The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Fourth Chapter for Recitation
you and I have been wandering and running along (in Saṁsāra) for a
long time. 117
Which four?
1) Because of a lack of understanding and a lack of penetration of
Noble Virtue 118 both you and I have been wandering and running
along (in Saṁsāra) 119 for a long time.
2) Because of a lack of understanding and a lack of penetration of
Noble Concentrated (Development) 120 both you and I have been
wandering and running along (in Saṁsāra) for a long time.
117 Compare this with section 13 above, which is almost identical, but the four
things there are the Four Noble Truths. Compare also with the summary of
the teaching given at the end of most sections.
118 The Commentary doesn't comment on this section and this and the next 3
terms do not seem to have been defined elsewhere either. Perhaps Ariyasīla
would mean the Virtue section of the Eightfold Noble Path (Right Speech,
Action and Livelihood); Ariyasamādhi the Concentrated (Development)
section (Right Endeavour, Mindfulness and Concentration), Ariyapaññā the
Wisdom section (Right View and Thought). Then Ariyavimutti would refer
to Right Freedom (Sammāvimutti) and Right knowledge and Insight into
Freedom (Sammāvimuttiñāṇadassana) in the extended Tenfold formula.
119 Saṁsarita and Saṁsāra are both derived from the verb saṁsarati, to run
on, run along. Saṁsāra implies running on from birth to birth.
120 If the note above is correct then Ariyasamādhi refers to Right Endeavour,
Mindfulness and Concentration, which means that Samādhi here must mean
something more than simply concentration, being a concentrated
development of the mind in various spheres.
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