Abstract

The Thesis entitles “A Study  of Anupassanā in The Cūḷasaccaka Sutta” contain two principles. The first purpose is to study Dhamma in the Cūḷasaccaka Sutta. The second is to study Anupassanā in the Cūḷasaccaka Sutta by studying the data from the Tipitaka, Atthakathā, Tika, and different and connected document, which are composed, explained, checked by expert teachers.

                 The research has found that the Cūḷasaccaka Sutta occurred at the time Buddha has a discussion with Saccakanikon in the topic of Attā: ego and Anattatā: state of being not self.Because of Saccakanikon 's misunderstanding about Five Groups of Existence: Corporeality, Sensation, Perception, Mental Formations, Consciousness that they are belong to oneself, Buddha describes the truth he has realized that those Five Groups of Existence are not a self, explaining the nature of the Three Characteristics, Aniccatā: impermanence, Dukkhatā: state of suffering and Anattatā: soullessness.

                 In the last part, Saccakanikon put a question to the Buddha about how one can be an Arahanta: Worthy one.  The answer from the Buddha is one can be an Arahanta by realizing that the Five Groups of Existence are not self which is the principle of Anupassana. The practice includes observing the Five Groups of Existence called Bhāvanāmayapaññā, Meditation and Wisdom.

                 The core of practice meditation as mentioned above is Satipatthana: foundations of mindfulness which are Kāyanupassanā, Vedanānupassanā, Cittānupassanā and Dhammānupassanā. Kāyānupassanā is mindfulness as regard the body. Vedanānupassanā is mindfulness as regard feelings. Cittānupassanā is mindfulness as regard thoughts. Dhammānupassanā is mindfulness as regard ideas. After one has realized and accepted that body, feeling, mind and mind-objects are uncertainty and suffering, it is ordinary for concentration and wisdom to be emerged in oneself and permanently get rid of all suffering that one has.