Revised November 26, 2017; June 27, 2022; June 29, 2022 Chỉnh sửa ngày 26/11/2017; 27/6/2022; 29/6/2022 Saññā is normally translated as “perception,” but it has a much deeper meaning. Learning about anicca is the first step, but cultivating anicca saññā is critical. Saññā thường được dịch là “nhận thức,” nhưng nó mang ý nghĩa sâu […]
Revised November 26, 2017; major revision June 28, 2022; revised August 25, 2022 (#1) Chỉnh sửa ngày 26/11/2017; chỉnh sửa lớn ngày 28/6/2022; chỉnh sửa lại ngày 25/8/2022 (#1) It takes an effort to get the anicca saññā and get to the Sotāpanna stage. Reading about the anicca nature is not enough. Để đạt được […]
Revised July 14, 2018; June 15, 2019; re-written with the new title June 1, 2020; revised July 3, 2022 [Old Title: The Incessant Distress (“Pīḷana”) – Key to Dukkha Sacca] Sửa ngày 14/7/2018; 15/6/2019; viết lại với tựa mới ngày 01/6/2020; sửa ngày 3/7/2022 [Tựa cũ: The Incessant Distress (“Pīḷana”) – Key to Dukkha Sacca] […]
August 20, 2017; revised June 8, 2020 Ngày 20/8/2017; chỉnh sửa ngày 8/6/2020 Different Meanings of Anicca Những Ý Nghĩa Khác Nhau Của Anicca Anicca (pronounced “anichcha”) is a profound concept that has several meanings (impermanence is only a small part of it). We discussed one interpretation as “it is not possible to maintain anything […]
Anicca has been analyzed in several different ways in the Tipiṭaka. In the Patisambidhā Magga Prakarana in the Tipiṭaka, it is explained as, “uppāda vayattena anicca,” which means “(this world is) anicca because we just keep going through the birth (arising)/death (destruction) process.” Anicca được phân tích theo nhiều cách trong Tipiṭaka. Trong Patisambidhā Magga […]
September 26, 2021; revised August 25, 2022 Ngày 26/09/2021; sửa ngày 25/08/2022 Summary of the Previous Post Tóm lược Bài Trước In the previous post “Anatta in Anattalakkhaṇa Suttā – Part 1,” we reached the following conclusions: Trong bài trước “Anatta in Anattalakkhaṇa Suttā – Part 1,” chúng ta đi đến các kết luận sau: […]
September 19, 2021; revised August 25, 2022; December 13, 2022 Ngày 19/09/2021; sửa ngày 25/08/2022; 13/12/2022 Introduction Giới thiệu “WebLink: suttācentral: Anattalakkhaṇa Suttā (SN 22.59)” was the second suttā delivered by the Buddha after his Enlightenment (attaining the Buddhahood.) He taught the first two suttās to the famous five ascetics. The first one, Dhammacakkappavattana Suttā […]
December 12, 2018 Ngày 12/12/2018 Even before the Buddha, people had three different basic ideas about “the essence” of a living being and specifically a human. Ngay cả trước thời Đức Phật, con người đã có ba quan niệm căn bản khác nhau về “bản chất” của một chúng sinh, đặc biệt là con người. […]
April 8, 2016; revised July 1, 2021; July 21, 2021 (#3); August 20, 2022; January 1, 2025 Ngày 8/4/2016; Sửa ngày 1/7/2021; 21/7/2021 (#3); 20/8/2022; 1/1/2025 In the previous post, we discussed two versions of the 37 Factors of Enlightenment (Bodhipākkhiya Dhamma) and the Eightfold Paths. See “Why are Tilakkhaṇa not Included in 37 Factors […]