Yonisomanasikara: How to Set Our Mind Free from Suffering

Abstract

          This article presents the topic "Yoniso Manasikara: How to set our Mind to free from Suffering." Yoniso Manasikara is a factor that leads to wisdom, specifically right understanding, which results in correct insight according to the principles of Vipassana. This means seeing form and mind as they truly are. For example, in terms of bodily postures, there are four types of movement. The principle of Yoniso Manasikara requires one to wisely understand the truth that there is no one standing, walking, sitting, or lying down. There is simply the recognition in the mind that these are merely movements, mere elements working together according to causes and conditions. There is no animal, no person, no self, no individual, no "I," or "you." This follows the principles of Vipassana knowledge, from the Nāmarūpa-pariccheda-ñāṇa into the Sankhārupekkhā-ñāṇa. Ultimately, this leads to the Nirvana, freeing the mind from suffering.