January 24, 2018; revised January 6, 2019; July 26, 2020; August 23, 2022; rewritten August 18, 2024; rewritten with new title August 30, 2024 Ngày 24/01/2018; chỉnh sửa 06/01/2019; 26/07/2020; 23/08/2022; viết lại 18/08/2024; viết lại với tiêu đề mới 30/08/2024 [Note: This is a rewritten version of an old post, “Citta Evolving To Viññāṇa […]

April 28, 2019; revised November 8, 2019 Ngày 28/04/2019; chỉnh sửa 08/11/2019 Vipāka Viññāṇa and Kamma Viññāṇa Vipāka Viññāṇa và Kamma Viññāṇa Even though science has made significant progress in the understanding of the material world, science has advanced very little on the subject of mental phenomena. Mặc dù khoa học đã tiến rất xa […]

July 22, 2018; revised October 9, 2022 22/07/2018; sửa đổi 09/10/2022 I recently realized that it would be a good idea to explain what some critical Pāli words mean in one place. Gần đây tôi nhận ra rằng nên giải thích ý nghĩa của một số thuật ngữ Pāli quan trọng ở cùng một nơi. […]

Re-written September 4, 2022; re-written November 18, 2022 Viết lại ngày 4/9/2022; viết lại ngày 18/11/2022 A common misconception is that dukkha means the feeling of suffering. The Pāli word for suffering is dukha, with one “k.” The First Noble Truth (Dukkha Sacca) is not merely about dukha but how to get rid of it […]

November 14, 2017 Ngày 14 tháng 11, 2017 This new subsection of “Dhamma with Less Pāli” is now the second subsection in the “Living Dhamma” section. Mục phụ mới “Dhamma with Less Pāli” hiện là tiểu mục thứ hai trong phần “Living Dhamma”. In the first desanā of the “Living Dhamma – Overview” subsection, we […]

April 12, 2018; revised April 27, 2022 Ngày 12/4/2018; chỉnh sửa ngày 27/4/2022 Today, Buddha Dhamma remains hidden under a lot of incomprehensible Pāli words. I can see that many people use Pāli words without knowing their true meanings. If one has a good understanding of the “basics” or the “framework,” it is easier to […]