07 January 2009
The Great Frames of Reference
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Mahasatipatthana Sutta
(Digha Nikaya 22)
Buddha's Discourse over The Great Frames of Reference
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
The Blessed One said this: "This is the direct path for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for the disappearance of pain and distress, for the attainment of the right method, and for the realization of Unbinding - in other words, the four frames of reference. What four?
"There is the case where a monk remains focused on the body in and of itself - ardent, alert, and mindful - putting aside greed and distress with reference to the world. He remains focused on feelings...mind...mental qualities in and of themselves - ardent, alert, and mindful - putting aside greed and distress with reference to the world.
In Section: Meditation - This article belongs to category: Buddhist meditation
Mind quotes
Energy conveys to us the idea of motion and activity. Inside a living organism we see a source of power, which by some manner is released in terms of movement. Life is energy. It is the creator or initiator of movement change, development. We are different from moment to moment because the life principle is at work with us. The spirit of humanity, like the forces of nature, and like the physical life, is at bottom energy. Spiritual life, therefore, is just as much a development out of what has gone before in the evolutionary process as physical life is. Which means that the origin of spiritual life is from within.John Dietrich



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