Worldview of the Buddha

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Worldview of the Buddha

August 26, 2019

Buddhist Worldview – Introduction

Contact Between Āyatana Leads to Vipāka Viññāṇa

How Do Sense Faculties Become Internal Āyatana?

Indriya Make Phassa and Āyatana Make Samphassa

The Framework of Buddha Dhamma

The Suffering (Dukkha) in the First Noble Truth

Dangers of Ten Types of Wrong Views and Four Possible Paths

Sammā Diṭṭhī – Only One Leads to the Noble Path

Fear of Nibbāna (Enlightenment)

Ghost 1990 Movie – Good Depiction of Gandhabba Concept

Mental Body Versus the Physical Body

Citta – Basis of Our Experience and Actions

Vipāka Vedanā and “Samphassa jā Vedanā” in a Sensory Event

Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Taṇhā)

Vision Is a Series of “Snapshots” – Movie Analogy

Chachakka Sutta – Six Types of Vipāka Viññāṇa

Sakkāya Diṭṭhi in Terms of Attā or “Self” or “Ātma”

An Apparent “Self” Is Involved in Kamma Generation

Paṭicca Samuppāda – Not “Self” or “No-Self”

Taṇhā – The Origin of Suffering

Paṭicca Samuppāda – A “Self” Exists Due to Avijjā

Kamma, Saṅkhāra, and Abhisaṅkhāra

Vacī Saṅkhāra – Saṅkappa (Conscious Thoughts) and Vācā (Speech)

Taṇhā Paccayā Upādāna – Critical Step in Paṭicca Samuppāda

Moha/Avijjā and Vipāka Viññāṇa/Kamma Viññāṇa

Icchā (Cravings) Lead to Upādāna and to Eventual Suffering

Dhammā, Kamma, Saṅkhāra, Mind – Critical Connections

Paṭicca Samuppāda – From Mind to Matter