"One must trust in kamma and rely on wisdom. Wisdom consists of sammādiṭṭhi and sammāsaṅkappa (2 wisdom path factors), and sammāvāyāma, sammāsati, sammāsamādhi (3 concentration path factors). Combined, these make up the 5 path factors of observation. What we observe isn't beings, devas, or brahmas, but the five aggregates. #We_only_see_khandhas. This is what needs to be understood.
When meditating, even if you sit for a year, #without_understanding_khandhas_can't_break_sakkāyadiṭṭhi. But if you understand in one morning's sitting, won't sakkāyadiṭṭhi break? Is it about sitting long or understanding quickly? Indeed, #quick_understanding_is_essential.
For this, mustn't we study the khandhas, āyatanas, dhātus, and Noble Truths? We must study to understand the effects of the khandhas.
When first sitting in meditation, it's comfortable - #that's_sukha_vedanā. After about 15 minutes, don't you get stiff? Comfortable or uncomfortable? #That's_dukkha_vedanā.
Look at the khandhas. #The_khandhas_are_showing_themselves. Is it our doing or the khandhas showing? Sometimes isn't there stiffness, pain, aching, pressure, heat, dizziness, itching?
#Is_this_our_doing_or_khandhas_showing? This is rūpakkhandha. Consider - isn't this taught as 'rūpa that changes and deteriorates'? Whether it's stiffness, pain, aching, dizziness, pressure, cold, or itching - these are all changing phenomena. There's only the changing nature and the knowing nature, nothing else.
#Vipassanā_wisdom_needs_precision. Some achieve it in an hour, while others like Uggasena realized while falling from sixty cubits high. Consider this.
So #is_sitting_primary_or_understanding_khandhas? Still, we must sit to encounter the khandhas. Just seeing arms and legs isn't seeing khandhas. The 32 parts of the body are #conventional_concepts, while the five khandhas are ultimate reality. Isn't this worth studying?"
"If we see things in terms of persons and beings, that's conventional reality (paññatti ārammaṇa). Ultimate reality (paramattha ārammaṇa) refers to the five aggregates, or the two aspects of mind and matter. #Don't_we_need_to_understand_nāma-rūpa? We need to distinguish between conventional and ultimate reality.
When we see things in terms of persons and beings, conflicts arise between people. Do these conflicts occur in ultimate reality or conventional reality?
As the Mogok Sayadaw taught: 'The ear hears the Dhamma, wisdom turns to the khandhas.' When wisdom turns toward the khandhas, can greed, hatred, and delusion arise? No, they cannot. Isn't it worth examining why?
Doesn't rūpakkhandha change and dissolve?
Doesn't vedanā arise and pass away?
Doesn't saññā arise and pass away?
Don't saṅkhāras arise and pass away?
Doesn't viññāṇa arise and pass away?
Do we see the five aggregates or their absence? Isn't their absence taught as anicca? Isn't the knowing of this taught as magga?
#At_that_time_do_greed_hatred_delusion_arise? When wisdom turns to the khandhas, doesn't Sayadaw call this 'doing the work'? Isn't this called the work of wisdom? This is wisdom's work, isn't it worth considering?
Everyone can see kamma's work, and jhāna work is visible too. But #wisdom_occurs_in_the_mind_and_understanding. Isn't this worth studying? This is for the cessation of defilements..."
Sadhu! Together let us keep the Dharma wheel rolling.
When we see things in terms of persons and beings, conflicts arise between people. Do these conflicts occur in ultimate reality or conventional reality?
As the Mogok Sayadaw taught: 'The ear hears the Dhamma, wisdom turns to the khandhas.' When wisdom turns toward the khandhas, can greed, hatred, and delusion arise? No, they cannot. Isn't it worth examining why?
Doesn't rūpakkhandha change and dissolve?
Doesn't vedanā arise and pass away?
Doesn't saññā arise and pass away?
Don't saṅkhāras arise and pass away?
Doesn't viññāṇa arise and pass away?
Do we see the five aggregates or their absence? Isn't their absence taught as anicca? Isn't the knowing of this taught as magga?
#At_that_time_do_greed_hatred_delusion_arise? When wisdom turns to the khandhas, doesn't Sayadaw call this 'doing the work'? Isn't this called the work of wisdom? This is wisdom's work, isn't it worth considering?
Everyone can see kamma's work, and jhāna work is visible too. But #wisdom_occurs_in_the_mind_and_understanding. Isn't this worth studying? This is for the cessation of defilements..."
Sadhu! Together let us keep the Dharma wheel rolling.
