Iti ajjhattaṃ vā kāye kāyānupassī viharati, bahiddhā vā kāye kāyānupassī viharati, ajjhattabahiddhā vā kāye kāyānupassī viharati; samudayadhammānupassī vā kāyasmiṃ viharati, vayadhammānupassī vā kāyasmiṃ viharati, samudayavayadhammānupassī vā kāyasmiṃ viharati; 'atthi kāyo'ti vā pan'assa sati paccupaṭṭhitā hoti, yāvadeva ñāṇamattāya paṭissatimattāya; anissito ca viharati, na ca kiñci loke upādiyati
"Or else the mindfulness that 'there is a body' is established in him only to the extent necessary for knowledge and remembrance." This means that for the meditator even the idea 'there is a body', that remembrance, is there "just" for the purpose of further development of knowledge and mindfulness.
- නිවනේ නිවීම දේශනා අංක 05
“The entire teaching of the Buddha could be summed up in a single Pāḷi word. What do you think it is?” I wonder if Bhante is referring to Appamāda.
“Yāvadeva”, comes the unexpected answer. Bhante adds the Sinhala word: “hudek”. In English, it means ‘merely for the sake of’. I am awed by the simple profundity of that statement.
“That one word transcends all those isms. We might as well call this teaching a yāvadeva-ism. Each step on the way is merely for the sake of taking the next, and that too is merely for the next. In other words, one has to reverse paṭiccasamuppāda.
- The Heretic Sage
"Or else the mindfulness that 'there is a body' is established in him only to the extent necessary for knowledge and remembrance." This means that for the meditator even the idea 'there is a body', that remembrance, is there "just" for the purpose of further development of knowledge and mindfulness.
- නිවනේ නිවීම දේශනා අංක 05
“The entire teaching of the Buddha could be summed up in a single Pāḷi word. What do you think it is?” I wonder if Bhante is referring to Appamāda.
“Yāvadeva”, comes the unexpected answer. Bhante adds the Sinhala word: “hudek”. In English, it means ‘merely for the sake of’. I am awed by the simple profundity of that statement.
“That one word transcends all those isms. We might as well call this teaching a yāvadeva-ism. Each step on the way is merely for the sake of taking the next, and that too is merely for the next. In other words, one has to reverse paṭiccasamuppāda.
- The Heretic Sage
