There are seven bojjhaṅgas (factors of enlightenment) that have to be developed to reach the final goal of full liberation. They are: 1. sati (awareness);2. dhammavicaya (investigation of Dhamma);3. viriya (effort);4. pīti: (rapture);5. passaddhi (tranquillity);6. samādhi (concentration, absorption) and7. upekkhā (equanimity). The first bojjhaṅga is sati, awareness. Without it, further steps on the path cannot be taken. Sati, the objective observation of reality, is the most important factor because it must be continuously present from moment to moment with every other factor. Dhamma-vicaya is the second bojjhaṅga. The word caya or cayana means “to integrate.” Apparent, consolidated, integrated, illusionary truth creates delusion and confusion resulting in wrong decisions and actions. Vicaya or vicayana means to divide, dissect, disintegrate, separate, which is what Vipassana intends you to do. Initially dhamma-vicaya is intellectual. The body is analyzed as just four elements, with no “I” about it. The mind is just the four aggregates. One observes the six sense doors, their respective objects, the contact of the two and the process of multiplication. The intellectual clarity gained by this process gives guidance to start the actual practice of Vipassana and study the truth at the actual level. To become a factor of enlightenment, dhamma-vicaya must become an experiential investigation—direct experience of the phenomenon of arising and passing away at the level of sensation. ~ SNG @ Chronicles of Dhamma!!!
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 13:03:28 +0000
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