Friends:
Analysis of the Four Foundations of Awareness!
The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus,
I will teach you:
A:
The Foundation
of Awareness,
B:
The building up of the
Foundation of
Awareness, &
C:
The Way to build up the
Foundation of Awareness !!!
Please pay attention &
Listen to this...
A: And what, Bhikkhus, is the
Foundation
of Awareness???
While always acutely alert & clearly
comprehending, thus removing
any envy, jealousy, frustration & discontent rooted in this world,
the wise Bhikkhu keeps regarding
the:
1: Body as an alien frame
of filthy foulness...
2: Feeling as a banal ever recurring reactivity...
3: Mind as a habituated set of bizarre mentalities...
4: Phenomena as mentally constructed appearances...
This is the
Foundation of Awareness...!!!
B: And what, Bhikkhus, is
the Building
Up of this Foundation of Awareness???
While always acutely alert & clearly
comprehending, thus removing
any envy, jealousy, frustration & discontent rooted in this world,
the wise Bhikkhu keeps
considering the:
1: Body as something bound
to emerge, decay and vanish...
2: Feeling as something naturally arising & fading away...
3: Mind as of nature to appear, disappear, flutter & flicker...
4: Phenomena as momentary manifestations always ending...
This is building up
the Foundation
of Awareness...!!!
C: And what is the
Way to build this
Foundation of Awareness???
It is just this
Noble 8-fold Way, namely:
Right
View (sammā-ditthi)
Right
Motivation (sammā-sankappa)
Right Speech (sammā-vācā)
Right Action (sammā-kammanta)
Right
Livelihood (sammā-ājīva)
Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma)
Right
Awareness (sammā-sati)
Right
Concentration (sammā-samādhi)
This is the
Way to build this
Foundation of Awareness...!!!
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya.
Book [V:
186] 47 Foundations of Awareness: 44 Analysis..
Details On Four Foundations
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http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Sati_Studies.htm
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http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Sati_Summary.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Sati_in_Solitude.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Clear_Comprehension.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Noble_Awareness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/One_and_only_Way.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Feeding_Awareness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Analysis.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Sati_a_la_Anuruddha.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Awareness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Careful_and_Rational_Attention.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Four_Foundations_of_Awareness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Clear_and_Aware_Comprehension.htm