Yellow Robe - A Real Buddhist's Journal

1. MN 136 Mahākammavibhanga Sutta - The Greater Exposition of Action
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

1. Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Rajagāha, in the Bamboo Grove, the Squirrels’ Sanctuary. 2. Now on that occasion the venerable Samiddhi was living in a forest hut. ...

2. MN 135 Cūlakammavibhanga Sutta - The Shorter Exposition of Action
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

1. Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Park. 2. Then the Brahmin student Subha, Todeyya’s son, went to the Blessed One and exchanged ...

3. DN 2 Sāmaññaphala Sutta - The Fruits of the Homeless Life
(Pali Canon/Digha Nikaya)

... four hundred thousand principal sorts of birth, and six thousand others and again six hundred. There are five hundred kinds of kamma, or five kinds, and three kinds, and half-kamma, sixty-two paths, sixty-two ...

4. In This Very Life - The Liberation Teachings of the Buddha
(Teachings/General)

... feel much more peaceful when the inevitable comes to pass. Our Only True Possession However, there are certain things that follow human beings through the doors of death. This is kamma (Sanskrit: karma), ...

5. The Progress of Insight
(Practice/Meditation)

... as ignorance, craving, kamma, etc., that body-and-mind continue." Such discernment through direct experience and through inference as described, when noticing body-and-mind with their conditions, ...

6. Books by Various Masters
(Books/Various Other Masters)

... eternal heaven or hell. Beings are born into a particular realm according to both their past kamma and their kamma at the moment of deat Ven. Thanissaro Bhikkhu Dhammapada - A Translation ...

7. Books by Mahasi Sayadaw
(Books/Mahasi Sayadaw)

... questions put forth by a medical doctor such as questions on rebirth and abortion. Purpose of Practicing Kammatthana (Buddhist) Meditation Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw explains the two ...

8. Books by Bhikkhu Pesala
(Books/Bhikkhu Pesala)

... of Kamma A thorough look on what kamma is according to the Buddha's teaching, including different types of kammas according to different classifications. An Explanation ...

9. Biography of Venerable U Silananda Sayadaw
(Books/U Silananda Sayadaw)

...  An Introduction to the Law of Kamma Thoughts for the Occasion (Some Sayings of Lord Buddha on Death) An Introduction to the Doctrine of Anatta (No-Soul) Meditation Instructions ...

10. Biography of Venerable Bhikkhu Pesala
(Books/Bhikkhu Pesala)

... 6 unknown.   Books: An Introduction to Buddhism An Introduction to Meditation An Explanation of Kamma An Explanation of Rebirth Porisada - The Man-Eater Where Have You Come From The Way ...

11. Meditation References
(Credits/References)

...  Books: Visuddhimagga: The Path of Purification - Bhikkhu Nanamoli (Seattle: Buddhist Publication Society Pariyatti Editions 1991) Purpose of Practicing Kammatthana Meditation - Mahasi Sayadaw (Yangon: ...

12. Way to Nibbana through Vipassana Meditation
(Practice/Meditation)

... with its object of contemplation. This fixedness of mind (samadhi) is Vipassana-khanikasamadhi (momentary concentration of insight). The mind now being free from nivaranas such as kammacchanda (sensuous ...

13. How to Practice Samatha Meditation
(Practice/Meditation)

... To remain indifferent with a feeling of equanimity to the state of condition of all beings, bearing an impartial attitude that things happen according to one's own kamma that has been committed. (Upekkha) ...

14. The Difference between Samatha and Vipassana Meditations
(Practice/Meditation)

... age, death, etc. just as the human beings and devas have to face. If favourable circumstances do not permit by force of his kamma, they can go down to one of the four netherworlds (Lower World of Existences), ...

15. The Patimokkha for Bhikkhuni
(Practice/The Patimokkha)

... make a confession for them. When both sides are ready, the representative of each side addresses the entire group and makes the blanket confession, using the form of a motion and one announcement ( natti-dutiya-kamma ...

16. The Patimokkha for Bhikkhus
(Practice/The Patimokkha)

... them. When both sides are ready, the representative of each side addresses the entire group and makes the blanket confession, using the form of a motion and one announcement ( natti-dutiya-kamma ).  ...

17. What are the Five Precepts and How to Take it
(Practice/The Five Precepts)

... others. It doesn't do one any good whatsoever, and any killing may cause one to remorse and generate bad kamma for oneself. After one kills the other, the offspring of the other person may seek revenge, ...

18. What is the Triple Gem?
(Practice/The Triple Refugee)

... and kamma; attaining nibbana, the supreme quality, a quality that does not die (amata-dhamma). (This is the heartwood, or essence of the Buddha.) A person of little intelligence will use bark to build ...

19. How does Rebirth Occur
(Teachings/Rebirth)

... kamma (āsanna kamma). The death-proximate kamma is the bridge between death and rebirth, which is how rebirth-consciousness occurs. When death is very near, the wholesome or unwholesome deeds one has ...

20. What is Dependant Origination
(Teachings/Dependant Originations)

... origin of old age, the bodhisatta traced back the chain of dependent origination from the end to the beginning. Old age and death have their origin in rebirth which in turn is due to kammabhava (condition ...