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SN 54.2 audtip release, and pali lesson - memory retention, Rule of Sautrantika


audtip = (aud)io (t)ales in (p)ali.

Originally, audtip.org used to represent "(aud)io (tip)itaka."
Then I researched more into abhidhamma pitaka (basket), and realized it was problematic. 

Lesson #1: Rule of Sautrantika

If newer Buddhist doctrine contradicts core EBT, then earlier core EBT has primacy and you reject heretical contradictions. This doesn't mean the entirety of the newer scriptures have to be rejected, but certainly the parts that contradict are invalid and must be emphatically denied. 

So now,  making lemonade,  audtip = (aud)io (t)ales in (p)ali.


SN 54.2  - 🔗🔊 16🌬️😤 (breath meditation) combined with 7sb☀️
 🔗🔊 = audio link to recording


Chanting the full sutta, with no peyyāla ( maghada-ism for 'pariyaya', ellisions of phrase repetitions), at fluent speed, takes about 2 minutes.

Chanting the abbreviated version, takes about 1 minute.


Lesson #2: Keep it warm! Always recite important suttas every day

This sutta has some super important ideas, so I chant a very abbreviated version of it every day, for the purpose of keeping it sharp in my memory, and since it contains wrapper material overlapping with SN 54.3 (another sutta I chant everyday), then it only takes me 20-30 seconds for my abbreviated SN 54.2 version.

If you don't use your Dharma weapons everyday, they get rusty and you even completely forget about them. So the super important ideas, you want to refresh your memory everyday, to keep it in prime real estate in your mind, like having your sword of samadhi always slung around your back ready to grab on a moment's notice. 

So learning how to create abbreviated suttas that only take half a minute to recite and keep it warm in your memory is a critical skill. 



Lesson #3: Every meditation method has this sutta SN 54.2 as the underlying basis and structure

This is especially clear in SN 46. 
✴️SN 46 Bojjh-aṅga Saṃyutta: Awakening-factors: (7sb) 1🐘 2💭 3🏹 4😁 5🌊 6🌄 7👁

These 20 suttas are all basically the same as SN 54.2, with 20 different meditation subjects substituted in for 'anapana sati sahagatam':

Ānāpāna Vagga 7

SN 46.57 Aṭṭhika: 💀☠️ Skeleton-(perception/sañña)
SN 46.58 Puḷavaka: 🐛🧟 worm-infested
SN 46.59 Vinīlaka: 🧟🏿 black-and-blue-[corpse]
SN 46.60 Vicchiddaka: 🕸️🧟 fissured-[corpse]
SN 46.61 Uddhumātaka: 🧟🏻‍♀️ bloated-[corpse]
SN 46.62 Mettā: 4☮️→1.🤝🤗 friendly-kindness
SN 46.63 Karuṇā: 4☮️→2.👐😊 compassion
SN 46.64 Muditā: 4☮️→3.😊 virtuous-mirth
SN 46.65 Upekhā: 4☮️→4.🛆👁️equanimous-observation
SN 46.66 Ānā-pāna-sati: 16APS🌬️😤 breath-remembering

Nirodha Vagga 8

SN 46.67 A-subha: 31asb 🧟non-beautiful [body parts]
SN 46.68 Maraṇa: 💀⚰️ death-(perception/sañña)
SN 46.69 Paṭikkūla: 🍲💩 loathesome: āhāre paṭikūla-saññā, food repulsiveness-perception
SN 46.70 Sabba-loke: 🌐😞 entire world: Sabba-loke an-abhi-rati-saññā, The-entire-world; non-delight-(in that)-perception
SN 46.71 A-nicca: ⏳ im-permanence (perception)
SN 46.72 Dukkha ⏳→💩: pain-&-suffering: A-nicce dukkha-saññā, (the)-im-permanent (as) pain-&-suffering-perception
SN 46.73 An-atta: 💩→🚫🏃 not-self: dukkhe an-atta-saññā, pain-&-suffering (as) not-self-perception
SN 46.74 Pahāna: abandonment (perception/sañña)
SN 46.75 Vi-rāga: 🚫💑 dis-passion (perception/sañña)
SN 46.76 Nirodha: cesssation (perception/sañña)


Lesson #4: Each of the 7sb awakening factors can be developed independently

The basic 7sb formula is not just a causal sequence that develops in a fixed order. They are completely independent factors you can adjust in any stage of meditation. 

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