Dwelling
inside the
4 Foundations of Awareness!
Once when the Venerable
Anuruddha
and the Venerable
Sariputta
were living at
Vesāli in
Ambapālī's
Grove. Then, in the early evening,
the Venerable
Sariputta
emerged from his daylong seclusion, went
to the Venerable
Anuruddha
and said: Friend
Anuruddha,
indeed is
your appearance serene and your visual expression is pure & bright!
In what dwelling does the Venerable
Anuruddha
now usually dwell?
Now, friend, I usually dwell with a mind well established in the four
foundations of awareness. What four? Here, friend, I dwell solely
reflecting upon the
body
only as a conditioned frame ...
reflecting upon the
feelings
only as passing sensations ...
reflecting upon the
mind
only as habituated and transient moods ...
reflecting upon all
phenomena only as constructed mental states ...
while keen,
clearly comprehending
&
acutely aware, thereby removing
any desire and frustration rooted in this world. The Bhikkhu, friend,
who is an Arahat, one whose
mental fermentations are
all destroyed,
who has lived the Noble life, has done what had to be done, laid down
the burden, reached his own goal, by utterly eliminating these chains
of endless re-becoming, one entirely released through
the final direct
knowledge, usually dwells with a mind well established in these four
foundations of awareness.... Then
the Venerable
Sariputta
exclaimed:
It is a gain for us, friend, it is well won by us, friend, that we were
in the very presence of the Venerable
Anuruddha,
when he roared
such a lion's roar...
Venerable
Anuruddha
Details and references for further study:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/vy/vesaali.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Clear_Comprehension.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Magnificent_Mind.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/sa/saariputta.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/ay/anuruddha.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Focusing_on_Feeling.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Awareness_Ability.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Three_Fermentations.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Phenomena_is_Mental_States.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Four_Foundations_of_Awareness.htm
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya.
[V:301-2] section 52: Anuruddha. Thread 9: The All!
