Friends: What is Feeding the Awareness (Sati) Link to Awakening! The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, just as this body, is sustained by feeding, exists in dependence on feeding and cannot survive without food, exactly & even so are the Seven Links to Awakening also sustained by feeding, they can also only exist in dependence on feeding and they cannot survive without feeding... And what, bhikkhus, is the feeding of the emergence of any yet unarisen Awareness Link to Awakening and feeding of the completion by development of any already arisen Awareness Link to Awakening ??? There are states that are the basis and source for the Awareness Link to Awakening!! Frequently giving careful and rational attention to them, is feeding the arising of any unarisen Link to Awareness Link to Awakening and feeding the gradual fulfilment by development of any already arisen Awareness Link to Awakening...
And what, Bhikkhus, is the starving that obstructs the emergence of any yet unarisen Awareness Link to Awakening & which also hinders any already arisen Awareness Link from reaching any fulfilment by development? There are, bhikkhus, things that are basis and source for the Awareness Link to Awakening: not giving frequent, careful & rational attention to them; not considering them much; is the starving that prevents any unarisen Awareness Link to Awakening from arising and also blocks any already arisen Awareness Link to Awakening from reaching complete fulfilment by development... Comments from the classical commentaries: Establishing continual mental presence standing near the object is the characteristic of the Awareness Link to Awakening (sati-sambojjhanga). Neither neglecting any nor forgetting anything is the function of Awareness. Remaining anchored on the object, undistracted & undisrupted, is the manifestation of the Awareness Link to Awakening. The food that are basis and source the arising of the Awareness Link to Awakening is: 1: Training of Clear Comprehension (sampajanna): http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Clear_Comprehension.htm 2: Training of the Four Foundations of Awareness (satipatthana): http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/Manual/Meditation.Manual.htm 3: Avoidance of careless, mindless & always distracted people. 4: Friendship with those endowed with acute & alert awareness. 5: Determination regarding establishing unremitting awareness. What is Right & Noble Awareness? Answer and Details at: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Awareness.htm Further studies in this superb state: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Sati_Studies.htm Awareness is the state that increases when opening the eyes extra-wide! Try Now! Awareness is a crucial Universal Basis for all other advantageous states whatsoever... Awareness is all helpful and useful everywhere and anytime. Sati Saturates so Sweet! Sources (edited extracts): The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book [V: 65-6+102-8] 46: Links. 2+51: Group & Nutriments.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PS: Please include the word Samahita in any comment, since then will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond!! Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. Friendship is the Greatest ... Let there be Calm & Free Bliss !!! http://What-Buddha-Said.net http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Buddha-Direct http://groups.yahoo.com/group/What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/JcWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Alternatif-Net : A Discussion Forum Focusing on Issues Related to Justice Forum Perbincangan Maya Yang Fokus Kepada Isu Keadilan Disclaimer: Messages sent do not represent the stand of the Barisan Alternatif (BA) unless otherwise stated Complaint : Send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Sub : Send blank e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsub : Send blank e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alternatif-net/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
