Self Awareness Through Meditation

Author(s): Ranjitsingh Kumat
Publisher: Ranjitsingh Kumat

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DHYANA IN AACHAARAANGA SUTTA—II
Observing one sense organ, All the sense organs get weakened (obsessions with the sense organs gets weakened) Arises enlightenment and kindness Bhikku (monk) who observes the link (between birth and death) Is the knower of time, quantity, moment, humility, equanimity."93
The foregoing analysis of various chapters of the Aachaaraanga Sutta clearly shows that by meditating on the body and sense organs, one gets control over the mind and gets rid of obsession with body, leading to freedom from chain of birth and death; becomes deathless and timeless. Aachaaraanga Sutta is the Sutta of meditation directing us to see the things as they are and live in the present rather than in the past or future. By leaving the past, we get rid of things having no relevance and by leaving the future we get rid of unnecessary and imaginary worries. This is true freedom. And to live in freedom without worry or fear, is the real art of living. One need not worry about Moksha or Nirvana, which are supposed to be available after death. One should be able to live with freedom while alive. Instead of suffering, one should observe the pain. Pain is impermanent; it came and would go away. Pain or unwanted happenings prompt us to find the self and the truth. If there were no pain, Buddha or Mahavir would not have gone in search of the truth. Pain is the God-sent opportunity to learn the truth and to be in equanimity. Observe it and live in present. This will make us enlightened, Tathagata (observer of the facts as they are), Veetaraga (beyond cravings), and Sthitpragaya (tranquil and wise)