…
…Sensual Desires? Sila, Samadhi, Panna to Panna, Sila, Samadhi Six Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbāna) Ye Dhammā Hetuppabhavā.. and yam kińci samudaya dhammam…..
Yes, the above is understood. But kamma beeja are stored in the mano loka of each being. The mind is connected with the mano loka. Why is dhamma (e.g. kamma…
January 12, 2018; revised November 23, 2023 Five Main Types of Vedanā 1. vedanā can be categorized into five types (Paṭhama Vibhaṅga Sutta; SN 48.36): Two felt by the body…
…(Sakadagami, Anagami) by contemplation AND by experiencing the “niramisa sukha” by actually removing such cravings gradually (“bhavanaya pahatabba” in the Sabbasava Sutta). Since sense pleasures in the kama loka are…
…Ariya (disciple of the Blessed One), who had removed kama raga (ucceda pahana), attains Parinibbana without coming back to kama loka. So, when you said, “For an ariya, he does…