Paṭisota

1. What Is to Be Understood about Feeling “Vedanā bhikkhave veditabbā, vedanānaṃ nidānasambhavo veditabbo, vedanānaṃ vemattatā veditabbā, vedanānaṃ vipāko veditabbo, vedanānirodho veditabbo, vedanānirodhagāminī paṭipadā veditabbā” ti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, kiñcetaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ. Monks, feeling is to be understood; the origin of feeling is to be understood; the diversity of feeling is to be understood; the result of feeling is to be understood; the cessation of feeling is to be understood; and the path leading to the cessation of feeling is to be understood.  This was said — but in reference to what was it said? The Buddha introduces a sixfold investigative framework for vedanā . Feeling is not merely something to experience — it must be penetrated with wisdom to end dukkha . 2. The Three Kinds of Feeling Tisso imā bhikkhave vedanā: sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā. Monks, there are these three kinds of feeling: pleasant feeling, painful feeling, and neither-p...

                              1. Awakening depends on conditions, not age or status The novice attains arahantship at the very moment the razor touches his hair. Though only seven years old, his past cultivation ripens instantly. This reminds us that liberation is not measured by biological age, monastic seniority, or social recognition. When causes and conditions mature, insight unfolds naturally. We often assume spiritual growth must be externally visible, but the Dhamma shows that awakening is a matter of inner readiness, not always outward qualification.  2. True realization expresses itself as humility Despite attaining arahantship and supernatural faculties, the novice continues to serve his preceptor quietly and respectfully. He does not reveal his attainment, nor does he act superior. This teaches us that true realization does not inflate identity—it dissolves it. The greater the wisdom, the sof...

                       Dhammapda 96 (Sayings of the Dhamma) Arahanta (Fully liberated one) 96.   Santaṃ tassa manaṃ hoti, His/her mind becomes peaceful. Santā vācā ca kamma ca; His/her speech and actions also become peaceful. Sammadaññā vimuttassa, For one who is rightly freed through direct knowing Upasantassa tādino. — who is fully calmed, steadfast, and unshakable. Full Translation: For one who is liberated through right knowing, who is fully calmed and unwavering: his/her mind is peaceful, his/her speech is peaceful, and his/her actions are peaceful. Story:  Kosambivāsi Tissatthera Sāmaṇera Vatthu

In the Mahācattārīsaka Sutta (MN 117), the Buddha presents an expanded model of the Noble Eightfold Path by adding two culminating factors : Sammā Ñāṇa (Right Knowledge) Sammā Vimutti (Right Liberation) This yields a tenfold path , showing that the path is not merely ethical–meditative, but explicitly liberative in its final fulfillment. We should understand that these two path factors are practiced exclusively by those who have already attained arahantship. 9. Sammā Ñāṇa — Right Knowledge Sammā ñāṇa refers to direct liberative insight arising at the completion of the path. It is not conceptual understanding, but experiential wisdom that knows: Birth is destroyed. The holy life has been lived. What had to be done is done. There is no further becoming. ‘khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyā’ti pajānāti. I quote the above from the Samaññaphala Sutta (DN 2). So evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mu...

1. The Five Strands of Sense Pleasure Pañcime bhikkhave kāmaguṇā: cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṃhitā rajaniyā. sotaviññeyyā saddā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyasaddā kāmūpasaṃhitā rajaniyā. ghānaviññeyyā gandhā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyagandhā kāmūpasaṃhitā rajaniyā. jivhāviññeyyā rasā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarasā kāmūpasaṃhitā rajaniyā. kāyaviññeyyā phoṭṭhabbā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṃhitā rajaniyā. Apica kho bhikkhave nete kāmā, kāmaguṇā nāmete ariyassa vinaye vuccanti. Monks, there are these five strands of sense pleasure: Forms cognizable by the eye that are desirable, lovely, pleasing, attractive, connected with sensual desire, and enticing. Sounds cognizable by the ear that are desirable, lovely, pleasing, attractive, connected with sensual desire, and enticing. Smells cognizable by the nose that are desirable, lovely, pleasing, attractive, connected with sensual desire, and enticing. Tastes cognizable by the tongue that are desirable, lovely, pleasing...

Difference Between Wrong and Right Concentration First, one might raise a question: How can there be “wrong concentration”? Isn’t any form of concentration inherently good? The Buddha clarifies that concentration becomes wholesome ( kusala ) only when two essential conditions are met: first, it must arise from wholesome roots ( alobha , adosa , amoha —non-greed, non-hatred, non-delusion); and second, it must conduce toward liberation, that is, progress along the path to Nibbāna . Accordingly, any concentration that is rooted in unwholesome motivations or that does not support the Noble Eightfold Path cannot be regarded as right concentration ( sammā-samādhi ). Such mental unification, even if technically refined or powerful, is classified as wrong or unwholesome concentration ( micchā-samādhi ), because it neither purifies the mind nor leads to awakening. This distinction is articulated clearly in Cūḷavedalla Sutta (MN 44) , where right concentration is defined in inseparable relati...