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Friends:

Analysis of the Four Foundations of Awareness!

The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, I will teach you:
A: The Foundation of Awareness,
B: The building up of the Foundation of Awareness, &
C: The Way to build up the Foundation of Awareness !!!
Please pay attention & Listen to this...

A: And what, Bhikkhus, is the Foundation of Awareness???
While always acutely alert & clearly comprehending, thus removing
any envy, jealousy, frustration & discontent rooted in this world,
the wise Bhikkhu keeps regarding the:
1: Body as an alien frame of filthy foulness...
2: Feeling as a banal ever recurring reactivity...
3: Mind as a habituated set of bizarre mentalities...
4: Phenomena as mentally constructed appearances...
This is the Foundation of Awareness...!!!

B: And what, Bhikkhus, is the Building Up of this Foundation of Awareness???
While always acutely alert & clearly comprehending, thus removing
any envy, jealousy, frustration & discontent rooted in this world,
the wise Bhikkhu keeps considering the:
1: Body as something bound to emerge, decay and vanish...
2: Feeling as something naturally arising & fading away...
3: Mind as of nature to appear, disappear, flutter & flicker...
4: Phenomena as momentary manifestations always ending...
This is building up the Foundation of Awareness...!!!

C: And what is the Way to build this Foundation of Awareness???
It is just this Noble 8-fold Way, namely:
Right View (sammā-ditthi)
Right Motivation (sammā-sankappa)
Right Speech (sammā-vācā)
Right Action (sammā-kammanta)
Right Livelihood (sammā-ājīva)
Right Effort (sammā-vāyāma)
Right Awareness (sammā-sati)
Right Concentration (sammā-samādhi)
This is the Way to build this Foundation of Awareness...!!!

Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya.
Book [V: 186] 47 Foundations of Awareness: 44 Analysis..