Disillusion => Ceasing =>
Peace => Bliss => Nibbâna!
The Blessed Buddha once
said:
Bhikkhus, when the
Four
Foundations of Awareness are developed &
cultivated well, then they lead to revulsion, to disillusion, to ceasing,
to peace, to direct knowledge, to enlightenment, to Nibbāna itself...
What four? When an honest & devoted Bhikkhu keenly considers:
1: The Body just as body, &
neither as lasting, mine, nor attractive...
2: The Feeling as feeling,
& neither as pleasant, self, nor stable...
3: The Mind merely as mind
& neither as fine, I or Ego, nor special...
4: Phenomena as states, &
neither as nice, permanent nor ownable...
When the
Four Foundations
of Awareness are developed & trained
well, then they lead to revulsion, to disillusion, to ceasing, to
stilling,
to peace, to direct knowledge, to enlightenment, even to Nibbāna!!!
Brief Comments:
Disillusion means comprehending impermanence, pain & no-self.
Ceasing means fading away of greed, aversion
and ignorance.
Peace means absence of urge, frustration &
stirring activity.
Bliss means absence of pain & sadness, &
presence of Happiness.
Nibbāna means not created, not conditioned,
and not changing!
Details On Foundations
of Awareness (Sati):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Awareness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Sati.htm
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya.
Book [V:
179] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 32 Disillusion..
