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Lesson 3.8.13 Dhammānupassanā āyatanapabbaṃ - Understanding the Contents of the Mind: The Section on the Sense Spheres
When the ascetic Bāhiya Dārucīriya insisted that the Buddha should teach him Dhamma immediately because he may pass away soon, the Buddha instructed Bāhiya, “In the seen there will be only the seen. In the heard there will be only the heard. …” Bāhiya was able to realize that sense perception should be mere perceiving only, no ‘doer’ and ‘nothing done’ involved, so no clinging and attachment would arise. The Buddha further declares that when there is no clinging, no aversion, no delusion: … “then protruding visible objects that enter into the field of vision do not obsess the mind, nor do those of an insignificant nature.” In this lesson, āyatanapabbaṃ finalizes the presentation of all four Satipaṭṭhānā; Dhammānupassanā consists of five chapters: nīvaraṇapabbaṃ (lesson 3.7.8), khandhapabbaṃ, āyatanapabbaṃ, bojjhaṅgapabbaṃ (lesson 3.7.9), and saccapabbaṃ.