Saturday, February 8, 2014

The Foundations of Mindfulness (8)

Satipatthana Sutta 36 - 37

(CONTEMPLATION OF MIND-OBJECTS)

(1. The Five Hindrances)

36. "And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu abide contemplating mind-objects as mind objects? Here a bhikkhu abides contemplating mind-objects as mind objects in terms of the five hindrances. And how does a bhikkhu abide contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects in term of the five hindrances? Here, there being sensual desire in him, a bhikkhu understands: 'There is sensual desire in me', or there being no sensual desire in him, he understands: 'There is no sensual desire in me'; and he also understand how there comes to be the arising of unarisen sensual desire, and how there comes to be the abandoning of arisen sensual desire, and how there comes to be the future non-arising of abandoned sensual desire.'
"There being ill will in him... There being sloth and torpor in him... There being restlessness and remorse in him... There being doubt in him, a bhikkhu understands: 'There is doubt in me'; or there being no doubt in him, he understands: 'There is no doubt in me'; and he understands how there comes to be the arising of unarisen doubt, and how there comes to be the abandoning of arisen doubt, and how there comes to be the future non-arising of abandoned doubt.

(INSIDE)

37. "In this way he abides contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects internally, or he abides contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects externally, or he abides contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects both internally and externally. Or else he abides contemplating in min-objects their nature of arising, or he abides contemplating in mind-objects its nature of vanishing, or he abides contemplating in mind-objects its nature of both arising and vanishing. Or else mindfulness that 'there are mind-objects' is simply established in him to the extend necessary for bare knowledge and mindfulness. And he abides independent, not clinging to anything in the world. That is how a bhikkhu abides contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects in terms of the five hindrances.

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