There are many terms—such as citta and mano—that are interpreted differently across texts. To clarify these, several essays in the “Dhamma Concepts” section on “Mind and Consciousness” begin with: “1. Thoughts (Citta), Consciousness (Viññāṇa), and Mind (Hadaya Vatthu) – Introduction.” Có nhiều thuật ngữ như citta và mano được diễn giải khác nhau trong các […]
Revised February 27, 2019; July 16, 2022; September 10, 2022 (#11) Sửa ngày 27/2/ 2019; 16/7/2022; 10/9/2022 (#11) Humans have numerous gati (character tendencies). These tendencies determine one’s future existence (bhava). This connection is crucial. Con người có vô số gati (khuynh hướng hay tính cách). Chính những khuynh hướng này quyết định sự tồn […]
Revised September 1, 2018; March 2, 2020; September 10, 2022; April 30, 2023 Sửa ngày 1/9/2018; 2/3/2020; 10/9/2022; 30/4/2023 A strong kamma can bring vipāka in the future. The mind releases a bit of energy, which is called a kamma bīja (or kamma bhava). Where are these kamma bīja/bhava “located”? That is difficult to explain […]
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 […]
April 1, 2016; revised June 30, 2021 Ngày 1/4/2016; Sửa ngày 30/6/2021 It is possible that one may ask, “If anicca, dukkha, anatta are so important, why are they not included in the 37 Factors of Enlightenment?” After all, one attains Nibbāna via cultivating the 37 Factors of Enlightenment (also called 37 Bodhipākkhiya Dhamma, or […]
February 3, 2018; revised February 11, 2020; July 28, 2022 (note on Discourse 4) Ngày 3/2/2018; chỉnh sửa ngày 11/2/2020; ngày 28/7/2022 (ghi chú về Bài pháp thoại số 4) Tilakkhaṇa or Three Marks of Existence or Three Characteristics of Nature (anicca, dukkha, anatta) are discussed in detail in a series of five discourses. These […]
July 6, 2020 Ngày 6/7/2020 This was one of the first discourses by the late Venerable Waharaka Abayarathanalankara Thero. Janith Boniface Fernando has made it into a YouTube video with transcription in Sinhala and English languages. Đây là một trong những bài pháp thoại đầu tiên của cố Hòa thượng Waharaka Abayarathanalankara Thero. Janith Boniface […]
Revised: 20/1/2016; 3/12/2017; 26/1/2018; 2/7/2020 Chỉnh sửa: ngày 20/1/2016; 3/12/2017; 26/1/2018; 2/7/2020 The key to understanding the First Noble Truth (Dukkha Sacca; pronounced “dukkha sachcha”) is to understand the Three Characteristics (Tilakkhaṇa) of “this wider world of 31 realms,” i.e., anicca, dukkha, anatta. Let us discuss a few key suttā. Mấu chốt để hiểu Sự […]