The Only Way for the Realization of Nibbana

Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw

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2019

85 páginas

2h 50m

ISBN-13: 9781697692938

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In The Only Way for the Realization of Nibbna, the Most Venerable Sayadaw gives a brief summary of the practice necessary for such realization, namely samatha and vipassan. He bases his discussion on the first section of the 'MahSatiPaha Sutta', the in&out-breath section of 'The Great Mindfulness-Foundation Sutta'. In the preface (pp.1-23), the Sayadaw discusses the 'MahSatiPaha Sutta' within the context of other suttas where The Buddha discusses the practice necessary for realizing Nibbna. Afterwards, the Sayadaw discusses the in&out-breath section of the sutta within the context of the remaining sections of 'The Great Mindfulness-Foundation Sutta'. Afterwards, the entire in&out-breath section is quoted (pp.25-26). And there is a brief discussion of how one progresses from mundane samatha and vipassan to supramundane samatha and vipassan (p.27). The Sayadaw then discusses in practical detail The Buddha's instructions on samatha in the in&out-breath section of the 'MahSatiPaha Sutta', beginning with Ever mindful he breathes in; ever mindful he breathes out; ending with 'Tranquillizing the body formation, I shall breathe in ': thus he trains. 'Tranquillizing the body formation, I shall breathe out ': thus he trains; this being the four stages of development for attaining the four jhnas (pp.28-36). The Sayadaw then discusses in practical detail The Buddha's instructions on the four stages of vipassan. First Thus he abides contemplating the body in the body internally, or he abides contemplating the body in the body externally, or he abides contemplating the body in the body internally and externally; this being direct knowledge and contem-plation of ultimate materiality and ultimate mentality through the elements contemplation section of the 'MahSati-Paha Sutta', as well as the sections of consciousness-, feelings- and dhammas contemplation (pp.37-60). Second He abides contemplating originating phenomena in the body; or he abides contemplating perishing phenomena in the body; or he abides contemplating [both] originating&perishing phenomena in the body; this being the direct know-ledge and contemplation of causal and momentary rise&perish (pp.61-65). Third Or mindfulness that 'there is the body' is established just sufficient for knowledge, sufficient for mindfulness; this being the higher mundane vipassan knowledges, prior to the realization of Nibbna (p.66). Fourth And he abides independent, and does not cling to any-thing in the world; this being the supramundane realization of Nibbna (p.67). The Sayadaw describes each stage of samatha and vipassan in terms of the Noble Eightfold Path, and he describes vipassan in terms of the full knowledges described by The Buddha as necessary for realization of Nibbna, quoted and discussed in the preface. Their mutual correspondence is shown in a table (p.69). Tables describe the phenomena that make up ultimate materiality (pp.41-45) and mentality (pp.51, 53, 56-59) as described by The Buddha, and their correspondence to the various classifications given by The Buddha in earlier quoted suttas (p.71): the five aggregates (p.72), twelve bases (p.73), eighteen elements (p.74), and four Noble Truths (p.75). Printed copies of this book are made available for the cost of printing and shipping with zero profit.