Guest guest Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Friends: Seeing the momentary Arising and Ceasing induces Calm!Friend Sariputta, it is because I have seen, known and directly experienced the momentary arising & ceasing of the eye, eye-consciousness, and any phenomena recognizable by eye-consciousness, that I indeed regard them all thus: This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self... Furthermore: It is because I have seen, known & directly experienced the momentary arising & ceasing of the ear, ear-consciousness, & any phenomena recognizable by ear-consciousness, the nose, consciousness of the smelled, & any phenomena recognizable by such nose-consciousness, the tongue, tongue-consciousness, and any phenomena recognizable by tongue-consciousness, the body, body-consciousness, and any phenomena recognizable by tactile body-consciousness, the mind, mental-consciousness, any phenomena recognizable by mental-consciousness, that I now indeed consider all these states thus: This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self... Then Venerable Mahacunda said to Venerable Channa: Then friend Channa, this teaching of the Buddha is to be given acute, constant & close attention: In any dependence, there is unstable wavering! In independence, there is no unstable wavering! When there is no wavering, then there is tranquillity. When there is tranquillity, there is no inclination, no bias, no bending, neither attraction nor any repulsion...When there is no such inclination, then there is neither any coming nor any going! When 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... Source:The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book IV [59]Section 35: On The 6 Senses. Channa: 87. http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html PS: Please include the word Samahita in any comment, since then will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond!! Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. Friendship is the Greatest ... Let there be Calm & Free Bliss !!! http://What-Buddha-Said.net Buddha-Direct What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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