Saturday, January 4, 2020

All EBT sutta references to maraṇa-s-sati 💀, death-remembering

AN 6.19 and AN 6.20 are really the only two suttas that fully explain the practice of maraṇa-s-sati, and use that name maraṇa-s-sati  explicitly. The practice itself though, is a frequent theme in the suttas, but it's not easy to identify and track them all since they're referred to tangentially or indirectly, often not having the word marana anywhere in there at all in those passages.

So here I set out to gather all of those references. Help me complete the collection.

maraṇa-s-sati 💀 = death-remembering

‘appamattā viharissāma, tikkhaṃ maraṇassatiṃ bhāvessāma āsavānaṃ khayāyā’ti. (AN 6.19)1. Never forget, remembering to assiduously practice ☸Dharma for arahantship every moment, giving it everything you got, for the time it takes for one breath, or the time it takes to eat one mouthful of food. If you get sidetracked or forget to be assiduous (ap-pamāda), the Buddha calls that negligence (pamāda). (AN 6.19).
2. Remembering, not forgetting that fatal accidents can strike at any moment, so practice the ☸Dharma assiduously every moment. Doing this correctly, will activate the 7sb☀️ sequence producing virtuous-mirth (mudita/pamojja) and rapture (pīti). (AN 6.20).
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new refs found:

SN 4.9
“Appamāyu manussānaṃ,
“The life of humans is short,
hīḷeyya naṃ suporiso;
and a good person scorns it.
Careyyādittasīsova,
They should live as though their head was on fire,
natthi maccussa nāgamo”ti.
for Death comes for everyone.”    

SN 4.10
“Appamidaṃ, bhikkhave, manussānaṃ āyu.
“monks, the life span of humans is short.
Gamanīyo samparāyo, kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ, caritabbaṃ brahmacariyaṃ.
You must go to the next life. So you should do what is skillful, you should practice the spiritual life.
Natthi jātassa amaraṇaṃ.
No-one born is immortal.
Yo, bhikkhave, ciraṃ jīvati, so vassasataṃ appaṃ vā bhiyyo”ti.
A long life is a hundred years or a little more.”
Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:
“Nāccayanti ahorattā,
“The days and nights don’t rush by,
Jīvitaṃ nūparujjhati;
and life isn’t cut short.
Āyu anupariyāyati maccānaṃ,
The life of mortals keeps rolling on,
Nemīva rathakubbaran”ti.
like a chariot’s rim around the hub.”
“Accayanti ahorattā,
“The days and nights rush by,
jīvitaṃ uparujjhati;
and then life is cut short.
Āyu khīyati maccānaṃ,
The life of mortals wastes away,
kunnadīnaṃva odakan”ti.
like the water in tiny streams.”    


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