Dear friends,
on account of my research I have some reflections on: pariyaadaaya
.thassanti.

The use of .ttithati, to stay, persevere, helps me to go more deeply into
the meaning of the suttas where this phrase occurs.
This morning at breakfast my husband and I were listening to the Pu.n.na
sutta, SN IV, 88, which I had put on tape. The Buddha explained to Pu.n.na
about the six objects experienced through the six doorways: visible object,
sound, odour, flavour, tangible object and mental object, which are inciting
to lust. ²If a monk be enamoured of them, if he welcome them, persist in
clinging to them...there comes a lure upon him²:
ta~nce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosaaya ti.t.thati...uppajjati
nanda (lure)...
Ajjhosaaya ti.t.thati is an interesting and meaningful variation of
pariyaadaaya .thassanti : ajjhosaaya is the gerund of ajjhosati, to be
attached, just as pariyaadaaya which is also a gerund. He persists in
clinging.
Why not just clinging, why, persits in clinging? This reminds us that
clinging is deeply accumulated and very persistent. It cannot be uprooted
immediately.
Further on we read the negation: naajjhosaaya ti.t.thati, if a monk persists
not in clinging...
The Buddha taught Pu.n.na about the six objects before he went to the fierce
people of Sunaaparanta. Pu.n.na had perfect equanimity. When the Buddha said
how he would feel if they would abuse and revile him, he said to the Buddha:
²Kindly indeed are the men of Sunaaparanta...in that they do not smite me a
blow with their hands...² He spoke in a similar way when the Buddha asked
him how he would feel if they would beat him strike him and stab him with a
sword, and even kill him.
The Buddha had first explained about ultimate realities, paramattha dhammas,
all objects that can be experienced through the six doors. In the ultimate
sense there are no persons that can hurt one, only different objects
experienced through the six doors. Pu.n.na attained arahatship while in
Sunaaparanta.
This research on pariyaadaaya helped me to be attentive to the phrases where
it occurs and similar phrases with ti.t.thati. It is a reminder of the
persistence of clinging. Vipassana, understanding of all objects through the
six doors, has to be developed life after life, this is the only way that
clinging can be eradicated.
Nina.
P.S. conclusion of research comes next week.