The One & only Way to Purification of Beings!
Just after enlightenment
the Blessed Buddha stayed under a great Banyan
tree at Uruvela on the bank of the river Neranjara. There he reflected:
There is this single, one
and only direct way for the purification of beings,
for the relief from all sorrow and grief, for the fading away of all pain
and
frustration, for achieving the right method, for the realization of
Nibbāna,
that is, these
Four
Foundations of Awareness! What four? When a Bhikkhu
lives
& dwells, aware & clearly comprehending,
while always contemplating &
reflecting upon:
1: The Body merely as a disgusting
and fragile accumulation..
2: The Feelings just as instantly passing conditioned reactions..
3: The Mind only as a set of recurring, banal
and habituated moods..
4: Phenomena only as mentally manifested, fake & artificial appearances..
The 4 Great Frames of Reference!
He thereby removes any lust,
urge, envy & frustration rooted in this world..
This is verily the
one and only direct way for the purification of all beings,
for the relief from all sorrow and grief, for the fading away of all pain
and
frustration, for achieving the right method, for the realization of
Nibbāna,
that is, these
Four Foundations
of Awareness...
Then the
Brahma
Sahampatti,
knowing this, instantly appeared before the
Blessed One & having arranged
his upper robe over one shoulder, he raised
his joined palms towards the
Blessed One, and said to him:
"So is it! Blessed One. So be it!
Well-Gone One. Venerable sir, that is the one
and only direct way for the purification of
beings..."
The Great Seer of the Silencing of all Becoming,
Compassionate,
understands this unique One Way:
By which they all in the past crossed the flood,
By which they all cross
now in the present, and
By which they all will
cross over in any future...
Comment: The 'Flood'
(Ogha) here means:
The Flood of
sense-desire (kāmā-ogha)
The Flood of wanting to (re-)become
(bhavā-ogha)
The Flood of wrong views
(ditthā-ogha)
The Flood of ignorance
(avijjā-ogha)
These 4 floods overwhelm and destroy all beings in Samsara!
Ever
and ever, again and again!
Details on the 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/Clear_and_Aware_Comprehension.htm
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya.
Book [V:
167-8] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 18 Brahma...
