November 26, 2020; rewritten November 13, 2024 Ngày 26/11/2020; viết lại ngày 13/11/2024 Vinaya Piṭaka contains much more information than Vinaya rules for bhikkhus/bhikkhunis. Vinaya Piṭaka chứa nhiều thông tin hơn là chỉ các giới luật Vinaya dành cho các bhikkhu/bhikkhuni. Introduction – Need to Consult All Three Piṭaka Mở đầu – Cần Tham chiếu […]
November 19, 2020; revised November 24, 2020; August 23, 2022; February 25, 2023 Ngày 19/11/2020; chỉnh sửa ngày 24/11/2020; 23/08/2022; 25/02/2023 Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravāda Buddhist tradition. That collection has all the necessary teachings of the Buddha. However, the key concepts need to be explained in detail by […]
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 […]
November 4, 2020; revised November 6, 2020; August 1, 2022; May 1, 2023 Ngày 4/11/2020; sửa ngày 6/11/2020; ngày 1/8/2022; ngày 1/5/2023 Nāma Loka is very different from the rūpa loka. Scientists are primarily concerned about the rūpa loka, but the Buddha taught that nāma loka is highly significant. Nāma Loka rất khác với rūpa […]
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 […]