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) (Vandāmi cetiyaṃ sabbaṃ, sabbaṭṭhānesu patiṭṭhitaṃ. Ye ca dantā atītā ca, ye ca dantā anāgatā, paccuppannā ca ye dantā, sabbe vandāmi te ahaṃ.)
ဝန္ဒာမိ
If you accept guardianship of a sacred object, you accept a duty of truthful record-keeping about its fate.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
The Vedanā and the Path to Liberation" (ဝေဒနာကို နားလည်ခြင်းနှင့် လွတ်မြောက်ရာလမ်းကြောင်း)
We need to study further...
Is the feeling of liking something a self? It's vedanā. Is the feeling of disliking something a self? (It's vedanā, Venerable Sir)
Persons and beings are not involved, #it's_just_vedanā
Isn't this worth studying?
Pleasant feeling is vedanā
Unpleasant feeling is also vedanā
Is it "I" or vedanā?
Is it "human" or vedanā?
Is it "deva" or vedanā?
Is it "brahma" or vedanā?
#Is_it_a_solid_entity?
#Isn't_it_clearly_just_a_nature? Yes, it is, understand?
This is vedanā, isn't this worth examining?
Now, where does "pleasant" end? It ends in impermanence (anicca).
Where does "unpleasant" end? (It ends in impermanence, Venerable Sir)
Neither good nor bad, neutral feeling - where does it end? (It ends in impermanence, Venerable Sir)
Isn't it taught that we can only find peace when we see impermanence?
#Peace_comes_from_seeing_impermanence
Isn't it taught that when we see, we should stop? #When_we_see_we_must_stop. Isn't this worth examining? Let's study.
We need to understand the aggregates:
Rūpakkhandha (form), Vedanākkhandha (feeling), Saññākkhandha (perception), Saṅkhārakkhandha (mental formations), Viññāṇakkhandha (consciousness)...
