ii. Iriyapatha Pabba (Section on Postures) And
again, bhikkus, a bhikkhu while walking note33
knows "I am walking";note34
while standing, he knows, "I am standing"; while sitting,
he knows, "I am sitting"; while lying down he knows, "I
am lying down."note35 To
summarize, a bhikkhu should know whatever way his body is moving or
placed.note36 Thus
he dwells perceiving again and again the bodynote37
as just the body (not mine, not I, not self, but just a phenomenon)
in himself; or he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just
the body in others; or he dwells perceiving again and again the body
as just the body in both himself and in others. He dwells perceiving
again and again the cause and the actual appearing of the body or he
dwells perceiving again and again the cause and the actual dissolution
of the body; or he dwells perceiving again and again the actual appearing
and dissolution of the body with their causes.note38
To summarize, he is firmly mindful of the fact that only the body exists
(not a soul, a self or I). That mindfulness is just for gaining insight
(vipassana) and mindfulness progressively. Being detached from craving
and wrong views he dwells without clinging to anything in the world.
Thus, bhikkhus, this is also a way in which a bhikkhu dwells perceiving
again and again the body as just the body. |