The Salayatana-vibhanga Sutta

upekka

if possible can we discuss the salayathana sutta in majjima nikaya please

thanks in advance

DhammaDhatu

wow, that is one difficult sutta, here

which matters do you wish to ask or discuss?

fivebells

That was a good read. I didn't understand the part about "equanimity dependent on multiplicity," but paradoxically, "equanimity dependent on singleness" makes sense...

upekka

first of all many thanks Jason

any aspects of the sutta would do Dhamma Dhatu
as a starting point i think salayathana sutta is a way of explaining how we should practice 'indriya bavana' or the mindfulness of six sense bases

what do you think?



fiveball, don't you think singleness and the multiplicity are two different side of the same coin?

DhammaDhatu

fivebells wrote: »

I didn't understand the part about "equanimity dependent on multiplicity," but paradoxically, "equanimity dependent on singleness" makes sense...

"And what is equanimity coming from multiplicity, dependent on multiplicity? There is equanimity with regard to forms, equanimity with regard to sounds...smells...tastes...tactile sensations [& ideas: this word appears in one of the recensions]. This is equanimity coming from multiplicity, dependent on multiplicity.

"And what is equanimity coming from singleness, dependent on singleness? There is equanimity dependent on the dimension of the infinitude of space, equanimity dependent on the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness... dependent on the dimension of nothingness... dependent on the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. This is equanimity coming from singleness, dependent on singleness.

fivebells

Oh, I was seeing them as a dichotomy, but they're just two different aspects. Thanks for pulling that quote out. I had forgotten about the question.