An Analysis of Vipassana Meditation in the Context of Attadīpa Sutta

Abstract

This article aimed to study; 1) the contents and teachings in Attadipa Sutta, and 2) an analysis of Vipassana practice found in Attadipa Sutta. It was documentary research by collecting the data from Theravada Buddhist scripture, Tipitaka, its commentaries, and other related documents, then the collected data was reviewed, and compiled in descriptive type. From the study, it was found that Attadipa Sutta is the discourse delivered the Bhikkhus by the Buddha, describing the cause of sorrows, lamentation, pains and griefs and the mental development for entering Noble Path and Fruits. On the other hand, it explains the way to contemplate on five aggregates; forms, feeling, perception, mental formation, and consciousness, with great efforts, mindfulness, and awareness, realizing the Tilakkhana; impermanence, suffering, non-self. Having followed the observation of name and forms until the insight knowledge arises, the practitioner will detach from all five aggregates clinging, gaining the benefits of self-realization and finally liberated from all defilements with insight knowledge.