Dawn of the Truth

The Buddha preached that knowing the four nutriments with wisdom (with insight) is the right view. “Monks, there are these four nutriments for the maintenance of beings who have come into being or for the support of those beings who are searching to be born. Which four? Bodily or physical food; contact as the second, mental volition or intention the third, and consciousness the fourth. These are the four nutriments for the maintenance of beings who have come into being or for the support of those beings who are searching to be born.” This teaching focuses on the cause and effect phenomena, reaching beyond the mundane self-view. The Suthra discusses about the origin of the beings and their existence in samsara (the repetitive cycle of birth & death) and not about the origin of the physical body or its maintenance. It describes the four nutriments and the way they come to be and contribute to the continuity of existence. It also explains the way the self-view is abandoned ...

Common practice is to watch the flow of breath, its beginning, continuation and passing away and its diverse nature. In essence this practice can be described as watching the flow of breath that exists which is done by 'me'. This technique can help to build calmness and tranquillity and hence can be misunderstood as an insight. For instance, I can feel & note the breath as I breathe in & breathe out, as it passes through the nostrils, sometimes in fragmented form, however, as an occurrence that is experienced by me. There is no difference in this process and where we contemplate on a building as a thing that is constructed with bricks, sand & cement, which is only a means of deconstructing an  object, a building that exist, mentally.  .  Buddha’s teaching reaches far beyond that.   During his time teachers such as Alarakalama and Uddakarama Putta practiced this technique to the highest state and succeeded in subduing sensual pleasures. They ...

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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...