The Catusacca Dipani

The Manual of the Four Noble Truths

by Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw | 1903 | 11,997 words

The Catusacca-Dipani The Manual of the Four Noble Truths By Mahathera Ledi Sayadaw, Aggamahapandita, D.Litt. Translated into English by Sayadaw U Nyana, Patamagyaw of Masoeyein Monastery Mandalay Edited by The English Editorial Board Note to the electronic version: This electronic version is reproduced directly from the printed version the te...

The four characteristics are pilanattha, sankhatattha, santapattha, and viparinamattha. Of these, pilanattha is the main characteristic of dukkha-sacca, and the remaining three are its adjuncts. Pilanattha means 'oppression' and this oppression can be formed in the following three ways:

  1. By way of sankhata
  2. By way of santapa
  3. By way of viparinama.

Any causally-conditioned phenomemon burdens any being who clings to it in the following manner: in the beginning, it burdens the being by way of sankhata, in the middle by way of santapa, and at the end by way of viparinama. These three methods of burden in the beginning, in the middle and at the end, manifest themselves as the state of pilanattha.

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