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KN Iti 39 concise, great description of how to practice Dhamma anu-passana (the 4th frame of sati'paṭṭhāna)

new addition to 🔗📝 ☸Dhamma-anu-passana 🐘: collection of notes


39 Desanā sutta
Teaching
Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Tathāgatassa, bhikkhave, arahato sammāsambuddhassa dve dhammadesanā pariyāyena bhavanti.
“monks, the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha has two approaches to teaching Dhamma.
Katamā dve?
What two?
‘Pāpaṁ pāpakato passathā’ti—
‘See evil as evil’—
ayaṁ paṭhamā dhammadesanā;
this is the first approach to teaching Dhamma.
‘pāpaṁ pāpakato disvā tattha nibbindatha virajjatha vimuccathā’ti—
‘Having seen evil as evil, be disenchanted, dispassionate, and freed from it’—
ayaṁ dutiyā dhammadesanā.
this is the second approach to teaching Dhamma.
Tathāgatassa, bhikkhave, arahato sammāsambuddhassa imā dve dhammadesanā pariyāyena bhavantī”ti.
The Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha has these two approaches to teaching Dhamma.”
Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
That is what the Buddha said. On this it is said:

(verse)

“Tathāgatassa buddhassa,
“See the two approaches for
sabbabhūtānukampino;
explaining the Dhamma
Pariyāyavacanaṁ passa,
used by the Realized One, the Buddha,
dve ca dhammā pakāsitā.
compassionate for all beings:
Pāpakaṁ passatha cetaṁ,
see that that is evil,
tattha cāpi virajjatha;
and be dispassionate towards it.
Tato virattacittāse,
Then, with a mind free of desire,
dukkhassantaṁ karissathā”ti.
you will make an end of suffering.”
Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.
This too was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
Dutiyaṁ.
(end of sutta)



Frankk comment:

'see evil as evil'.

In other words, that's 4th satipatthana formula translated and interpreted correctly,

4. He meditates continuously seeing ☸Dharma as ☸Dharma [as it actually is, the only way to nirvana].

Right after seeing [wrong] Dharma as [wrong] Dharma,

the next part of the sutta takes you right into the Dharma causal sequence of 'viraga, nirodha, nirvana'.


Here, they use nibbida, viraga, and vimutti (synonym for nirvana in this context)

‘pāpaṁ pāpakato disvā tattha nibbindatha virajjatha vimuccathā’ti—
‘Having seen evil as evil, be disenchanted, dispassionate, and freed from it’—


This sutta also plugs right into the 7sb awakening factor causal sequence.

Buddha teaches using vocalization.

1. Sati remembers the teaching. (also equivalent to satipatthana)

2. Dhamma vicaya awakening factor (equivalent to 4th frame of saitpatthana) thinks about, evaluates, wisely discerns that teaching.

3-7. viriya, piti... upekkha equanimous-observation then finishes the job with nibbida, viraga, vimutti, nirvana.



 




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