This lesson is based on AN 10.176, a discourse found in the Pāli Canon in which the Buddha explains the essential courses of Kamma. For everything we do, there will be a cause and effect. Our actions and intentions create results that can be either wholesome, unwholesome or neutral. Kamma, or karma, explains how ourContinue reading “The Ten Paths to Wholesome Karma: Cultivating Positive Outcomes in Life and Beyond”
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Cultivating a Righteous View: An Introduction to The Four Noble Truths
As practitioners on the Path To Enlightenment, we begin by contemplating the three universal truths of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness, and not-self. Once we understand these fundamental aspects of existence, we can turn our attention to the Four Noble Truths, which provide us with a clear and concise understanding of the nature of suffering and how toContinue reading “Cultivating a Righteous View: An Introduction to The Four Noble Truths”
Existence…This is said to be Existence
5.10 Continuation With attachment (clinging) as condition: continuation (existence) is said. What is continuation? Existence. There are three kinds. Which three? They are as follows: – continuation in the sense-sphere, – continuation in the luminous form-sphere, – continuation in the formless-sphere. **Herein, what is continuation in the SENSE-SPHERE existence? This is the Kamma-world (also knownContinue reading “Existence…This is said to be Existence”
Nicholas Gerace 