"The Five Types of Right View (Sammādiṭṭhi)

 "The Five Types of Right View (Sammādiṭṭhi)

1. Kammassakatā Sammādiṭṭhi (Right View of Ownership of Kamma)
2. Jhāna Sammādiṭṭhi (Right View of Absorption)
3. Vipassanā Sammādiṭṭhi (Right View of Insight)
4. Magga Sammādiṭṭhi (Right View of the Path)
5. Phala Sammādiṭṭhi (Right View of Fruition)

As taught by Mogok Sayadaw:
#In_conventional_truth_kamma_is_paramount

When we truly believe in kamma:
- When afflicted by 'spirits' or 'witches'
- Would we still perform animal sacrifices?
#No_we_wouldn't

Why believe in kamma?
If in past lives we killed others,
Can we escape the consequences?
If we believe this, do we need rituals?
#Can_we_escape_through_rituals?

Causes bring results
We must accept the khandhas' burden
#Must_accept_death
If we hadn't done it in the past,
Would others do it to us now?

If in past lives we:
- Spread gossip and slander
- Stole from others
- Told lies
Can we escape our turn?

Kammaṃ vipākassa
#Like_shadow_follows_form
Effects follow causes
Isn't this worth believing?

With this belief,
Keep five precepts unbroken
In conventional truth,
Sīla is essential for living in the world
#Without_sīla_how_can_we_manage?
These are the essential points."

"In ancient times, wealthy people like Jotika and Atulakārī:
Their wealth couldn't be stolen
No king could seize it
No fire could burn it
No water could destroy it
#This_was_due_to_perfect_sīla_in_past_lives

Those without sīla:
From past lives, when unwholesome kamma ripens
Face problems like hunger
Though sometimes relieved by past good kamma
Will this relief last forever?
When good kamma is exhausted
Doesn't bad kamma take its turn?

This requires faith in Kammassakatā Sammādiṭṭhi
Then do we need:
- Ghost ceremonies?
- Fortune telling?
- Rituals?
#No_longer_needed
This is true faith in kamma

Like yesterday's Golden Swan story:
If you killed in past lives, you can't escape
Even if saved this time
#Debts_must_be_paid
If you never killed, none will kill you

Consider Venerable Moggallāna:
Unequaled in psychic powers
Yet repeatedly pursued by thieves
Despite earth-diving and sky-flying powers
Why? Looking at past lives:
He deceived his mother in many lives
#When_that_kamma_ripened_could_he_escape?

Finally, five hundred thieves killed him
Like slaughtering cattle
Even as an Arahant, why couldn't he escape?
#Hell_debt_must_be_paid
Kammaṃ vipākassa (Kamma brings its results)"

"In the second link (of Dependent Origination), isn't consciousness, mind-matter, six sense bases, contact, and feeling taught?
Are these causes or effects?
#Can_we_escape_from_effects?
No, we cannot.

Think about it:
When we feel pain, don't we cry out?
These are effects.
Don't we experience being slandered?
Consider - the khandhas we receive are effects
Things to be understood.

What can we be freed from?
'Extinction through destruction of:
- Greed
- Hatred
- Delusion'
#We_can_free_ourselves_from_defilements
With defilements gone, will there be new khandhas?

The Buddha taught of five khandhas
Not as something to enjoy
But as something to endure
#Cannot_enjoy_must_endure

When we understand suffering and causation
Do craving, clinging, and kamma remain?
Aren't the three cycles of Dependent Origination broken?
- Craving cycle
- Clinging cycle
- Kamma cycle
Breaking these three is primary

Like Moggallāna:
After being brutally killed
He went to the Buddha
Asked permission for parinibbāna
#Hell_debt_must_be_paid

Consider Aṅgulimāla:
A murderer worse than animal killers
Yet upon meeting Buddha
Learning about:
- Noble Truths
- Five Aggregates
- Dependent Origination
Didn't he attain path and fruition?
Did he continue killing?
#He_was_freed
Through practice, didn't he complete the monk's duty?

This is how we must study and contemplate
Remember, contemplation is practice..."

“Conception, Renunciation, Turning of the Dhamma Wheel, and the First Display of Supernormal Powers”

On the Full Moon Day of Waso, the Blessed One performed four great acts:

• He entered the mother’s womb with mindfulness and clear comprehension (Paṭisandhi – conception).

• He renounced the worldly life to strive toward Buddhahood (Renunciation).

• He delivered the First Discourse — the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta — to the group of five ascetics (Pañcavaggiyas).

• He performed the first display of supernormal powers (Yamakapāṭihāriya) at the White Mango Grove near Sāvatthī to inspire the faithful assembly of the Fourfold Saṅgha.

Pāli Verse:

"Bahūpakārā kho pana me pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū, ye maṃ padhānapahitattam upaṭṭhahiṃsu. Yaṃ nūnāhaṃ pañcavaggiyānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ paṭhamaṃ dhammaṃ deseyyaṃ."

Meaning:

“The group of five monks rendered me great service, for they attended to me with devotion while I was earnestly engaged in striving for Enlightenment. So, it would be well if I were to teach them the Dhamma first.”

The five ascetics (pañcavaggiyas) had served the Bodhisatta faithfully, offering assistance and care during his ascetic practices even before he attained Enlightenment. Out of gratitude and proper timing, the Buddha chose them as the first recipients of his Dhamma.

Therefore, on this sacred Full Moon Day of Waso, may devoted Buddhists around the world mindfully reflect upon these profound events and strive ever more diligently in the meritorious acts of generosity (dāna), morality (sīla), and mental cultivation (bhāvanā).

Let us all:

• Visit the Mahābodhi Tree, where the Buddha attained Enlightenment, to honor the sacred site.

• Recite and pay homage through the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta and the Paṭṭhāna Desanā.

• Support and contribute to occasions that uphold these meritorious traditions.

May all donors and devotees who assist and support such sacred observances receive a share in this noble merit.

Let us all rejoice and call out joyfully

 — Sādhu! Sādhu! Sādhu!

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..."