The Only Way for the Realization of Nibbana

by Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw

The only way, bhikkhus, is this path, for beings’ purification, for sorrow and lamentation’s overcoming, for pain and displeasure’s disappearance, for the true way’s attainment, for Nibbāna’s that is, the four foundations of mindfulness(cattāro sati∙paṭṭhānā). What are the four? Here, bhikkhus, [1] a bhikkhu abides contemplating the body in the body, ardent, discerning, and mindful, having removed covetousness and displeasure, for the world. [2] He abides contemplating feelings in feelings, ardent, discerning, and mindful, having removed covetousness and displeasure for the world. [3] He abides contemplating consciousness in consciousness, ardent, discerning, and mindful, having removed covetousness and displeasure for the world. [4] He abides contemplating dhammas in dhammas, ardent, discerning, and mindful, having removed covetousness and displeasure for the world. D.II.9 (§373)‘Mahā∙Sati∙Paṭṭhāna∙Suttaṃ’ (‘The Great Mindfulness-Foundation Sutta’)

85 pages, Paperback

Published October 5, 2019

About the author

The Most Venerable Bhaddanta Āciṇṇa Mahāthēra, more commonly referred to as the Pa-Auk Sayadaw, is a Theravāda monk, meditation teacher and the abbot of the Pa-Auk Forest Monastery in Mawlamyine.

Sayadaw was ordained as a novice in 1944 and fully ordined in 1954. He became a forest monk, and developed a set of meditation methods often called the "Pa-Auk Method".