FAQ: in 4sp#3: citta-anupassana of satipatthana, what does maha-g-gata citta and anuttara-citta mean?

 

Re: What does this terms form satipatthana means?

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Post by frank k » Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:54 am

David ceballos wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 7:38 amI’ve been reading the satipatthana sutta and I can’t understand this terms from cittānupassana part:

A) expansive mind
B)unexpansive mind
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MN 127 (search for "mahagg")
https://lucid24.org/mn/mn127/index.html#flink-4
explains that it's gradually expanding the area of your awareness from a small spatial area within your internal body, and gradually increasing the radius to the size of a tree, town, country, universe, etc.

Other suttas in the MN 120's also explain it that way, I think in sunnata sutta.


As for an-uttara (unexcelled), that's referring to an arahant mind, uttara (excelled) refers to a mind that is excellent but still has more excellence to accomplish before it's reach the perfection of anu-uttara.
Can't think of a sutta reference offhand. Anyone?