Dear Frank,
Op 21-jan-2010, om 23:23 heeft frank het volgende geschreven:

> Thanks for the detailed response. Is "the way of mindfulness" a
> translation of the same commentaries to satipathana that appear in
> Vism.?

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N: It is different. 'The Way of Mindfulness' (B.P.S. Kandy) is the
tyranslation of the Satipa.t.thaana sutta and the commentary edited
by Buddhaghosa and also excerpst from the Tiika of Dhammapaala. Here
is the link, it is on line:
<http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/soma/wayof.html >

More on bojjhangas in Buddhist Dictionary, Nyanatiloka:
<bojjhaṅga: 'the 7 Factors of Enlightenment', are: Mindfulness (sati-
sambojjhaṅga; s. sati), investigation of the law (dhamma-vicaya-
sambojjhaṅga), energy (viriya-sambojjhaṅga; s. viriya, padhāna),
rapture (pīti-sambojjhaṅga, q.v.) tranquillity (passaddhi-
sambojjhaṅga, q.v.), concentration (samādhi-sambojjhaṅga, q.v.),
equanimity (upekkhā, q.v.). "Because they lead to enlightenment,
therefore they are called factors of enlightenment" (S. XLVI, 5).

Though in the 2nd factor, dhamma-vicaya, the word Dhamma is taken by
most translators to stand for the Buddhist doctrine, it probably
refers to the bodily and mental phenomena (nāma-rūpa-dhammā) as
presented to the investigating mind by mindfulness, the 1st factor.
With that interpretation, the term may be rendered by 'investigation
of phenomena'.

In A.X. 102, the 7 factors are said to be the means of attaining the
threefold wisdom (s. tevijjā).

They may be attained by means of the 4 foundations of mindfulness
(Satipaṭṭhāna, q.v.), as it is said in S. XLVI, 1 and explained
in M. 118:

(1) "Whenever, o monks, the monk dwells contemplating the body
(kāya), feeling (vedanā), mind (citta) and mind-objects (dhammā),
strenuous, clearly-conscious, mindful, after subduing worldly greed
and grief, at such a time his mindfulness is present and undisturbed;
and whenever his mindfulness is present and undisturbed, at such a
time he has gained and is developing the factor of enlightenment
'mindfulness' (sati-sambojjhaṅga), and thus this factor of
enlightenment reaches fullest perfection.

(2) "Whenever, while dwelling with mindfulness, he wisely
investigates, examines and thinks over the law ... at such a time he
has gained and is developing the factor of enlightenment
'investigation of the law' (dhamma-vicaya°) ....>

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See also Sa"myutta Nikaaya V, Mahaavagga: Book II, XLVI, this whole
part deals with this subject.
Ven. Bodhi in a note (63) remarks that the co. says that< in this
sutta (3. Virtue) the enlightenment factors are to be understood as
pertaining to insight in the preliminary stage of the path of
arahantship. They occur together in one mind-moment, though with
different characteristics.>
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As I quoted from the commentary about the conditions for the
enlightenment factors: <Inquiring about the aggregates and so forth
means: seeking the meaning of the aggregates, the modes (or
elements), sense-bases..>

There is a great deal more to be explained about the khandhas,
dhaatus, aayatanas. This reminds me. I received a request to write a
Survey on the Abhidhamma for this list. This is a good opening. I can
only begin in March, since I have a lot to finish before a break I
will take.
Nina.











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