- Paåiccasamuppãda (referred to in the text as paccayakãra) is Depend-
ent Origination: a concise statement of how fundamental ignorance
(avijjã) conditions the rise of the whole cycle of repeated existence. - Visuddhidhamma, meaning “Dhamma of Absolute Purity”, is a syn-
onym for Nibbãna. - Sukhavihãra-dhamma (or diååhadhamma sukhavihãra). Of an
Arahant: Living happily, at ease in the sensory world until he finally
passes away. - The vaååa-cakka is the cycle of rebirth, which “spins” around con-
tinuously like a “wheel”. With the destruction of the vaååa-cakka, the
vivaååa-citta (the citta that has stopped “spinning”) is fully realized. - Vimuttidhamma, meaning “Dhamma of Absolute Freedom”, is
another synonym for Nibbãna. - The 5 khandhas, or aggregates (body, feelings, memory, thoughts,
and consciousness), are the physical and mental components of person-
ality and of sensory experience in general. Normally, the khandhas are
the “tools” that the kilesas use to construct and maintain the world of
saÿsãra. Once the kilesas have been eliminated, the khandhas continue
to function naturally, as they always have. However, since the defiling
influences of the kilesas are no longer present to dictate their activities,
they then work solely at the command of Dhamma. The 5 khandhas
remain components of an Arahant’s personality for as long as he lives;
when he finally passes away, his citta no longer has any connection with
the 5 khandhas. - Yathãdïpo ca nibbuto means “extinguished like the flame of a lamp.”
This is a reference to the Nibbãna of an Arahant after his passing way.
Another analogy compares it to an extinguished fire whose embers are
cold. - Here Ãcariya Mun contrasts relative, conventional reality (sam-
muti) with Absolute Freedom (vimutti).
The citta, the mind’s essential knowing nature, has been domi-
jacob rumans
(Jacob Rumans)
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