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to enslave the mind and how we can overcome them. This is a major difference from the naked (physical) eye to which the defilements are invisible. The limits of our human senses are to know the manife

The passage discusses the limitations of human senses in perceiving mental defilements such as greed, hatred, and delusion. It highlights the importance of the Dhamma Body in providing insight into th

with which his mind had been engrained for countless lifetimes polluting his thoughts, speech and actions — which had led to retribution and leading to his continuing rebirth in the cycle of existence

This text discusses the purification of the mind through the teachings of the Buddha, emphasizing the importance of the Dhammakāya Arahat Body and the attainment of enlightenment. The Pathama Magga re

same happiness to us as if we were really in āyatanā nibbāna — but we are still ‘alive’ in our human body. 2. Nirvana without residual aggregates (Anupādisesa Nirvana [Nibbāna]) is the Nirvana that is

This text delves into the concepts of Āyatanā Nibbāna and Anupādisesa Nibbāna, explaining that Nirvana exists beyond the physical realm and is not bound by worldly elements. It describes Nirvana as a

The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering: A Conclusion The Lord Buddha taught that the cessation of suffering can be effected by extinguishing all craving through the prac- tice of the Noble Eigh

The conclusion on the cessation of suffering according to the Buddha highlights the need to extinguish craving through the Noble Eightfold Path. Once craving is eliminated, suffering cannot return. Ou

The Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering The final of the four Truths of the Noble Ones taught by the Lord Buddha was the Path to the Cessation of Suffering (or the Noble Eightfold P

The Noble Eightfold Path, the final of the Four Noble Truths, is the way to eliminate suffering and attain Nirvana. It consists of eight components: Right View, Right Intention, Right Speech, Right Ac

1. Right View The Buddha taught that Right View is a fiercely accurate understanding of life and the world based on the benchmark of Nirvana, a thorough understanding of all four Noble Truths, and pra

This text elaborates on essential aspects of Buddhism focusing on Right View, which is the accurate understanding framed by Nirvana and the four Noble Truths aimed at removing ignorance and craving. I

Stealing [adinnādāna]: Taking that which is not given; Committing adultery [kāmesumicchācarā]: abstaining from sexual relations outside marriage. 5. Right Livelihood The Lord Buddha taught his monks

This text discusses key principles of the Noble Eightfold Path, focusing on ethical conduct such as Right Speech, Right Action which includes abstaining from stealing and committing adultery, and Righ

the centre of the body, in the same way as described earlier, in entering the centre of the Pathama Magga Sphere, successive inner bodies can be attained, going further inside the subtle human body —

This text discusses the progression through successive inner bodies leading to the Dhammakāya, emphasizing the distinction between mundane and transcendental bodies. It highlights that all worldly bod

It is for this reason that the Lord Buddha advocated his monks to cultivate transcendental knowledge in order to put themselves beyond the reach of sensuality [kāma], unwholesomeness [akusalamadhaṃma]

The Lord Buddha encourages monks to attain transcendental knowledge to rise above sensuality and eradicate False View. Achieving the First Absorption endows practitioners with joy, happiness, and focu

images sounds scents tastes touch mental phenomena MIND perception filtering processing knowing perception filtering processing knowing The Relationship between the Psychophysical Constituents in th

guish them as follows: The First Absorption which is accompanied by five factors: initial application of mind [vitakka], continued application of mind [vicāra], joy [pīti], happiness [sukha] and one-p

This text outlines the four absorptions in meditation, detailing the factors involved in each state. The First Absorption is characterized by five components: initial application of mind (vitakka), co

them and go further through the centre until attaining the Body of Enlightenment — the most subtle of the inner bodies. The inner bodies between the Paṭhama Magga Sphere and the Body of Enlightenment

This text delves into the various inner bodies that exist between the Paṭhama Magga Sphere and the Body of Enlightenment. These include the Subtle Human Body, Angelic Body, and several Brahma Bodies,

grasping [räga], hatred [dosa] and delusion [moha]. When the mind is sufficiently pure to be released from these three defilements, the mind will attain the Formless Brahma Body. The defilements assoc

This text discusses the process of achieving enlightenment in Buddhism, focusing on the overcoming of three main defilements: grasping (räga), hatred (dosa), and delusion (moha). It explains the attai

Impermanence [aniccān]: This is the built-in character of objects that are of a nature to change the whole of the time. Such things as the Five Aggregates of the Human Body are changing the whole of t

This text delves into the fundamental Buddhist concepts of impermanence (aniccān), suffering (dukkham), and not-self (anattā) as expressed through the Five Aggregates of the Human Body. It highlights

the knowledge arising from cognition may be erroneous. The knowledge arising from 'knowing', by contrast, de- pends on the Dhammakāya — it is knowledge based on true wisdom such as the Four Noble Trut

This text discusses the distinction between knowledge gained through cognition and that which arises from true wisdom based on the Dhammakāya. It details the bodhisatva's rigorous meditation practice

Dhamma Body — not with the human eye or the naked eye. All the knowledge that brought him to Buddhahood came by the ‘knowing’ of the Dhamma Body, not by rationale or reasoning with the logical (hum

The Dhamma Body can only be perceived beyond the human eye, allowing the Buddha to grasp deep truths about existence. His compassion drove him to teach the Noble Path for the liberation of others, adv

The Components of the Eightfold Path all arise together When the factors of the Eightfold Path arise, they do so to- gether — just as the elder monk Koṇḍañña, after listening to the Dhammacakkapavatta

This text discusses the Eightfold Path, emphasizing how all eight components arise together as illustrated by the elder monk Koṇḍañña's attainment of Stream-Entry. It explains the importance of Right

fort: doing of evils not yet done, maintainance of evils already done, not doing virtues not yet done and abandoning virtues already mastered. As for Right Mindfulness, he would immediately and defini

This excerpt explores the significance of the Eightfold Path, specifically focusing on Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. It emphasizes understanding the aggregates of existence as they relate

see that the six components of conduct are a path ahead which are free of all dangers bringing one surely to one's destination.

[Image contains text and a circular symbol at the top] 4. The view that this world lacks reality or doesn’t exist; 5. The view that the afterworld lacks reality or doesn’t exist; 6. The view that

This text examines the principles of Right View and Right Intention in Buddhism. It highlights the dangers of False Views, such as denying the reality of this world or the afterlife, and emphasizes th