Does Satipatthana meditation means understanding Paramatha

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Does Satipatthana meditation means understanding Paramatha

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The way I undestand Satipatthana meditaion means understanding Four Ultimate Realitis.

Four Ultimate Realities (Paramattha Dhammaa) are:

1)Consciousness (Citta)
2)The mental factors (Cetasika) i.e Feeling or sensation (Vedana) and Perception (Sanna) which are arise as a result of consciousness (samkhara)
3)Material form (Ruppa) –This includes body, sex and seat of consciousness. The body-decade is composed of the Four Primary Elements –Extension, cohesion, heat, motion (Pathavi, apo, tejo, vayo)
4)Nirvana (Nibbaana) – Nirvana is an unconditioned reality. All other three are conditioned realities.

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Paramattha is an abhidhamma term that is found only in KN and at AN 10.29.

In other words, it is not Buddha Vacana, and it stems from ditthupadana, attachment to views.

My best suggestion is: drop intellectual inquiry. Go to your cushion and experience yourself satipatthana meditation. This is the only appropriate way to understand it.
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Greetings Sarath,

As Sekha alludes to, you will have quite a bit of trouble trying to retrofit your Abhidhamma concepts back into the Buddha's satipatthana instruction. Furthermore, I don't understand the benefit in attempting to do so.
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Hi Sarath,

The abhidhamma classifications (which are essentially a more detailed version of the sutta classifications such as aggregates) are not necessary. However, since that's the language that a number of modern meditation masters use (and the language explaining the ancient wisdom collected by the commentators, in the Visuddhimagga, for example) they can be extremely helpful in understanding instructions from some books and teachers.

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mikenz66 wrote:Hi Sarath,

The abhidhamma classifications (which are essentially a more detailed version of the sutta classifications such as aggregates) are not necessary. However, since that's the language that a number of modern meditation masters use (and the language explaining the ancient wisdom collected by the commentators, in the Visuddhimagga, for example) they can be extremely helpful in understanding instructions from some books and teachers.

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Thanks all.
So, can I rephrase the question to "Does Satipatthana meditaion means undestading five aggregates?" I took Niravana aspect out of my previous question.
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Greetings Sarath,
SarathW wrote:"Does Satipatthana meditaion means undestading five aggregates?"
The aggregates of appropriation are one possible frame of reference....
MN 10 wrote: "Furthermore, the monk remains focused on mental qualities in & of themselves with reference to the five clinging-aggregates. And how does he remain focused on mental qualities in & of themselves with reference to the five clinging-aggregates? There is the case where a monk [discerns]: 'Such is form, such its origination, such its disappearance. Such is feeling... Such is perception... Such are fabrications... Such is consciousness, such its origination, such its disappearance.'
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SarathW wrote:"Does Satipatthana meditaion means undestading five aggregates?"
as Retro said, it is part of satipatthana, and one can theoretically choose to practice only in this perspective. However, it requires first to be able to discern them clearly, which is to be achieved through the practice of samatha/ jhana/ cetovimutti or whatever terminology, for which the way to go is generally anapanassati (which is also included in the Satipatthanas).
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Sekha wrote:
My best suggestion is: drop intellectual inquiry. Go to your cushion and experience yourself satipatthana meditation. This is the only appropriate way to understand it.
Extraordinarily wise advice.

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Sekha are reason, right advice !

But logicaly, all informations comes from 5 senses, so satipatthana is based on it, and so study it.
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DAWN wrote:Sekha are reason, right advice !

But logicaly, all informations comes from 5 senses, so satipatthana is based on it, and so study it.
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daverupa wrote: *6
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Oh yes! I'am sorry.

But we can say 5 too, because actualy taste is a nose faculty, and langugue can feel only selt paper and sugar. If we close the nose and get some vanilla in the mounth, there is no taste. :?

But there is 6 sense of corse :bow:
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