choosing satipatthana
From: Robert Kirkpatrick
Message: 308
Date: 2001-08-16
Dear Teng kee,
you wrote:
---Dear Jonothan,
You said any 4 objects can be done for anyone.Please beware that
com said
kaya and vedana for samathayanika /craving people but citta and
dhamma for
sukkhavipassaka /viewing people.
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I think we have to look at a few areas here. In the visuddhmagga
(I don't have it with me) I think I saw a section where it says
that the differnt types of people is a general classification
and in fact everyone has all the bad traits in varying degrees.
Here is a section from another commentary:
In the "Dispeller of Delusion"(PTS) p 137 paragraph
564 it says “In respect of the classification of the
Foundations of Mindfulness. And this also takes place
in multiple consciousness in the prior stage (prior to
supramundane). For it lays hold of the body with one
consciousness and with others feeling etc.”
If anyone has further commets I would be interested.
robert
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