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4.3  Dhammānupassanā: Contemplation of the Twelve Sense Bases  ( āyatanesu ) Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati chasu ajjhattikabāhiresu āyatanesu. Kathañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhu dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati chasu ajjhattikabāhiresu āyatanesu? Again, further, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu dwells contemplating mental phenomena as mental phenomena about the six internal and external sense bases. And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu dwell contemplating mental phenomena as mental phenomena about the six internal and external sense bases? This passage introduces sense-based contemplation ( āyatana-anupassanā ) as a mode of dhammānupassanā . The emphasis is not on sensory objects alone, but on the entire experiential field where internal faculties and external objects meet, forming the primary ground for craving, aversion, and delusion. 4.3.1   Eye and Visible Forms Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhuñca pajānāti, rūpe ca pajānāti, yañca tadubhayaṃ paṭ...

                          1. “No Hoarding” as Inner Non-Clinging, Not Material Poverty The phrase sannicayo natthi does not primarily condemn ownership; it critiques appropriation . In Early Buddhism, the danger is not having things, but possessively  taking things as “mine,” “me,” or “necessary for my security.” For lay people, this means examining inner accumulation : Hoarding plans far beyond what is needed Carrying unresolved resentment and old narratives Clinging to ambition as identity Accumulating self-images (“the successful one,” “the failed one,” “the spiritual one”) A layperson may possess wealth, family roles, and responsibilities, yet still practice sannicayo natthi by not anchoring their sense of self in these holdings . Wisdom lies not in owning little, but in being lightly related to what one owns . When possessions serve life rather than define it, hoarding has already weakened. 2. Wis...

                             Dhammapda 92 (Sayings of the Dhamma) Arahanta (Fully liberated one) 92. Yesaṃ sannicayo natthi, For whom there is no accumulation (no hoarding, no storing up). Ye pariññāta bhojanā; Who take food with full understanding (having comprehended food). Suññato animitto ca, (For whom) emptiness and the signless (liberation) are (their orientation), Vimokkho yesaṃ gocaro; Whose range ( gocara ) is liberation ( vimokkha ). Ākāseva sakuntānaṃ, Like birds in the sky, Gati tesaṃ durannayā. Their course (path, destination) is hard to trace. Full Translation: Those who do not accumulate anything, who take their food with full understanding, whose field of experience is liberation grounded in emptiness and the signless— like birds moving through the sky, their path cannot be traced. Story:  Belaṭṭhasīsa  Thera Vatthu Notes for Context: 1. Sañniccaya (accumulation or collecting) is twofol...