Living Dhamma

August 26, 2016

An experience-based process of practicing Buddha Dhamma (Buddhism) is discussed with English discourses. Belief in rebirth process is not needed at beginning.

Essential Buddhism

• Four Noble Truths – Suffering and Its Elimination
• Introduction to Citta, Vēdanā, Saññā, Sankhāra, and Viññāna
• Viññāna – Consciousness Together With Future Expectations
• Connection Between Sankhāra and Viññāna
• Viññāna and Sankhāra – Connection to Paṭicca Samuppāda
• Breath Meditation Is Addictive and Harmful in the Long Run

• Ānapānasati Eliminates Mental Stress Permanently

• Ānāpāna and Satipaṭṭhāna – Fundamentals
• Sati in Ānapānasati/Satipaṭṭhāna – Two Meanings of Sati

Living Dhamma - Overview

• Living Dhamma - Introduction
• Peace of Mind to Nibbāna - The Key Step
• Starting on the Path Even without Belief in Rebirth (with first Desana "The Hidden Suffering that We All Can Understand"; desana title different from post title)

Dhamma with Less Pāli

• Buddha Dhamma for an Inquiring Mind – Part I

• “Root of All Suffering – Ten Immoral Actions” (with the dēsana “Ten Immoral Actions (Dasa Akusala)”.

• Is Suffering the Same as the First Noble Truth on Suffering?

• Complexity of the Mind – Viññāna and Sankhāra
• Dhamma, Saṅkhāra, Sankata, Rupa, Viññāṇa, Gati, Āsava, Anusaya
• Bhava and Bhavaṅga – Simply Explained!

• Citta, Manō, Viññāna – Stages of a Thought

Living Dhamma - Fundamentals

• What Are Kilesa (Mental Impurities)? - Connection to Cetasika
• Suffering in This Life – Role of Mental Impurities (with Desana 2)
• Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta – Relevance to Suffering in This Life (with Desana 3)
• How Are Gati and Kilesa Incorporated into Thoughts? (with Desana 4; in two parts)
• Noble Eightfold Path – Role of Sobhana Cetasika
• Getting to Samadhi (with Desana 5)

Mundane Sammā Samadhi

• Micchā Diṭṭhi – Connection to Hethu Phala (Cause and Effect) (with Desana 6)
• Suffering in This Life and Paṭicca Samuppāda (with Desana 7)
• Suffering in This Life and Paṭicca Samuppāda II (with Desana 8)

Transition to Noble Eightfold Path

• Is It Necessary for a Buddhist to Eliminate Sensual Desires?
• Sila, Samadhi, Panna to Panna, Sila, Samadhi
• Six Root Causes – Loka Samudaya (Arising of Suffering) and Loka Nirodhaya (Nibbāna)
• Ye Dhammā Hetuppabhavā.. and yam kińci samudaya dhammam..

Samādhi, Jhāna (Dhyāna), Magga Phala

• Samādhi, Jhāna, Magga Phala - Introduction
• Vitakka, Vicāra, Savitakka, Savicāra, and Avitakka, Avicāra
• Jhānic Experience in Detail – Sāmañ­ña­phala Sutta (DN 2)
• Ascendance to Nibbāna via Jhāna (dhyāna)
• Pannāvimutti – Arahanthood without Jhāna
• Mundane versus Supramundane Jhāna
• Nirōdha Samāpatti, Phala Samāpatti, Jhāna, and Jhāna Samāpatti

Mental Body – Gandhabba

• Our Mental Body – Gandhabba

• Gandhabba State – Evidence from Tipiṭaka

• Antarabhava and Gandhabba
• Ānantariya Kamma – Connection to Gandhabba
• Mental Body (Gandhabba) – Personal Accounts
• Abnormal Births Due to Gandhabba Transformations
• Satara Ahara for Mental Body or Gandhabba

• Micchā Diṭṭhi, Gandhabba, and Sotāpanna Stage

• Working of Kammā – Critical Role of Conditions

Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa

Mental Aggregates

• What is Sanna (Perception)?
• Sanna – What It Really Means
• Future Suffering – Why It Arises
• Diṭṭhi, Sanna, and Saṅkhāra - How They Relate
• What Is Vedana (Feelings)
  
• Vedana – What It Really Means (Being replaced with Vedanā and Samphassa-Jā-Vedanā – More Than Just Feelings)

• Vēdanā and Samphassa-Jā-Vēdanā – More Than Just Feelings

• Does Bodily Pain Arise Only Due to Kamma Vipāka?

• Saṅkhāra
• Sankhāra – What It Really Means

Rupa Aggregate

• What are rūpa? – Dhamma are rūpa too!
• Bhūta and Yathābhūta – What Do They Really Mean

Viññāna Aggregate

• Viññāna – What It Really Means
• Kamma Viññāṇa – Link Between Mind and Matter

• Anidassana Viññāṇa – What It Really Means

Sakkāya Diṭṭhi

• Do I Have “A Mind” That Is Fixed and “Mine”?

Nāmarūpa Formation

• Kamma Viññāna and Nāmarūpa Paricceda Ñana