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Pure Dhamma

A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings

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  • Buddha Dhamma
    • User’s Guide to Pure Dhamma Website
    • What is Buddha Dhamma?
    • Foundation of Dhamma
    • The Importance of Purifying the Mind
    • The Grand Unified Theory of Dhamma
      • The Grand Unified Theory of Dhamma – Introduction
      • Our Two Worlds : Material and Mental
      • 31 Realms Associated with the Earth
      • Gandhabbaya – Only in Human and Animal Realms
      • Body Types in 31 Realms – Importance of Manomaya Kaya
      • Gandhabbaya Sensing the World – With and Without a Physical Body
      • Nibbana in the Big Picture
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    • Buddha Dhamma: Non-Perceivability and Self-Consistency
    • Sansaric Time Scale, Buddhist Cosmology, and the Big Bang Theory
    • Evidence for Rebirth
    • Power of the Human Mind
      • Power of the Human Mind – Introduction
      • Difference Between Jhāna and Stages of Nibbāna
      • Power of the Human Mind – Anariya or Mundane Jhanas
      • Power of the Human Mind – Ariya Jhanas
      • Are There Procedures for Attaining Magga Phala, Jhāna and Abhinnā?
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    • Transfer of Merits (Pattidana) – How Does it Happen?
    • First Noble Truth is Suffering? Myths about Suffering
    • Vinaya – The Nature Likes to be in Equilibrium
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  • Key Dhamma Concepts
    • San
      • What is “San”? Meaning of Sansāra (or Samsāra)
      • Sankhāra, Kamma, Kamma Beeja, Kamma Vipāka
      • Sankhara – Life is a Bundle of Sankhara
      • Difference Between Dhammā and Sankhāra
      • Kamma are Done with Sankhāra – Types of Sankhāra
    • Nibbana
      • Nibbana – Is it Difficult to Understand?
      • The Four Stages in Attaining Nibbāna
      • What Are Rūpa? (Relation to Nibbāna)
      • Nirāmisa Sukha
      • Does the First Noble Truth Describe only Suffering?
      • Nirödha and Vaya – Two Different Concepts
      • Nibbana “Exists”, but Not in This World
    • Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta
      • Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Wrong Interpretations
      • Anicca – True Meaning
        • Anicca – Inability to Keep What We Like
        • Anicca – Repeated Arising/Destruction
        • Anicca – Worthlessness of Worldly Things
        • The Incessant Distress (“Peleema”) – Key to Dukkha Sacca
        • How to Cultivate the Anicca Saññā
        • How to Cultivate the Anicca Sanna – II
        • If Everything is Anicca Should We Just give up Everything?
      • Anatta and Dukkha – True Meanings
      • Anattā – A Systematic Analysis
        • Anattā in Anattalakkahana Sutta – No Soul or an Ātma
        • Anatta – No Refuge in This World
        • Dasa Akusala and Anatta – The Critical Link
        • Anatta – the Opposite of Which Atta?
        • Anattā (Mundane Interpretation) – There is no “Unchanging Self”
      • Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – According to Some Key Suttas
      • Three Marks of Existence – English Discourses
      • Sotapanna Stage and Tilakkhana
        • Sakkāya Ditthi and Tilakkhana
        • Sakkāya Ditthi – Getting Rid of Deeper Wrong Views
        • Associations (Sēvana)- A Root Cause of Wrong Views
      • Why are Tilakkhana not Included in 37 Factors of Enlightenment?
      • Two Versions of 37 Factors of Enlightenment
      • Types of Bodies in 31 Realms – Connection to Jhāna
      • Finest Manōmaya Kaya of an Arūpāvacara Brahma
    • Gati, Bhava, and Jāti
      • Namagotta, Bhava, Kamma Beeja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane)
      • Gathi and Bhava – Many Varieties
      • Gathi to Bhava to Jathi – Ours to Control
      • Memory, Brain, Mind, Nama Loka, Kamma Bhava, Kamma Vipaka
      • Bhava and Jati – States of Existence and Births Therein
      • Difference Between Tanhā and Upādāna
      • Pāpa Kamma Versus Akusala Kamma
    • Sorting out Some Key Pali Terms (Tanha, Lobha, Dosa, Moha, etc)
      • Kāma Tanhā, Bhava Tanhā, Vibhava Tanhā
      • Tanha – How We Attach Via Greed, Hate, and Ignorance
      • Lōbha, Rāga and Kāmaccanda, Kāmarāga
      • Lōbha, Dōsa, Mōha versus Rāga, Patigha, Avijjā
      • What is Avijja (Ignorance)?
      • Indriya and Ayatana – Big Difference
      • Hetu-Phala, Paccuppanna, and Paticca Samuppada
      • Ditthi (Wrong Views), Samma Ditthi (Good/Correct Views)
      • Correct Meaning of Vacī Sankhāra
      • Panca Indriya and Panca Bala – Five Faculties and Five Powers
      • Kāmaccandha and Icca – Being Blinded by Cravings
    • The Five Aggregates (Pancakkhandha)
      • Five Aggregates – Introduction
      • Difference Between Rupa and Rupakkhandha
      • Sanna (Perception)
      • Vedana (Feelings)
      • Vēdanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways
      • Viññāna (Defiled Consciousness)
      • Rupa (Material Form)
      • Pancakkhandha or Five Aggregates – A Misinterpreted Concept
      • Pancaupadanakkhandha – It is All Mental
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  • Living Dhamma
    • Essential Buddhism
      • Four Noble Truths – Suffering and Its Elimination
      • Introduction to Citta, Vēdanā, Saññā, Sankhāra, and Viññāna
      • Breath Meditation Is Addictive and Harmful in the Long Run
      • Viññāna – Consciousness Together With Future Expectations
      • Connection Between Sankhāra and Viññāna
      • Viññāna and Sankhāra – Connection to Paticca Samuppāda
      • Ānapānasati Eliminates Mental Stress Permanently
      • Ānāpāna and Satipatthāna – Fundamentals
      • Sati in Ānapānasati/Satipatthāna – Two Meanings of Sati
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    • Living Dhamma – Overview
      • Living Dhamma – Introduction
      • Niramisa Sukha to Nibbana Suva – The Key Step
      • Starting on the Path Even without Belief in Rebirth
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    • Dhamma with Less Pāli
      • Buddha Dhamma for an Inquiring Mind – Part I
      • Root of All Suffering – Ten Immoral Actions
      • Is Suffering the Same as the First Noble Truth on Suffering?
      • Dhamma, Sankhara, Sankata, Rupa, Vinnana, Gati, Asava, Anusaya
      • Complexity of the Mind – Viññāna and Sankhāra
      • Citta, Manō, Viññāna – Stages of a Thought
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    • Living Dhamma – Fundamentals
      • What Are Kilesa (Mental Impurities)? – Connection to Cetasika
      • Suffering in This Life – Role of Mental Impurities
      • Satipattana Sutta – Relevance to Suffering in This Life
      • How Are Gati and Kilesa Incorporated into Thoughts?
      • Noble Eightfold Path – Role of Sobhana Cetasika
      • Getting to Samadhi
      • Sexual Orientation – Effects of Kamma and Gathi (Sankhara)
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    • Mundane Samma Samadhi
      • Micca Ditthi – Connection to Hethu Phala (Cause and Effect)
      • Suffering in This Life and Paticca Samuppada
      • Suffering in This Life and Paticca Samuppada II
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    • Transition to Noble Eightfold Path
      • Is It Necessary for a Buddhist to Eliminate Sensual Desires?
      • Sīla, Samādhi, Pannā to Pannā, Sīla, Samādhi
      • Six Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbana)
      • Ye Dhammā Hetuppabhavā.. and Yam Kińci Samudaya Dhammam..
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    • Samādhi, Jhāna (Dhyāna), Magga Phala
      • Samādhi, Jhāna, Magga Phala – Introduction
      • Vitakka, Vicāra, Savitakka, Savicāra, and Avitakka, Avicāra
      • Jhānic Experience in Detail – Sāmañ­ña­phala Sutta (DN 2)
      • Ascendance to Nibbāna via Jhāna (Dhyāna)
      • Pannāvimutti – Arahanthood without Jhāna
      • Mundane versus Supramundane Jhāna
      • Nirōdha Samāpatti, Phala Samāpatti, Jhāna, and Jhāna Samāpatti
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    • Mental Body – Gandhabbaya
      • Our Mental Body – Gandhabbaya
      • Gandhabba State – Evidence from Tipitaka
      • Antarabhava and Gandhabba
      • Ānantariya Kamma – Connection to Gandhabba
      • Mental Body (Gandhabbaya) – Personal Accounts
      • Abnormal Births Due to Gandhabba Transformations
      • Satara Āhāra for Mental Body or Gandhabba
      • Micchā Ditthi, Gandhabba, and Sōtapanna Stage
      • Working of Kammā – Critical Role of Conditions
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    • Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa
      • Mental Aggregates
        • What is Sañña (Perception)?
          • Sanna – What It Really Means
          • Future Suffering – Why It Arises
          • Ditthi, Sanna, and Sankhara – How They Relate
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        • What Is Vedana (Feelings)?
          • Vedana – What It Really Means
          • Does Bodily Pain Arise Only Due to Kamma Vipāka?
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        • Sankhara – What It Really Means
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      • Rupa Aggregate
        • What are rūpa? – Dhamma are rūpa too!
        • Bhūta and Yathābhūta – What Do They Really Mean
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      • Viññāna Aggregate
        • Viññāna – What It Really Means
        • Kamma Viññāna – Link Between Mind and Matter
        • Anidassana Viññāṇa – What It Really Means
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      • Sakkāya Ditthi
        • Do I Have “A Mind” That Is Fixed and “Mine”?
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      • Nāmarūpa Formation
        • Kamma Viññāna and Nāmarūpa Paricceda Ñana
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  • Dhamma and Science
    • Dhamma and Science – Introduction
    • Good Explanations – Key to Weeding Out Bad Versions of Dhamma
    • Origin of Life
      • Origin of Life – There is No Traceable Origin
      • Human Life – A Mental Base (Gandhabba) and a Material Base (Cell)
      • Buddhist Explanations of Conception, Abortion, and Contraception
      • Cloning and Gandhabba
    • Consciousness – A Dhamma Perspective
      • Consciousness Dependence on Number of Dimensions
      • Six Kinds of Consciousness in Our 3-D World
      • Expanding “Consciousness” by Using Technology
      • Expanding “Consciousness” by Purifying the Mind
      • What is Mind? How do we Experience the Outside World?
    • Consistencies with Science
      • Second Law of Thermodynamics is Part of Anicca!
      • Quantum Entanglement – We Are All Connected
      • Infinity – How Big Is It?
      • Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem
      • Truine Brain: How the Mind Rewires the Brain via Meditation/Habits
      • How Habits are Formed and Broken – A Scientific View
    • Inconsistencies with Science
      • Neuroscience says there is no Free Will? – That is a Misinterpretation!
      • The Double Slit Experiment – Correlation between Mind and Matter?
      • Vision (Cakkhu Vinnana) is Not Just Seeing
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  • Three Levels of Practice
    • Moral Living and Fundamentals
      • The Basics
        • The Pale Blue Dot……..
        • The Law of Attraction, Habits, Character (Gati), and Cravings (Asavas)
        • Habits, Goals, and Character (Gati or Gathi)
        • Wrong Views (Micca Ditthi) – A Simpler Analysis
        • Four Noble Truths: Recipe for Problem Solving
        • First Noble Truth – A Simple Explanation of One Aspect
        • Difference between a Wish and a Determination (Paramita)
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      • Calming the Mind
        • Key to Calming the Mind – The Five Hindrances
        • Solution to a Wandering Mind – Abandon Everything?
        • Right Speech – How to Avoid Accumulating Kamma
        • Three Kinds of Happiness – What is Niramisa Sukha?
        • Learning Buddha Dhamma Leads to Nirāmisa Sukha
        • How to Taste Nibbāna
        • Need to Experience Suffering in Order to Understand it?
        • Does Impermanence Lead to Suffering?
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      • Buddha Dhamma and Buddhism
        • What is Unique in Buddha Dhamma?
        • A Buddhist or a Bhauddhaya?
        • Where to Start on the Path?
        • What Reincarnates? – Concept of a Lifestream
        • Recent Evidence for Unbroken Memory Records (HSAM)
        • Buddhism without Rebirth and Nibbana?
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      • Dhamma Concepts
        • Kusala and Akusala Kamma, Puñña and Pāpa Kamma
        • Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala)
        • Punna Kamma – Dāna, Sīla, Bhāvanā
        • The Five Precepts – What the Buddha Meant by Them
        • What is Kamma? – Is Everything Determined by Kamma?
        • How to Evaluate Weights of Different Kamma
        • Account of Anugulimāla – Many Insights to Buddha Dhamma
        • The Four Bases of Mental Power (Satara Iddhipada)
        • Why is it Necessary to Learn Key Pali Words?
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      • Buddha Dhamma and Morality
        • Origin of Morality (and Immorality) in Buddhism
        • Is Eating Meat an Akusala Kamma (Immoral Deed)?
        • Do Things Just Happen? – The Hidden Causes
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    • Working Towards Good Rebirths
      • Sansaric Habits, Character (Gathi), and Cravings (Asava)
      • Vagaries of Life and the Way to Seek “Good Rebirths”
      • How to Avoid Birth in the Apayas
      • How the Buddha Described the Chance of Rebirth in the Human Realm
      • Kamma, Debt, and Meditation
      • How do we Decide which View is Wrong View (Ditthi)?
      • Three Kinds of Ditthi, Eightfold Paths, and Samadhi
      • Implications of the Rebirth Process in Daily Life and in Society
      • What Does Buddha Dhamma Say about Creator, Satan, Angels, and Demons?
      • Patisandhi Citta – How the Next Life is Determined According to Gathi
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    • Seeking Nibbana
      • Attha Purisa Puggalā- Eight Noble Persons
      • Gathi (Gati), Anusaya, and Āsava
      • The Way to Nibbana – Removal of Asavas
      • Kanha (Dark) and Sukka (Bright) Kamma and Kammakkhaya
      • Dasa Samyojana – Bonds in Rebirth Process
      • The Cooling Down Process (Nibbana) – How Root Causes are Removed
      • Why is Correct Interpretation of Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta so Important?
      • How to Cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path starting with Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta
      • Difference Between Giving Up Valuables and Losing Interest in Worthless
      • Root Cause of Anicca – Five Stages of a Sankata
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    • Sotapanna Stage of Nibbana
      • The Sōtapanna Stage
      • Why a Sotapanna is Better off than any King, Emperor, or a Billionaire
      • Myths about the Sotapanna Stage
      • Anulōma Patilōma Paticca Samuppāda – Key to Sōtapanna Stage
      • Sotapanna Anugami and a Sotapanna
      • Sōtapanna Anugāmi – No More Births in the Apāyās
      • Four Conditions for Attaining Sōtapanna Magga/Phala
      • Sotapatti Anga – The Four Qualities of a Sotapanna
      • Sammā Ditthi – Realization, Not Memorization
      • How Does One Know whether the Sotapanna Stage is Reached?
      • Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissarana
        • Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissarana – Introduction
        • Asvada – How Perceived Pleasures can lead to Dukkha
        • Kāma Guna, Kāma, Kāma Rāga, Kāmaccanda
        • Vēdanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways
        • Feelings: Sukha, Dukha, Somanassa, and Domanassa
        • What is “Käma”? It is not Sex
        • Kāma Assāda Start with Phassa Paccaya Vedana or Samphassa Ja Vedana
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      • Sakkāya Ditthi is Personality (Me) View?
      • Akusala Citta – How a Sotapanna Avoids Apayagami Citta
      • What is the only Akusala Removed by a Sōtapanna?
      • Udayavaya Ñāna
        • Udayavaya Nana – Introduction
        • Nibbatti Lakkhana in Udayavaya Nana
        • Āhāra (Food) in Udayavaya Ñāna
        • Udayavaya Nana – Importance of the Cittaja Kaya
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  • Tables and Summaries
    • Pali Glossary – (A-K)
    • Pali Glossary – (L-Z)
    • List of “San” Words and Other Pāli Roots
    • The 89 (121) Types of Citta
    • Rupa (Material Form) – Table
    • Cetasika (Mental Factors)
    • Rupa – Generation Mechanisms
    • Rupa Kalapas (Grouping of Matter)
    • Akusala Citta and Akusala Vipāka Citta
    • 37 Factors of Enlightenment
    • Conditions for the Four Stages of Nibbāna
    • Ultimate Realities – Table
    • 31 Realms of Existence
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  • Paticca Samuppāda
    • Paticca Samuppada – “Pati+ichcha”+”Sama+uppäda”
    • Paticca Samuppada – Overview
    • How Are Paticca Samuppāda Cycles Initiated?
    • Paticca Samuppāda Cycles
      • Avyākata Paticca Samuppāda for Vipāka Viññāna
      • Akusala-Mūla Uppatti Paticca Samuppāda
      • Kusala-Mula Paticca Samuppada
      • Idappaccayatā Paticca Samuppāda
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    • Paticca Samuppada in Plain English
      • Introduction – What is Suffering?
      • Introduction -2 – The Three Characteristics of Nature
      • Avijjā paccayā sankhārā
      • Sankhara paccaya Vinnana – 1
      • Sankhara paccaya Vinnana – 2
      • Viññāna Paccayā Nāmarūpa
      • Nāmarūpa Paccayā Salāyatana
      • Difference between Phassa and Samphassa
      • Phassa paccaya Vedana….to Bhava
      • Bhava paccaya Jati….Jara, Marana,…
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    • Uppatti Paticca Samuppāda (How We Create Our Own Rebirths)
    • Imasmim Sati Idam Hoti – What Does It Really Mean?
    • Patthana Dhamma
      • Pattana Dhamma – Connection to Cause and Effect (Hethu Phala)
      • What Does “Paccaya” Mean in Paticca Samuppada?
      • Annantara and Samanantara Paccaya
      • Āsēvana and Aññamañña Paccayā
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  • Comments/Reviews
    • Discussion of Comments
      • What is Intention in Kamma?
      • Would Nibbana be Possible if Impermanence is the Cause of Suffering?
      • Logical Proof that Impermanence is Incorrect Translation of Anicca
      • “Self” and “no-self”: A Simple Analysis – Do We Always Act with Avijja?
      • Craving for Pornography – How to Reduce the Tendency
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    • Book Reviews
      • “Why Does the World Exist?” by Jim Holt
      • “Waking Up” by Sam Harris
      • “The Language of God” by Francis Collins
      • “Spark” by John Ratey
      • “The Life of the Buddha” by Bhikkhu Nānamoli
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  • Dhamma and Philosophy
    • Dhamma and Philosophy – Introduction
    • Philosophy of the Mind
    • Is Buddha Dhamma (Buddhism) a Religion?
    • The Infinity Problem in Buddhism
    • Free Will in Buddhism – Connection to Sankhara
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  • Bhāvanā (Meditation)
    • 1. Introduction to Buddhist Meditation
    • 2. The Basics in Meditation
    • 3. The Second Level – Key to Purify the Mind
    • 4. What Do All These Different Meditation Techniques Mean?
    • 5. Ariya Metta Bhavana (Loving Kindness Meditation)
    • 6. Anāpānasati Bhāvanā (Introduction)
    • 7. What is Ānāpāna?
    • Is Ānāpānasati Breath Meditation?
    • 8. The Basic Formal Anāpānasati Meditation
    • Possible Effects in Meditation – Kundalini Awakening
    • 9. Key to Anapanasati – How to Change Habits and Character (Gathi)
      • Introduction to Character or Personality (Gathi)
      • A Broad View of the “Person” Trying to be a “Better Person”
      • How Character (Gathi) Leads to Bhava and Jathi
      • How Habits are Formed and Broken – A Scientific View
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    • Karaniya Metta Sutta – Metta Bhavana
    • 10. Attaining the Sotapanna Stage via Removing Ditthasava
    • 11. Magga Phala via Cultivation of Saptha Bojjanga
    • 12. Key Factors to be Considered when “Meditating” for the Sotapanna Stage
    • 13. Kammattana (Recitations) for the Sotapanna Stage
    • Possible Outcomes of Meditation – Samadhi, Jhana, Magga Phala
    • What is Samadhi? – Three Kinds of Mindfulness
    • Getting to Samādhi via Formal Mediation Sessions
    • Are You Not Getting Expected Results from Meditation?
    • Anussati and Anupassanā – Being Mindful and Removing Defilements
    • Myths about Meditation
    • A Simple Way to Enhance Merits (Kusala) and Avoid Demerits (Akusala)
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  • Abhidhamma
    • Abhidhamma – Introduction
    • Essential Abhidhamma – The Basics
      • Amazingly Fast Time Evolution of a Thought (Citta)
      • The Amazing Mind – Critical Role of Nāmagotta (Memories)
      • State of Mind in the Absence of Citta Vithi – Bhavanga
      • Bhava and Bhavanga – Simply Explained!
      • Citta Vithi – Processing of Sense Inputs
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    • Mind and Consciousness
      • What is Mind? How do we Experience the Outside World?
      • What is Consciousness?
      • 1. Thoughts (Citta), Consciousness (Vinnana), and Mind (Hadaya Vatthu) – Introduction
      • 2. Vinnana (Consciousness) can be of Many Different Types and Forms
      • 3. Vinnana, Thoughts, and the Subconscious
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    • Citta and Cetasika
      • Citta and Cetasika – How Vinnana (Consciousness) Arises
      • What is a Thought?
      • What is in a Thought? Why Gathi are so Important?
      • Cetasika – Connection to Gathi
      • Javana of a Citta – The Root of Mental Power
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    • Gandhabba (Manomaya Kaya)
      • Gandhabba (Manomaya Kaya)- Introduction
      • Does any Object (Rupa) Last only 17 Thought Moments?
      • Hidden World of the Gandhabba: Netherworld (Para Lōka)
      • Ghost in the Machine – Synonym for the Manomaya Kaya?
      • Manomaya Kaya (Gandhabba) and the Physical Body
      • Brain – Interface between Mind and Body
      • Manomaya Kaya and Out-of-Body Experience (OBE)
      • Cuti-Patisandhi – An Abhidhamma Description
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    • Why Do People Enjoy Immoral Deeds? – Ditthi Is Key
    • Key to Sotapanna Stage – Ditthi and Vicikicca
    • The Origin of Matter – Suddhashtaka
    • What are Dhamma? – A Deeper Analysis
    • Pabhassara Citta, Radiant Mind, and Bhavanga
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  • Historical Background
    • Historical Background – Introduction
    • Methods of Delivery of Dhamma by the Buddha
    • Misconceptions on the Topics the Buddha “Refused to Answer”
    • Misinterpretations of Buddha Dhamma
    • Preservation of the Buddha Dhamma
    • Historical Timeline of Edward Conze
    • Why is it Critical to Find the Pure Buddha Dhamma?
    • Key Problems with Mahayana Teachings
    • Saddharma Pundarika Sutra (Lotus Sutra) – A Focused Analysis
    • What is Suñyāta or Suññāta (Emptiness)?
    • Incorrect Theravada Interpretations – Historical Timeline
    • Buddhaghosa and Visuddhimagga – Historical Background
    • Buddhaghosa’s Visuddhimagga – A Focused Analysis
    • Background on the Current Revival of Buddha Dhamma
    • Misintepretation of Anicca and Anatta by Early European Scholars
    • Tipitaka Commentaries – Helpful or Misleading?
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  • Buddhist Chanting
    • Buddhist Chanting – Introduction
    • Namaskaraya – Homage to the Buddha
    • Supreme Qualities of Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha
    • The Five Precepts – Panca Sila
    • Sutta Chanting (with Pali Text)
    • Sadhu – Symbolizes Purified Hadaya Vatthu (Mind)
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  • Dhammapada
    • Manōpubbangamā Dhammā..
    • Sabba Papassa Akaranan….
    • Najajja Vasalo Hoti……
    • Appamādō Amata Padam….
    • Arōgyā Paramā Lābhā..
    • Anicca vata Sankhara…
    • Attā Hi Attanō Nāthō
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  • Sutta Interpretations
    • Sutta – Introduction
    • Pali Dictionaries – Are They Reliable?
    • Nikaya in the Sutta Pitaka
    • Sutta Learning Sequence for the Present Day
    • Mahā Satipatthāna Sutta
      • Satipatthana Sutta – Structure
      • Satipatthana – Introduction
      • Kayanupassana – Section on Postures (Iriyapathapabba)
      • Kāyānupassanā – The Section on Habits (Sampajānapabba)
      • Prerequisites for the Satipatthāna Bhāvanā
      • What is “Kāya” in Kāyānupassanā?
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    • Mahā Cattārisaka Sutta (Discourse on the Great Forty)
    • Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
      • Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta – Introduction
      • Essence of Buddhism – In the First Sutta
      • Majjima Patipada – Way to Relinquish Attachments to this World
      • Tiparivattaya and Twelve Types of Ñāna (Knowledge)
      • Relinquishing Defilements via Three Rounds and Four Stages
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    • Anguttara Nikāya – Suttā on Key Concepts
      • Dasa Akusala/Dasa Kusala – Basis of Buddha Dhamma
      • Dasa Akusala/Dasa Kusala – Basis of Buddha Dhamma -2
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    • Na Cēta­nākara­nīya Sutta
    • Pathama Metta Sutta
    • Kukkuravatika Sutta (Majjhima Nikaya 57) – Kammakkhaya
    • Buddhism and Evolution – Aggañña Sutta (DN 27)
    • Tapussa Sutta (AN 9.41)– Akuppā Cētōvimutti
    • Yamaka Sutta (SN 22.85) – Arahanthood Is Not Annihilation but End of Suffering
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  • Myths or Realities?
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Solution to a Wandering Mind – Abandon Everything?

Right Speech – How to Avoid Accumulating Kamma

Three Kinds of Happiness – What is Niramisa Sukha?

Learning Buddha Dhamma Leads to Niramisa Sukha

How to Taste Nibbana

Need to Experience Suffering in Order to Understand it?

Does Impermanence Lead to Suffering?

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