Satara Sathi pattana Sutta MN10
Four Frames of Mindfulness
This is the DIRECT path to
a)Purification of mind
b)over coming sorrow and lamentation
c)disappearance of distress and pain
d) realisation of Ultimate Peace
What are these four frames of reference
1.Focus on the body in –and of – itself (kayanu passana)
2. Focus on the feelings in –and of –itself (vedananu passana)
3.Focus on the mind in and of –itself (chittanu passana)
4. Focus on the phenomena and mental qualities in and of itself (dhammanu passana)
A)Focus on the body
1.Breathing meditation -anapana sathi
2.Postural meditation - sitting walking standing sleeping
3. Right contemplation in actions -Yoniso manasikhara
4 loathsome of body parts - asubha bhavana
5.four element meditation - dhatu manasikhara
6. Dead body contemplation - Navasivatha bhavana
B)Focus on feeling - arising passing –body/mind –pleasant /unpleasant neither pleasant or unpleasant
C) Focus on Mind
Thoughts of greed- aversion- delusion
Mind -scattered dispersed expanded constricted
Concentrated surpassed -arising /passing -internal /external
D) Focus on mental qualities
1.Five hindrances - greed, aversion, sloth&torpor,worry&anxiety,doubt
2. Five clinging aggregates –Form feeling perception mental formation conciousness
3.six sense media internal/external- eye ear nost tongue body mind /form sound,smell ,taste,touch,thoughts
4.Seven factors of awakening – Satha bojjanga
ie ; Mindfulness ,contemplation of dhamma.persistence , rapture serenity,concentration,equanimity
5. Four Noble Truths – dukkha ,cause of dukkha ,cessation of dukkha. Path leading to cessation of dukkha
Conclusion
"Now, if anyone would develop these four frames of reference in this way for seven years, one of two fruits can be expected for him: either gnosis right here & now, or — if there be any remnant of clinging/sustenance — non-return.
"Let alone seven years. If anyone would develop these four frames of reference in this way for six years... five... four... three... two years... one year... seven months... six months... five... four... three... two months... one month... half a month, one of two fruits can be expected for him: either gnosis right here & now, or — if there be any remnant of clinging/sustenance — non-return.