Sep 12, 2022
The Fire Sermon - Third Teaching of the Buddha - Adittapariyaya Sutta | Ajahn Dhammasiha
The 'Discourse on Burning', also known as 'Fire Semon', is considered the third formal discourse of the Buddha. It is distinguished by the highest reported number of attainments: 1,000 monks attained total release, Nibbāna, while listening to the Buddha teaching.
The Buddha starts this discourse with the challenging claim that the whole world is on fire! 🔥
But what is meant by 'world'/'universe' in the discipline of the Noble Ones?
It is the world of our subjective, conscious experience.
It is the Universe of:
👁 Eye, Forms, Eye Consciousness, Eye Contact;
👂 Ear, Sounds, Ear Consciousness, Ear Contact;
👃 Nose, Fragrances, Nose Consciousness, Nose Contact
👅 Tongue, Flavours, Tongue Consciousness, Tongue Contact
🤸♂️ Body, Bodily Sensations, Body Conciousness, Body Contact
💭 Mind, Ideas, Mind Consciousness, Mind Contact
And the feeling that arises with sense contact as condition, whether pleasant of painful or neutral, that is also part o…