Remembering all Details of a 1000 Universal Cycles!
Once when the Venerable
Anuruddha was dwelling at
Savatthi
in Jeta's Grove,
Anāthapindika's
Park, a number of Bhikkhus went to
the Venerable Anuruddha and exchanged polite
greetings
with him.
Then they sat down and asked the Ven.
Anuruddha:
Venerable
Sir: What has the Venerable Anuruddha developed and cultivated so
that he has
attained to his famous greatness of direct knowledge?
Anuruddha
then answered:
It is, friends, because I have developed and cultivated these four
Foundations of Awareness
that I have won great direct
knowledge.
What four?
Here, friends, I dwell constantly contemplating upon:
1: The
body only as a frame of transient form, neither as I, me, mine, nor a
any self...
2: The
feelings only as passing sense reactions, neither as I, me, mine, nor anything
self...
3: The
mind only as habitual
and transient moods, neither as I, me, mine, nor any
of myself...
4: All
phenomena only as momentary mental states, neither as any real,
nor static
existents...
while eager,
clearly comprehending, and
acutely aware, by that removing all desire and
therefore also all frustration rooted in this world! It is thus, friends,
because I have developed
and cultivated these
Four Foundations of Awareness, that I have attained
to greatness of direct
knowledge. Furthermore, friends, it is indeed, because I
have developed and completely refined
these 4
Foundations of Awareness, that I clearly
and easily can remember all the historical
details of a Thousand
Aeons... !
Video on Buddhist Cosmology,
Space-time, Observer-dependent Reality, and Genesis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyVijoNjrZo
Comments:
In Buddhist cosmology an
Aeon
(kappa) means a universal cycle, where space first expands,
then stands almost still, then contracts and lastly implodes usually caused by
extreme heat.
This is said to happen, when 7 suns, due to the contraction of space, have come
so close, that
they can be seen from earth. All the oceans will have evaporated, when 5 suns
can be seen!
It is worth noting that this non-steady-state model of the universe described in
detail by the
Buddha >2500 years ago, first was "re-discovered" in the 1920ties as the
Big Bang theory,
based on measurements using
telescopes and
spectrometers
not available to the Buddha...!
Details and references for further study:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Sati_Studies.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/g_m/kappa.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/One_and_only_Way.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 11: A Thousand Aeons!
