What are the 4 Foundations
of Awareness?
1:
Seeing the Body as a Foul Frame:
While always acutely alert
and clearly comprehending, thus removing
any lust, urge, envy, frustration and discontent rooted in this world,
the intelligent Bhikkhu keeps
contemplating and regarding any and all
Body as an alien frame
of filthy and foul form... As something bound
to emerge, decay and vanish... Neither as me, mine, nor belonging to me,
nor as 'what I am', nor as a manifested representation of 'myself'!
Neither as lasting, stable,
or safety!
Nor as pleasant beauty and pride!
2: Regarding
any Feeling as a Annoying Reaction:
The intelligent Bhikkhu keeps
contemplating and regarding any and all
Feeling as a remote ever recurring reactivity... As something bound
to arise, decay, and fade away! Not as mine, felt by me, nor belonging
to me, nor as what 'I am', nor as something felt by my very self!
Neither as lasting, stable,
or safe!
Nor as ever pleasure, and only bliss!
3:
Noticing Mind just as passing moods:
The intelligent Bhikkhu keeps contemplating,
and regarding any and all
Mind
as a habituated set of bizarre mentalities of a weird nature,
that appears, dwindles, flutters,
and flickers... Neither as something
that 'I am', nor as a part of 'me', nor making up 'my ego' or 'my self'!
Neither as lasting, stable, or
ever same! Not as fascinating! Not as soul!
4: Knowing Phenomena as
only momentary
appearances:
The intelligent Bhikkhu
keeps contemplating and regarding any and all
Phenomena as mentally constructed appearances of momentary
manifestation always ending right where they
emerged. Not as mine,
belonging to me, or any self! Not as something lasting, stable, or real!
Not as existent, enduring, substantial, material, absolute. or authentic!
The 4 Great Frames of Reference!
This is the
fourfold Foundation of Awareness...! This -
only this -
is the sole way to the
purification of beings! Why is it actually so?
It is an indispensable support for a presence, that has to stand near!
It has to be made manifest, to be of service as a guarding activity!
It has to be established, as a continuous dominance of comprehension!
It is essential,
and absolutely necessary for optimizing any behaviour!
It is a crucially needed key, imperative for preventing all mistakes!
It is a vitally fundamental prerequisite for guidance,
and self-control!
It is the only thing, that can
overcome relapses of careless neglect!
When not aware of what one is doing, serious mistakes is inevitable!
Details On Four Foundations
of Awareness (Satipatthāna):
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Sati_Studies.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Causes_of_sati.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Sati_Summary.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Sati_in_Solitude.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Sati.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Clear_Comprehension.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Noble_Awareness.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/One_and_only_Way.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Feeding_Awareness.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Analysis.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Sati_a_la_Anuruddha.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Awareness.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Careful_and_Rational_Attention.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Four_Foundations_of_Awareness.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Clear_and_Aware_Comprehension.htm
