Venerable Sariputta (speaking the words of the Buddha)

Tradition: Theravada Buddhism | Era: 5th-6th century BCE | Lineage: Theravada Buddhism (Early Buddhist Texts)
Episodes analyzed: 1 | Average depth: 10.0/10

Compiled Truth

At the moment of death, one must systematically withdraw identification from all six sense bases, their objects, consciousness, contact, feelings, elements, aggregates, and even the highest meditative states to realize liberation.

Key Teachings

1. At the moment of death, one must systematically withdraw identification from all six sense bases, their objects, consciousness, contact, feelings, elements, aggregates, and even the highest meditative states to realize liberation.

Key Concepts

Systematic Non-Identification _Anupada Vimutti_ -- The practice of sequentially recognizing that neither the sense organ, the object, the consciousness, nor the resulting feeling is 'self' or 'mine,' thereby cutting the chain of clinging at every link.

The Six Sense Bases _Salayatana_ -- The primary interface where suffering arises; the teaching emphasizes that liberation is found not by escaping the senses but by not grasping the consciousness dependent on them.

Paradoxes

The instruction to train the mind to have 'no consciousness dependent' on phenomena while still being alive and perceiving them.

A layperson receiving the most advanced, monastic-level instruction on non-clinging usually reserved for those 'gone forth'.

Practice Instructions

[contemplation] Recite and contemplate: 'I shall not grasp the [eye/ear/nose/tongue/body/mind] and there shall be no consciousness of mine dependent on the [eye/ear/nose/tongue/body/mind].'

[inquiry] Extend the non-grasping reflection to include the four elements, the five aggregates, and the formless dimensions of space and consciousness.

Cross-References

Gene Keys

Gene Key 63: Doubt -> Inquiry -> Truth

Timeline

[2026-04-11] 1 episodes imported from Wisdom of Masters analysis