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Within thousand years of the Buddha’s Parinibbāna (passing away), certain key concepts became distorted. For many years, I had nagging questions on the compatibility of certain concepts that are widely published in “Buddhist literature”, including Theravāda literature. For example, explanations of anicca, anatta, sunyata, did not make sense to me. Furthermore, I got lost in a myriad of explanations for terms like saṅkhāra; there are three different meanings for that word in standard Theravāda texts.
When I started listening to the desanās by Waharaka Thero in Sri Lanka, it became immediately apparent to me that “this was the true Dhamma”; see, “Parinibbāna of Waharaka Thero.” Furthermore, concepts like saṁsāra, sammā, saṅkhāra became crystal clear while I was just listening. I hope I will be able to convey this information as clearly below.
This main section has the following sub-sections:
oSubsection: Basic Framework of Buddha Dhamma
▪Buddha Dhamma – Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhaṇa
▪Noble Truths, Paṭicca Samuppāda, Tilakkhaṇa – Key Relationships
▪Anicca Nature, the First Noble Truth, and Paṭicca Samuppāda
•Anicca and Anatta – Two Characteristics of the World
•Anuloma Khanti and Sammattaniyāma – Pre-requisites for a Sotāpanna
•Anicca Nature – Not Possible to Overcome Suffering in This World
•Dukkha in Tilakkhaṇa Is a Characteristic – Not Dukkha Vedanā
•Attachment to Things with Dukkha Lakkhaṇa Leads to Dukkha
•How Does Anicca Nature Lead to Dukkha?
•Anatta is a Characteristic of the World, not About a “Self”
•Anatta in Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta – Part 1
•Anatta in Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta – Part 2
Critically-Relevant Posts in Other Sections:
▪Saṅkhāra – What It Really Means
▪Correct Meaning of Vacī Saṅkhāra
oSubsection: San (Explanation of many key Pāli words)
▪What is “Saŋ”? Meaning of Sansāra (or Saṁsāra)
▪Saṅkhāra, Kamma, Kamma Bīja, Kamma Vipāka
▪Saṅkhāra – Life is a Bundle of Saṅkhāra
▪Difference Between Dhamma and Saṅkhāra
▪Kamma are Done with Saṅkhāra – Types of Saṅkhāra
oSubsection: Nibbāna
▪Nibbāna – Is it Difficult to Understand?
▪The Four Stages in Attaining Nibbāna
▪What Are Rūpa? (Relation to Nibbāna)
▪Does the First Noble Truth Describe only Suffering?
▪Nirodha and Vaya – Two Different Concepts
▪Nibbāna “Exists”, but Not in This World
oSubsection: Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta
▪Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Distortion Timeline
▪Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Wrong Interpretations
▪The Way to Nibbāna – Transcription of a Discourse by Waharaka Thero
•Anicca – Inability to Keep What We Like
•Anicca – Repeated Arising/Destruction
•Anicca – Worthlessness of Worldly Things
•Anicca – The Incessant Distress (“Pīḷana”)
•How to Cultivate the Anicca Saññā
•How to Cultivate the Anicca Saññā – II
•If Everything is Anicca Should We Just give up Everything?
▪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) – No “Unchanging Self”
▪Anatta and Dukkha – True Meanings
▪Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – According to Some Key Suttā
▪Tilakkhaṇa – English Discourses
▪Sotāpanna Stage and Tilakkhaṇa
•Sakkāya Diṭṭhi and Tilakkhaṇa
•Sakkāya Diṭṭhi – Getting Rid of Deeper Wrong Views
•Associations (Sevana) – A Root Cause of Wrong Views
▪Why are Tilakkhaṇa not Included in 37 Factors of Enlightenment?
▪Two Versions of 37 Factors of Enlightenment
▪Types of Bodies in 31 Realms – Connection to Jhāna
▪Finest Manomaya Kāya of an Arūpāvacara Brahma
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oSubsection: Gati, Bhava, and Jāti
▪Nāmagotta, Bhava, Kamma Bīja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane)
▪Gati and Bhava – Many Varieties
▪Gati to Bhava to Jāti – Ours to Control
▪Memory, Brain, Mind, Nāma Loka, Kamma Bhava, Kamma Vipāka
▪Bhava and Jāti – States of Existence and Births Therein
▪Cuti and Maraṇa – Related to Bhava and Jāti
▪Anusaya, Gati, Bhava – Connection to Manomaya Kāya (Gandhabba)
▪Difference Between Taṇhā and Upādāna
▪Pāpa Kamma Versus Akusala Kamma
oSubsection: Sorting out Some Key Pāli Terms (Taṇhā, Lobha, Dosa, Moha, etc)
▪Kāma Taṇhā, Bhava Taṇhā, Vibhava Taṇhā
▪Taṇhā – How We Attach Via Greed, Hate, and Ignorance
▪Lobha, Raga and Kamaccanda, Kamaraga
▪Lobha, Dosa, Moha Versus Raga, Patigha, Avijjā
▪Diṭṭhi (Wrong Views), Sammā Diṭṭhi (Good/Correct Views)
▪Anantara and Samanantara Paccaya
▪Vedanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways
▪Indriya and Āyatana – Big Difference
▪Hetu-Phala, Paccuppanna, and Paṭicca Samuppāda
▪Correct Meaning of Vacī Saṅkhāra
▪Kāmaccandha and Icca – Being Blinded by Cravings
oSubsection: The Five Aggregates (Pañcakkhandha)
▪Five Aggregates – Introduction
▪Difference Between Physical Rūpa and Rūpakkhandha
▪Rūpakkhandha and Rūpa Upādānakkhandha
▪Arising of Five Aggregates Based on an Ārammaṇa
▪Memory Records – Critical Part of Five Aggregates
▪Pañca Upādānakkhandhā – Introduction
▪Five Aggregates – Connection to Tilakkhaṇa
•Five Aggregates and Tilakkhaṇa – Introduction
•Icca, Nicca, Anicca – Important Connections
•“Me” and “Mine” – The Root Cause of Suffering
•Difference Between “Me and Mine” and Sakkāya Diṭṭhi
•Sakkāya Diṭṭhi – “Me and Mine” View
•Atta – Two Very Different Meanings
▪Saṅkhāra is discussed at, “Saṅkhāra, Kamma, Kamma Bīja, Kamma Vipāka.”
oSubsection: Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa
❖Future Suffering – Why It Arises
❖Vipallāsa (Diṭṭhi, Saññā, Citta) Affect Saṅkhāra
❖Vedanā – What It Really Means
❖Does Bodily Pain Arise Only Due to Kamma Vipāka?
•What is Saṅkhāra (Mental Formations)?
❖Saṅkhāra – What It Really Means
•Bhūta and Yathābhūta – What Do They Really Mean
•What are rūpa? – Dhamma are rūpa too!
•Viññāṇa – What It Really Means
•Kamma Viññāṇa – Link Between Mind and Matter
•Anidassana Viññāṇa – What It Really Means
•Kamma Viññāṇa and Nāmarūpa Paricceda Ñāṇa
Deeper Analyses:
▪Pañcakkhandha or Five Aggregates – A Misinterpreted Concept