Understanding Suffering and Enlightenment in Buddhism : หน้า 219/263
The Buddha’s First Teaching : หน้า 219/263 An exploration of the concepts of suffering, enlightenment, and the path to liberation in Buddhist teachings.
This text delves into key Buddhist teachings regarding suffering, attachment, and the process of attaining enlightenment. It analyzes various forms of suffering, including the suffering associated with different realms of existence, such as the animal kingdom and hungry ghosts. The role of mindfulness and insight in overcoming unwholesome behaviors is emphasized. The concept of Dhammakaya as a path to spiritual attainment is explored, detailing its significance in meditation practices. Various metaphors related to the aggregates of clinging highlight the importance of understanding reality for spiritual growth. The text also touches upon the Buddhas' teachings and their relation to the attainment of enlightenment.
หัวข้อประเด็น
-Suffering in different realms -Role of mindfulness -Concept of Dhammakaya -Insights and meditative practices -Buddhist teachings on enlightenment
ข้อความต้นฉบับในหน้า
Angelic Body 107, 122; defilements by attaining Dhammakaya 111 of 135
bemoaning, as suffering 47, 58, 71,
anger 135, 136, 137 199; relationship to sorrow and lam-
animal kingdom, suffering of birth entation 71
in 62-3 benefits of seeing and knowing
annoyance 40, 88, 137 according to reality 197
anupādisesa nibbana 21, 112, 114 birth: in the animal kingdom, 62-3;
anxiety, caused by sensual indul- in the realm of the hungry ghosts
gence 32; Origin of Suffering as 50-1 63; as link of Dependent Orgina-
araha(n)t 30, 112; Coarse, Dham- tion 16; as suffering 46, 58-63;
makaya 108, 135; Subtle, Dham- modes of 58; relationship to illness,
makaya 108, 135; free of defile- aging and death 68-9
ments 101; many attained as result bodies: centers aligned for inner-
of Buddha’s teaching 101 121; created by craving 52; succes-
archer’s target - metaphor for the sive wisdom of inner- 126
Aggregates of Clinging 73
arrogance 40, 88, 137
Arts, Low 41
Āsāļaha Pūja Day, Dhamma- crossroads for suffering 90-1; {meta-
cakkavattana Sutta chanted 11 phors, house 65; withering flower in
Astral Body (see Subtle Human the sun 66}; mindfulness of 42; seen
Body) by the wise as but excrement 90; storehouse of unwholesomeness 91
attachment to sense pleasure (see body in the body: mindfulness of,
sensual indulgence) 42, 119-123; seeing 107
attaining: absorptions 129; Dham- Body of Enlightenment 107, 109-
makaya 111 12
attainment of: precursory-medita- boss: wife like a 155
tive insight 101; realization coming Brahmās: attain enlightenment as
from inner- 120 result of Dhammakakkavattana
Attainments, the Nine Supreme Sutta 178-9; erroneously considered
Transcendental 91 zenith of spiritual attainment 178-9
austere practices 89 Buddhas: considers Dhamma
āyatana nibbana 21, 102, 112, 114; extendedly after enlightenment, 15,
explained by Phramonkolthepmuni 190-1; enlightenment of 15; invited
102 to teach by Sahampati Brahma 15
becoming(see Dependent Origination) Buddhas’s: dispensation, meditative
behaviour, unwholesome, overcome insight as a precursory attainment