Practical Insight Meditation

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1、PracticalInsightMeditationVenerableMahāsīSayādawPracticalInsightMeditationAuthor’sPrefaceItisauismtosaythatnobodylikessufferingandeverybodyseekshappiness.Inthisworldofours,humanbeingsaremakingallpossibleeffortsforpreventionandalleviationofsuffering,andenjoymen

2、tofhappi-ness.Nevertheless,theireffortsaremainlydirectedtowardsphysicalwell-beingbymaterialmeans.Happinessis,aerall,conditionedbyaitudesofmind,andyetonlyafewpersonsgiverealthoughttomentaldevelopment,fewerstillpracticemindaininginearnest.Toillusatethispoin

3、t,aentionmaybedrawntothecommonplacehabitsofcleaningandtidyingupone’sbody,theendlesspursuitsoffood,clothing,andshelter,andtheemendoustechnologicalprogressachievedforraisingthematerialstandardofliving,forimprovingthemeansofansportandcommunications,andforpre

4、ventionandcureofdiseasesandailments.Alltheseeffortsare,inthemain,concernedwiththecareandnourishmentofthebody.Itmustberecognizedthattheyareessential.However,thesehumaneffortsandachievementscannotpossiblybringaboutthealleviationoreradicationofsufferingassociatedw

5、itholdageanddisease,domesticinfeliciandeconomicoubles,inshort,withnon-satis-factionofwantsanddesires.Sufferingsofthisnaturearenotovercomebymaterialmeans;theycanbeovercomeonlybymindainingandmentaldevelopment.Then,itbecomesclearthattherightwaymustbesoughtfor

6、aining,stabilizingandpuriingthemind.ThiswayisfoundintheMahāsatipaṭṭhānaSua,awell-knowndiscourseoftheBuddha,deliveredwellover2,500yearsago.TheBuddhadeclaredthus:“Thisisthesolewayforthepurificationofbeings,fortheovercomingofsorrowandlamentation,forthedesoyi

7、ngofpainandgrief,forreachingtherightpath,fortherealisationofnibbāna,namelythefourfoundationsofmindfulness.”Thefourfoundationsofmindfulnessare1)thecontemplationofthebody,2)thecontemplationoffeelings,3)thecontemplationofmind,and4)thecontemplationofmindobjects.

8、Obviously,thiswayshouldbefollowedbythoseinsearchofhappiness,withaviewtogeingridoftheimpuritiesofmind,whicharethecauseoftheirsufferings.iiiPracticalInsightMeditationIfonewereaskedwhetherhewishedt