THE TREATISE ON THE METHOD OF VIPASSANA INSIGHT MEDITATION Which can speedily lead to the attainment of Magga-Phala-Nibbāna VOLUME I PART II by SAṬṬHASAṄGĪTIPUCCHAKA, AGGAMAHĀPAṆḌITA THE VENERABLE MAHASI SAYADAW Translated by U MIN SWE (Min Kyaw Thu) CONTENTS: CHAPTER IV.......................................................................................6 MANNER OF CONTEMPLATION AND NOTING AND DISCUSSION ON THE DISCOURSE..........................................................................................................................6 HOW CHARACTERISTICS, ETC. COULD BE KNOWN WITHOUT SUTA..........11 IN HARMONY WITH THE ṬṬĪKĀ KYAW (ABHIDHAMMATTHAVIBHĀNĪ ĪKĀ) ...............................................................................................................................................15 HOW CAKKHUPASĀDA IS KNOWN............................................................................19 SUTAMAYA AND CINTĀMAYANĀṆ A ARE NOT VIPASSANĀ.............................25 QUESTION AND ANSWER WHICH DEMONSTRATS VIPASSANĀ......................31 METHOD OF CONTEMPLATING VIPASSANĀ IN BRIEF......................................35 HOW KILESA IS REJECTED BY NOTING..................................................................48 HOW IMPULSIVE CONSCIOUSNESS OR ILLUMINATION CEASES IN PANCADNĀRA - THE FIVE SENSE-DOORS...............................................................50 STORY OF VENERABLE POṬṬ HILA...........................................................................56 MERE NON-DISCERNMENT BY SIGHT WILL NOT BRING FORTH BHĀVANĀ ...............................................................................................................................................59 DIRECT FACTUAL ILLUSTRATIONS.........................................................................61 THE MANNER OF NOTING AT THE MOMENT OF HEARING, ETC...................74 HOW NOTING IS DONE AT THE MOMENT OF TOUCH........................................79 HOW ĀNĀPĀNA IS NOTED............................................................................................85 THE MANNER OF NOTING THE FOUR ELEMENTS...............................................89 MANNER OF NOTING AT THE MOMENT OF THINKING & KNOWING...........91 2 MANNER OF NOTING IRIYAPATHA , (THE POSTURES) THE WAY OF DEPORTMENT (PG 344)................................................................................................101 IT IS NOT DOG'S KNOWLEDGE OR COMMON WORLDLING'S KNOWLEDGE .............................................................................................................................................102 ATTAINMENT OF KAMMATTHĀNA & SATIPAṬṬ HĀNA MEDITATION ARE IDENTICAL......................................................................................................................107 THE MANNER OF NOTING SAMPAJAÑÑA.............................................................116 MANNER OF CONTEMPLATING BAHIDDHA EXTERNAL OBJECTS..............125 MANNER OF CONTEMPLATING SAMUDAYA AND VAYA.................................127 HOW MINDFULNESS BECOMES CORRECTLY MANIFESTED.........................128 VEDANĀNUPASSANĀ....................................................................................................129 UPEKKHĀVEDANĀ........................................................................................................134 SĀMISASUKHA...............................................................................................................139 THE STORY OF THERA MAHĀSIVA.........................................................................143 MANNER OF KNOWING SAMUDAYA AND VAYA................................................149 CITTĀNUPASSANĀ........................................................................................................151 HOW THE MIND IS KNOWN BY ITS CHARACTERISTICS, ETC.......................154 DHAMMĀNUPASSĀ.......................................................................................................156 HOW AWARENESS THE ARISING AND CESSATION OF NĪVARANA TAKES PLACE...............................................................................................................................158 YONISO MANASIKĀRA................................................................................................159 AYONISO MANASIKĀRA............................................................................................163 MANNER OF KNOWING THE KHANDHĀ...............................................................168 MANNER OF KNOWING SAMUDAYA AND VAYA OF RŪPA..............................170 3 MANNER OF KNOWING SAMUDAYA VAYA OF VIÑÑĀNA...............................174 MANNER OF KNOWING ĀYATANA, DHĀTU AND NĀMA-RŪPA......................175 THE MANNER OF KNOWING SAMYOJANA...........................................................179 MERE REFUSAL TO OFFER AS ASKED FOR DOES NOT AMOUNT TO MACCHARIYA................................................................................................................181 HOW BOJJHANGA ENLIGHTENMENT FACTOR IS KNOWN............................184 FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS OR ARIYASACCĀ..............................................................193 DUKKHA-SACCA...........................................................................................................193 SAMUDAYASACCĀ........................................................................................................199 NIRODHASACCĀ............................................................................................................201 MAGGASACCĀ...............................................................................................................202 MANNER OF CONTEMPLATING THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS.........................203 HOW DUKKHA IS KNOWN..........................................................................................210 ANINDRIYABADDHA RUPA IS NOT TO BE REGARDED AS DUKKHASACCĀ .............................................................................................................................................212 HOW SAMUDAYA IS KNOWN.....................................................................................217 THE MANNER OF AWARENESS.................................................................................219 IT IS CONSPICUOUS BUT DIFFICULT TO KNOW.................................................221 HOW NIRODHA AND MAGGA SACCĀ ARE KNOWLEDGE REALIZED..........224 HOW THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS ARE KNOWN EVERY TIME NOTING IS DONE.................................................................................................................................226 HOW THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS ARE KNOWN BY MAGGA-ÑĀNA - THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PATH......................................................................................230 DIFFERENCE IN KNOWLEDGE GAINED BY PUTHUJJANAS AND ARIYAS..232 4 HOW TO DEVELOP THE EIGHTFOLD MAGGANGAS.........................................237 HOW MAGGANGA IS TO BE DEVELOPED.............................................................241 HOW VIVEKANISSITA, ETC. OCCURS.....................................................................246 HOW VOSAGGA PARINĀMĪ TAKES PLACE...........................................................250 SĪLAMAGGANGA IS INCLUDED IN VIPASSANĀ...................................................251 CATUSACCA KAMMAṬṬ HĀNA..................................................................................254 HOW DUKKHA IS COMPREHENDED OR KNOWN...............................................262 HOW SAMUDAYA IS AWARE OF AND KNOWN....................................................263 HOW NIRODHA AND MAGGA ARE AWARE OF AND KNOWN.........................263 THE NOBLE QUALITIES AND ADVANTAGES OF SATIPAṬṬ HĀNA.................267 THE NOBLE WARRANTY.............................................................................................273 THE FIVE PADHĀNIYANGA (FACTORS OF STRIVING)......................................275 SPECIAL REMARKS AND MESSAGE........................................................................277 5 CHAPTER IV MANNER OF CONTEMPLATION AND NOTING AND DISCUSSION ON THE DISCOURSE [In this chapter elucidation will be made on the manner of contemplating and noting, on the manner how true manifestation takes place, and how awareness or realization occurs, as substantiated by Pāḷi Canons, Aṭṭhakathās and Ṭīkās.] It has already been explained in the previous Chapter that just as contemplation is made by Samathayānika on the Jhānacittuppāda in which he has absorbed in an instant, and on the rūpa upon which it depends, and also on the rūpas which have occurred on account of 'jhānacittuppāda', i.e. the mind which has sprung up from jhāna, Vipasanāyānika also should contemplate and note on the mind that occurs at the moment of seeing, hearing, smelling, eating, contacting, imagining and knowing, and on the rūpa upon which these mind or consciousnesses rest, and on the rūpa which appears or exists on the strength of these mind, and also on the rūpa which is the object of the said consciousness. In this regard, seeing-consciousness or "the mind that sees" means cakkhudvāravithi (the cognitive process connected with eye-door) beginning from āvajjana- (the adverting consciousness) and ending with tadārammaṇa (the registration consciousness). In the matter of 6 Vipassanā, it is impossible to contemplate the mind that arises (cittuppāda) by determining its respective constituent parts or mind-moments. It has been explained very convincingly in the relevant Pāḷi texts, Aṭṭhakathās and Ṭīkās that contemplation