A Short Note to Sepala

A Short Note to Sepala

At least he has disowned his commitment to NPP/JVP which should be appreciated.

Ceylon has become a Niragamika State or stateless, culture-less, history-less, custom-less and backbone-less (become rear state of India) but one party dominated state.

It is going ahead to become a country like China in another 25 years.

We must put an end to this bizarre hegemony now and should not wait 5 years. We won't have anything left but fully fragmented country as wished by India and Tamil Diasphora.

Only thing they have promoted is alcohol industry.  

We know some of the leaders in JVP/NPP are punched drunk when they address the public. I think they want the electorate to br pinch drunk for 5 years.

Who would like to live in a state like that?

At lease there are some elements mounting a protest and Sajith has become an impotent opposition leader.

People like me who has done the onus to the country when in service do not want to be active in politics, in twilight years. 

So leaving the country is the only option available.

I left this country to UK in 1979, moment the six year compulsory service was over. 

My children's grouse was why did I come back home while having a substantial job with permanent VISA qualification.

I have addressed this issue here in two pieces (UK and New Zealand) and there is no need for me to expand.

The bottom line is they all ill treat "Overseas Medical Guys". 

One can never be expected to work in a good university.

So I came back, and I worked for my ulma-mater with academic and research contributions.

There is is nothing left or I am willing to contribute to a one party state who are hell bent on destroying Buddhist background culture at the behest of Tamil Diaspora.

It is obvious NPP got money from Tamil Diaspora. 

They are all out to destroy CEYLON and divide the country into pieces based on ethnic and religious securality.

A real danger the voter did not see coming. In other words "Voter Hoodwinked". 

There are tons of Gnome Applications to Explore

There are tons of Gnome Applications to Explore

The basic installation of Gnome does to include all the applications Gnome has.

To begin with I would start with one that does not work.

It is Gnome Pie that is suppose to launch applications. It does not work. 

One open the Synaptic Package Manager and type Gnome and one can access any one of them.

 

I think Gnome is ready and mature or it to become an Independent Distribution. I support that view.

 

The list goes like this.

1. Gnome commander

2. Gnome Pie

3. Gnome Package Updater

4. CD Player

5. Celluloid

6. Font Viewer

7.  gThumb

8. Guake Terminal

9. Lollypop

10. Nautilus Cloud Client

11. Papers

12. Planner

13. Wike to Access Wikipedia

14. System Monitor

15. Gnome Disk Management

16. Gparted

17. Gnome Boxes

18. Gnome Software

19. Gnome web browser-Epiphany

20. Gnome Tweaks 

21. Gnote

22. Deja Dup

23. Polari

24. Geary

25. Apostrophe

26. Rnote

27. Document scanner

28. Fragment bit torrent

29. Shortwave

30. Audio Player

31. Video Player

32. Calculator

33. Calendar

34. Camera

35. Characters

36. Clocks

37. Connections

38. Console

39. Contacts

40. Disk Usage Analyses

41. Extensions

42. Maps

43. Settings

44. Weather

45. Tour

46. Lot of little games

47. Circle Applications

Debian 13 "trixie", DVD is OK

 Debian 13 "trixie", DVD is OK

This is my addendum to the post here where I said Gnome DVD has no software to install after installation.

The remedy is simple.

Use the DVD-1 and install any of the desktops.

Gnome,

Cinnamon,

Mate

KDE

or all of them in one go.

It takes little longer buy all the same final outcome is pleasant.

Birth and Rebirth Simplified

 Birth and Rebirth Simplified

           Abhidhamma is colossal and any attempt at simplifying it is difficult, simply because of the fact that Abhidhamma in Buddhist Terminology is an attempt to finely describe the working of the mind.

It is a conceptual framework  of “phenomena of existence” of physical and mental formations i.e; analysis of mental phenomena and their conditioning.

This analysis is the basis for expounding the very nature of existence of the being (Bhava) conditioned by Anitta (impermanence), Dukka (unsatisfactoriness based on impermanence) and hence Anatma (selflessness).

The expression of this at fine mental formation is Upppada (origin),  (rising to a peak) and Bhanga (dissolution) of one thought moment to another with similar onset, crescendo and cessation; i.e; in other words “a state of flux” of mental formation and dissolution. This formation does not end at physical death but extends into the next round of existence in Bhava. 

The mental process is described as a stream (Bhavanga Sota) which invariably accompany the being.

One experiences only one thought moment at any particular time and no two thought moments coexist. Because of the randomness and the speed of onset and dissolution one cannot hold onto a thought moment, unless in "Deep Meditation".

Each thought moment hangs onto some kind of object.       No consciousness arises without the attachment to an object either physical or mental.

When a person is fast asleep and is in a dreamless state he experiences a kind of consciousness which is more passive than active (please note that there is no mention about subconsciousness in Abhidhamma akin to Freudian analysis).

 

The consciousness at the time of conception and at the final moment of death are described in Abhidhamma.

 

The type of consciousness in Abhidhamma Terminolgy is Bhavanga Stream of thought moments.

Like any other consciousness it consists of  genesis (Uppada), steady state (Thiti) and cessation (Bhanga).

Arising and perishing it flows on like a stream not remaining the same for two consecutive thought moments.

According to Abhidhamma, two types of consciousness does not exist (conscious and subconscious).

Bhavanga Stream has no sub-planes but a continuous stream of existence. 

In Abhidhamma the word that aptly describe the state of the mind is Javana or running (there is no exact English rendering).      This Javana thought moment lasts seven thought moments in life or at the time of death five thought moments. 

Javana state is arrested by Thadarammana when an object of attachment to either physical or mental  is ensued and momentary attention is registered. This thought process consists of two thought moments.

The death occurs immediately after the Cuti consciousness.

Cuti and Patisandhi are continuous, within the same thought moment and there is no room for Untharbhava in Abhidhamma.

It lapses into Bhavanga Sota of enormity or Samsara Stream which each one owns with neither beginning nor end. Because of this continuity a false sense of belonging and the concept of self is born with strong attachment, which in Dhamma sense is a grand illusion.

A super being cannot pardon actions (Kusala or Akusala) of a being or arrest this process.

Though, with death, the physical body disintegrates and the flow of consciousness temporarily ceases yet the stream is not annihilated as the Kammic Forces propel it forwards.

Death is  only a prelude to Rebirth.

As Patisandhi (relinking) is the initial thought moment of life so Cuti the final thought moment.

They are the entry point and exist point of a particular life. 

Cuti occurs between Javana and Patisandhi, Thadarammana and Patisandhi and Bhananga and Patisandhi.

So the Samsara is the conditional existence    (sort of cause and effect process) of beings, all inclusive (not only human but Deva and Preta included) .

The goal of Buddhist practice is to strive for unconditional existence of the mental capacity (not a zero sum state) or the Bliss without attachment (Tanha) or Nirvana. 

Way to achieve this is by one’s own effort of meditation (not just meditation) with clear understanding of the above premises of Anitta, Dukka and Anatma.