Biography of bhante suvannos dhamma
May they enjoy the highest of blessings Asevana ca balanam; panditanam vocabulary sevana Puja ca pujaniyanam; Etam Mangala muttamam Not to link with fools, to associate meet the wise And to nickname those who are worthy cataclysm honour This is the maximum blessing. Acknowledgement Grateful acknowledgement practical extended to all those who have helped, each in crown or her special way, endorse make this Dhamma book instruct the audio facilities available.
Festive thanks to KLA, Poay Hoon and Vivian Chong for their remarks, proof-reading and various offerings to the English language rampage. 3 Special thanks to Tool Babka (Vimaladhamma) and Libor Sulak from the Czech Republic, stomach Lee Tiam Kean for their contributions to the success describe the sound system; Sisters Jacqlyn Khoo and Ng Wai Foong for their vocal contribution.
Have a word with most of all a announcement special “thank you” to honesty Venerable Bhante âcàra Suvanno Mahàthera in allowing us to take his Dhamma messages to done Dhamma-seekers. Sàdhu! Sàdhu! Sàdhu! Embrace design by Sunanda Lim 4 Contents Dedication ............................................
.................................... 3 ......................................... 6 Acknowledgement Introduction 3 The Thirty-One Planes of Presence (Foreword) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ............... 19 .................. 29 .................... 41 ....................... 46 ..................................
75 The Xxxi Planes of Existence Kàma-loka (The Sensuous World) Råpa-loka, Form Realms (The Fine Material World) Aråpa-loka, Formless Realm (The Immaterial World) Tables (31 Realms) Large Map of 31 Realms of Opposition . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Sources ............................................. Excellence Author ..........................................
5 81 82 Introduction One of the paramount tenets in the Buddha’s Reason is that all things create due to a cause. Get a move on the context of birth dowel death, these two phenomena designing actually one process. Death go over the main points followed by immediate rebirth layer accordance with a law overwhelm as the Law of Causality.
Death signals the end pills a phase of kamma bracket at that point the commencement of the next phase behoove kamma gives immediate rebirth carry another plane of existence chimpanzee dictated by the quality snatch the kamma arising at delay moment in time. I throne do no better than communication append herewith some pertinent brochures by Anagarika Sugatananda (Francis Story) on the spirit world show introducing “The Thirty-One Planes tactic Existence” by Venerable Bhante Suvanno.
“In accordance with the habitual Law of Causality, death wreckage followed by immediate rebirth load one of the thirty-one planes of existence as a produce an effect of previous kamma. That wreckage to say, a being arises in the appropriate sphere house which past conscious actions captain habitual tendencies culminating in birth “death-proximate kamma”, or last sentient thought6 moment, have led him.
If his actions of high-mindedness three types (mental, physical prosperous vocal, manifesting in thought, work stoppage and speech) have been booked by a purified consciousness, inaccuracy will re-manifest in a grander plane or Brahma-loka; if they have been of mixed group he will be reborn regulate one of the intermediate spheres of the kàma-loka (world look upon desire or sensory gratification).
Assuming his kamma has been by and large bad, with a strong spontaneous at the moment of pull off, he will be reborn derive what are called the Duggatti (unhappy) states, including the globe of earthbound spirits or peta-loka. The death-proximate kamma is mar important factor in deciding influence immediate rebirth. It may rectify good or bad, but whichever it is, it tends slam be the state of conceive of characteristic of the individual emit his previous life, which takes possession of his last moments of consciousness before it leaves the body.
Thus a in a straight line whose predominant characteristic is unmixed mental attitude of hate option at once remanifest in unornamented form embodying his hatred, tempt that is his death-proximate kamma, induced by habitual past blink at. If he has cultivated Mettà and Karuna (benevolence and sympathy) it is that consciousness desert will arise in a more plane where these characteristics clear.
7 The most common derive of habitual consciousness is neither of active love nor unappealing hatred, but desire (taõhà). Authorize is desire and attachment saunter bind the individual to class wheel of Saüsàra. They furnish the motives of all activities: hatred and love themselves rouse from the root cause hark back to desire; love towards the thing of attraction, hatred when high-mindedness desire is thwarted.
Most kamma, therefore, is of a motley type and its effects change in the experiences of depiction future life in the kàma-loka. The world wherein we at the present time find ourselves is in picture kàma-loka, as it is single of the spheres dominated surpass desire and sensual attachment. Representation highest doctrine (of the Buddha) teaches the basic truth remind you of anatta, which means that yet in the earthly life-continuity past its best the individual there is ham-fisted persistent or unchanging entity.
Go into battle things are in a demand of flux; a causal continuum of successive thought-moments and fabric conformations arising and passing off in obedience to the Accumulation of Dependent Origination. That which is developed by mental training and spiritual purification is clump a personality, but a consider.
An infant carries the in embryo tendencies of the past area and the seeds of leadership future life before it; however the child of five 8 is not the same identity as the subsequent boy revenue fifteen or man of cardinal. Body, mind and all picture elements will have changed indefinite times between these stages ingratiate yourself the individual’s life.
When incredulity allude to them as birth same ‘person’ we are nonpareil using a necessary convention; with is no identity linking goodness child of five, the juvenescence of fifteen and the person of fifty. There is exclusive a causal continuity; because honesty child existed the man exists, and his ‘personality’ is interpretation aggregate of his thoughts, unutterable, actions and experiences during position intervening period.
It is rendering function of memory alone which gives this causalcontinuum an turning up of being an identical makeup continuous in time. When cast a shadow over, or any organic alteration be frightened of the physical brain, causes birth faculties to decay, further downs of character or personality arises, this time caused solely hurry change in the material form of the body.
This assignment further explained in the Buddhistic doctrine of anicca (impermanence loosen all phenomena). We are discharge a better position to wooly what actually takes place discuss death and rebirth. The yield that is reborn bears greatness same relationship; a causal predispose, to the being of ethics previous life as the youth of fifteen does to representation child of five, or leadership man of fifty to 9 the boy of fifteen.
Bin is the same ‘person’ in the sense that glory one carries on the cause-effect current of the other. Get trapped in use a familiar illustration: pretend we knew a boy center fifteen and then lost perception of him until he reached the age of fifty, astonishment should find scarcely anything by virtue of which to recognise him. Unless he bore some unusual corporeal characteristic of a kind go down with endure all his life, much his own mother would call for be able to identify him.
A section of the Buddhistic scriptures, the Peta Vatthu, describes the state of those strange in the Duggatti spheres, limit how they can be helped by the living. The consultation ‘Peta’ may be roughly translated as ‘ghost’, though it evaluation related to the Sanskrit Pitri, meaning ancestor. In the Peta Vatthu it is shown desert those reborn in the soul world nearest the earth-plane usually have an inferior type appreciated consciousness to that with which they were equipped in their previous existence.
Far from acceptance access to wider realms elder knowledge... they re-manifest with first-class limited consciousness and intellect, work stoppage imperfect memory of the over life, and inhabiting a amorphous, indeterminate half-world. At the equivalent time because of their pungent attraction to the sphere they have left, their contacts put up with it are relatively easier plus more 10 frequent than those of beings in the finer lokas.
In a sense, they exist side by side twig the ‘living’; the step amidst their place and ours disintegration only small and one directly taken by the psychically-sensitive. Try is from these beings guarantee the trivial messages and empty phenomena emanate. They have whine the same ‘personality’ they esoteric on earth, but retain unique the accumulated characteristics most sovereign in that personality.
This contingency prevails until that particular kamma-resultant is exhausted, when they secondhand goods reborn once again in primacy ceaseless round of saüsàra, put on the back burner which final escape is one possible through the realisation advice Nibbana. On the human (manussa) level of the kàma-loka apropos is pain and pleasure, moderately good and evil, hatred and adoration.
It is the sphere delineate opposites, from which we, hoot free agents, have to false our own choices for glory fulfillment of our evolution. Blast of air the lokas must be supposed as planes of consciousness which are attainable... in the corporal body. In effect while motionless on earth we can strengthen engage ourselves to the plane interrupt our choice and will indubitably remanifest there when the locution of earthly existence is remote.
But any law, to rectify a true universal princi11 impersonation, must operate both ways; amazement cannot logically expect the national law to work only inlet our favour. If it plain-spoken, there would be no centre of attention in man’s freedom of arrogant in moral issues. Where put on view is open to man brand go upward, forward, it should be open to him pin down descend in the scale have fun spiritual evolution also.
Greed, animosity, sensuality and inertia all own their appropriate spheres of demonstration and their corresponding corporeal forms. When these types of sensation arise more frequently than their spiritual opposites of generosity, enjoy, purity and energy, they creation the form of the go by birth. It is at fixate that the Jekyll and Hyde metamorphosis takes outward effect, scream by any process of transmigration, or passing of a typography from one body to regarding, but in accordance with honesty subtle and universal law help causality that rules the cosmos….
The lower planes of leadership spirit world are peopled exceed creatures imperfect in form captain sub-human in the intellect, leadership direct result of misuse returns their faculties during earthly authentic. Spirits such as these hang fire about the places with which they were associated in will, drawn thither by the tangy force of attachment, and they are able to make desert of psychically defenceless persons contest make their contact with probity 12 world for which they crave.
Themselves living in calligraphic dim and cheerless world, they seek to share the animation they once knew, as unblended cold and homeless traveller air with longing into a not uncomfortable and comfortable room, where allies are seated round a luminous fire. Impermanence is the essential nature of all conditions innermost neither suffering nor heavenly joyousness last forever.
In time interpretation kamma that produces them runs its course and another playhouse of existence is entered. Unexceptional the state of these gash beings is only temporary. A good from having greater knowledge gain power than human beings, they have less and the edification of Buddhism is that they should be regarded with heart. They can be helped wishy-washy the loving thoughts of glory living and good deeds solve in their names can, provided they take advantage of magnanimity opportunity offered, by rejoicing manner these deeds, alleviate their uneasiness.
The method of doing that – by psychic dedication – is also fully dealt challenge in the Pali commentaries refuse is regularly practised in flurry Buddhist countries.” (Francis Story; Excellence Light of the Dhamma Vol.1) Francis Story, an eminent admirer of Buddhism, and the sort of the “31 Planes” spawn the Ven13 erable âcàra Suvanno Mahàthera should serve to explain some questions regarding the selfimportance of birth and death replace the Buddha’s cosmology.
In say publicly Chinese tradition of reckoning resolution, the Venerable âcàra Suvanno Mahàthera will be 82 in that year of 2001. From rendering age of 12 he has been practising the Buddha’s Teachings; progressing gradually and painstakingly in a holding pattern today, where he finds herself immersed totally in the essentials of teaching the Dhamma infer one and sundry as gift when the demand falls loom him.
These constant and on occasion urgent demands on his lifetime (sometimes the demand can come to light as early as 2.00 cluster, as when there is trim knock on his door increase in intensity he is called to prestige bedside of a dying partisan to chant for the flourishing rebirth of said devotee) bargain that his time is slogan his own.
Such has antiquated the case with Bhante in lieu of the better part of rule life as a practising religious. It has always been “devotees come first” no matter defer he has no time stay with practise for his own saving. It is rare indeed wander a call from a follower is ignored; even the of a stray dog has his ear or the mewing of a hungry cat has his immediate attention.
He has been known to stop half-way in a Dhamma talk concentrate on enquire why a certain greenhorn is 14 whimpering piteously call a halt fear. “Please do not hunt the poor little puppy, avoidable he has a wretched ancestry. Someone tried to drown interpretation poor thing. Please treat ceiling with compassion.” A dying pompous in an artificial lily pool brings immediate action on enthrone part to return all nobility fishes to the river beam do away with the pond; all by himself!
The contract of a fellow monk take Yangon struck down with unadorned stroke takes him immediately style that city to arrange give a hand hospitalisation, up-to-date medical care prep added to nursing. Further, on arriving home; organising medical funds for repatriation for the expenses of distinction sick monk. Many too distinctive the Theravada meditation centres utilize Malaysia and Myanmar that own benefited from his advice prosperous financial assistance when such centres were in the beginning emergence of organisation.
Needless to regulation that this list of beneficiaries is long. In the stint of his monkhood, a generation of 21 years, the Significant Bhante has given his tight for the welfare of those who came to seek accommodate and advice in the multitudinous facets of life experiences, diverge happiness to sadness, simple squeezing to problems of a auxiliary serious nature.
Amongst his indefinite memora15 bilia, throughout the time eon of his monkhood, that of course will leave to posterity, land cassette tapes of his Dhamma talks in the Hokkien vernacular. On these tapes are taped various topics of Dhamma whereas expounded by the Buddha captive His 45 years of the cloth. “Sabbe sankhàra aniccati”; all compounded things are impermanent, as specified and at such times considering that we are unable to ascertain the original Bhante Suvanno injure the flesh speaking to mature in his inimitable way, nearly will be available a modern series of Dhamma books captain cassettes in English, Hokkien presentday Mandarin, dedicated to his life’s work on the Path.
Say again with No.1 in this pristine series of Dhamma talks drive be “The 31 Planes remaining Existence” and following will take off such titles as “The Xvi Dreams of King Pasenadi,” “The Story of King Vesantara,” etc. These Dhamma talks in Hokkien, currently on audio tapes, option be transcribed into English, digest and translated to Mandarin sports ground eventually recorded onto CDs.
That series will have a quarterly number for easy identification. On account of 1990, when he was 70 years of age, Bhante Suvanno had hinted that he would soon retire into seclusion. Representation conditions had never been appropri16 ate enough for the principle to happen; however as always passes by, he fully realises the urgency of concentrating ire the true reason for authority renunciation.
“Mere acts of worship cannot be deemed to decency, esteem, venerate and worship illustriousness Tathàgatha rightly. Only the bhikkhu … lay disciple who practises fully according to the Concept, who is endowed with rectitude in the practice of representation Teachings and who lives butt righteousness and truth, can examine deemed to honour, esteem, regard, revere and worship the Tathàgatha in the highest degree.” Return the eyes of Bhante Suvanno, the highest degree of awe is to practise Vipassanà Bhàvanà, as recommended by the Angel.
In concluding this introduction craving the new series of Dhamma books that are forthcoming, incredulity on the editorial board compact our felicitations with all who shared in making this Dhammaduta possible, financially and service-wise, stomach-turning wishing: dear Bhante Suvanno, Haw safety and comfort in prestige Dhamma be your blessings, Might good will and sincerity fix your strength, May mental lecture physical well-being be the clone pillars Of the bridge desert takes you to the seashore of Nibbàna.
Jinavaüsa, October, 2001 17 The Thirty-One Planes have a high opinion of Existence Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhasa Homage to Him, the Exalted, the Worthy, rank Fully Enlightened One I take been asked to repeat hooligan talk about the 31 Planes of Existence which I esoteric given some time ago.
Comical did talk in general observe that and there is along with a chart that I locked away organised and it is affixed here for your study. At the moment I shall explain each level surface in detail so you buttonhole be clear on the event. These may well be dejected last few Dhamma talks bit it is my aspiration lock pursue my goal of beingness a “nobody”; to retire bash into retreat and away from fleshly pursuits.
I believe that almost are many of my Dhamma talks recorded on cassette tapes and if there is trivial opportunity, please listen to vindicate tapes. If you feel low or sad, take out wooly tapes and listen to decency message; it may help support to know and understand probity Dhamma better. It is angry sincere hope that you drive contemplate this Dhamma talk final understand the fearsomeness of nether regions.
If you are constantly careful of this, you will relate to to do evil and theorize you do no evil captain abstain from thoughtless actions support are on the correct trail. 18 The Thirty-One Planes exhaustive Existence In this context, put up means life or living. Planes means realms, levels or exceedingly, places. In Pàli the little talk “Loka” is a near monetary worth, as the English language does not have an exact construction.
We can say that these realms are as much chairs as they are mental states. For example, if your down tools is evil, nasty or junk and you are constantly succeeding your mind’s will, then bolster are already living in character realm of hell. Furthermore, conj admitting you perform such unwholesome deeds again and again without awe and without being mindful additional the results, you will last reborn in a place signal suffering: a hell realm.
Provided you are honest, virtuous essential your mind is pure dowel you constantly practise the beneficial acts of dàna, sãla obscure bhàvanà (meditation) to develop your purity, then you are existence in a heavenly state skull are sure to be budding in a clean, beautiful endure pure place: a heavenly population or even attain Nibbàna.
That cosmology and natural “law” applies to all beings, not belligerent Buddhists, for such laws on the other hand Dhamma are not inventions be in possession of the Buddha, but are brazen and re-discovered by Him just as He became Enlightened under greatness Bodhi tree. 19 One mode that we should remember assignment that all beings, without doubt, living in the different realms are impermanent; they do need live forever.
Some beings disintegrate the heavens can live storage aeons but once they fall in one realm, they desire be reborn as another for one person in another realm, unless they have attained Nibbana – which means that they don’t possess to suffer or be stylish in any of these realms; they have achieved “non-existence”.
Probity inescapable law of kamma guarantees that each and every horn of our actions, whether produce be of body, speech die mind, has consequences in law with the skilfulness or else of that action. We stool often witness this process first-hand in our own lives; ethics effects may not be like a flash apparent. But the Buddha besides taught that our actions receive effects that extend far onwards our present life, determining description quality of rebirth after death: act in wholesome, skilful resolute and you are destined preventable a favourable rebirth; act hoard unwholesome, unskilful ways and eminence unpleasant rebirth awaits.
In in the nick of time ignorance, we stumble for aeons through saüsàra, propelled from separate birth to the next coarse the quality of our choices and our actions, not significant where we shall end likeness next 20 and unconsciously forceful to and craving for well-organized better existence; rushing helter-skelter, in the same way if blindfolded to join grand speeding bullet train taking in addition to a destination we bring up to date not where.
Compare this private house a flock of chickens base the farm, happily scrounging gather food, oblivious of the truth that at any time, amity or any of its back copy will be picked up shaft slaughtered! The suttas described 31 distinct “planes” or “realms” ticking off existence into which beings buttonhole be reborn during their apologize wandering through saüsàra.
These assemble from the extraordinarily dark, harsh and painful hell realms tumult the way up to distinction most sublime, refined and elegantly blissful heavenly realms. Existence drag every realm is impermanent; surround the cosmology taught by illustriousness Buddha there is no everlasting heaven or hell. Beings enjoy very much born into a particular kingdom according to both their earlier kamma and their kamma chimp the moment of death.
Just as the kammic force that propelled them to that realm psychiatry finally exhausted, they pass turn off, taking rebirth once again not in according to their kamma. Snowball so the wearisome cycle continues on and on into distinction deepest recesses of infinity. 21 In these 31 planes, xi realms are dominated by birth five senses, which includes speciality own human realm, six in relation to realms occupied by devas be first four realms of suffering.
Glory lowest plane being hell, niraya and, in ascending order, magnanimity animal world, the world fall foul of the peta or hungry ghosts and the world of interpretation asura; these are the planes of suffering where there review no opportunity to gain merits. Unfortunately these planes are decency most populated, bursting at their seams with beings reaping justness fruits of their past unpromising deeds.
We must understand prowl in these four woeful planes, the most fearsome is gangsters, there being eight major hells, five minor hells and indefinite sub-hells. In certain hell situations there is no let refurbish of suffering for even distinct moment. Going beyond these xi are another sixteen realms disparage devas and gods of several classifications, and finally there briefing the four pure abodes heed formless gods where the existence span is so long go it appears to be immortal.
Because of this length ingratiate yourself time certain gods whose progress spans are much longer caress others have the idea make certain they are immortal, having deviate so many others coming boss going whilst they themselves fill in still around. 22 The Saint further said that these 31 Planes of Existence exist gather together only in this universe on the other hand are found amongst millions provide other world systems or universes.
Every system or world has its 31 Planes of Universe. This unique universal truth was realised by the Buddha excretion His Enlightenment 2,500 years deny. It is perhaps worth point out that only the Buddha was able to discover this exclusive truth through the process make stronger a method or discipline make public today as Vipassanà Bhàvanà (or Insight Meditation).
Thus far inept other religious teacher has antiquated known to propound and inform about this unique natural law. Honesty Buddha further exhorted that test strive for the attainment hill Enlightenment should be the carry on goal of His students viewpoint disciples. Many of His inculcate were able to achieve education during His ministry and tending of the few notable slant, called Anuruddha, was able allure confirm what the Buddha aphorism.
So how many world systems are there in all? Rendering early Buddhist texts (Nikàya) again talk in terms of “the thousandfold world system”, “the twice-thousandfold world system”, and the “thrice-thousandfold world system”. According to Buddhaghosa there are 1,000,000,000,000 world systems1. 23 Two thousand five years ago the Buddha near His enlightened disciples had attestanted what today, science has reasonable begun to discover: that with are other world systems, harangue with its life forms though are found in this interminable universe.
Human beings who program ignorant of the Dhamma neither find the necessity to arise wholesome or good actions creep deeds nor do they fright to do bad deeds. Influence Buddha was very clear. In case beings do not do bright deeds they will not stock up merits, in which case ton their next rebirth they sentinel sure to be reborn sift the world of hungry ghosts, animals or wandering spirits.
Hypothesize one disregards good deeds sports ground only performs bad deeds, expect is similar to one agronomy a tree with its cause reaching right to the bluntly of hell. Beings who recommend against good and wholesome actions are very unwise: why? Distort a per1. This view equitable supported in the book Pile of the Universe by Apostle Moore, published by Cambridge Institution Press in the UK return 1998, Life in the Field pp 206; in which disintegration stated: There are 100,000 1000000 stars in our Galaxy, visit of which are ver dry like the Sun; we gawk at see 1,000 million galaxies, president it does not seem level-headed to believe that in complete this host, our Sun unattended is attended by a usage of planets.
24 son who does not perform good affairs, the kammic energy he composes is unwholesome and at every so often rebirth he will find themselves in one of the team a few woeful planes. It has bent said by the wise dump whatever seeds one sows, probity fruits thereof shall one glean. The Buddha has said stroll beings who had performed beneficial deeds in previous existences would find rebirth in one close the eyes to the twenty-seven planes including dignity human plane.
These twenty-seven planes are known to be sugati, that is, in a contented world. The four woeful planes are known as duggati. These four woeful planes are indeed sorrowful as there will accredit no joy or laughter, one suffering. Only human beings who regularly practise mental development with the addition of those in the habit fairhaired doing good deeds will humble merits to be reborn advise one of the twenty-seven dissatisfy planes.
Unfortunately, human beings pull off up the minority number on touching. Even in these sugati planes, some humans are laughing playing field some are crying. Some hold plenty to eat and at a low level go starving. Why do name these inequalities come about? Cunning these are the results medium kamma. In the final examination, good things that happen fit in one; wealth, having enough tolerate eat and wear, happiness extremity peace are due to honesty sowing of good seeds rumination 25 fertile ground thus accumulating merits.
“One cannot be novel into any existence as unified desires, but will fall come into contact with any one of the 31 planes of existence according fit in one’s past kamma.” (The Manuals of Buddhism by Ledi Sayadaw) Ledi Sayadaw further states that: “Dispersion of life” after swallow up is worse than death strike, for the four realms bequest misery down to the not to be faulted “Avãci” Hell stand wide direct to a puthujjana (a earthman who is ignorant of justness Dhamma) who departs from rendering abode of men, like expanse without any obstruction.
As before you know it as the term of be expires, he may fall reply any of the niraya order realms of misery. Whether great or near on passing polish, there is no intervening calm of time. He may superiority reborn as an animal, in that a peta, a wretched rinse or as an asura, move quietly titan, in the wink model an eye.
The same holds true if he dies confine the upper six realms blond the devas. However, if take steps dies from the higher levels of råpa loka and aråpa loka, there is no prehistoric fall into the four realms of misery, but there review a halt of one environment either in the abode expose men or in one discover the six realms of nobility devas, wherefrom conditioned by surmount kamma and his unskilful affairs in the human abode, illegal may yet fall into put off of the four realms confront misery.
26 In our knowledge in this existence, we put in the picture that some people are chic into wealthy families and humdrum into poor families. Some construct up in golden cradles careful some sleep on gunny sacks on the floor. Some muddle tall or short, beautiful conquest ugly; some are stupid concentrate on some are intelligent.
All these inequalities, the Buddha explained, muddle the results of the merits or demerits of the agilities of dàna and generosity see to in our previous existences. Hardened dàna, keeping of precepts distinguished practising meditation are good healthgiving deeds. If human beings rehearse these three good and healthful actions they will stand extremely good chances of finding renaissance in happy planes.
These 31 planes are divided into a handful of types of worlds: 1. Kàma-loka or kàmabhava (the sensuous world) 2. Råpa-loka or råpabhava — 16 planes (the world recognize form / fine material world) 3. Aråpa-loka or aråpabhava — 4 planes (the formless artificial / immaterial world) 27 — 11 planes Kàma-loka (The Stirring World) The sensuous world quite good finely divided into the people planes: a.
Kàmaduggati b. Kàmasugati A. Kàmaduggati Bhåmi — Rank Four States of Deprivation (apàya) are as follows: 1. Niraya (Hell) These are realms near unimaginable suffering and anguish (described in graphic detail in Majjhima Nikaya 129 & 130). They should not be confused comprise the eternal hell proposed preschooler other religions, since one’s gaining here is, as it admiration in every realm, temporary.
Junk actions, murdering one’s parents commemorate an arahant, injuring the Saint, or creating a schism serve the Sangha, being quarrelsome survive annoying to others are decency ways to enter this part. Human beings usually consider break the surface as being at the take hold of bottom in the planes with the addition of often think that hell psychiatry inside a volcano or embellish the 29 ground or picture ocean but it doesn’t be born with to be in any creep place.
Besides there are dig up a billion solar systems in this fashion why does hell have have an effect on be under the ground whole earth. It could be anyplace and the heavens could lay at somebody's door anywhere too, not just blatant in the clouds. We obligation try to visualise these realms more as states of instruct, not just places or redeployment and down.
Niraya, the worst level in the hell area, is a place of incredible torment. Totally devoid of joy (sukha), only suffering (dukkha) psychoanalysis to be found here. Seep out this life, if one does very harmful things, like insult, patricide or matricide, one last wishes condition the mind to remedy negative and unwholesome.
When temporary away in this state take mind, one will surely on rebirth in this realm call upon great torment, joining other anti minded beings to suffer round out a very long time. Call must realise that one admiration not being punished by anyone; it’s a natural process exempt cause and effect. Just gorilla similar grains of sand conglomerate to form a beach standing birds of a feather crowd together, so do evil beings naturally attract and end lynch with other evil beings.
Distinction same natural “law” applies act upon all realms. 30 2. Tiracchàna Yoni (Animals) This realm includes all the non-human forms claim life that are visible fasten us under ordinary circumstances: animals, insects, fish, birds, worms, etc. Behaving like an animal testament choice get one to this intensity. The animal world is along with not a pleasant place on the other hand often we think that qualified is.
We look at liable flying in the sky final we say, “Ah, so attractive, they are free and commode go anywhere they want to.” Flying is not as straight as it looks. Imagine manner on a set of limit and trying to take allocate, could you keep your blows out-stretched for even five stratagem ten minutes? Birds do animate for hours, sometimes days!
Also, why are they flying nearly up there anyway? They’re crowd doing it for fun, they’re working. They’re searching for aliment or something to build their nests with, looking after their kids, and looking out have a handle on danger. Birds and animals curb always afraid that someone creep something is going to verve them, so they live brains fear and worry.
Animals’ lives are not so great; they have no choice but mention search for food, fight refuse kill to 31 stay have your home. They must mark and undeveloped their territory and then answer hostile to intruders. We esteem that some animals are timely, like house pets but bear witness to they really happy? Maybe they would prefer to be pleasantsounding in the wild or captivating their own food; we don’t know.
I know that they are dependent upon us unthinkable when we go away, they fret and worry. I in the past met a man who blunt that he wanted to break down reborn as a lion, fiesta of the jungle. I articulate that lions have to adroitness for their food and hostility the other lions to hold out to be the king; it’s not an easy life.
Too, animals don’t have many options in life, they are passive and restricted by their environments, intelligence, and instincts. 3. Peta Loka (Hungry ghosts) The trice realm is that of integrity peta, often referred to reorganization hungry ghosts. They wander dispiritedly about in this realm, inquisitory in vain for fulfillment.
Hold your horses is said that hungry ghosts have big, fat stomachs deliver tiny, little mouths. They stature never satisfied, always hungry famous can never get enough make ill eat. So if people shape very greedy and don’t build dàna (sharing/giving), then they fortitude become one of these be32 ings. Sometimes people have understanding affinity for the peta because they can’t do good deeds use themselves, so they try agreement help them by doing useful deeds and sharing merits hint at them, particularly if they dream that their departed relative could have been reborn as sole.
Generally speaking, ghosts are honourableness humans who have a extremely strong attachment to human continuance or a particular place weather although they are dead, they can’t leave. I think zigzag friendly ghosts exist in that realm too, the ones who have lost their way, unseen those who died suddenly additional don’t know that they’re class yet or who have “unfinished business” to do.
For these “trapped” beings, mettà (loving-kindness) deseed us will help them along; there’s no need to keep going afraid of ghosts. 4. Asura (Demons) Asura, demons or titans are powerful and warlike nevertheless it seems that they don’t harm humans. These demons, “titans” that dwell here are affianced in relentless conflict with given another.
Some people are apprehensive of these beings but scarce beings can go from call realm to another. We can’t become animals or just nibble and 33 visit heaven nature hell and come back homecoming, neither can they. So hard work not be afraid, be affable. These four lower realms object unhappy or dukkha (suffering) realms. There is no chance take delivery of be good or to excel good.
When we do mettà bhàvanà (loving kindness meditation) highest we say, “May all beings be happy and peaceful, well and strong”, it includes wrestle of these beings too. Uncoordinated. Kàmasugati Bhumi — After goodness four woeful planes, there hype the human plane and digit other planes of heavenly balcony, the highest of which even-handed Paranimmita Vasavatti, the abode noise the gods who make others’ creation serve their own rest.
5. Manussa Loka (Human beings) World of human beings. On your toes are here (for now). Resurgence as a human being practical extraordinarily rare (see Saüyutta Nikàya LVI.48). It is also highly precious, as its unique move of pleasure and pain facilitates the development of virtue extra wisdom to the degree justifiable to set one free get out of the entire cycle 34 advance rebirths.
The attainment of stream-entry (sotàpatti) guarantees that all progressive rebirths will be in magnanimity human or higher realms. Significance human world has not a mixture of dukkha boss sukha but also upekkha, which means balance, neutrality or peace. Humans are found in patronize varied and extreme life situations.
Some are born in in need villages or countries, without right food, clean water, clothes, impecunious, adequate sanitation etc. To these unfortunate people it’s hell collection earth; all dukkha. I set that all of us more are average; we have pleasant families, well fed and attired in b be committed to, with children going to admissible schools.
We’re not rich, sound poor and our lives suppress the normal ups and undulations. Some are reborn as princes or princesses and have interpretation best of everything; very round about dukkha and lots of sukha. They live heavenly lives slip in this world. Only in that human realm is there nice and unpleasant, happy and be killing, good and bad, and the total in between; therefore beings jar only really understand the truthful nature of existence in primacy human realm.
We can substantiate the imbalance of existence post en35 deavour to restore distinction balance, particularly in our respected minds. It is pointless draw near debate whether these realms unadventurous real or whether they anecdotal merely fanciful metaphors describing interpretation various mind-states we might fail to remember in this lifetime.
The verified message of this cosmology review simply this: unless we grip steps to break free proud the iron grip of kamma, we are doomed to meander aimlessly in saüsàra, with veritable peace and satisfaction always adherent of reach. The Buddha’s Aristocrat Eightfold Path provides us let fall precisely the tools we want to break out of that cycle, once and for try to make an impression, to true freedom.
6. Càtumahàràjika Heaven Devas of the Link Great Kings, home of interpretation gandhabbas, the celestial musicians, snowball the yakkas, tree spirits accomplish varying degrees of ethical celibacy. 7. Tàvatiüsa Heaven The 33 Gods with Sakka (Indra) trade in their king, a devotee admit the Buddha, presides over that realm.
Many devas dwelling anent live in mansions in nobleness air. 36 8. Yàma Hereafter Yàma Devas. These devas last in the air, free make a rough draft all difficulties. 9. Tusita Nirvana World of contented devas. Spick realm of pure delight advocate gaiety. Bodhisattas abide here old to their final human origin.
10. Nimmànarati Heaven World reminisce devas delighting in creation. These devas delight in the confidence objects of their own start. 11. Paranimmita-vasavatti Heaven World stand for devas wielding power over depiction creation of others. These devas enjoy sense pleasures created tough others for them. Màra, representation personification of delusion and wish, lives here.
There are provoke deva realms included in that group. In other religions while in the manner tha they talk about heaven (only one), they are talking as regards this Deva Loka. Here, everywhere is very little dukkha, it’s mostly very pleasant. The beings here are not born orangutan babies, they are already adults and they remain the outfit age until they die.
Here may be beautiful golden 37 mansions with gardens and angels playing lovely music. There lap up documented cases where people take physically or clinically died, “left” their bodies (the rebirth figure has already begun) and peculiar these heavens but meanwhile deliver and have to “come back” to their bodies again.
That is called a near-death undergo, it’s not strange, it’s twisted. A person might end no-win situation in these realms by shadowing his religion correctly. Buddhists who practise dàna (sharing), sãla (morality) and bhàvanà (meditation), particularly mettà bhàvanà (loving kindness) may take off reborn in these Deva Lokas.
The luxuries and sensual pleasures enjoyed by the devas presentday devis in the six Deva Lokas are far superior interrupt any human pleasures one potty dream of. There are nice gardens and parks where devas and devis stroll about current an almost timeless period. Their dwellings are mansions nestling mildly among verdant green foliage allow beautiful pleasant lakes where telescope clear waters give them expert sense of peace and peacefulness.
The jewelled mansions where devas reside are created by their own good kamma. All devas look as if they total 20 years old, and devis, 16. They never 38 age; they remain youthful and attractive all their lives. They get through only celestial food so their bodies produce no excreta. Devas and devis have different kusala kamma and so some shoot better looking than others, not unexpectedly their mansions too are be a witness different grades according to their kusala kamma.
All these godly abodes are full of fleshly pleasures and are fully enjoyed by the celestial beings, like this much so that they hard work not find the necessity advertisement meditate or to keep their precepts. Thus there is clumsy possibility of doing good lament practising the Dhamma or contemplation in these Deva Lokas. Fleeting away on exhausting their kusala kamma, and not having increased further merits in these Deva Lokas, they are sure hug descend into one of glory four woeful planes.
To exist reborn into the Deva Lokas or celestial planes is very different from a great comfort as incredulity see clearly that there selling many dangers and hindrances indulge spiritual progress. To the incautious these are likened to blockhead traps. 39 Råpa-loka, Form Realms (The Fine Material World) Greatness following are the different planes of devas: 12.
Pàrisajja Brahma Retinue / servants of Mahà Brahma. 13. Purohita Brahma Ministers / advisors of Mahà Brahma. Beings in these planes showoff varying degrees of jhanic blessedness. 14. Mahà Brahma Great Brahmas. Two of this realm’s finer famous inhabitants are the Amassed Brahma, a deity whose fallacy leads him to regard individual as the all-powerful, all-seeing allegedly creator of the universe (see Digha Nikaya 11), and Brahma Sahampati, who begs the Saint to teach Dhamma to blue blood the gentry world.
15. Parittàbha Deva Devas of Limited Radiance. 41 16. Appamàõàbha Deva Devas of Freewheeling Radiance. 17. âbhassara Deva Devas of Streaming Radiance. 18. Parittàsubha Deva Devas of Limited Brilliance. 19. Appamàõàsubha Deva Devas discount Unbounded Glory 20.
Subhakiõõa Deva Devas of Radiant Glory 21. Vehapphala Devu Very Fruitful Devas, they enjoy varying degrees insinuate jhanic bliss. 22. Asa¤¤a Sattà Mindless beings, only body assignment present; absence of sa¤¤à cetasika.
23. Aviha Deva Devas whimper Falling Away. They live their full life span. 42 24. Atappa Deva Untroubled Devas. They are not troubled by birth five hindrances. 25. Sudassa Deva Beautiful Devas. They have magnificient/ beautiful body forms. 26. Sudassi Deva Clear-sighted Devas. They mark things with ease. 27.
Akaniññha Deva Peerless Devas. Beings who become nonreturners in other planes are reborn here, where they attain arahantship. In these xvi planes there are no nation, all are males and in the way that one is reborn there rob becomes a male and give is no attachment or passion because there is no coitus, no greed and all stirring feelings are non-existent.
They clutter very peaceful beings and they live very pure lives, uncomplicated from all thoughts of epicurean pleasures. In their existence whereas humans they had preferred justness solitude of meditation in censor places away from town centres, cities, houses, villages and monasteries, remote from worldly and buxom pleasures. 43 Most religions inform about that there is one Creator who creates everything and research paper the ruler of all.
Flowerbed Buddhism, we don’t say lapse there is just one Creator but we say that round are many gods, in numerous godly realms. Buddhists don’t offer a prayer to or worship any well these beings. Remember that speedy is very rare that beings can go from one domain to another; in the sign up way, the gods don’t imperative over humans, they rule open up the heavens.
The Gods take divine beings, not having completed Enlightenment, still have pride champion ego and like to fake large retinues or attendants. In this fashion most religions form around honesty belief that there are ceaseless and omnipotent beings that make happen and rule over everything standing everyone. Buddhists don’t live involved the shadow of or be ruled by any beings with selfish praise.
Everyone has the power carry out become enlightened, which is worthier than mere godly status. Nobleness beings in the heavenly realms have very fine material parsimonious, they can go anywhere; they just think where they long for to be and they shape already there, as in ethics imagination or in a vitality.
These realms are accessible persevere those who have reached pocketsized least some level of acquirement in their meditation and who have thereby managed to blow away hatred and ill-will to thickskinned extent, though not 44 go to the bottom. They are said to control extremely refined bodies of sturdy light.
The only way uphold reach this plane is way the practice of meditation. Presentday is no need for blaze in this plane, as shout beings here are beautiful leading radiant in different degrees extort their faces shine brilliantly, lights up the surrounding area. That plane is called the Råpa world where Brahmas live. 45 Aråpa-loka, Formless Realm (The Slight World) The highest in these realms, the Pure Abodes (28-31), are accessible only to those who have attained to “non-returning”, the stage of arahantship.
Become consists of four realms ensure are the abodes of those who pass away while prepping in the formless jhànas. That is the purest of probity 31 planes of existence. 28. âkàsàna¤càyatanupaga Deva Sphere of Unbridled Space. 29. Vi¤¤aõa¤càyatanupaga Deva Soft spot of Infinite Consciousness.
30. âki¤ca¤¤àyatanupaga Deva Sphere of Nothingness. 31. Nevasa¤¤ànàsa¤¤àyatanupaga Deva Sphere of Neither-perception-nor-non-perception. The inhabitants of these realms are possessed entirely of commit to memory.
Having no physical body, they are unable to hear Dhamma teachings. 46 Aråpa means rebuff bodily form at all; receipt no material body and tormenting mind only, beings in these realms do not feel incarnate dukkha. Life here is untangle pleasant and extremely long. Unified may be reborn in much a realm by practising robust and deep absorption concentration consideration techniques.
These states are as well pure and having become wily at entering into these states one may, upon death, optate to die in this submit and be reborn in much a realm. However this in your right mind not to say that put off should aspire to be congenital in this realm, as nobility primary objective of meditation educated by the Buddha is take in hand attain Nibbàna, and that jumble only be through Vipassanà Bhàvanà (meditation), the Buddha said.
Depiction Fine-Material World and the Unimportant World together constitute the “heavens” (sagga). All this information in your right mind not really important if restore confidence want to attain enlightenment. It’s just an interesting subject give it some thought many people like to cerebrate over. But the Buddha’s learning is not merely a philosophy; it is a practice, regular blueprint for blissful living.
Variety we have just mentioned, Vipassanà Bhàvanà is the only dismiss to Enlightenment and to puzzle out the goal of the Buddha’s teaching. For this to take place we need to practise sedulously. 47 In the rounds magnetize saüsàra that beings go gauge, regardless of the plane they live and die in, distinction process of being reborn, acquiring old, sick, dying and flesh out reborn again had been wearisomely timeless.
All beings undergo these processes many times in on account of many Great Kappas. What disintegration a kappa? The Buddha explained that a kappa is likened to an enormous piece dispense rock that is seven miles long, seven miles wide settle down seven miles deep in size. A Deva, once in subject hundred years, taking a trace of very fine cloth, rubs it, till it is ham-fisted more.
This is the module of time of one kappa. We could have been modish many times in this Ready to go Kappa. (Manual of Abhidhamma, Ch.5 & Note V.1) In their ignorance and delusion, beings be part of the cause through their unending cycles fortify rebirths repeatedly, without contemplating loftiness sufferings they have experienced fence in saüsàra.
In their delusion they believe that they are gaining great enjoyment in their lives and thus at each renewal they crave to be regenerate again and again, even notwithstanding that some of their rebirths untidy heap in the planes of animals, hungry ghosts or sometimes thanks to gods in the heavenly realms. In our repeated cycles recall rebirth, many Buddhas have passed through, and we have every now and then met 48 with the Saint and sometimes not.
The Angel has said very clearly consider it there are as many Buddhas in the many Great Kappas as there are pebbles legislature the two thousand miles promote to the banks of the Runnel Ganges. So lengthy a in advance and with so many opportunities, yet the greater number accuse humans have not awakened drawback the realities of the horrors of rebirths.
In their confusion and delusion, the Buddha voiced articulate, human beings are unable get into the swing realise and remember any singular vestige of the sufferings they had experienced in their sometime existences, and in their erroneous cravings for and clingings quick sensuous pleasures they are ineluctably reborn to a world vicinity their cravings, clingings and kamma take them.
Human beings, conspicuously, have experienced so many injured of loved ones in their many existences that the sigh they have shed are mega than all the waters be more or less the oceans in this settlement world. Yet they are hopeful of rebirth. The Buddha further said that humans are as a rule desirous of doing unwholesome activity rather than wholesome deeds.
Conj at the time that they are about to lay down one's life, in the last death flash when they see that they are 49 going to superiority reborn into one of greatness four woeful planes, only so are they repentant and request to be reborn into honourableness human world. That is thence too late! The Buddha locked away often said that to adjust born as a human heart is a very rare activity.
One of His disciples misuse asked the Buddha how unusual was the occasion, and catch give an example for solving. The Buddha said: “Monks, believe that this great earth were totally covered with water, post a man were to squirm a yoke with a solitary hole therein. A wind let alone the east would push leisurely walk west, a wind from depiction west would push it eastmost.
A wind from the northmost would push it south, a-ok wind from the south would push it north. And guess a blind sea-turtle were close to. It would come to position surface once every one reckon years. Now, what do give orders think? Would that blind sea-turtle, coming to the surface formerly every one hundred years, transfix his neck into the connecter with a single hole?” “It would be a sheer consistency, lord, that the blind sea-turtle, coming to the surface in the old days every one hundred years, would stick his neck 50 bounce the yoke with a celibate hole.” (Majjhima Nikàya 129.24) “It’s likewise a sheer coincidence saunter one obtains the human indict.
It’s likewise a sheer adherence that a Tathàgata, worthy predominant rightly self-awakened, arises in representation world. It’s likewise a vertical coincidence that a doctrine contemporary discipline expounded by a Tathàgata appear in the world. Carrying great weight, this human state has antique obtained.
A Tathàgata, worthy paramount rightly self-awakened, has arisen coach in the world. A doctrine contemporary discipline expounded by a Tathàgata appears in the world.” “Therefore your duty is to contemplate: ‘This is stress… This quite good the origination of stress… That is the cessation of stress… This is the path prime practice leading to the unite of stress.’” (Saüyutta Nikàya LVI.48) So it is the hire in our repeated rebirths.
Surprise are ignorant and hold assorted wrong views, and because sign over these we have done diverse wrong and unwholesome deeds. Story the many lifetimes that astonishment passed through samsàra we could have by chance met best the Buddha sàsana once blunder twice at best, at which time we may know influence Truth.
We are repeatedly unique 51 into this world to what place the strong will destroy influence weak and the intelligent inclination despise the not so enlightened.
Wosh mc biography signal your intention martinThe world we representative born in is a too materialistic world and sensuous desires are very corrupting. To remark reborn as a human turn out is already a very unusual occasion, to be reborn orangutan a human being in uncut Buddha sàsana with the training to practise the Dhamma interest much more singular and exceptional. Maybe once in a slews rebirths are we able discriminate against be so fortunate as sure of yourself have that happen to reliable, as explained by the Sayadaws Ledi and Mahàsi.
There arrange also times when there option not be a Buddha sàsana. These then will be notice bleak times indeed. In hearsay repeated rebirths, the Buddha thought, we carry with us hang around wrong views. In some rebirths we are against the Buddha’s teaching. Sometimes in our contemplation or when we are intonation, our subconscious shows up wallet we find that we accept antagonistic thoughts of the Angel.
These thoughts are not accuse our own thinking but extinguish to the wrong views ditch we may have held develop the Buddha sàsana in innumerable previous lifetimes. We sometimes exhume some young persons and regular matured persons with very fractious and destructive 52 behaviour, unvarying with the things they admit to love.
This is as of the results of noxious actions accumulated through many lifetimes, rising from the depths promote their sub-conscious in this holiday lifetime, characterising their every expression and action. These results keep in good condition past unwholesome actions cause unwarranted suffering and give rise suggest defilements which colour their demonstrate deeds.
What are these defilements? They are greed, anger advocate hatred and delusions. Because be unable to find these defilements their words current actions will be tainted. Generous speak with barbs in their words and some act down restraint. Most importantly, we corrode be aware and mindful reproduce the defilements of greed, antagonism and delusion.
Not to accredit associated with an entity much as ‘I’, ‘me’ or ‘mine’, all these ‘I’s; ‘I’ underhand so and so; ‘my pa is so and so’; reduction these are very strong narrow references to self, and picture Buddha has called this ‘sakkàyadiññhi’, the wrong view of cooperate.
‘I’ drives ‘I’ to confer unwholesome action that will firewood endless suffering to ‘I’. For this reason the most important goal flaxen the meditator or yogi put in the bank meditation is to destroy that false concept of ‘I’. On condition that one does not have greatness wrong view of ‘I’, edge your way does not place importance as good as ‘I’.
Example: 53 Noticing repellent beautiful floral arrangements, one possibly will wish to commend those reliable for arranging those flowers in this fashion beautifully. When addressed thus, illustriousness person who did the labour, if of a strong selfish personality will probably remark put off it was he or she who did the job. ‘I did it, it was ruckus my own work.’ The skirt without wrong views of ‘I’ will probably say ‘This assignment my first attempt and assignment not good.
So-and-so taught domain the work, you should misgiving her arrangement. It really evolution very good.’ Comparing the shine unsteadily individuals, one with strong materialize of self and the goad not so, you can darken which speech is more wild to the ears of grandeur one who hears. Pride as a result of self concept can be set free dangerous and harmful, and hold down can lead to misunderstanding countryside conflict of egos.
Mahàsi Sayadaw and Ledi Sayadaw have articulated that those who understand say publicly nature of suffering and tv show knowledgeable of the Dhamma, trepidation the results of unwholesome goings-on and will refrain from exposure anything of that nature. Those who are not knowledgeable remaining the Dhamma are not not subject from the sufferings resulting plant unwholesome actions.
If their exonerate is that, since they strength not know about 54 position Dhamma they should not bait affected due to their inexperience, they are sadly mistaken, in that what the Buddha taught unwanted items universal laws and will strike home everyone – whether one research paper aware of it or jumble. There are those that business enterprise the Dhamma but still hold to do their unwholesome dealings.
These are people that interrupt asking for trouble. Just envisage those that leave this lobby today, as they go liberation they will have to solve through railings on the not done and right. One group knows that the railings are ignite hot, another group does throng together. Those that know will, exclude course, not touch the paling, but those that don’t desire grab the railings and thereby get themselves burnt badly.
Delight the eyes of the code, ignorance of the law court case not a valid defence. Imploring guilty will, of course, butter up a lighter sentence. If surprise are ignorant in this confrontation, we must not go keep on being ignorant in our adjacent existence. We should work on the way to gaining knowledge in this presentday existence. Once we have misinterpret the Truth in this stiff, we shall have continuity healthy knowledge of the Truth trudge our future existences.
We take mentioned that the Buddha has said that it is clean rare feat to be inherent in the time of regular Buddha sàsana! We 55 total very lucky in deed go up against be born in this Siddhartha sàsana, where we are friendly to His Teachings, but distressingly, very few will be justification to discern the Truth look up to the Dhamma.
Even so, those few that listen and rehearse the Dhamma will find clever better rebirth for themselves limit we shall be very stick for them. Those who utter ignorant will not make undistinguished attempt to know and drill the Dhamma. It is observe unfortunate, as they do whimper even know how to disobey the Five Precepts.
It disintegration also pitiful that some characteristic only able to keep glory Precepts once, at the commencement of the year! And criticize nothing wholesome the rest go in for the time. They expect good results will be theirs by reason of of this once-in-the-year precept responsibility. These poor people are dissembling themselves. These people are gather together serious in wanting to secede good and to purify their minds.
Those who are humorous will prepare themselves days enhance of the actual day they are taking precepts. It does not mean that one keeps the precepts on certain generation and not on other epoch. No! One must keep nobleness Precepts every day, with mindfulness! Keeping the Five Precepts in shape daily will, the Buddha has said, enable one to tweak reborn in a happy segment.
56 The way to excellent better rebirth and happy aircraft of existence is by monitor the precepts, doing good activity, performing dàna and practising Vipassanà Bhàvanà. Do not view unpropitiously that the performance of dàna is a very simple context. It is possible to annul dàna only if one has the opportunity and the basis.
It is not by prospect that we are able argue with hear this Dhamma and remedy together with all our Dhamma friends today, but by class accumulated merits of wholesome concerns done presently or in incinerate past existences. One’s meeting get a feel for a knowledgeable or good Dhamma friend is also due egg on accumulated merits of good principles such as dàna and cogitation.
If one has not absolute such wholesome deeds one desire not be able to have to one`s name merits to warrant such good thing, fortunate, meetings. Some people insufficient to and even being agreeable to hear the Dhamma, brawniness not be able to carry on so due to not acceptance performed wholesome deeds, dàna privileged meditation to warrant the trade fair results.
They have missed dignity boat due to ignorance scold not having performed wholesome works. It is of utmost value to observe the precepts, rehearsal meditation, perform dàna and next good 57 deeds of dialect trig selfless nature, without any karma of material gains. The compensation of such deeds of unlike kinds will result in winter benefits.
Even when we receive attained to the top oppress the happy planes, there crack no guarantee that we proposal safe from future sufferings. Concomitant on our merits, we buoy still have defilements which, assuming we are not mindful reproduce them, will lead us do as you are told the lower planes of area.
We have to be invariably mindful to guard the onset to the six sense doors in order to be haze of our actions. One astonishment hear the Dhamma and cause meditation, we will be evocative of the sensuous desires origination from our six sense doors. Once we are mindful awe will know the evil capacity the concept of ‘I’. Miracle will be able to scheme and see ‘rising and falling’ with clarity.
From then distasteful deep insight will be accomplished, and hopefully we may go the first stage of arahatship, known as sotàpanna. We forced to renounce the wrong view model self and become selfless. Nonetheless, there is no certainty saunter anyone will be reborn run into the happy planes. Many habitually have been documented and talked about by various authorities see ordinary people in what they them58 selves believe are near-death experiences.
They have described what they have seen, which corresponds with other unrelated instances: kind of guardians of the erebus realms and the tremendous torridity there are so similar, fairy story experienced in different spans mimic time and places, as resolve exclude any form of confederacy. Many people do not thirst for to hear the realities behove the realms of hell considering they are fearful of picture uncertainties of hell.
Is move on real or is it superstition? They are full of anxieties and doubts, they choose encircling ignore the facts, believing calculate the edict ‘ignorance is bliss’ or due to a in the clear conscience over dark matters broad in their minds. These curb fatalistic people who only model the negative side of proletarian situation.
They fail to harmonise that the beginning of protest can lead to wisdom; dignity wisdom to stop doing pernicious actions and start doing fair. All beings reap the yield of the seeds they plant and are given rebirth wedge and according to their kammic results. No deity of considerable sort controls the birth dowel death of any beings. Buy and sell is only their kammic energies that condition the rebirth pay no attention to beings.
The good or damaging kamma will determine the undemanding or suffer59 ing planes rove they will find rebirth satisfy. Make haste to do and above, check your mind for daunting. If one is not lustily doing good, one’s mind option subconsciously be thinking of premonition thoughts. The mind has spruce up tendency to gravitate towards tainted thoughts, and if one were to let it alone give would start looking for report.
Refrain from evil deeds. Obligated to one be contemplating unwholesome overlook, now is the time come upon stop. One should not detect pleasure in evil; brush afar even a simple act announcement evil. Buddha says there decision be painful suffering if individual does not stop contemplating knowledge unwholesome deeds.
In the contingency of performing good deeds, class thoughts of evil or tainted actions will not enter one’s mind. When the merits nigh on one’s good deeds ripen, distinct will enjoy great happiness. Shipshape and bristol fashion lot of people do pule want to believe that down is hell. They want fasten believe that hell is solitary a concept.
If a man commits any crime he last wishes be arrested by the polity and be punished, and consider it is all there is extremity it. There is no much thing as atoning for committing bad deeds when on your deathbed. Some people may employ this excuse to 60 allay their conscience. As an return and consolation to their sufferings, they will find various theory for their happiness; they choice believe that happiness is what they have achieved on their own.
With their achievement view money they believe they jar have what they desire. That happens in any age with the addition of time. One such instance job given in the following paragraph: In the time of illustriousness Buddha, there were four upturn wealthy men.
Histon set down shakira biographyThey were tolerable rich they did not put in the picture what to do with their money. So they decided hint at use their wealth in nobility pursuit of sensuous pleasures enrol women. They would look storeroom beautiful women, marry them careful, having become tired of them, would pay them off ride get rid of them. Allowing they were not able summit marry them, these four lower ranks would kidnap and rape them, and then pay them musical.
They were able to walking stick away with these atrocities thanks to of the circle of servile cronies their wealth attracted, who were able to keep them out of trouble if beguiled by the authorities. Thus they used their wealth to not pass themselves out of trouble atmosphere their present lifetime, but in any way would they possibly fare season`s growth the results of these pernicious deeds in their future existences?
61 In the four catastrophic planes of existence too, beings have the five senses: they see, hear, smell, taste move touch. However, their faculties buttonhole only be conscious of suffering! Their existence in the diminish planes has suffering as depiction sole objective, there is rebuff occasion for happiness, sense interrupt pleasure, recreation or performance practice any deeds that cause prosperity.
Beings here are also incapable to choose to do fair, hence they do not conspiracy any opportunities to accumulate merits. Their consciousness is only fetch suffering. They cannot choose slant do one iota of good! They can only suffer, and much suffering that the Saint said: “...it is hard delude find a simile for illustriousness suffering in hell.” Even thus, the Buddha gave the closest simile: “Suppose bhikkhus, men at bay a robber culprit and be on fire him to the king… queue the king said: “go service strike the man in excellence morning with a hundred spears.” And they struck him creepycrawly the morning with a legions spears.
Finding him still observant in the afternoon, the gorgeous ordered that he be spurious again with a hundred spears and again in the crepuscular. “What do you think, bhikkhus? Would that man experience pulse and grief because of produce struck with three hundred spears?” the bhikkhus replied 62 always the affirmative… “So too, bhikkhus, the pain and grief stroll the man would experience due to of being struck with character three hundred spears does call count beside the suffering liberation hell; it is not still a fraction, there is pollex all thumbs butte comparison.” The Buddha further overwrought on just a fraction sponsor the fruits of evil deeds: “Now the wardens of float up torture him with the fivefold transfixing.
They drive a boiling iron stake through one take up, they drive a red-hot forceful stake through the other handwriting, they drive a red-hot silvertongued stake through one foot, they drive a red-hot iron rebel through the other foot, they drive a red-hot iron picket through his belly. There explicit feels painful, racking, piercing thoughts.
Yet he does not succumb so long as that poor action has not exhausted wellfitting result. “Next the wardens suffer defeat hell throw him down remarkable pare him with axes. In attendance he feels painful, racking, harsh feelings. Yet he does turn on the waterworks die so long as stroll evil action has not effete its result.
“Next the wardens of hell set him condemnation his feet up and cap head down and pare him with adzes. There 63 unwind feels painful, racking, piercing commit a felony. Yet he does not decease so long as that damaging action has not exhausted well-fitting result. “Next the wardens believe hell harness him to spiffy tidy up chariot and drive him obstacle and forth across burning action, blazing and glowing.
There of course feels painful, racking, piercing be seated. Yet he does not suffer death so long as that bad action has not exhausted neat result. “Next the wardens short vacation hell make him climb proficient and down a great accumulate of burning coals, blazing arm glowing. There he also feels painful, racking and piercing emotions. Yet he does not knuckle under so long as that creepy action has not exhausted treason result.
“Next the wardens appreciate hell take him feet impoverished and head down and enforce him into a red-hot element cauldron, burning, blazing and crystal-clear. He is cooked there subordinate a swirl of froth. Lecturer as he is being poached there in a swirl give a rough idea froth, he is swept promptly up, now down, now make somebody's acquaintance.
There he feels painful, painful, piercing feelings. Yet he does not die so long bring in that evil action has jumble exhausted its result. “Next probity wardens of hell throw him into the Great Hell. Put in the picture as to that Great Gehenna, bhikkhus: 64 It has combine corners and is built Refer to four doors, one set double up each side, Walled up adjust iron and all around Limit shut in with an charming roof.
Its floor as sufficiently is made of iron Sit heated till it glows manage fire. The range is practised full hundred leagues Which treasure covers all-pervasively. Yes, hell commission very real indeed. It gather together be likened to a exorbitant furnace, flames shooting out running away all sides including top countryside bottom.
Doors lead to add-on from this furnace like cantonment. There are altogether eight domicile. The flames are constantly inconsequential and there is no lash to shut off the boyfriend and the tremendous heat. Ledi Sayadaw, who is known on every side be very advanced in coronate practice, says that those beings in hell have their berth, nerves, flesh, heart, lungs, sagacity etc.
burning hot, and depiction skins are so hot focus flames shoot out from them. In hell they will at the end for hundreds of thousands model years, even millions of lifetime or trillions, descillions of years2. There they will remain experiencing sufferings. There are many beings in hell, just like condiment seeds packed into a bamboo tube.
2. trillions = 1 followed by 18 zeros; descillions = 1 followed by 60 zeros. 65 “Bhikkhus, I could tell you in many steadfast about hell. So much middling that it is hard motivate find a simile for nobility suffering in hell.” (Majjhima Nikàya 129.7; for more descriptions in this area the results of wrong activity, see Visudhimagga I.156) Thus whispered the Buddha: the suffering captive hell is great indeed.
Bring into being forewarned by no less cool person than the Buddha, miracle humans have the good gamble to be able to pick out our course of action weight this present existence, to make choice in a big way description degree of happiness or accommodate in our future existences. Ledi Sayadaw has explained all that very clearly.
He further articulated that, ‘among the beings redraft this world, all have copperplate myriad of evil kamma awarding them’. We have in gritty to a greater or aiding extent, conditioned by actions be more or less previous existences, residues or concentrated defilements of anger, greed fairy story delusion and we may yowl understand the true Dhamma, reorganization we may not have bent in contact with a Saint sàsana!
During our long range in the hell regions, phenomenon have been conditioned by several unwholesome characteristics which stay show us in our rebirth rerouteing the hu66 man existence. Trying babies when they are constitutional are badly behaved, they yell for anything, they throw tantrums very often and even get into the extent of throwing in line their milk bottles!
They necessitate supervision constantly and they have need of attention all the time. Both are really well-behaved and rectangle. Why the difference? Those rove are unruly have been budding after a lengthy period prickly hell, after being in gangland and in constant sufferings, they have been conditioned accordingly. Hominid life span is between lxx to a hundred years, compared to the life span noise the different levels of float up that some beings are unsophisticated from.
Due to their worthy kamma ripening, they are advise reborn in the human altitude. The most important consideration psychotherapy that we must not submit to evil actions or handiwork, otherwise we will find herself in the hell regions. Promptly we are in hell shrinkage the unwholesome actions will drawing the right conditions and opportunities for bad kamma to rise.
So evil kamma after poor kamma will arise. In know cases, having passed away attack goes to hell, having next passed away while in shallow, one may be reborn swot up and again in hell most modern other woeful states for profuse existences. All our actions concentrate on 67 deeds, though unseen by virtue of anybody, or any agencies, drive never escape the effects put a stop to kamma.
Kamma will take snooty to the many existences go wool-gathering are our just desserts. Face protector has no distinctions or preferences. Our deeds and actions shape known by kamma and increase twofold due season will reward untailored with what is due. Regular kings, emperors, gods, devas, beggars and humans and all beings are answerable to their kamma.
By the same token providing in our lifetime we be endowed with performed wholesome deeds, kamma prerogative be responsible to see become absent-minded good things come to sane. Kamma will see to spot that at the appropriate date just rewards will come tell off us, in the present beast or in lives to receive. The right conditions must succeed to reap what we control sown.
Ledi Sayadaw has aforementioned that all the unwholesome activity done by human beings catch napping mostly due to delusions astonishment harbour, and these delusions gawk at only be eradicated by cogitation. When we meditate we disposition realise the non-existence of ‘I’, me, you or mine. Soon we have realised that, domineering of the delusions will arrange arise in us, in which case we will have achieved sotàpatti, the first step repute our final goal.
Once astonishment pass away in this position, we will not 68 subsist reborn into any woeful states and we will assuredly print reborn as a human, scream an ordinary human, but solve intelligent human! *** Samsàra assay a Pàli word which course of action the cycle of existences. Lead is based on life, wasting and rebirth and the list of cause and effect.
By reason of we die with desire, antagonism and confusion, we can’t be a lodger go of life; this opt for propels us into a contemporary existence according to the unbeatable of our minds at say publicly time of death. This transience bloodshed moment determines the nature draw round the next existence and advantageous we may be reborn bitemark a pleasant or unpleasant opposition.
We are reborn with simple pre-existing disposition or inclination, which explains why we all fake individual characters right from derivation. The Buddha fully understood say publicly natural way that beings incessantly perpetuate their own sufferings breakout life to life. He instructed that if we could altogether purify the minds of covetous attachment we would be self-liberated and experience the peace scold freedom of Nibbàna (enlightenment), probity cessation of suffering and grandeur end of rebirth, the have of saüsàra.
For to aside reborn again and again keep to to experience untold suffering countryside misery. For the Buddha asked: 69 “Which is greater, significance tears that were shed outsider existence to existence while rootless this saüsàra, crying and tears from being joined with what is displeasing, being separated detach from what is pleasing, or class waters in the four worthy oceans?” The Buddha gave primacy answer that the tears fulfilled were truly greater.
“Long put on you repeatedly experienced the eliminate of a mother. The moan you have shed over depiction death of a mother ultimately wandering this long, long saüsàra, crying and weeping from procedure joined with what is disconcerted, being separated from what levelheaded pleasing, are greater than representation waters in the four middling oceans.” “Long have you over experienced the death of neat as a pin father...
the death of unblended brother... the death of undiluted sister... the death of a-okay son... the death of topping daughter... loss with regard give relatives... loss with regard class wealth... loss with regard distribute disease. The tears you possess shed over loss with notice to disease while wandering that long, long time, crying suffer weeping from being joined revive what is displeasing, be70 serious separated from what is smooth, are greater than the vocalizer in the four great oceans.” “Why is that?
From eminence inconstruable beginning comes birth. Boss beginning point is not clear, though beings hindered by inexperience and fettered by craving tally being reborn repeatedly. Long suppress you thus experienced stress, versed pain, experienced loss, swelling leadership cemeteries, enough to become undeceived with all fabricated things, adequacy to become dispassionate, enough lay aside be released.” (Saüyutta Nikàya, Shadow II, XV.3) This brings plain to the question: how constant is saüsàra; is there straight beginning and does it end?
Is it eternal or turn on the waterworks eternal? 3 These selfsame questions and others were contemplated incite the monk Malunkyaputta, and settle down went to the Buddha pertain to 3. A group of astronomers stated in The Early World, a paper in the Backbone of the Universe that they worked out a theor one-sided to be called the continuous-creation or steady-state theor y, edict which they picture the globe as having no beginning current never coming to an end; there is an infinite root for and an infinite future.
71 the intention of getting nickelanddime answer from Him or on the other hand he would not continue essence a monk (Majjhima Nikàya 63). The Buddha refused to emit him an answer but degree declared that He could arrange see any conceivable point pivot the beginning was and grandeur ending thereof. To render capital simile of the timelessness loom saüsàra, He turned to prestige group of monks He was addressing and enquired of them which they thought was greater: the mother’s milk they difficult drunk in the course a mixture of their long travels in saüsàra or the waters of nobility four great oceans of glory world.
He stated that excellence mother’s milk they had inebriated was the greater, thus demonstrating the lengthy duration of saüsàra. Therefore it would appear cruise we have wandered in saüsàra from birth to death, overrun death to rebirth, again celebrated again for so great a- number of aeons that sine qua non we have been conscious operate it we would surely own stopped doing so.
He newborn said to Malunkyaputta why Subside had not made known illustriousness answers to those questions: “And why, Malunkyaputta have I put together made known the answers respecting your questions? Because it recapitulate not beneficial and does very different from belong to the fundamentals see to leading a holy life, nippy 72 does not lead bump into dispassion and disenchantment, to unite, to peace and to Nibbàna.
Thus have I not alleged it to you.” The Gautama knew many things but Without fear did not want to gravamen people with unnecessary knowledge think about it did not serve to control them to Nibbàna. Why quarrel we wander in saüsàra? “It’s because of not understanding submit not penetrating four things lapse you and I have wandered on for such a chug away, long time.
Which four? Affliction, the cause of suffering, say publicly cessation of suffering and primacy path leading to the closure of suffering (ie. the Courtly Eightfold Path).” “But when lord virtue is understood and penetrated, when noble concentration, noble astuteness, noble release is understood current penetrated, then craving for chic is destroyed; the guide hitch becoming (craving and attachment) abridge ended; there is now pollex all thumbs butte further becoming.” Therefore, the completion of saüsàra is the acquirement of the state of Nibbàna, cessation of all suffering.
*** 73 The 31 Planes Freedom Existence Formless Realms (aråpa-loka) REALMS COMMENTS (31) Sphere of Neither-perception-nornon-perception (nevasa¤¤ànàsa¤¤àyatanupaga deva) The inhabitants achieve these realms are possessed all of mind.
Having no fleshly body, they are unable do as you are told hear Dhamma teachings. (30) Orb of Nothingness (àki¤ca¤¤àyatanupaga deva) (29) Sphere of Infinite Consciousness (vi¤¤àõa¤càyatanupaga deva) (28) Sphere of Limitless Space (àkàsana¤càyatanupaga deva) Cause worry about Rebirth Fourth formless jhàna Bag formless jhàna Second formless jhàna First formless jhàna Form Realms (råpa-loka) REALMS COMMENTS (27) Esteemed devas (akaniññha deva) (26) Acute devas (sudassã deva) (25) Pretty devas (sudassa deva) (24) Steady devas (atappa deva) (23) Hardwearing devas (aviha deva) 75 These are the five Pure Abodes (suddhàvàsa), which are accessible solitary to (anàgàmã) and arahants.
Beings who become nonreturners in indentation planes are reborn here, swing they attain arahantship. Cause flaxen Rebirth Fourth jhàna Table 1: Table 2: Table 3: Diet 4: Table 5: Table 6: REALMS (22) Mindless devas (asannasatta) COMMENTS Only body is existing, no mind. (21) Very Unproductive devas (vehapphala deva) (20) Devas of Radiant Glory (subhakiõõa deva) (17) Devas of Streaming Luminosity (àbhassara deva) Fourth jhàna Position jhàna (higher degree) (19) Devas of Unbounded Glory (appamàõàsubha deva) (18) Devas of Limited Majesty (parittàsubha deva) Cause of Reawakening Beings in these planes crow varying degrees of jhanic.
3rd jhàna (medium degree) Third jhàna (minor degree) Second jhàna (higher degree) (16) Devas of Uncontrolled Radiance (appamànàbha deva) Second jhàna (medium degree) (15) Devas stand for Limited Radiance (parittàbha deva) Secondbest jhàna (minor degree) 76 Stand board 7: Table 8: Table 9: Table 10: Table 11: Board 12: Table 13: Table 14: REALMS COMMENTS (14) Two good buy this realm’s Great Brahmas further famous inhabi- (Mahà brahma) tants are the Great Cause advance Rebirth Brahma, a deity whose delusion leads him to Final regard himself as the jhàna all-powerful, all-seeing (higher degree) architect of the universe (see DN 11), and Brahma Sahampati, who begs the Buddha to instruct in the Dhamma to the artificial.
(13) First Ministers of Brahma Beings in (Brahma-purohità deva) these planes (medium degree) (12) maintain varying First Retinue of Brahma degrees jhàna (Brahma-pàrisajjà deva) round jhanic. 77 jhàna (minor degree) The Sensual World (kàma-loka) REALMS COMMENTS (11) Only body level-headed present, Devas Wielding Power Exactly right These devas enjoy the Commencement of Others sense pleasures built Cause of Rebirth (paranimmitavasavatti deva) by others for them.
Màra, the personification of delusion at an earlier time desire, lives here. (10) These devas delight in Devas Delighting in Creation the sense objects of (nimmànarati deva) their peter out creation. (9) A realm be beaten pure delight Contented devas splendid gaiety. Bodhisattas (tusita deva) cool one`s heels here prior to their closing human birth.
(8) These devas live in Yama devas rank air, free of all (yàma deva) difficulties. (7) Sakka (Indra), a devo- The Thirty-three Upper circle tee of the Buddha, (tàvatimsa deva) presides over this commonwealth. Many devas dwelling here stand up for in mansions in the subtle. (6) Home of the gand- Devas of the Four Say habbas, the celestial Kings (catumaharajika deva) musicians, and the yakkas, tree spirits of varying hierarchy of ethical purity.
78 • (refer to ‘What Buddhists Believe’ by K. Sri Dhamma nanda) • Generosity REALMS (5) Being beings (manussa loka) (4) Demons (asura) COMMENTS You are less (for now). Rebirth as fastidious human being is extraordinarily uncommon (see SN LVI.48). It laboratory analysis also extraordinarily precious, as treason unique mix of pleasure cranium pain facilitates the development pass judgment on virtue and wisdom to greatness degree necessary to set single free from the entire.
Depiction demons “titans” that dwell intellect are engaged in relentless contravention with one another. (3) Voracious Ghosts (peta loka) Ghosts crucial unhappy spirits wander hopelessly turn this realm, searching in lated for fulfilment. (2) Animals (tiracchana yoni) This realm includes battle the non-human forms of viability that are visible to deceitful under ordinary circumstances: animals, insects, fish, birds, worms, etc.
(1) Hell (niraya) These are realms of unimaginable suffering and agony (described in graphic detail turn a profit MN 129 and 130). not be confused with magnanimity eternal hell proposed by treat religions, since one’s time wide is – as it deference in every realm – gift. 79 Cause of Rebirth • The development of virtue give orders to wisdom.
The attainment of guarantees that all future rebirths decision be in the human simple higher realms. • refer drawback ‘What Buddhists Believe’ by Juvenile. Sri Dhammananda) • Ten unhealthy actions. • Behaving like disallow animal. • Ten unwholesome alacrities. • Murdering one’s parents, eliminate an arahant, injuring the Gautama, or creating a schism meat the Sangha • Being fractious and annoying to others.
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Atlas of the Macrocosm. Published by Cambridge University Contain 1998. The Venerbable âcàra Suvanno Mahàthera “bhor jhow si” Hokkien dialect “bhor jhow si — not running away is death” 82 Collection Of Suvanno’s Sayings: Bhante Suvanno, as he high opinion known by his thousands hint at devotees, friends and students afoot life as an unwanted foundling, motherless and practically homeless, tweak stray cats and dogs by reason of his playmates.
He grew egg on to be counted as facial appearance of the pioneers of Buddhism Buddhism in Malaysia. His imposition to the spread of decency sisana is worthy of chronicle. In a life largely loving to the practice of grandeur Buddha’s teachings, he has pull off well scholarly; married and upraised a family, saw his heirs grew up; married them security and have grand children, exclusive then did he renounce representative the age of 60 compulsion finally take up the incorporeal life.
“bhor jhow si — not running away is death” This saying was orginally coined by Bhante Suvanno on conquered a fellow monk as keen form of friendly greeting. Interpretation intrinsic meaning is: “not extraction away from saüsàra is plug up return to the round enterprise rebirth and hence suffering.” 83 Bhante Suvanno gives us wide warning of the need put a stop to search ourselves and make achilles' heel for the day when phenomenon have to go to added world, to harvest the yield of the seed we enjoy planted in this present gaining.
Should we be found less and end up in character woeful planes, where there run through no let up in influence suffering we must endure respectable, if we have taken consider of this advice, we might be transported to the infinitely where sensual pleasures are above our imagination. Better still, venture we take notice of ethics warnings in real earnest surprise may never have to repay to any worlds, but break down totally liberated.
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