Investigation is a Link to Awakening!
The Investigation of states Link to Awakening (dhammavicaya-sambojjhanga)
is basically the
same mental property (pañña-cetasika), that understands
everything and which also is
inherently included in the:
The
Understanding feet of force (vimamsiddhipāda)
The Ability of Understanding (paññindriya)
The Power of Understanding (paññabala)
The
Right View Path Factor (sammā-ditthi-magganga)
It can be trained, developed &
refined to a degree that fully enlightens!
If one single quality should be pointed out as thee cause of Awakening,
then it is this
Investigation of states Link to Awakening
that
enlightens!
The Buddha once said:
What
mental
fermentations (āsava) should be
overcome by development? If a Bhikkhu by
careful & rational attention
develops the investigation of states
link to awakening based on seclusion,
disillusion, ceasing, & culminating in relinquishment, then neither can any
fermentation, nor any fever, nor discontent ever arise in him.
MN2 [i 11]
Remaining thus
aware,
then he examines, analyzes, & comes to understand
that quality with penetrating insight. While thus
aware,
exploring into,
examining, analyzing, and coming to full intuitive comprehension, then
this
investigation of states
link to awakening becomes aroused. He
develops
it, and for him it goes to the culmination of its development.
MN118 [iii
85]
The ability of investigation of states is to examine, scrutinize
and analyze
any chosen object and when this ability is unshakable
and unfailing, it then
becomes the power of investigation of phenomena! By thorough and eager
investigation one understands that all things are caused and conditioned
and as such only are compounded constructions, that pass through the
inconceivably rapid moments (~10-43 sec.) of arising, presence, &
ceasing!
Remaining neither the 'same', nor 'stable' for two consecutive moments...
Comprehending this universal
flux gradually disables craving and clinging...
Therefore do not trust anything (especially not 'your-self'!) blindly...,
but keep on examining and
question what is doubtful and not quite clear.
Don't jump into any
premature conclusion, before having examined it again!
The
Investigation of states Link to
awakening is the sword, that cuts right
through the jungle of views
to real seeing, understanding and true knowing!
Investigation is
found in the
last five (III-VII) of these 7 Purifications:
I: Purification of morality
(sīla-visuddhii)
II: Purification of mind
(citta-visuddhi)
III: Purification of view
(ditthi-visuddhi)
IV: Purification by overcoming doubt
(kankhā-vitarana-visuddhi)
V: Purification by knowledge and vision of what is
path and not-path
VI: Purification by
knowledge and vision of progress on the
path.
VII: Purification
of knowledge and vision
(ñānadassana-visuddhi).
Investigation is inherent in these
3 Comprehending
Contemplations:
Contemplation of
Impermanence (aniccānupassanā)
Contemplation of
Suffering (dukkhānupassanā)
Contemplation of
Impersonality (anattānupassanā)
Investigation
leads to the the 9 kinds of real Insight-Knowledge:
1. Contemplation of Arising
and Ceasing
(udayabbayānupassanā-ñāna)
2. Contemplation of Instant Dissolution (bhangānupassanā-ñāna)
3. Contemplation of Appearance as Terror (bhayatūpatthānā-ñāna)
4. Contemplation of Danger
(ādīnavānupassanā-ñāna)
5. Contemplation of Disgust
(nibbidānupassanā-ñāna)
6. The Desire for mental Release
(muccitu-kamyatā-ñāna)
7. Reflecting and repelling contemplation
(patisankhānupassanā-ñāna)
8.
Equanimity regarding all constructions
(sankhārupekkhā-ñāna)
9. Adaptation confirming to the absolute truth (saccānulomika-ñāna).
Further inspirations on this probing quality of
Investigation of states:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Feeding_Investigation.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Because_of_Not_Examining.htm
