ဝန္ဒာမိ

ဝန္ဒာမိ စေတိယံ သဗ္ဗံ၊ သဗ္ဗဋ္ဌာနေသု ပတိဋ္ဌိတံ။ ယေ စ ဒန္တာ အတီတာ စ၊ ယေ စ ဒန္တာ အနာဂတာ၊ ပစ္စုပ္ပန္နာ စ ယေ ဒန္တာ၊ သဗ္ဗေ ဝန္ဒာမိ တေ အဟံ။ vandāmi cetiyaṃ sabbaṃ, sabbaṭṭhānesu patiṭṭhitaṃ. Ye ca dantā atītā ca, ye ca dantā anāgatā, paccuppannā ca ye dantā, sabbe vandāmi te ahaṃ.

The Simile of the Wax Figure and understanding ultimate reality prevents unwholesome mental states.

 "The Simile of the Wax Figure


Take a pure white block of wax, about one viss (1.6 kg).
Place it on the table.
What do people see?
#They_see_a_wax_block

Then let it soften in the sun.
Shape it into an elephant
With beautiful tusks, a royal white elephant.
Now what do people see?
They see an elephant.

If you squeeze and knead it,
#Do_you_find_elephant_or_wax?
You find wax.
Are people seeing wax or elephant?
#They_see_wax_as_elephant
#It's_just_a_shaped_form

What truly exists - elephant or wax?
#Seeing_the_non-existent_as_existent

Then reshape it into a horse.
Knead it again -
#What_truly_exists_horse_or_wax?
People see the horse,
But nobody sees the existing wax.

#This_is_how_consciousness_sees

In truth, is it wax or just visible form (rūpa)?
#Looking_however_you_want_there's_only_visible_form

Don't we wrongly perceive it as:
- Male/female
- Devas/brahmas
- Sons/daughters?
#This_is_wrong_perception

Consider this carefully..."

This simile illustrates how we misconceive reality through wrong perception and conceptualization.

"🌺The Simile of Son/Daughter🌺

When holding what you think is your daughter
And kissing her - do you find a daughter or just a smell?
When holding what you think is your son
And kissing him - do you find a son or just a smell?

#Through_conceptual_thinking:
'My daughter was born!'
'My son was born!'
#This_is_mind-consciousness
#Just_thinking_and_imagining

But when nose contacts:
Daughter or smell?
Son or smell?
Only smell is found - this is nose-consciousness
Isn't there nāma (consciousness)?
Isn't there rūpa (smell)?
#These_are_the_two_realities

Searching for son or daughter:
Can you find them?
#If_not_found_do_they_exist?
What's actually found - son/daughter or nāma-rūpa?
#When_truth_is_known_delusion_disappears

#Looking_with_parent's_eyes_sees_sons_and_daughters
#This_is_conceptual_mind-consciousness

Consider this carefully..."

This simile illustrates how we superimpose concepts of "son" and "daughter" over the ultimate reality of just nāma-rūpa (mind-matter).

🌺The Ear-Door🌺

Who knows nāma-rūpa? Not a person, but magga-sacca.
Which path? (Samādhi path, Venerable Sir)
#One_who_has_samādhi

When someone speaks harshly, insultingly:
#Mindfulness_when_hearing is taught
With mindfulness, what's found?
Just nāma-rūpa:
- Hearing consciousness (nāma)
- Sound (rūpa)
#Only_these_two_are_found

Without learning (sutavā):
When called "thief!" - anger arises
Is anger wholesome or unwholesome?
Does it bring happiness or suffering?
#The_Buddha_taught_not_to_accept_suffering

#Due_to_lack_of_learning_anger_arises
Where does it arise?
#It_arises_taking_things_personally

When investigating:
#Is_there_a_thief_or_just_sound?
When hearing "sound" - does anger arise?
When hearing "thief" - anger arises

Need to distinguish conventional/ultimate truth:
- Hearing consciousness (nāma)
- Sound (rūpa)
#Two_realities

As Mogok Sayadaw taught:
"Ear hears Dhamma, wisdom turns to khandhas"

#When_turned_to_khandhas:
- No "thief" found
- No "dog" found
#This_is_ñāta_pariññā

#To_prevent_rāga_dosa_moha
We must analyze khandhas

What appears: beings
What's found: five aggregates

When this is clearly known,
āsavas of wrong view and ignorance cease.
When suffering truth is known,
āsavas of sensuality and becoming cease..."