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Overcoming Craving through the Noble Eightfold Path
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Overcoming Craving through the Noble Eightfold Path
[phottabhba-vitaka] and thought-conception concerning of the mental objects [dhamma-vitaka]. Moreover, the discursive thoug…
This text explores how discursive thoughts about sensory objects lead to attachment and suffering. Each of the six senses co…
The Dhammakaya Tradition and Luang Phaw Wat Paknam
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The Dhammakaya Tradition and Luang Phaw Wat Paknam
practice of the Middle Way until attaining levels of Buddhist sainthood according to their potential. All the evidence …
The practice of the Middle Way leads to various levels of Buddhist sainthood according to individual potential. Luang Phaw …
Rediscovery of the Dhammakāya Tradition
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Rediscovery of the Dhammakāya Tradition
mentaries for most people to understand. The knowledge of Dhammakāya is said to have diminished and eventually for some unknown reas…
The Dhammakāya tradition, once diminished in Buddhism, was revitalized by Luang Phaw Wat Paknam who dedic…
Understanding the Middle Way in Dhamma Practice
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Understanding the Middle Way in Dhamma Practice
In terms of practice however, Luang Phaw Wat Paknam explained how we can know we are practicing the Middle Way in the sermon he gave on the Dhammacakkapavattana …
In his sermon on the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta, Luang Phaw Wat Paknam elucidates the profound significance of the Middle …
परम ध्यान और आत्मा का केंद्र
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परम ध्यान और आत्मा का केंद्र
(sleeps). Luang Phaw Wat Paknam explained that the ability to bring our mind to a standstill at this centre of the body is what we call ‘majj…
… मन सद्भाव में आता है, और इसे अच्छे या बुरे के संदर्भ में नहीं रखा जा सकता है। इसके द्वारा, हम आठfold पथ को प्राप्त करते हैं और 'Pāthama Magga' Sphere में प्रवेश करते हैं। ध्यान में इस प्रगति से आत्म अ…
The Path to Spiritual Enlightenment
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The Path to Spiritual Enlightenment
center of the Sphere of Concentration, the Sphere of Wisdom [paññā] will be attained. When we bring the mind to a standstill at the centre of the Sphere of W…
This text outlines the spiritual progression as defined by the teachings of the Buddha, emphasizing the importance of concentration, wisdom, and the …
Attaining the Angelic Body through the Middle Way
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Attaining the Angelic Body through the Middle Way
[vimuttīnādassana] will be attained. When the mind is brought to a standstill at the centre of the Sphere of th…
The text discusses the attainment of the Angelic Body through a process of concentration and the sequential pr…
Understanding the Dhamma Body and Overcoming Mental Defilements
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Understanding the Dhamma Body and Overcoming Mental Defilements
to enslave the mind and how we can overcome them. This is a major difference from the naked (physical) eye to which the…
The passage discusses the limitations of human senses in perceiving mental defilements such as greed, hatred, and
Understanding the Dhamma Body and Its Significance
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Understanding the Dhamma Body and Its Significance
Dhamma Body, thereby make themselves invulnerable to the action of defilements. In the past we might …
The Dhamma Body, or Dhammakāya, represents the essence of Buddhism, highlighting the journey towards enli…
Understanding Nirvana: The Realm Beyond Existence
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Understanding Nirvana: The Realm Beyond Existence
…e 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 a r…
This text delves into the concepts of Āyatanā Nibbāna and Anupādisesa Nibbāna, explaining that Nirvana exists b…
The Path of Right Actions in Buddhism
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The Path of Right Actions in Buddhism
1. Right View The Buddha taught that Right View is a fiercely accurate understanding of life and the world based on the b…
This text elaborates on essential aspects of Buddhism focusing on Right View, which is the accurate understanding framed by Nirvana and the four Nob…
The Noble Eightfold Path: Ethical Conduct and Mindfulness
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The Noble Eightfold Path: Ethical Conduct and Mindfulness
Stealing [adinnādāna]: Taking that which is not given; Committing adultery [kāmesumicchācarā]: abstaining from s…
This text discusses key principles of the Noble Eightfold Path, focusing on ethical conduct such as Right Speec…
Understanding Suffering and the Subtle Human Body
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Understanding Suffering and the Subtle Human Body
wealth. As the majority of sorts of suffering concerns material things, having attained the subtle human body, the mind, being unified with the subtle human body, is safely withdrawn beyo…
This text discusses why most people suffer due to attachment to their physical bodies and possessions, despite …
Understanding the Inner Bodies and Enlightenment
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Understanding the Inner Bodies and Enlightenment
the centre of the body, in the same way as described earlier, in entering the centre of the Pathama Magga Sphere, success…
This text discusses the progression through successive inner bodies leading to the Dhammakāya, emphasizing the …
Cultivating Transcendental Knowledge in Buddhism
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Cultivating Transcendental Knowledge in Buddhism
It is for this reason that the Lord Buddha advocated his monks to cultivate transcendental knowledge in order to put themselves beyond
The Lord Buddha encourages monks to attain transcendental knowledge to rise above sensuality and eradicate F…
Understanding the Mind and Its Layers
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Understanding the Mind and Its Layers
are mindful that ‘the mind is distracted’. If the mind is con- centrated, you are mindful that ‘the mind is…
The text delves into the nature of the mind, describing its four concentric layers: perception, sensory regist…
The Relationship Between Processing, Cognition, and Mindfulness
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The Relationship Between Processing, Cognition, and Mindfulness
processing and cognition are nested together inseparably and as a unit take the form of the subtle physical body. …
Processing and cognition are intimately linked, forming the subtle physical body. If four faculties are disconnect…
Understanding Mindfulness in the Mind
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Understanding Mindfulness in the Mind
mind in the mind, it means mindfulness only of the sphere of central processing — and not the spheres of…
The text discusses mindfulness focusing on the central processing of the mind, distinguishing it from percepti…
The Four Absorptions in Meditation
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The Four Absorptions in Meditation
guish them as follows: The First Absorption which is accompanied by five factors: initial application of mind [vitakka], continued application of mind [vicāra], joy…
This text outlines the four absorptions in meditation, detailing the factors involved in each state. The First Absorption is characterized by five…
Understanding the Levels of Absorption in Meditation
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Understanding the Levels of Absorption in Meditation
The Fourth Absorption which is accompanied by two factors: happiness [sukhα] and one-pointedness [ekaggatα]. The Fifth Absorption [pañcamaajah…
This text outlines the five absorptions in meditation, detailing the factors involved in each stage, including joy, happiness, one-pointedness, an…