Proto Buddhism - The Original Teachings of the Buddha

By Venerable Dr. Madawela Punnaji Nayaka Maha Thera

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  • Home
  • In Memoriam
    • 3rd Anniversary Memorial of Ven. Dr. M. Punnaji Maha Thera
    • Announcement
    • Remembering Venerable Dr. M. Punnaji Maha Thera
      • Tribute By Ven. Dr. Walpola Piyananda, Maha Nayaka Thera
      • Tribute from Buddhist Maha Vihara
    • Buddha's Words Upon Enlightenment
    • The Legacy of Bhante Punnaji
    • Review & Relearn Bhante Punnaji's Lessons
  • Refuge & Observance
    • Obeisance
    • The Triple Refuge
    • The Five Disciplinary Principles
    • The Eight Disciplinary Principles
    • Vow for the day
    • Vow for the night
  • Proto Buddhism
  • Story of the Buddha
    • Wonderful Achievement of the Buddha
      • The Beginning
      • The Great Renunciation
      • Asceticism
      • Entering Ecstasy
      • How the Objective Process Creates the World
      • How the Affective Process Creates the “Self”
      • Awakening
    • A Symbolic Presentation of Buddha
      • Buddhism & Hinduism
      • Buddha The Destroyer Of The World
      • The Two Paradigms
      • Nibbana (Nirvana)
    • Online Forum
  • Concept of God
    • Buddha’s Concept of God
    • Becoming God
    • The Defeat of Mara
    • Death According to Buddha
    • Online Forum
  • Psychotherapy
    • Introduction
      • Buddhism & Modern Psychotherapy
      • Buddhism Then and Now
    • Presentation Method
      • How This Paper is Written
      • The Purpose of This Paper
    • Section 1: Theoretical Background
      • Historical survey
      • Buddhism as psychotherapy
      • Modern Psychotherapy History of Evolution
      • Fundamental Psychological Problem
        • Buddha's Teachings – Human Existence Problem
        • Sigmund Freud Discoveries
          • Father of Modern Psychotherapy
          • Psychic Determinism
          • The Unconscious
          • The Structural Hypothesis
      • Buddhist Principles & Psychotherapy Relevancy
        • Instincts
        • Buddha on the Structural Hypothesis
        • Mental Sickness & Ego Psychology
      • Buddha’s Approach
        • Buddha’s Teachings & Freud's Discoveries
        • Personalization
      • Buddha’s Solutions
        • Buddha and the Freudians
        • Buddha's Middle Path
        • Buddha’s Functional Hypothesis
      • Buddha’s Method
        • Freud’s Mistake
        • Solution to the Emotional Problem
        • Transcendence Through Evolution
        • The Humanistic Saviour
        • Tranquillity
    • Section 2: Knowledge Base Application
      • THE SELF - Western Philosophy
        • Throughout History
        • Problem of Self-esteem
        • Inferiority Complex
      • THE SELF - Buddha’s Philosophy
        • Buddha’s Idea of Personalization
        • Personality Perspective
        • Depersonalization Disorder
        • Complete Depersonalization
      • Buddha’s Teachings as Applicable Solutions
        • The Harmonious Perspective
        • Fourfold Sublime Reality
        • Levels of Presentation
          • Level 1-Cognitive Reorientation
          • Level 2–Expansion of Heart
          • Level 3–Tranquillity of Mind
          • Level 4–Paradigm Shift
        • Insight Meditation
        • Regaining the Mental Equilibrium
    • Online Forum
  • Meditation
    • Level I Meditation - Selective Thinking
      • ARIYAMAGGA BHAVANA
      • Bhante Punnaji's Recommendation
      • Introduction
      • Selective Thinking
        • Selective Thinking as Meditation
        • Harmonious Perspective
        • The Two Extremes
        • Thought Discrimination
      • Buddhist Meditation
        • Progress in Meditation
        • The Wheel of Experience
        • Meditation Method: Stage I
          • Recollections
          • Recollection of the Buddha
          • Reflecting on the Dhamma
          • Recflecting on the Sangha
          • Reflecting on Oneself
        • Meditation Method: Stage II
          • Cultivation of Good Thoughts
          • The Harmonious Cycle of Meditation
          • Awareness of the Realities of Life - Insight Into Realities
          • Practicing Penetrative Awareness
          • Dispassion
          • Compassion
          • Cultivation of Selfless Happiness
          • Cultivation of Tranquility
          • The Five Good Thoughts
        • Harmonious Mental Equilibrium
        • Introversion of attention
          • Attention to In and Out Breathing
          • The Establishment of Fourfold Attention
        • Breathing Meditation
      • Pali Sutta Pitaka
        • Dvedha vitakka Sutta Two Kinds of Thoughts
        • Vitakka Santhana Sutta Technique of Calming Thoughts
      • Obeisance, Refuge, Observance
        • Obeisance
        • Refuge
        • Observance - The Five Disciplinary Principles
        • Observance - The Eight Disciplinary Principles
      • Conclusion
    • Level II Meditation - Cultivation of Tranquility
      • ARIYAMAGGA BHAVANA
      • The Introduction
        • Buddhist Meditation Technique
        • The Sublime Eightfold Way
        • Stop Reacting & Start Responding
        • Sense of Values
        • The Path of Stream Entry
      • Practice of The Level II
      • Practice of The Sublime Eightfold Way
      • The Sublime Eightfold Way in Detail
        • The Harmonious Perspective
        • Harmonious Orientation
        • Harmonious Speech
        • Harmonious Action
        • Harmonious Lifestyle
        • Harmonious Exercise
          • Harmonious Exercise
          • 1. Prevention
          • 2. Elimination
          • 3. Cultivation
            • Cultivation
            • The 7 Steps in Awakening
          • 4. Maintenance
        • Harmonious Attention
          • Harmonious Attention
          • Breathing Meditation
          • Attention to Breathing
          • Stages in the In and Out Breathing
        • Harmonious Mental Equilibrium
      • End of The Sublime Eightfold Way
      • Relaxation of Body
        • Practice Relaxation the Buddhist Way
        • Tranquility of Mind
        • How to Still the Mind
      • Emotions
        • What is Emotion?
        • The Fight or Flight Reaction
        • Vicious Cycle Of Erratic Thinking
        • Virtuous Cycle Of Selective Thinking
      • Sutta
        • Ganaka Moggallana Sutta
        • Dantabhumi Sutta - The Grade of the Tamed
      • Conclusion
    • Level III: Awakening from the Dream of Existence
      • ARIYAMAGGA BHAVANA
      • The Introduction
        • Third & Final Level
        • An Apology
        • Our Presentation
          • Message in Book One
          • Message in Book Two
          • Message in Book Three
          • Is This Vipassana Bhavana or Insight Meditation?
      • Chapter I: A Marvellous Method
        • The Supernormal Eightfold Way
        • Enlightenment First or Last
        • The Three Level Way is Not The Path
        • The Harmonious Perspective
        • Only Way to Emancipation
      • Chapter II: Prevalent Errors
        • Is This Mindfulness?
        • Is satipaṭṭhāna The Only Way?
        • Golf As An Analogy
        • Satipaṭṭhāna Not The Beginning
        • Buddha Revealed The Path
        • Nine Great Knowledges
        • Seeing Things As They Are
      • Chapter III: Practice of Meditation Level III
        • Cultivation of the Seven Steps to Awakening (Satta Bojjhanga)
          • WHAT of The System
          • 1) Systematic Introspection (Satipaṭṭhāna)
          • 2) Investigation of the Experience within (Dhammavicaya)
          • 3) Strength of the Cognitive over the Affective (Viriya)
          • 4) Cognitive ecstasy (Piti)
          • 5) Relaxation of the Body (Passaddhi)
          • 6) Tranquility of Temperament (Samadhi)
          • 7) Apperception (Upekkha)
        • The Paradigm Shift (nirodha samapatti)
      • Chapter IV: Awakening from the Dream of Existence
        • A Gradual Reduction of Experience
        • Apperception is Non-perception
        • Reduction of The Cognitive Experience
        • Success Through Self-reliance
        • The Mind is Understood
        • Awakening From the Dream of Existence
        • Genesis Revealed by the Buddha
        • The Cognitive and the Affective
        • The Ultimate Consequence
      • Chapter V: Concurrence of Logical Antecedents (Paṭicca Samuppāda)
        • Our Regret
        • Concurrence of Logical Antecedents (Paṭicca Samuppāda)
        • Concurrence of Antecedents (Paṭicca Samuppāda)
        • The Buddhist Concept of Genesis
        • Concurrence of Logical Antecedents in More Detail
          • The Process of Perception
          • Perception Develops Into Cognition (phassa)
          • Beginning of the Affective Process (citta)
          • How Did the Body Become My Self (Sakkāya Dițțhi)?
      • Chapter VI – Elucidation of Fundamentals
        • Foundation
        • Modern Scientific Research
        • Importance of Cognition
        • The Role of Meditation
        • The Buddha’s Elucidation of the Fundamentals
        • Existence and Essence
        • Experience Precedes Existence
        • Error of Personalization
        • The Uninterrupted Samadhi
        • Two Kinds of Nibbana
        • What is Truth?
      • Chapter VII – The Fourfold Supernormal Reality
        • The First Reality: The Problem of Existence
          • Insecurity of Life
          • Elisabeth Kübler-Ross: Death and Dying
          • Hans Selye: General Adaptation Syndrome
          • Buddha: Emotional Reaction & Insecurity of Life
        • The Second Reality: The Cause of Suffering
          • Suffering
          • Sense of Self & Emotion
          • Struggle for Existence
        • The Third Reality: Realization of The End of Suffering
          • Antecedental Concurrence
          • Awakening from the Dream of Existence
        • The Fourth Reality: Developing the Supernormal Eight-fold Way
          • The Medial Path
        • Sabbasava Sutta
        • Paradigm Shift
      • CHAPTER VIII – Life is an Unforeseen Error of Nature
        • Beginning of Life
        • Evolution of The Human Brain
        • The Impersonality of Consciousness
        • The Five Constituents of Personality?
        • What is Experience?
        • Mind, What It Is
      • CHAPTER IX – Wonderful Achievement of the Buddha
        • The Beginning
        • The Great Renunciation
        • Asceticism
        • Entering Ecstasy
        • How the Objective Process Creates the World
        • How the Affective Process Creates the “Self”
        • Awakening
      • CHAPTER X – A Symbolic Presentation of Buddha
        • Buddhism & Hinduism
        • Buddha The Destroyer Of The World
        • The Two Paradigms
        • Nibbana (Nirvana)
      • CHAPTER XI - Concept of God
        • Buddha’s Concept of God
        • Becoming God
        • The Defeat of Mara
        • Death According to Buddha
      • Conclusion
    • Online Forum
  • Rebirth
    • Introduction
    • Pre-existence & Re-existence
      • The Concept
      • Meaning of Terms - Is Reincarnation Buddhist?
        • Definition of Pre-existence & Re-existence
        • Resurrection
        • Re-incarnation
        • Transmigration
        • Metempsychosis
        • Palingenesis
        • Rebirth
      • Philosophical Implications
      • Theravada Concepts
      • A Rational Approach
      • The Psychological Problem
    • Science of Rebirth
      • Scientific Proof of Rebirth
      • The Mechanics of Rebirth
    • The Belief
      • Is The Belief in Rebirth Necessary?
      • Concept of Good and Evil
      • Renunciation Not Based On Rebirth
      • Belief In Rebirth Is A Hindrance
    • Conclusion
    • Online Forum
  • Vesak
    • The Philosophy of Vesak
      • What is Vesak?
      • A Different Reality
    • Bodhisatta
      • Birth of the Bodhisatta
      • Meaning of the Self-introduction
      • The Meaning of Awakening
      • Freedom from Birth, Aging, and Death
      • The Awakening of the Bodhisatta
    • Not Mystical But Logical
    • Tathagata the Transcendent
    • Conquest of Death
      • Gospel of Immortality
      • A Pertinent Question
      • Complete Quietus (Parinirvana)
    • Buddhist Christian Distinction
    • Conclusion
  • Anthology
    • Solution to the Problem of Existence
    • Buddhism
    • Buddhism as a Psychotherapy
    • A Process of Personal Growth, Maturity
    • Analysis of Experience
    • Becoming a Buddhist
      • Introduction
      • Character Structure
      • Buddhist Character Structure
      • Internal and External Conflicts
      • The Value of Calmness
      • Buddhist Devotional Practices
      • The Use of Images
      • Harmonious Behaviour
      • Depersonalization
    • What is Meditation?
      • Introduction
      • Section I
        • What one can gain
        • Samatha and Vipassana
        • Hypnosis
        • Hypnotic Hallucination
        • Distinction Between Hypnosis and Samadhi
        • Vipassana
        • Selfishness
        • Transcendence
        • Growth and Maturity
      • Section II
        • Natural and Human Technique
        • Will Power
        • Free Will and Determinism
        • Organism and Environment
        • Reaction and Response
      • Section III
        • Evolution
        • Sublime Eightfold Way
        • Harmonious Perspective
        • Conflict with Reality
        • Unrealistic Pursuits
        • Sense of Values
        • True Happiness
        • Harmonious Goal
        • Change of Perspective
        • Autonomy
        • Awakening
        • What is Existence
      • Section IV
        • Lay Person's Meditation
        • Yogi's Meditation
      • Conclusion
        • Emancipation from Emotion
        • Vipassana is High Level
        • Vipassana Not Suited to Lay Person
        • Look Before You Leap
    • The Four Evolutionary Stages of Religion
    • Quotes
    • Lotus Flower
  • eBooks, Scriptures, Charts, Notes
    • eBooks
      • Return to Tranquility
      • Buddha The Radical Shrink
      • Meditation Level I: The Sublime Eightfold Way - Selective Thinking
      • Meditation Level II: The Sublime Eightfold Way - Cultivation of Tranquility
      • Meditation Level III: The Sublime Eightfold Way - Awakening from the Dream of Existence
      • Treasury of Truth – The Dhammapada
      • Is Reincarnation Buddhist?
      • Becoming a Buddhist
      • The Psychology of Metta
      • A Buddhist Perspective of Modern Psychotherapy & Evolution of Consciousness
      • The Philosophy of Vesak
      • Did We Cross The Threshold of Hope
      • Why Religion
      • The Four Evolutionary Stages of Religion
    • Scriptures
      • A-E
        • Aggivacchagotta Sutta - To Vacchagotta on Fire
        • Ānāpānasati Sutta: The Discourse on Mindfulness of Breathing
        • Book of the Tens
          • Animosity
          • Concentration
          • Enmity
      • L-Q
        • Mahasihanada Sutta - The Greater Discourse on the Lion’s Roar
        • Mahātaṇhāsankhaya Sutta - The Great Deliverance from Emotions
          • Version I
          • Version II
        • Mahavacchagotta Sutta - The Greater Discourse to Vacchagotta
      • R-Z
        • Samadhibhavana Sutta: Concentration
        • Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta - Right View
        • Sallekha Sutta - Effacement
        • Tevijjavacchagotta Sutta - To Vacchagotta on the Threefold True Knowledge
        • Vitakkasaṇṭhāna Sutta - Technique of Calming Thoughts
    • Charts
      • Perception, Cognition, Emotions & Behaviour
      • Paṭicca Samuppāda - Antecedental Concurrence
      • Supernormal Eighfold Way
      • Perils of The Pursuit of Sensual Pleasures
      • Thought Discrimination & Corresponding Meditation Techniques
    • Notes
      • 10 Bad Behaviors
      • The Ten Fetters
      • Buddhism as a Religion
        • Buddhism as a Religion - Part 1
        • Buddhism as a Religion - Part 2
        • Buddhism as a Religion - Part 3
      • Buddhism in Practice
        • Buddhism in Practice - Part 1
        • Buddhism in Practice - Part 2
        • Buddhism in Practice - Part 3
      • Buddhist Mysticism
        • Buddhist Mysticism - Part 1 (Realms of Experience)
        • Buddhist Mysticism - Part 2 (The Four Ecstasies)
        • Buddhist Mysticism - Part 3 (The Seven Steps of Awakening)
        • Buddhist Mysticism - Part 4 (Arupa Samadhi: Reverting To The Imageless Realm)
      • Meaning of Good Thoughts
      • Perception
      • Experience
      • Consciousness
        • Consciousness - Part 1 (The Subjective Experience)
        • Consciousness - Part 2 (Analyzing the Process of Experience)
      • Paṭicca Samuppāda - Antecedental Concurrence
        • Paṭicca Samuppādaa 2011
          • Paṭicca Samuppāda - The Origin of Experience
          • Paṭicca Samuppāda - Part 1
          • Paṭicca Samuppāda - Parts 2 & 3
        • Paṭicca Samuppāda 2017
      • Supernormal Eightfold Way
        • Practice of the Supernormal Eightfold Way
        • A Marvellous Method
        • The Tongue Like a Sharp Knife... Kills Without Drawing Blood
      • Meditation, Contemplation, Awareness
        • Tilakkhana Bhavana - Meditation on the Threefold Nature of Existence
        • Awareness of The Realities of Life
        • Anussati (Recollections) Bhavana - Meditation on the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha, Oneself, and Cultivation of Good Thoughts
        • Contemplation on Death
        • Meditation on the Repulsiveness of the Body & Decaying corpse meditation
      • Way to Nibbana
      • Beyond The 4 Jhanas – Arupa Samadhi
      • Metta Bhavana - Universal Benevolence Meditation
      • Cultivation of Metta, Karuna, Mudita, Upekkha
      • Cultivation of the Seven Steps of Awakening - Satta Bojjhaṅgā
  • Videos
    • Brief Meanings & Translations
      • Buddhist Psychotherapy: Supernormal Being
      • Bhava Paccaya Jati: Existence or "Being"
      • Awakening: Attainment of Nibbana
      • Two Ways To Awakening
      • Nirodha-samapatti: An End to Existence
      • Attainment of Buddhahood
      • Impermanence
      • Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta: Instability, Discomfort, Impersonality
      • There is No Truth; Only Views Using Speculative Logic
      • What is Buddhism?
      • What is Karma?
      • What is Dhamma?
      • Refuge in The Triple Gem
      • Is There a Thinker?
      • Viññāṇa, Mano, Citta: Perception, Cognition, Mood
      • Difference Between Sañña & Viññana
      • Thinking Precedes Emotions
      • Avijja: Insentience
      • Jhanas: Attainment of Stillness of Mind – Ecstasy
      • Asava: Flowing in of Impurities-Influences
      • Selfless Universal Benevolence: Metta, Karuna, Mudita, Upekkha
      • Parimukha? Sati? Upaṭṭhapetvā: Attention Focused on External Surroundings
      • Satipaṭṭhāna: Introspection
      • Samadhi: Mental Equilibrium
      • Apperception
      • Thatagata
      • Practicing Buddhism: 4 Age-Level Groups & 4 Categories of Topics
      • Animal Nature
      • General Adaptation Syndrome
    • Scriptures
      • A-E
        • Aggañña Sutta: Evolution of the Universe
        • Anapanasati Sutta: The Discourse on Mindfulness of Breathing
        • Aggivacchagotta Sutta: To Vacchagotta on Fire
        • Caṅkī Sutta
        • Cuḷahatthipadopama Sutta: The Shorter Discourse On The Simile of The Elephant's Footprints
        • Cūḷavedalla Sutta
        • Dhamma Cakka Pavattana Sutta: The Revolution of the Wheel of Experience
      • F-K
        • Karaṇīyamettā Sutta: Loving Kindness in the World
      • L-Q
        • Madhupiṇḍika Sutta: The Honeyball
        • Mahātaṇhāsankhaya Sutta: The Greater Discourse On The Destruction of Craving
        • Mahavacchagotta Sutta: The Greater Discourse to Vacchagotta
        • Mahasihanada Sutta: The Greater Discourse on the Lion’s Roar
        • Mahavedalla Sutta
        • "One Person" Sutta
      • R-Z
        • Sammādiṭṭhi Sutta: Harmonious Perspective
        • Sallekha Sutta: Effacement
        • Tevijjavacchagotta Sutta: To Vacchagotta on the Threefold True Knowledge
    • Venerable Dr. Madawela Punnaji Nayaka Maha Thera
      • Insight into Bhante Punnaji, Last Sermons, Impermanence
      • The Legacy of Bhante Punnaji
      • Review & Relearn Bhante Punnaji's Lessons
    • The Buddha & Sigmund Freud
    • Buddhism
      • The Original Teachings of the Buddha
      • Buddhism as a Religion
      • Buddhism in Practice
      • Buddhist Mysticism
      • Buddhism as a Psychology
      • Buddhism: A Humanistic Religion
      • Buddhism Is Not Atheistic
      • Buddhist Morality: Heteronomous or Autonomous?
    • Science of Dhamma
    • Awakening from the Dream of Existence
    • Pañca-Khandha: The Process of Perception
    • Viññāṇa, Mano, Citta: Perception, Cognition, Mood
    • Sakkāya-Dițțhi: Concept of "Self" in the "World"
    • Penetrative Awareness
    • Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta: Instability, Discomfort, Impersonality
      • Dukkha: Stress and The Insecurity of Life
      • Anatta: What is Not Mine Cannot be Me or My “Self”
    • The 3 Evil Roots: Lust-Greed, Hatred-Aversion, Delusion of Self-centered Existence
    • Emotions
    • The 5 Hindrances
    • The Buddha
      • The Buddha's Awakening
      • Birth, Awakening, and Parinibbana of the Buddha
    • Conditions
    • Paṭicca Samuppāda: Antecedental Concurrence
    • The Middle Way
    • Gradual Training, Gradual Practice, Gradual Progress
    • Selective Thinking
    • Supernormal Eightfold Way
      • Supernormal Eightfold Way
      • Harmonious Perspective & Orientation
      • Harmonious Speech & Action & Lifestyle
      • Harmonious Exercise
      • Harmonious Attention & Mental Equilibrium
    • The Four Levels of Maturity
      • Saddha: Appreciation of Goodness
      • The Three Levels of Meditative Experience
        • Sila: Purity of Behaviour
        • Samadhi: Emotional Purity
        • Pañña: Intellectual Purity
    • Satta Bojjhaṅgā: The 7 Steps To Awakening
    • Satipaṭṭhāna: Introspection
      • Satipaṭṭhāna: The Four Focuses of Introspection
      • Satipaṭṭhāna: Introversion of Attention
      • Purifying the Mind: Guarding the Senses
      • parimukhaṃ satiṃ Upaṭṭhapetvā: Attention Focused on External Surroundings
      • Satipaṭṭhāna as a Psychotherapy
      • Cultivating Mindfulness Based Emotional Composure
    • Metta Bhavana: Universal Benevolence Meditation
    • Cattari Brahmavihara: Four Divine Dwellings
    • Samadhi Bhavana: Beyond The 4 Jhanas
    • Bhavana: Cultivation
    • Meditation
      • Q&A Forum on Meditation
      • Vipassana bhavana: Insight Meditation
      • Science of Meditation
      • Meditation or Self-Hypnosis
      • Meditation to Tame Our Emotions
      • Walking Meditation & Lying Meditation Pose
    • Passaddhi & Sukha?: Relaxation or Comfort of the Body
    • Kamma & Rebirth
    • Dhamma Talks & Discussions
      • Living a Good Life Can Take You to Heaven
      • Living in the Moment
      • How to be Happy
      • Technique of Growth and Evolution of the Human Consciousness
      • Dhamma Discussions
      • Dhamma Talks January 2009
      • Dhamma Talks February 2009
      • Dhamma Talks April 2008
    • Meditation Retreat
      • January 2014
      • January 2015
      • December 2017
    • Q&A Sessions
    • Vesak
    • Laughter Yoga
    • The Psychosomatic Effect
  • Video Transcripts
    • Schools of Buddhism
    • Buddhism
      • Buddhist Morality: Heteronomous or Autonomous
      • Buddhism as a Religion
        • Part 1 Buddhism as a Religion: Introduction
        • Part 2 Buddhism as a Religion: Evolution of Religion
      • Buddhism in Practice
        • Part 1 - Buddhism in Practice: Introduction
        • Part 2 - Buddhism in Practice: Saddhā, Sīla, Suta, Cāga, Paññā
        • Part 3 - Buddhism in Practice: Buddhist Civilization
      • Buddhist Mysticism
        • Part 1 - Buddhist Mysticism: Realms of Experience
        • Part 2 - Buddhist Mysticism: Four Ecstasies
        • Part 3 - Buddhist Mysticism: Satta Bojjhaṅgā
        • Part 4 - Buddhist Mysticism: Arūpa Samādhi
      • Buddhist Psychotherapy
        • Part 1: Buddha The Radical Shrink
        • Part 2: Buddha The Radical Shrink
      • Buddhism as a Psychotherapy
        • Calming Mental Proliferation
      • Buddhist Monk As A Natural Leader
    • Sutta
      • A-E
        • Aggañña Sutta
          • Aggañña Sutta: Evolution of the Universe - Part 1 (2014)
          • Aggañña Sutta: Evolution of the Universe - Part 2 (2014)
          • Aggañña Sutta: Evolution of the Universe (2011)
        • Aggivacchagotta Sutta: To Vacchagotta on Fire
        • Ānāpānasati Sutta: The Discourse on Introspective Breathing
        • Caṅkī Sutta: Ruler of Opasāda
        • Cūḷavedalla Sutta: Questions and Answers between Arahat Dhammadinnā & Visākha
      • F-K
        • Kālāma Sutta: Buddhism and Philosophy (2014)
        • Kālāma Sutta: Buddhism and Philosophy (2015)
        • Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta: Loving Kindness in the World
      • L-Q
        • Mahāsihanāda Sutta: The Greater Discourse of the Lion's Roar
        • Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta: The Greater Discourse On The Destruction of Emotion
        • Mahāvacchagotta Suttaɱ: The Greater Discourse to Vacchagotta
        • Mahāvedalla Sutta: The Great Description of the High Levels of Knowledge
      • R-Z
        • Sammā-Diṭṭhi Sutta: Harmonious Perspective - Lesson #1
        • Sammā-Diṭṭhi Sutta: Harmonious Perspective - Lesson #2
        • Sammā-Diṭṭhi Sutta: Harmonious Perspective - Lesson #3
        • Sammā-Diṭṭhi Sutta: Harmonious Perspective - Lesson #4
        • Sallekha Sutta: The One Who Has Arrived at Reality
        • Tathāgata Sutta: One Person
        • Tevijjāvacchagotta Sutta: Buddha's Threefold Knowledge
    • Dhammapada Verses
      • #1, #2: Mind Is The Forerunner (Manopubbaṅgamā dhammā)
      • #183, #184, #185: Abandon All Evil Ways
    • Mental Experiences
      • We are Organisms in an Environment
      • Abhidhamma
      • Brain, Body, Mind
        • Brain and Mind: Science of Lust and Hatred
        • Mind and Body: Do We Need a Thinker to Think?
      • Cognition & Affection
      • Perception
        • The 5 Personalized Constituents of the Process of Perception
        • The 5 Constituents of the Process of Perception
        • The Process of Perception from a Scientific Perspective: “Pañca Khandha”
        • Process of Perception
        • Perception, Intention, Expectation
        • From Perception to Consequence
      • Science of Dhamma
        • SCIENCE OF DHAMMA Session 1: Saññā & Vedanā
        • SCIENCE OF DHAMMA Session 2 From Perception To Concept
        • SCIENCE OF DHAMMA Session 3 The Science of Emotion
      • From Concept to Conflict
      • Understanding Our Emotional Nature
      • Illusion, Delusion, & Deception
      • Consciousness
        • Part 1 - CONSCIOUSNESS: The Subjective Experience.
        • Part 2 - CONSCIOUSNESS: The Process of Experience.
    • Concurrence of Antecedents
      • Metaphysics, Dhamma, and Philosophy
      • Being Gives Rise to Birth
      • Being vs. Becoming
      • Paticca Samuppada (Concise) by Bhante Punnaji
      • Paṭicca-Samuppāda 2018
        • Paṭicca-Samuppāda: From Stillness of the Mind to Awakening
        • Paṭicca-Samuppāda: Every Existence, a Concept Mind Created
        • Paṭicca-Samuppāda: Emotional Mind, Creator of Existence
      • Paṭicca-Samuppāda 07-31-2017
      • Paṭicca-Samuppāda 2011
        • PATICCA SAMUPPADA: Part 1 (August 8, 2011)
        • PATICCA SAMUPPADA: Part 2&3 (August 29, 2011)
    • Threefold Nature of Existence
      • Instability
        • Necessary Conditions
      • Painfulness: Stress & Distress
        • DUKKHĀ From A Scientific Perspective
        • Stress & Emotional Excitement
        • The Mindful Realities of Stress
        • The Four Mindful Realities of Stress
      • Impersonality
        • 2013 ANATTĀ - From a Scientific Perspective
        • 2015 ANATTĀ - From a Scientific Perspective
    • Five Hindrances
      • Q&A Forum on Five Hindrances with Bhante Punnaji
      • 2017 Retreat Day 5: Five Hindrances
      • Abandoning the 5 Hindrances
      • Abandoning The Five Hindrances Bhante Punnaji 25-June-2017
    • Fetters
      • The Three Evil Roots
      • Personality Perspective
        • SAKKĀYA-DIṬṬHI - Personality View Self-Image
        • Sakkāya-Diṭṭhi When Self Comes To Mind (2017)
        • Sakkāya-Diṭṭhi - From A Scientific Perspective (2014)
      • Q&A Forum on Five Hindrances with Bhante Punnaji
      • 2017 Retreat Day 5: Five Hindrances
      • SĪLABBATAPARĀMĀSA - Heteronomous Morality
    • Humanistic Solutions
      • Taming Emotional Mind
      • Taming Lust and Hatred
      • Understanding & Taming Emotions
    • Meditation
      • Meditation the Eightfold Way: In Memory of Ven. Dr. Punnaji Maha Thera
      • Meditation - From Perception To Stress
      • MEDITATION - What, Why, Benefits
      • How Meditation Changes The Brain
      • Meditation or Self-Hypnosis
        • 2015 Meditation or Self-Hypnosis
        • 2014 Meditation or Self-Hypnosis
      • Relaxation & Reticular Activating System (RAS)
      • Getting In The Zone
    • The Middle Way: Sublime Eightfold Way
      • Selective Thinking
      • The Middle Way What the Buddha Taught
      • Sublime Eightfold Way Humanistic Psychology
      • Gradual Training, Gradual Practice, Gradual Progress
      • Harmonious Perspective: Paññā
      • Sammā Diṭṭhi & Sammā Saṅkappa Presentation from Scientific Perspective
      • Sīla Cultivation of Goodness & Morality
      • Sammā Vāyāma Harmonious Exercises
      • Harmonious Equilibrium: Samādhi
      • Special Presentation on Bhāvanā (Cultivation)
    • Satipaṭṭhāna: Introspection
      • Satipaṭṭhāna in a Nutshell
      • Part 1: Satipaṭṭhāna as a Psychotherapy
      • Part 2: Satipaṭṭhāna Cultivating Mindfulness
      • Cultivating Mindfulness Based Emotional Composure
      • Mindfulness as a Psychotherapy
    • Awakening from the Dream of Existence
      • Paradigm Shift
      • 2017 Retreat Day 8: Awakening from the Dream of Existence
    • Sigmund Freud & Western Thinkers
      • Sigmund Freud: Sublimation
      • René Descartes' Mistake
    • Evolution
      • GOD (Buddha) - The Perfection of Man
      • Evolution of Human Consciousness
      • Brahma Bhuto - GodBecome
      • The Kingdom of God is Within You
      • Science and Religion - Finding Darwins God
  • Science Videos
    • Buddhism From A Scientific Perspective
    • Evolution
    • Biologist Bruce Lipton
    • Biologist Kenneth Raymond Miller
    • Neurobiologist Margaret Livingstone
    • Neuropsychologist Richard Gregory
    • Neuroscientist Joseph Ledoux
    • Neuroscientist Beau Lotto
    • Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio
    • Professor Richard Davidson
    • Professor Ron Siegel
    • Meditation, Hypnosis, Mindfulness
    • Self-Compassion
    • The Brain
    • Hormones
    • What Are We Really Made Of?
    • Psycho-Cybernetics
  • Audios
    • Buddhism As A Philosophy
      • Part 1
      • Part 2
    • Buddhist Philosophy: The Philosophy of Kalama Sutta
    • Espistemology - The Search For Truth
    • Process of Perception
    • Process of Experience
    • Understanding the Mind
    • Paṭicca Samuppāda
      • Part 1
      • Part 2
      • Part 3
    • You Are Not Yourself
    • Sublime Eightfold Way
      • Part 1
      • Part 2
      • Part 3
    • Ariyamagga Bhavana: Meditation Method Based on Supernormal Eightfold Way
      • Introduction to Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
      • Level 1: Selective Thinking (Anussati)
      • Level 2: Harmonious Exercise (Samma-Vayama)
      • Level 3: Harmonious Attention (Samma-Sati) & Harmonious Equilibrium (Samma-Samadhi)
    • Anapanasati Sutta: Introspective Breathing
      • Part 1
      • Part 2
    • viññāṇa Pariṇāma: Evolution of Consciousness, Jiva Pariṇāma: Evolution of Life
    • Abhiñña: Miracles of Psychic Power, Pariñña: Transcendent Knowledge, Ontology: Realms of Existence
    • Buddhology: What is a Buddha
    • Cosmology: The Universe, Its Origin, and Structure
    • Eschatology: Karma, Rebirth and Saŋsāra
    • Soteriology: Nirvāṇa, Salvation, Immortality
    • Anupubba Paṭipada: A Gradual Process of Awakening
    • Who Gets Reborn?
    • 01-Buddha
    • 02-Culture of Buddhism
    • 03-Dukkha
    • 04-Essence of Buddhism
    • 05-Evolution of Mind
    • 06-If There is No Self Then Who Gets Enlightened Who Gets Reborn
    • 07-Jhana
    • 08-Mind
    • 09-Paṭicca Samuppāda
    • 10-Phenomenon
    • 11-Pleasure & Happiness
    • 12-Purification of Mind
    • 13-Rebirth, Karma, Heaven
    • 14-Samsaric Buddhism
    • 15-The Sense of Values
    • Meditation Guide
  • Billy Tan's Videos
    • Buddhism
    • AWAKENING Series (2021)
      • Awakening Series #1 to #10
      • Awakening Series #11 to #20
    • REVIEW Series to Review & Relearn (2018)
    • REVISION Series of Bhante Punnaji Lessons (2017)
    • Four-fold Supernormal Realities
    • The Middle Way: Sublime Eightfold Way
    • Meditation (2021)
    • Sutta
      • MN 20 Vitakkasanthana Sutta: To Purify Evil Thoughts
      • MN 36 Dānamahapphala Sutta: Higher Fruits of Giving
    • Dhammapada Study
      • Dhammapada Study: Verse 1
      • Dhammapada Study: Verse 3
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses 15, 16
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses 17, 18
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses 19, 20
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses 36, 37
      • Dhamma Study: verses 76, 77, 78, 79
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses 80, 145
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses 153, 154
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses 155, 156, 186, 187
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses 183, 184, 185
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses 188, 189, 190, 191, 192
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses: 249, 250, 204
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses 280, 281, 282
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses 331, 331, 333
      • Dhammapada Study: Verses 348, 397
    • The Ten Perfections
    • Suffering & Emotional Composure
    • Q&A Forum Series (2021)
      • Q&A Forum Series: #1 to #3 (2021)
      • Q&A Forum Series: #4 to #6 (2021)
      • Q&A Forum Series: #7 to #9 (2021)
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