The cultivation of the first three enlightenment factors—sati, dhammavicaya, and virīya—was discussed in the previous post. This post...

In the Dhammānupassanā (contemplation of phenomena) section of the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10), the Buddha elaborates on the seven...

Death is inevitable but oftentimes, it's often not thought about deeply by practitioners mostly due to ignorance (avijjā) and the craving for existence (bhava-taṇhā). No matter how old or young you are, your time in this existence is limited and unknowable and that's why the Buddha mentioned that one must repeatedly reflect that "I must be parted and separated from all I hold dear and beloved." Every person born into this world will inevitably face death. That's why the Buddh

Nāmarūpapaccayā Saḷāyatanaṃ With mentality and materiality as condition, six sense bases arises. The next link in the Dependent...

Viññāṇapaccayā nāma-rūpaṃ With consciousness as condition, mentality-materiality arises. What is Nāma? Nāma is broadly defined as...

Saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṃ With volition as condition, consciousness arises. Before we delve into the explanation of how volition...