hi, i want to ask some explanation about the ignorance sutta : an10.61,
appropriate attention in this text is caused by conviction and is leading to
mindfulness and comprehension
what is the practice of appropriate attention in this specific sutta ?
how conviction is causing appropriate attention ?
how appropriate attention is causing mindfulness and comprehension ?
thanks
Associate with people of integrity.
Hear the true Dhamma.
Have conviction.
Attend to truth.
Be mindful and alert.
Restrain the senses.
Perform wholesome actions of mind speech and body.
Let go of sensory desire, ill-will, sloth/torpor, restlessness/worry and doubt.
Abandon the underlying tendency of ignorance in relation to neither pleasant nor unpleasant feelings.
When associating with good people and hearing the true Dhamma conviction to train as instructed arises.
When training correctly mindfulness and alertness arises.
Appropriate attention is attention to the truth as it is on the present moment, moment to moment.
It's seldom that people associate with people of integrity, since their interests nevertheless lie within the world, good householder. It's importand to focus always on the root cause if one gets aware that there is a lack.
And what is the cause, what's the reason, to get into association with Sublime people? What leads one to search for such? What causes to leave common ways?
What's the cause of changing attention?
Maybe the cause of Saddha, or Sila, in the chain, helps to find the answer in a releasing way.
sunnat wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 2:45 am
Associate with people of integrity.
Hear the true Dhamma.
Have conviction.
Attend to truth.
Be mindful and alert.
Restrain the senses.
Perform wholesome actions of mind speech and body.
Let go of sensory desire, ill-will, sloth/torpor, restlessness/worry and doubt.
Abandon the underlying tendency of ignorance in relation to neither pleasant nor unpleasant feelings.
When associating with good people and hearing the true Dhamma conviction to train as instructed arises.
When training correctly mindfulness and alertness arises.
Appropriate attention is attention to the truth as it is on the present moment, moment to moment.
thank you for your answer , can you elaborate what do you mean by "attention to the truth as it is on the present moment" ?
azerty321654 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:53 am
hi, i want to ask some explanation about the ignorance sutta : an10.61,
appropriate attention in this text is caused by conviction and is leading to
mindfulness and comprehension
what is the practice of appropriate attention in this specific sutta ?
how conviction is causing appropriate attention ?
how appropriate attention is causing mindfulness and comprehension ?
thanks
Appropriate attention is to the 4 Satipaṭṭhāna.
“Knowing that this body is just like foam,
understanding it has the nature of a mirage,
cutting off Māra’s flower-tipped arrows,
one should go beyond the King of Death’s sight.”
‘Hasten to do wholesome deeds, ward off the mind from wickedness‘
‘The non-doing of anything wicked,
undertaking of what is good,
the purification of one’s mind - this is the teaching of the Buddhas.’
This is sila, samadhi and panna.
Undertaking what is the highest good above all other goods is the training in appropriate attention (which is awareness of anicca) The underpinning is the practice of the moral codes.
sunnat wrote: ↑Wed Aug 17, 2022 11:47 pm
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The underpinning is the practice of the moral codes.
It is a non-doing.
MN 41 Bodhi wrote:
... “And how, householders, are there three kinds of bodily conduct in accordance with the Dhamma, righteous conduct?...
... “And how, householders, are there four kinds of verbal conduct in accordance with the Dhamma, righteous conduct?...
... “And how, householders, are there three kinds of mental conduct in accordance with the Dhamma, righteous conduct?...
MN 41 Bodhi wrote:
... abstains from killing living beings... abstains from taking what is not given... abstains from misconduct in sensual pleasures...
... abstains from false speech... abstains from malicious speech... abstains from harsh speech... abstains from gossip...
... not covetous... without ill will and he has intentions free from hate... has right view...
