Three Levels of Practice

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Three Levels of Practice

It is a good idea for anybody to read the first section, because the basic ideas and fundamentals are described in that section.

oFirst Section: Moral Living and Fundamentals

▪Subsection: The Basics

•“The Pale Blue Dot……..”

•“The Law of Attraction, Habits (Gati), and Cravings (Āsavas)”

•“Habits, Goals, and Character (Gati)”

•“Wrong Views (Micchā Diṭṭhi) – A Simpler Analysis”

•“First Noble Truth – A Simple Explanation of One Aspect”

▪Subsection: Calming the Mind

•“Key to Calming the Mind – The Five Hindrances”

•“Solution to a Wandering Mind – Abandon Everything?”

•“Right Speech – How to avoid Accumulating Bad Kamma”

•“Three Kinds of Happiness – What is Nirāmisa Sukha?”

•“Need to Experience Suffering in Order to Understand It?”

•“Does Impermanence Lead to Suffering?”

▪Subsection: Buddha Dhamma and Buddhism

•“A Buddhist or a Bhouddhaya?”

•“Where to Start on the Path?”

•“What Reincarnates? – Concept of a Lifestream”

•“Recent Evidence for Unbroken Memory Records (HSAM)”

•“Buddhism without Rebirth and Nibbāna?”

▪Subsection: Dhamma Concepts

•“Kilesa – Relationship To Akusala, Kusala, And Puñña Kamma”

•“Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala)”

•“Puñña Kamma – Dāna, Sīla, Bhāvanā”

•“The Five Precepts – What the Buddha Meant by Them”

•“How to Evaluate Weights of Different Kamma”

•“What is Kamma? – Is Everything Determined by Kamma?”

•“Account of Aṅgulimāla – Many Insights to Buddha Dhamma”

•“The Four Bases of Mental Power (Cattāro Iddhipāda)”

•“Why is it Necessary to Learn Key Pāli Words?”

▪Subsection: 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”

 

oSecond Section: Working Towards Good Rebirths

▪“Sansāric Habits and āsavas”

▪“Vagaries of Life and the Way to Seek Good Rebirths”

▪“How to Avoid Birth in the Apāyas”

▪“Rebirth – Connection to Suffering in the First Noble Truth”

▪How the Buddha Described the Chance of Rebirth in the Human Realm

▪“Kamma, Debt, and Meditation”

▪“Diṭṭhi (Wrong Views), Sammā Diṭṭhi (Good/Correct Views)”

▪“How do we Decide which View is Wrong View (Diṭṭhi)?”

▪“Three Kinds of Diṭṭhi, Eightfold Paths, and Samādhi”

▪“Implications of the Rebirth Process in Daily Life and in Society”

▪“What Does Buddha Dhamma Say about Creator, Satan, Angels, and Demons?”

▪“Paṭisandhi Citta – How the Next Life is Determined According to Gati”

 

oThird Section: Seeking Nibbāna

▪“Attha Purisa Puggalā – Eight Noble Persons”

▪“Āsava, Anusaya, and Gati (Gathi)”

▪“The Way to Nibbāna – Removal of āsavas”

▪“Kaṇha (Dark) and Sukka (Bright) Kamma and Kammakkhaya”

▪“Dasa Saṁyojana – Bonds in Rebirth Process”

▪“The Cooling Down Process (Nibbāna) – How the 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”

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oFourth Section: Sotāpanna Stage of Nibbāna

▪“Sotāpanna Stage via Understanding Perception (Saññā) ”

•Sotāpanna Stage and Distorted Saññā

•Pabhassara Citta and Saññā Vipallāsa

•Mūlapariyāya Sutta – The Root of All Things

•Fooled by Distorted Saññā (Sañjānāti) – Origin of Attachment (Taṇhā)

•Kāma Rāga Arises Due to “Distorted Saññā”

•Distorted Saññā Arises in Every Adult but Not in a Newborn

•Purāṇa and Nava Kamma – Sequence of Kamma Generation

•Saññā Nidānā hi Papañca Saṅkhā - Immoral Thoughts Based on ‘Distorted Saññā’

•Kalahavivāda Sutta – Origin of Fights and Disputes

▪“The Sotāpanna Stage”

▪“Why a Sotāpanna is Better off than any King, Emperor, or a Billionaire”

▪“Myths about the Sotāpanna Stage”

▪“Anuloma Paṭiloma Paṭicca Samuppāda – Key to Sotāpanna Stage”

▪“Sotāpanna Anugāmi and a Sotāpanna”

▪“Sotāpanna Anugāmi – No More Births in the Apāyā”

▪“Four Conditions for Attaining Sotāpanna Magga/Phala”

▪“Sotāpatti Aṅga – The Four Qualities of a Sotāpanna”

▪“Sammā Diṭṭhi – Realization, Not Memorization”

▪“Sakkāya Diṭṭhi – “Not Seeing the Unfruitful Nature of the World””

▪“How Does One Know whether the Sotāpanna Stage is Reached?”

▪Subsection: “Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissaraṇa”

•“Assāda, Ādīnava, Nissaraṇa – Introduction”

•“How Perceived Pleasures (Assāda) lead to Dukkha”

“Kāma Rāga, Rūpa Rāga and Arūpa Rāga.”

•“Vedanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways”

•“Feelings: Sukha, Dukha, Somanassa, and Domanassa”

•“What is “Kāma”? It is not Just Sex”

•“Kāma Assāda Start with Phassa Paccaya Vedanā or Samphassa Ja Vedanā”

▪“Akusala Citta – How Does a Sotāpanna Avoids Apāyagāmi Citta”

▪“What is the only Akusala Removed by a Sotāpanna?”

▪Subsection: “Udayavaya Ñāṇa”

•“Udayavaya Ñāṇa – Introduction”

•“Nibbatti Lakkhaṇa in Udayavaya Ñāṇa”

•“Āhāra (Food) in Udayavaya Ñāṇa”

•“Udayavaya Ñāṇa – Importance of the Cittaja Kāya”