A Study of Insight Meditation Practice Appearing in Anathāpinฺdikovāda Sutta

Abstract

           This study has the objectives for: 1) to study the doctrine and dhamma taught in Anathāpinฺdikovāda Sutta, 2) to study Vipassana meditation practice as taught in Anathāpindikovāda Sutta. This research is a Qualitative Research. From the study, it found that: 
           1.Anathāpindikovāda Sutta stated the dhamma principles about the releasing of clinging from the internal six sense-organs, the external six sense-objects, the six consciousness, the six contacts, the six feelings, the six elements, the five aggregates, the four absorptions of the formless sphere, this world next world, and the six sense fields
          2.The vipassana meditation practice as taught in the Theravada Buddhism in conclusion falls in the Four Foundation of Mindfulness. The way of practicing is to mindful or contemplate of body feelings mind and mind-objects. There are 6 sets of conducts to be handled in the practice which are called Vipassana grounds. or matters and mind together with the thirty-seven qualities contributing to enlightenment. The insight meditation practice appearing in. Anathāpindikovāda Sutta has clearly stated that sufferings start from the eyes ears nose tongue body mind and the form which arouses consciousness of the seeing. Because of the contacting between the eyes and the matters ,the eyes consciousness arise. These three caused Phassa or contact which marks the beginning point of sufferings that causes feeling (vedana) which could be good bad or equanimity. Because of feelings then craving,clinging arise. When the meditator realizes the truth that either standing walking sitting lying and doing any thing there are only the gathering of the four elements with nonself, the meditator will not seize to any element that it is a self and then clinging could be definitely extinguished.