Analysis of the Four Foundations of Awareness:
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, I will now 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
by listening to this...
A: And what, Bhikkhus, is the
Foundation of Awareness?
While always acutely alert
and clearly
comprehending, thus removing
any envy, jealousy, frustration, and 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
only mentally constructed appearances...
These are the 4
Foundations of Awareness...
B: And what, Bhikkhus, is
the Building
Up of this Foundation of Awareness?
While always acutely alert
and clearly
comprehending, thus removing
any envy, jealousy, frustration, and 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
and fading away...
3: Mind as of a nature to appear, disappear, flutter
and flicker...
4: Phenomena as only momentary manifestations always ending...
This is building up the 4 Foundations 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 the 4 Foundations of Awareness...
Details on these 4 Foundations
of Awareness (Sati):
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Sati_Studies.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Causes_of_sati.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Sati_Summary.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Sati_in_Solitude.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Sati.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Clear_Comprehension.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Noble_Awareness.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/One_and_only_Way.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Feeding_Awareness.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Analysis.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Sati_a_la_Anuruddha.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Awareness.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Careful_and_Rational_Attention.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Four_Foundations_of_Awareness.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Clear_and_Aware_Comprehension.htm
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya.
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