Is it a self or Path Truth that knows nāma-rūpa?
#Path_Truth_is_known_by_mind
Which path? (Samādhi path)
#It's_just_mind - consider this
Two types of mental knowing:
1. Conceptual thinking of beings (led by wrong view)
2. Mindful knowing (led by sati)
Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration
All come down to "Sati"
See how:
- Form changes and breaks up
- Mind knows and ceases
Do we see nāma-rūpa or impermanence?
Is impermanence happiness or suffering?
Is suffering controllable? Following beings' wishes?
This is #anatta
When seeing:
- Impermanence - no more nāma-rūpa
- Suffering - no more nāma-rūpa
- Non-self - no more nāma-rūpa
This is #Investigation_Knowledge
When seeing nāma-rūpa:
- No devas or brahmas
- No Venerable Ānanda
- No 31 planes
#This_is_voidness_of_nāma-rūpa
In samādhi:
#No_more_concepts_and_signs
Only characteristics appear clearly
With strong concentration:
Seeing three characteristics
Leading to #Knowledge_of_Things_as_They_Really_Are
Then #Knowledge_of_Disenchantment arises
Behavior changes, becoming more refined"
"Third stage:
Still seeing arising-passing (dukkha sacca)
Search the entire body
Not even a needle-point of happiness found
#When_vipassana_matures_path_knowledge_arises
Perfect sīla test:
When deeply insulted:
- No thought of revenge
- No mental kamma
- No verbal kamma
- No physical kamma
#This_is_complete_sīla
With all 8 path factors:
- No more aggregates seen
- No more arising-passing
#This_is_lokuttara
#Direct_realization_of_nibbana
Stream-entry eliminates:
- Wrong view (diṭṭhi)
- Doubt (vicikicchā)
But not yet:
- Sensual desire (kāmarāga)
- Ill-will (byāpāda)
#The_root_is_caught
Three full understandings:
1. Of the known (ñāta pariññā)
2. By investigation (tīraṇa pariññā)
3. By abandoning (pahāna pariññā)
All past unwholesome kamma
Becomes ineffective (ahosi-kamma)
In daily life:
#Must_perfect_sīla_factors
Look with #Two_eyes:
- Conventional truth
- Ultimate truth"
