Application of Doctrines in the Mahasatipatthana Sutta for Developing the mine According to the Dhammanupassana Satipatthana Principle

Abstract

The research paper was a part of dissertation entitled ‘Application of Doctrines in the Mahasatipatthana Sutta for Developing the mine According to the Dhammanupassana Satipatthana Principle’ investigates on 3 objectives; 1) to study of Dhammānupassanā in Mahasatipatthanasutta, 2) to study the development of the mind according to the principles of Dhammānupassanāsatipaṭṭhāna, 3) to study the application of doctrines in Mahasatipatthana Sutta to develop the mind according to Dhammānupassanāsatipaṭṭhāna principle. It was qualitative research conducted through documentary survey with the collection of key informants relevant for research by in-depth interviews of 10 experts, being analyzed, summarized and written in descriptive type.

          The results revealed that the Dhammānupassanāsatipaṭṭhāna contents the Vipassana practical disciplines for advanced knowledge leading to the full realization of all as they really. For practice, one must use important tools, namely Ātāpī, Sampajāno, and Satimā, Mahasatipatthana had been recognized as the only path leading to Nibbana.           Developing the mind according to Dhammānupassanāsatipaṭṭhāna refers to an observation of natural conditions arising according to causal factors. Those who practice Vipassana must consciously observe and understand the 5 categories of Dhamma, in order to see the arising, and passing away as just state of nature as it really is continuously contemplating on impermanence, suffering, and selflessness. Application of the doctrines in Mahasatipatthanasutta to develop the mind according to the Dhammānupassanāsatipaṭṭhāna was that the practitioner must exercise Dhammānupassanāsatipaṭṭhāna consisting of 5 categories: in Nivarana section, practitioners should abandon the 5 hindrances, in Khandha section, practitioner should consider the five aggregates, and in Āyatana, the practitioner determines and knows the 12 sensual bases as they really were. In Bojjhaṅga section, practitioners should develop the 7 enlightenment factors. In Noble Truth section, practitioner contemplates on the Four Noble Truths: as they were. New knowledge obtained which will enrich the mental wholesomeness causing moral and happy living in the present is NPAB-A model.