Ven Yuttadhammo,

Thanks for the Vism def of upaayaasa. What about Sutta definitions of it?
It would be very interesting and helpful to know what the Buddha or the
early
arhats have to say on this.

Metta,

Piya Tan

On Nov 22, 2007 6:40 AM, Noah Yuttadhammo <yuttadhammo@...>
wrote:

> At 21 Nov 2007 11:00:26 +0000 vensobhana wrote:
> > i just joined this group,just wanted to see if there are any pali
> > wizards here...
> > i was studying satipa.t.thaana sutta, and came across this word, can
> > anyone analyze this word.
> >
>
> Ven. Sobhana,
>
> The Vism. has a good explanation of this term. I don't think grammatic
> analysis will help much here, though the Padaruupasiddhi, in its discussion
> of upasagga, says that "upa" in this instance is "bhusatthe", ie "in the
> sense of strong/firm" (or perhaps "stuck"?)
>
> Vism. 548:
>
> Upāyāso
>
> 548. Upāyāso nāma ñātibyasanādīhi phuṭṭhassa adhimattacetodukkhappabhāvito
> dosoyeva. Saṅkhārakkhandhapariyāpanno eko dhammoti eke. So
> cittaparidahanalakkhaṇo, nitthunanaraso , visādapaccupaṭṭhāno. Dukkho pana
> saṅkhāradukkhabhāvato cittaparidahanato kāyavisādanato ca. Tenetaṃ vuccati :
>
> ''Cittassa ca paridahanā, kāyassa visādanā ca adhimattaṃ.
> Yaṃ dukkhamupāyāso, janeti dukkho tato vuttoti..
> Ayaṃ upāyāse vinicchayo.
>
> Ettha ca mandagginā antobhājane pāko viya soko. Tikkhagginā paccamānassa
> bhājanato bahinikkhamanaṃ viya paridevo. Bahinikkhantāvasesassa nikkhamituṃ
> appahontassa antobhājaneyeva yāva parikkhayā pāko viya upāyāso daṭṭhabbo.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Yuttadhammo
>
>

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