Seeing the
Arising & Ceasing induces Calm!
The Venerable
Channa
once said to a fellow disciple:
Friend
Sariputta, it is because I have seen, known and directly experienced
the momentary arising & ceasing of the eye, visual-consciousness, and any
phenomena recognizable by visual-consciousness, that I indeed regard
them all thus: This is not mine, this is not me, this is not
my self...
Furthermore: It is because I have seen, known and directly experienced the
momentary arising & ceasing of the ear, auditory-consciousness, all sounds,
the nose, olfactory consciousness, smells, the tongue, gustatory-consciousness,
all flavours, the body, tactile consciousness, all touches, the mind, any mental
consciousness, and any phenomena recognizable by mental-consciousness,
that I now indeed consider all these momentary mental states thus:
This is not mine, this is not me, this is not
my self...
Then the Venerable
Mahacunda said to Venerable
Channa: Then friend
Channa,
this teaching of the Buddha is to be given acute and constant attention
thus:
In any dependence, there is
always a shaky, risky & vacillating wavering!
In all independence, there
is neither any shaky, nor any risky wavering!
When there is no wavering, then there is tranquillity. When there is
tranquillity,
there is neither inclination, nor drifting, nor bending, nor attraction, nor
repulsion...
When there is no such tendency, then there is neither any coming, nor any
going!
Where there is no coming & going, there is no passing away, nor any being
reborn...
When there is neither passing away, nor being reborn, then there is neither
here,
nor beyond, nor in between the two! This -itself- is the very End of all
Suffering...
Comments:
Any dependence implies insecure
instability! Only the unconditioned
Nibbāna is safe...
Stable Independence and Unstable Dependence...
Source:
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya. Book IV
[59]
Section 35: On The 6 Senses. Channa:
87.
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