Living Dhamma > Mundane Sammā Samādhi > Micca Diṭṭhi – Connection to Hethu Phala (Cause and Effect)

October 18, 2016

1. The main reason for many people having various types of micchā diṭṭhi (or wrong views) can be traced back to the fact that the workings of cause and effect involving living beings — and in particular the mind of the sentient beings — is complex.

▪Science has been able to have much success in the material realm, simply because it is easier to see how cause and effect work in the material realm.

2. In the discourse (desanā) below, we will talk about cause and effect (hethu-pala) in Buddha Dhamma, and how conditions (paccaya) play a critical role in mental phenomena. The complex relationship between causes and effects in relation to the mind is the reason why it is hard for many to comprehend how and why kamma lead to kamma vipāka. As we discuss in the desanā:

▪Nothing in this world can come to existence without suitable causes AND conditions,

▪Rebirth process must be valid, in order to fully implement the principle of causality (cause and effect).

3. The critical link between hethu-pala and Paṭicca Samuppāda is paṭṭhāna dhammā, which describe the conditions under which causes (hethu) bring about effects or results (phala).

▪In the near future, I will start a new section on paṭṭhāna dhammā. It is a deep subject, but it can be simplified to easily understand the relationship between hethu-pala and Paṭicca Samuppāda.

4. Here is the desanā (volume control on the right):

WebLink: Audio Desanā: Episode 6 - Micchā Diṭṭhi Connection to Hetu Phala Cause and Effect

WebLink: Audio Desanā: Episode 6 - Micchā Diṭṭhi Connection to Hetu Phala Cause and Effect (Original - Larger file size)

1. – Getting to Samādhi

– How Are Gati and Kilesa Incorporated into Thoughts?

2. Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala)

3. Anantara and Samanantara Paccayā

4. – Saṅkhāra, Kamma, Kamma Bīja, Kamma Vipāka

– Nāmagotta, Bhava, Kamma Bīja, and Mano Loka (Mind Plane)

– Another post I forgot to mention in the desanā is on the question of “Where are those kamma seeds stored?.” It is discussed in, “How Are Gati and Kilesa Incorporated into Thoughts?.”

5. What Does “Paccaya” Mean in Paṭicca Samuppāda?

6. Bhava and Jāti – States of Existence and Births Therein

7. How Character (Gati) Leads to Bhava and Jāti

Next in the series, “Suffering in This Life and Paṭicca Samuppāda”, ..

Micchā Diṭṭhi – Connection to Hethu Phala (Cause and Effect)

Micchā Diṭṭhi – Connection to Hethu Phala (Cause and Effect)