P T Feeling can be associated with unwholesome consciousness (akusala citta) and mixed with unwholesome nature. It may also be associated and connected with wholesome consciousness (kusala citta) and mixed with wholesome nature. It is also present in resultant consciousness (vipāka citta) and functional consciousness (kriya citta) and imbued with their nature. Where can we find the … Read more
Today’s talk is the first part in a series of Dhamma talks on the analysis of vedanā. Here, vedană can be translated as feeling in English. There are many discourses (sutta) on feeling, such as the discourses in the Connected Discourses on Feeling (Vedanä-samyutta). There is also a chapter about feeling in the Greater Discourse … Read more
The final goal of a Buddhist is to attain Nibbana, or enlightenment. We should aspire for enlightenment whenever we practise dana, sila and bhavana ie. generosity, morality and mental development instead of wishing for worldly possessions. There is a threefold classification of Enlightenment: 1 Sarsaka-bodhi a noble disciple (arakant) 2 Pacceka-bodhi an Independently Enlightened One … Read more
The volume of the oceans of the mountains It is as if wax, when boiled with about (2) times the volume of water, rises to the surface of the water and gradually solidifies from the surface downwards, The clay layers and clays, such as the Myinmo mountain, rise from the surface downwards and gradually solidify … Read more
The water gradually dried up and decreased until it reached the top of the Meru mountain, where the Tavatimsa celestial realm was located. The place where the Meru mountain would be was very muddy. It was like a mixture of soil and water. It gradually became muddy, and over time it became a large mudstone. … Read more
The period of the world’s existence (samvatthaya kapa) The Buddha taught in the Abhidhamma that when the universe (world) was destroyed, only the lower Brahma realms were destroyed, while the upper realms were not destroyed, and that these Brahma realms were very long-lived. Therefore, it is understood that the entire universe (world) was not destroyed, … Read more
More than 2,500 years ago, Gautama Buddha explained the destruction of the universe and the emergence of a new world. It is surprising to see that the destruction and emergence of the universe as taught by the Buddha are very similar to the ideas and thoughts of today’s scientists. With his omniscience, the Buddha explained … Read more
How the Universe is Made? This universe is made up of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire, and matter. A universe that is circular and shaped like a bicycle is called a cosmic world. The infinite universe of Buddha Gātapa and the infinite universe of science are outside this cosmic world. Within this cosmic … Read more
The Buddha’s view of the universe,the Buddha made a very broad statement about this universe: “The world is not self-existent, The world is not self-existent, O monk, not self-existent, nor self-existent. Yamsinta, ummadassa, viyata, abvavissa, “Monks…it is not proper to contemplate the existence of the world (universe) that is, the moon, or “It is only … Read more
The planet Earth, where humans live, is round, slightly concave at the South and North Poles, and tilted at the Equator (the path of the sun). It rotates on an axis that passes through the South and North. Because of this rotation, there are periods of day and night. For example, in Myanmar, it is … Read more