4👑☸ Cattāri Ariya-saccaṃ 四聖諦
SN 47.2 defines 'sati' (mindfulness ) as doing this all the time (24/7 samādhi ):
kāye kāyā-(a)nu-passī viharati |
He lives continuously seeing the body as a body [as it truly is]. |
vedanāsu vedanā-(a)nu-passī viharati |
He lives continuously seeing sensations as sensations [as it truly is]. |
citte cittā-(a)nu-passī viharati |
He lives continuously seeing a mind as a mind [as it truly is]. |
dhammesu dhammā-(a)nu-passī viharati |
He lives continuously seeing ☸Dharma as ☸Dharma [as it truly is]. |
(… elided refrain from each way…) |
[in each of the 4 ways of remembering]: |
ātāpī sampajāno satimā, |
he is ardent 🏹, he has lucid discerning 👁, he remembers 🐘 [to apply relevant ☸Dharma]. |
vineyya loke abhijjhā-do-manassaṃ; |
he should remove greed and distress regarding the world. |
Sammā Sati 🐘
disambiguation
see sati for more detail
The generally accepted idea at the time of this writing, which is wrong,is that sati means very different things in different contexts in the suttas.
Sati is memory
The elephant never forgets.
sati = remembering = two way memory access, memorization + recollection (SN 48.9 sati-indriya).SMRTI = You (S)uppose to (M)emorize and (R)ecollect (T)errific (I)deas.SATI = You (S)uppose to (A)ctualize (T)errific (I)deas
☸Dhamma = those (t)errific (i)deas.
Meaning of the cryptic 4sp🐘 formula
He abides, continuously seeing the body as a body, [as it actually is, according to reality]...He abides, continuously seeing the experienced-sensations as experienced-sensations, [as it actually is, according to reality]...He abides, continuously seeing the mind as mind, [as it actually is, according to reality]...He abides, continuously seeing the ☸Dhamma as ☸Dhamma, [as it actually is, according to reality]...
🔗proof & details
S&S🐘💭 sati & sam-pajāno, remembering & lucid-discerning
S&S🐘💭 is as ubiquitous as a peanut-butter-&-jelly 🥜🍓🥪 sandwich.Whenever you see the word 'sati' in isolation in the
EBT ,what it usually means is S&S at the minimum,
4sp🐘 by definition (
SN 47.2),or the entire
7sb☀️ headed by sati-sambojjhanga is implied.
S&S🐘💭 = Insight: In EBT, S&S performs the role of insight.S&S is explicitly stated in third jhāna.There is no "access concentration" (upacāra samādhi) in EBT.
V&V💭 : vitakka & vicāra: directed-thought & evaluation:In first jhāna, V&V is essentially a coarser form of S&S.See
4 Jhānas🌕 ≈ 4 Satipaṭṭhāna🐘.
There is no time out or off-switch for sammā-sati
”Sati” should be “always on”: or you will be in grave danger.
4 – Sammā Sati ≡ 4sp🐘 sati'paṭṭhāna
And most of the time in the suttas, when it’s a Buddhist context,just the bare term ‘sati’ = Sammā Sati 🐘 ≡
4sp🐘
10 – misc.
10.1 - suttas focusing on sati
SN 47.0 Sati-'paṭṭhāna 🐘 Saṃyutta: 104 suttas: 4sp remembrance-establishings
MN 10 Sati-’paṭṭhāna is overrated. Study this instead:
ASK: (A)n-uttara (S)ati-’paṭṭhāna (K)handha SuttaThe un-excelled remembrance-establishing aggregate discourse.ASK not what the Dhamma can do for you.
10.2 - samādhi nimittas: Meditation subjects for 4sp🐘 → 7sb☀️
One ☸Dharma: The EBT meditation crown jewel
SN 54.1 Eka-Dhamma: First sutta in the Ānā-pāna-s-sati collection
16🌬️😤 SN 54.11: The Buddha did this on his personal retreats, and praises it profusely in the conclusion.
3 eka-☸Dhammo sati rememberings that lead to virāga...nirvana (AN 1.296)
1.
16🌬️😤: in-breath (&) out-breath remembering,2.
maraṇa-s-sati 💀: death remembering3.
kāya-gatā-sati 🏃: body-immersed-remembering
4 core meditations
(see
4 core meditations )1) asubha 🧟 → remove lust and passion2) metta ☮️ → remove ill will3) 16 APS 🌬️😤 → remove vitakka/thinking4) a-nicca-sañña ⌛💭 → uproot pride, conceit, self
6 anu-s-sati-ṭ-ṭhāna AN 6.29: 6 recollection foundations
(1. STED Jhānas 1-3 for diṭṭha-dhamma-sukha-vihārāya)(2. STED smd-asnd: āloka-saññaṃ leads to ñāṇa-dassanap-paṭi-lābhāya )(3. STED 31asb: 31 non-beautiful body parts for removal of kāma-rāga)(4. STED 9siv: stages of corpse decay, for removal of self and conceit Asmi-māna-samugghātāya)(5. STED 4th jhāna for aneka-dhātu-paṭi-vedhāya)(6. rememberful activities for sati and sampajāno)
6 more anu-s-sati-ṭ-ṭhāna AN 6.10
(1. Buddh-ānu-s-sati)(2. Dhamm-ānu-s-sati)(3. Saṅgh-ānu-s-sati)(4. Sīl-ānu-s-sati)(5. Cāg-ānu-s-sati)(6. Devat-ānu-s-sati)
20 meditation subjects fed into 7sb☀️ engine
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:
1.🤝🤗 friendly-kindness
SN 46.63 Karuṇā:
2.👐😊️ compassion
SN 46.64 Muditā:
3.😊 rejoicing [in skillful Dharmas]
SN 46.65 Upekhā:
4.🛆👁️ equanimous-observation
SN 46.66 Ānā-pāna-sati:
16🌬️😤 breath-remembering
Nirodha Vagga 8
SN 46.67 a-subha 🧟 : non-beautiful [usually
31asb🧟 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)
”Sati” should be “always on”, no off switch position
Anytime you don’t have the “sati” switch flipped in the “on” position, you are in grave danger.
explicit reference to “grave danger”
SN 47.6 Sakuṇagghi: simile of quail: always stay in 4sp (satipatthana), to avoid death
SN 47.7 Makkaṭa: simile of monkey: always stay in 4sp, to avoid death
Look at the 10 min. video for “how to find water in the desert with a monkey”. It is reminiscnent of SN 47.7. Is there a closer monkey simile in other suttas?
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-xQ-dmllWHsfScuHNE_P7Jze3uneu0w1?ogsrc=32 3
SN 47.20 Janapada-kalyāṇī: world beauty queen, man with sword, balance bowl of oil
strongly implicit reference to “grave danger”
AN 7.67 sati is the wise gate keeper. If he lets in the bad guys, danger and death!
https://discourse.suttacentral.net/t/an-7-67-fortress-thanissaro-translation-with-pali-ma-3-excerpt-and-doodle/7583
milder implicit sutta references to “grave danger”
SN 46.53 Anytime is the right time for sati (sutta on balancing 7sb to counter 5niv) satiñca khvāhaṃ, bhikkhave, sabbatthikaṃ vadāmī”ti. “As for mindfulness, I tell you, that serves every purpose.”
4sp = 4 sati-(u)patthana, i.e. 4 remembrance establishings. “Establishing” means the sati switch should always be flipped in the “on” position, never in the off posiiton. The word satipatthana appears in countless places, and sammā-sati, “right-remembering”, is often defined as 4sp.
marana-sati closely related, but not the same
marana-sati (death-remembering) is closely related, but many of those suttas dealing with marana-sati not quite making the point of immanent danger the moment sati is neglected.
Look at the 10 min. video for “how to find water in the desert with a monkey”. It is reminiscnent of SN 47.7. Is there a closer monkey simile in other suttas?
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-xQ-dmllWHsfScuHNE_P7Jze3uneu0w1?ogsrc=32 3
maranasati is more like the “life is short” video (about 30 seconds long). The instructions at the end of that video “play hard” is a translation for “appamādena bhikkhave, sampādetha” (the last words of the buddha).
the “jeep grim reaper” 30 second video commercial is a sublime rendition of how most people actually practice marana-sati. Death is coming? Who cares? Serve me up some more bhava-tanha and kāma-tanha!
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