Revised Posts – 2017

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Revised Posts – 2017

What is Suñyāta or Suññāta (Emptiness)? – 1/2/18

Pure Dhamma Discussion Forum Guidelines – 1/2/18

The Origin of Matter – Suddhaṭṭhaka – 1/2/18

Anatta – the Opposite of Which Atta? – 1/2/18

Animisa Locana Bodhi Poojāwa – A Prelude to Acts of Gratitude – 12/7/17

Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – According to Some Key Suttā – 12/7/17

Indriya and Āyatana – Big Difference – 12/7/17

Noble Eightfold Path – Role of Sobhana Cetasika – 12/7/17

Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala) – 12/1/17

Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Wrong Interpretations – 12/1/17

Saṅkhāra – Life is a Bundle of Saṅkhāra – 12/1/17

What is Suñyāta or Suññāta (Emptiness)? – 12/1/17

How to Cultivate Anicca Saññā – 12/1/17

How to Cultivate the Anicca Saññā – II – 12/1/17

Wrong Views (Micchā Diṭṭhi) – A Simpler Analysis – 12/1/17

Mahā Chattārisaka Sutta (Discourse on the Great Forty) – 12/1/17

Pabhassara Citta, Radiant Mind, and Bhavaṅga – 12/1/17

Cattāro Āhāra for Mental Body or Gandhabba – 12/1/17

Preservation of the Dhamma – 11/15/17

Dasa Akusala and Anatta – The Critical Link – 11/15/17

Difference Between Dhammā and Saṅkhāra – 11/10/17

Pancupādānakkhandha – It is All Mental – 11/10/17

How Are Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles Initiated? – 11/10/17

Anatta – the Opposite of Which Atta? – 11/10/17

Akusala Citta and Akusala Vipāka Citta – 11/10/17

What are rūpa? – Dhammā are rūpa too! – 11/10/17

The Four Stages in Attaining Nibbāna – 11/2/17

How Are Gati and Kilesa Incorporated into Thoughts? – 11/2/17

Preservation of the Dhamma – 11/2/17

Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta – Structure – 11/2/17

How Are Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles Initiated? – 10/18/17

Ascendance to Nibbāna via Jhāna (Dhyāna) – 10/12/17

Kāma Assāda Start with Phassa Paccaya Vedanā or Samphassa Ja Vedanā – 10/12/17

Taṇhā – How We Attach Via Greed, Hate, and Ignorance – 10/12/17

Abnormal Births Due to Gandhabba Transformations – 10/12/17

User’s Guide to Pure Dhamma Website – 10/2/17

Gandhabba State – Evidence from Tipiṭaka – 10/2/17

Arogyā Paramā Lābhā.. – 10/2/17

Four Conditions for Attaining Sotāpanna Magga/Phala – 10/2/17

Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Wrong Interpretations – 9/18/17

Nirāmisa Sukha – 9/18/17

7. What is Ānāpāna? – 9/3/17

Is Ānāpānasati Breath Meditation? – 9/3/17

The 89 (121) Types of Citta – 9/3/17

Gathi (Character), Anusaya (Latent Defilements), and Āsava (Cravings) – 9/3/17

Anicca – Inability to Keep What We Like – 8/21/17

Anicca – Repeated Arising/Destruction – 8/21/17

Sotāpanna Anugāmi and a Sotāpanna – 8/21/17

Manomaya Kāya (Gandhabbaya) and the Physical Body – 8/6/17

10. Attaining the Sotāpanna Stage via Removing Ditthasava – 8/6/17

11. Magga Phala via Cultivation of Saptha Bojjanga – 8/6/17

 

What is “Saŋ”? Meaning of Sansāra (or Saṁsāra) – 6/30/17

Tables and Summaries – 6/30/17

Saṅkhāra, Kamma, Kamma Bīja, Kamma Vipāka – 6/23/17

Welcome! – 6/17/17

Parinibbāna of Waharaka Thero – 6/17/17

Key Dhamma Concepts – 6/17/17

Historical Background – Introduction – 6/2/17

Pāli Glossary – (A-K) – 6/2/17

Pāli Glossary – (L-Z) – 6/2/17

Viññāṇa – What It Really Means – 5/27/17

Complexity of Life and the Way to Seek “Good Rebirths” – 5/22/17

Bhava and Jāti – States of Existence and Births Therein – 5/14/17

What is the only Akusala Removed by a Sotāpanna? – 5/14/17

Misinterpretation of Anicca and Anatta by Early European Scholars – 5/7/17

Rebirth – Connection to Suffering in the First Noble Truth – 5/7/17

Mahā Cattārīsaka Sutta (Discourse on the Great Forty) – 5/7/17

Background on the Current Revival of Buddha Dhamma – 4/30/17

Sutta Interpretation – Uddesa, Niddesa, Paṭiniddesa – 4/24/17

Difference Between Dhamma and Saṅkhāra – 4/24/17

Nibbāna “Exists”, but Not in This World – 4/24/17

Answers to Criticism of Pure Dhamma Interpretations ==> Post deleted – 4/24/17

Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta – Wrong Interpretations – 4/17/17

Historical Timelines of Buddha Dhamma and Sri Lanka – End of Sinhala Commentaries ==> replaced by Incorrect Theravada Interpretations – Historical Timeline – 4/8/17

7. What is Ānāpāna? – 4/8/17

Gathi (Character), Anusaya (Latent Defilements), and Āsava (Cravings) – 4/3/17

 

Difference Between Dhamma and Saṅkhāra – 3/25/17

How Does One Know whether the Sotāpanna Stage is Reached? – 3/25/17

Welcome! – 3/11/17

About – 3/11/17

Pāli Dictionaries – Are They Reliable? – 3/11/17

Why is it Necessary to Learn Key Pāli Words? – 3/5/17

Vedanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways – 2/12/17

Need to Experience Suffering in Order to Understand it? – 2/6/17

Pure Dhamma – Reflections on 2016 – 1/8/17

 

Revised Posts April – July 2017

Revised Posts – January to March 2017