Abstract

                 The study of “The  Analytical  Study  how  to  reach  of  The  Triple  Gem  in  The  Patฺhamasaranฺānisakkasutta” aimed to study the principles of Dhamma in                 Patฺhamasaranฺānisakkasutta and to study the approach to the Triple Gem including the practice of Vipassanā meditation according to Patฺhamasaranฺānisakkasutta. Data analysis was done using Dhamma contents in Patฺhamasaranฺānisakkasutta. according to Buddhist Theravada scriptures consisting of Tipiṭaka, Pali Canon, Sub-Commentaries, and other related technical papers, and rewritten in descriptive research.

                 The findings showed that Patฺhamasaranฺānisakkasutta.was Lord Buddha’s preaching given to King Sakaya, regarding the death of King saranฺānisakkaya. It contained characteristics of people who achieved Dhamma: 4 types for the Triple Gem Refuge and 2 types for achievement of the principles of Dhamma in Indriya 5. As for the Triple Gem Refuge, the one who practiced Dhamma could achieve Sotāpanna, Sakadāgāmī, Anāgāmī, and Arahanta respectively. The one who achieved Sotāpattiphala was called Saddhānusari. For the achievement of Dhamma in Indriya 5, the one who practiced Dhamma could achieve Sotāpanna as well and called Dhammānusari.

                 King saranฺānisakkaya as mentioned by Lord Buddha was the one who approached to the Triple Gem using the practice of Cittupabat, which conformed to the preaching of Lord Buddha that all Dhamma principles were concluded in Ariyasacca 4 including Patฺhamasaranฺānisakkasutta. But the King used Samatha Meditation before Vipassanā Meditation, called SamathaYānika.    

                 Despite being alcoholics, King saranฺānisakkaya was predicted by Lord Buddha to achieve Sotāpanna. It was because his practice was accurate according to the principles of achievement of Triple Gem Refuge, which needed undertaking of precepts, being sensual awareness of the Triple Gem Approach according to the principles of Anussati, and following the principles of Vipassanā Practice according to the principles of Satipaṭṭhāna 4. It was to consider Dhamma in Ariyasacca 4 which contained the following:

                 Being sensual awareness of Dukkha; born, aging, illness, death, as the truth from which no one could escape. Dukkha was a thing to be concerned, Samudaya was a thing to be abstrained; for instance, Pañcakkhandha was soulless and impermanent, Nirodha was quenching of Kāmataṇhā, Bhavataṇhā, and vibhavataṇhā, the cause of born, aging, illness, and death. The King used wisdom for quenching Kilesa with the force of meditation and Sati. Not so long before His death, the King achieved Sotāpanna as Lord Buddha had previously predicted in The Patฺhamasaranฺānisakkasutta.