Dawn of the Truth

Monks, the  eye is impermanent ,  changing , 'becoming-otherwise.'  the  ear is impermanent ,  changing , 'becoming-otherwise.’ the  nose is impermanent ,  changing , 'becoming-otherwise.' the  tongue is impermanent ,  changing , 'becoming-otherwise.' the  body is impermanent ,  changing , 'becoming-otherwise.' the  mind is impermanent ,  changing , 'becoming-otherwise.' Monks, the one who accepts these truths by faith is called  faith-follower (saddhā’nusārī);  He is descending into the certainty of rightness [the fixed course to rightness] (sammatta niyama)], descending into the plane of true individuals (sathpurusha)’ he has gone beyond the plane of the worldlings. He is incapable of doing any intentional deed by which he might be reborn in hell, or in the animal birth, or in the ghost realm. He is incapable of dying without having attained the fruit of streamwinning. ...

The Buddha has preached that the path to liberation is a process of knowing and seeing. He has further described that the one who progresses in the path discards cankers (mental influxes) and what one should know and see as he or she progresses is the arising and ceasing of the five clinging aggregates. ‘Monks I teach how to discard cankers to those who dwell knowing and seeing! , knowing and seeing what,’ This is the form, this is its origin, this is its cessation……. This is the sensation, this is its origin, this is its cessation…… This is the perception, this is its  origin , this is its cessation…… This is the formation, this is its  origin , this is its cessation…… This is the consciousness, this is its  origin , this is its cessation…… Mental Concentration Samadhi Bhavana Sutra (Anguttara Nikaya) describes four types of mental concentration and their benefits, (1) Happiness here and now; In Salleka Suthra (Majjima Nikaya) it is said, Th...

While dwelling at Savatthi the Blessed One preached,  " When a fool is obstructed by ignorance and conjoined with craving, this body thus results. Now there is both this body and external name-&-form. Here, in dependence on this duality, there is contact at the six senses. Touched by these, or one or another of them, the fool is sensitive to pleasure & pain.” "When a wise person is obstructed by ignorance and conjoined with craving, this body thus results. Now there is both this body and external name-&-form. Here, in dependence on this duality, there is contact at the six senses. Touched by these, or one or another of them, the wise person is sensitive to pleasure & pain .” This is a profound teaching by the Buddha. The body he referred to here is not the body which is known as a sense faculty, it’s the corporeal which consists of all sense bases or the body where consciousness arise through the eye, the ear, the nose, the tongue, the body and the mind. ...

The Samādhi Bhāvanā Sutra (Anguttara Nikaya) mentions four uses or benefits of mental concentration (samādhi), namely, (1) for happiness here and now; (2) for the divine eye (clairvoyance and knowledge of the working of karma); (3) mindfulness and clear comprehension; and (4) spiritual liberation. The method and benefit for each of these Samādhis are as follows: Samādhi that brings about Cultivation (or method) (1) dwelling happily here and now the four dhyanas (2) knowledge and vision the perception of light (3) mindfulness and clear comprehension the notion of impermanence (4) the destruction of mental influxes (cankers) -Nibbana watching the rise and fall of the aggregates 1. Mental Concentration for Happiness Here and Now The first method helps to reach the four dhyanas and dwell happily, here and now. In Salleka Suthra (Majjima Nikaya) it ...