Causality Fundamentals

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Causality Fundamentals

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Briefing many fundamentals on Causality, which has been appreciated by many monks.

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The monk appears to equate Theravada with Abhidhamma.

The monk appeared to say pahana or abandoning is not causality.

The monk appeared to say unconditioned state is taken to be true on faith.

The monk say the Pali word for cause is paccaya.

The monk appeared to say consciousness causes growth of nama-rupa.

The monk appeared to say consciousness causes growth of nama-rupa.

The monk appeared to say all effects ("paccayupanna") are ultimate reality but concepts are not found in "existence"; that causes are not relevant to things that don't exists; therefore causes are not relevant to concepts.

The monk appeared to say Nibbana is a paccaya.

The monk appeared to say the Three Characteristics are not ultimate realities.

The monks says synonyms for "paccaya" are hetu, nidana, ahara, arammana, samudaya, bhava, sambhava

Paccayupanna synonyms include sankhata and paṭiccasamuppanna.

The monk appeared to say paṭiccasamuppāda means "causality"; which he appears to say was taught by Ledia Sayadaw and the "Ancient Teachers".
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The monk appeared to say uppādā means coming into existence out of non-existence; which is udayabbayā; and this happens to arising of nama-rupa from life time to life time

He quotes:
He knew those phenomena as they arose, as they remained, and as they went away.
Tyāssa dhammā viditā uppajjanti, viditā upaṭṭhahanti, viditā abbhatthaṁ gacchanti.

He understood:
So evaṁ pajānāti:

‘So it seems that these phenomena, not having been, come to be; and having come to be, they flit away.’
‘evaṁ kirame dhammā ahutvā sambhonti, hutvā paṭiventī’ti.
Then mentions uppādā and santa (sati; existing) are identical; also anirodha (not vanished)

Four types of existence: sankhata, kammic result, paramatha jatika in mindstream plus another

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