"As we've heard before, isn't it necessary to understand:
1. The Five Aggregates (khandha)
2. The Four Noble Truths (sacca)
3. Dependent Origination (paṭiccasamuppāda)?
The Mogok Sayadaw taught #Full_Understanding_through_Direct_Knowledge (ñātapariññā) by observing the arising and passing away of the five aggregates when sense objects meet sense doors.
Sense objects are: visible forms, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and mental objects.
Sense doors are: eye-sensitivity, ear-sensitivity, nose-sensitivity, tongue-sensitivity, body-sensitivity, and mind-sensitivity.
When these two meet, doesn't relevant consciousness arise? Can it arise with consciousness alone? Don't feeling, perception, and volition arise together with it?
Is it person/deity/brahma who experiences form, or is it feeling?
Is it self that perceives, or perception?
Is it self that intends, or volition?
When feeling, perception, and volition combine, don't we have four mental aggregates? Only when these four are complete does seeing-consciousness arise. When seeing-consciousness arises in the eye, can't it arise in the ear? Isn't it worth studying how these four mental aggregates arise at the six sense doors?
Do these four mental aggregates arise by themselves or due to causes? Looking for causes, we find sense objects and sense doors - #two_material_forms.
In the five types of Right View taught by Mogok Sayadaw, doesn't the third one say: To attain Path Knowledge, practice Vipassana? To practice Vipassana, first remove identity view? To remove identity view, understand aggregates and Dependent Origination?
#Aggregates_and_Dependent_Origination: Aggregates mean consciousness-aggregate, Dependent Origination means all causes, Dependently Arisen means all effects.
Are these four mental aggregates created by four Great Brahmas, or do they arise from two material forms? Created by Eternal God or arising from two material forms? Created by Vishnu or arising from two material forms?
When one clearly understands they arise from two material forms, will one still believe in creation by Brahmas, God, or Vishnu? #Doubt_is_eliminated.
When understanding the four mental aggregates as effect, #isn't_wrong_view_eliminated? When understanding the cause, isn't doubt ceased? These are the essential points. #This_is_most_fundamental. Isn't this worth examining? Study this. Understanding these aggregates is necessary. Consider carefully..."
Sadhu! Together let us keep the Dharma wheel rolling.
Anekajātisaṃsāraṃ sandhāvissaṃ anibbisaṃ gahakāraṃ gavesanto dukkhā jāti punappunaṃ Gahakāraka diṭṭho'si puna gehaṃ na kāhasi sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā gahakūṭaṃ visaṅkhataṃ visaṅkhāragataṃ cittaṃ taṇhānaṃ khayamajjhagā (The Dhammapada, verses 153-154)
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vandāmi cetiyaṃ sabbaṃ, sabbaṭṭhānesu patiṭṭhitaṃ. Ye ca dantā atītā ca, ye ca dantā anāgatā, paccuppannā ca ye dantā, sabbe vandāmi te ahaṃ.