ii. Khanda Pabba (Section on Aggregates)
And again, a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the
five aggregates of clinging
as just the five aggregates of clinging, not mine, not I, not
self but just as phenomena. And how does a bhikkhu dwell perceiving again and
again the five aggregates of clinging as just the five aggregates of clinging?
Here, a bhikkhu perceives thus:
“This is the corporeal body; this is the cause and the actual appearing of
the corporeal body; this is the cause and the actual dissolution of the corporeal
body.
This is feeling; this is the cause and the actual appearing of feeling;
this is the cause and the actual dissolution of feeling.
This is perception; this is the cause and the actual appearing of perception;
this is the cause and the actual dissolution of perception.
These are mental formations; this is the cause and the actual appearing of mental
formations; this is the cause and the actual dissolution of mental formations.
This is consciousness; this is the cause and the actual appearing of consciousness;
this is the cause and the actual dissolution of consciousness.”
Note
Thus he dwells perceiving again and again dhammas as just dhammas, not mine,
not I, not self, but just a phenomenon, in himself; or he dwells perceiving
again and again dhammas as just dhammas in others; or he dwells perceiving
again and again dhammas as just dhammas in both himself and in others.
He dwells perceiving again and again the cause and the actual appearing of
dhammas ; or he dwells perceiving again and again the cause and the actual
dissolution of dhammas ; or he dwells perceiving again and again both
the actual appearing and dissolution of dhammas with their causes.
To summarize, he is firmly mindful of the fact that only dhammas exists,
not a soul, a self or I. That mindfulness is just for gaining insight and
mindfulness progressively. Being detached from craving and wrong views he
dwells without clinging to anything in the world.
Thus in this way a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the five aggregates
as just the five aggregates.