October 28, 2020; revised October 18, 2021; June 6, 2023 Ngày 28/10/2020; sửa ngày 18/10/2021; ngày 6/6/2023 Ārammaṇa means the focus of the mind at a given moment. It plays an equally important role as gati/anusaya in response to a sensory stimulus. For example, when you look at someone, that person is the ārammaṇa. When […]
October 21, 2020; revised January 2, 2024 Ngày 21/10/2020; sửa ngày 2/1/2024 Response to a sensory stimulus is instantaneous with emotions arising automatically. There is NO time lag. That automatic initial response depends on one’s gati (character/habits.) Gati, in turn, depends on one’s anusaya (hidden cravings/defilements.) Đáp ứng trước một kích thích giác quan diễn […]
October 16, 2020; revised October 17, 2020; September 10, 2022; May 28, 2023 (#4, #5, #6, #7, #8) Ngày 16/10/2020; sửa ngày 17/10/2020; ngày 10/9/2022; ngày 28/5/2023 (#4, #5, #6, #7, #8) Rūpa and rūpakkhandha, together with nāma and nāmagotta, help describe two parts of our world: rūpa loka and nāma loka. Rūpa (forms) are […]
December 22, 2020; revised December 23, 2020; April 14, 2022 (Ref. 4 added among other revisions); September 21, 2022; September 22, 2022; January 2, 2024 Ngày 22/12/2020; sửa ngày 23/12/2020; 14/4/2022 (bổ sung Tài liệu tham khảo 4 cùng các sửa đổi khác); 21/9/2022; 22/9/2022; 2/1/2024 The question “How do we see?” remains unanswered by […]
October 2, 2020; revised October 3, 2020 Ngày 2/10/2020; sửa ngày 3/10/2020 Memory preservation and recall involve two components in the brain per Buddha Dhamma. We identify the “transmitter” as the hippocampus. The “receiver” is tentatively identified to be in the posterior visual areas of the cortex possibly the precuneus. Theo Dhamma của Đức Phật, […]
September 25, 2020; revised April 11, 2022 Ngày 25/9/2020; sửa ngày 11/4/2022 Patient H.M. provided a critical clue to the role of the hippocampus in memory preservation. Studies on him and a few other patients point to direct and indirect roles played by the brain in preserving memories. The Buddhist and scientific descriptions are the […]
September 18, 2020; revised September 19, 2020 Ngày 18/9/2020; sửa ngày 19/9/2020 Some people in “persistent vegetative state” may have awareness per Buddha Dhamma. (1). As long as the physical body is alive, there is life. (2). Depending on the extent of brain damage, awareness of the external world may or may not be there. […]
September 11, 2020; revised December 31, 2023 Ngày 11/9/2020; sửa ngày 31/12/2023 Gandhabba in a Human Body Senses Differently Than When Outside Gandhabba Trong Thân Người Cảm Nhận Khác Khi Ở Bên Ngoài The six critical entities in the gandhabba (hadaya vatthu and the five pasāda rūpa of cakkhu, sota, ghāna, jivhā, kāya) are responsible […]
September 6, 2020 Ngày 6/9/2020 The mind is not in the brain, but the brain is essential for the mind to work as long as the gandhabba is inside the physical body. Tâm không ở trong não, nhưng não là thiết yếu để tâm vận hành chừng nào gandhabba còn ở trong thân vật lý. […]
August 20, 2023; revised August 21, 2023 (#4, #13) 20/8/2023; chỉnh sửa ngày 21/8/2023 (#4, #13) Contamination of the human mind can happen quickly. The “extent of contamination” depends on the sensory input and one’s gati at that moment. Tâm người có thể nhiễm ô rất nhanh. “Mức độ nhiễm ô” tùy thuộc dữ liệu […]