ii. Khanda Pabba (Section on Aggregates) And
again, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the five
aggregates of clinging (upadanakkhandha)note78
as just the five aggregates of clinging (not mine, not I, not self but
just as phenomena). And
how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu dwell perceiving again and again the five
aggregates of clinging as just the five aggregates of clinging? Here
(in this teaching), bhikkhus, a bhikkhu perceives thus: "This is
the corporeal body (rupa); this is the cause and the actual appearing
of the corporeal body; this is the cause and the actual dissolution
of the corporeal body. This is feeling (vedana) this is the cause and
the actual appearing of feeling; this is the cause and the actual dissolution
of feeling. This is perception (sanna); this is the cause and the actual
appearing of perception; this is the cause and the actual dissolution
of perception. These are mental formations (sankhara); this is the cause
and the actual appearing of mental formations; this is the cause and
the actual dissolution of mental formations. This is consciousness (vinnana);
this is the cause and the actual appearing of consciousness; this is
the cause and the actual dissolution of consciousness."note79 Thus he dwells perceiving again and again dhammas as just dhammas (not mine, not I, not self, but just as phenomena) in himself; or he dwells perceiving again and again dhammas as just dhammas in others; or he dwells perceiving again and again dhammas as just dhammas in both himself and others. He dwells perceiving again and again the cause and the actual appearing of dhammas; or he dwells perceiving again and again the cause and the actual dissolution of dhammas; or he dwells perceiving again and again both the actual appearing and dissolution of dhammas with their causes.note80 To
summarize, he is firmly mindful of the fact that only dhammas exist
(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, in this way a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again
the five aggregates of clinging as just the five aggregates of clinging. |