..续本文上一页y arise — simply as a phenomenon that arises, remains, and then vanishes in its own due course. Don”t get entangled in it. Don”t fashion or conjure it into being this or that, if you don”t want to be forever burdened with pain, with never a moment to put it down. See its truth the moment it arises, remains, and vanishes. That”s all there is to feeling. Ferret it out so as to see it clearly with mindfulness and discernment.

　　When you have focused on a feeling, turn and look at the mind to see if the mind and the feeling are one and the same thing. Then look at the body and the mind: Are they one and the same

　　 Look at them so as to see them clearly. While you are investigating, don”t send the mind out anywhere else. Keep it right at that one spot. For example, when investigating, focus on the pain so as to see it distinctly. Then turn to look at the mind so as to see this awareness distinctly. Are they one and the same

　　 Compare them. This awareness and that feeling: Are they the same

　　 Can you make them one and the same

　　 And is the body like the mind

　　 Is it like the feeling

　　 Is it similar enough to be one and the same

　　There! This is the way we”re taught to separate things so as to see them clearly. The body is the body — how can it be like the mind

　　 The mind is a mental phenomenon, a nature that knows, but the elements of the body are elements that don”t know. The earth elements doesn”t know, the water element doesn”t know, the wind element doesn”t know, the fire element doesn”t know — but this mental element (mano-dhatu) knows. This being the case, how can they be one and the same

　　Similarly with the pain: It”s an element that doesn”t know. It”s a phenomenon. These two unknowing elements are also different: The feeling and the body are different sorts of things. They aren”t one and the same. How could you make them one and the same

　　In making distinctions while investigating, look so as to see clearly the way things actually are. There”s no need to fear death. There is no death to the mind. Don”t create snares to catch yourself and hurt yourself. There is no death; i.e., no death to the mind. There is nothing but awareness, pure and simple. Death doesn”t exist in the mind, which is something 100% unalterable and sure.

　　Death is an assumption that has been conjured up for the mind through the power of the mind”s own delusion. The mind has conjured it up to deceive itself. So once we”ve investigated in line with the truth — that the mind is not something that dies — what reason will we have to fear death

　　 What is ”death”

　　 We know that the elements and khandhas fall apart. We human beings, when we”ve stopped breathing, are called ”dead people.” At that moment the ”knower” separates from the elements, so that nothing is left but physical elements with no feelings: That”s a ”dead person.”

　　But actually the knower doesn”t die, so we have to investigate in order to see this clearly with discernment. We needn”t create the issue of death to stab or snare the heart or to obstruct the path we are following for the sake of seeing and knowing the truth through investigation. No matter how great or how little the pain, keep your attention well fixed on the affairs of that pain. Use the pain as a whetstone for sharpening discernment. Separate the pain from the mind. Separate the mind from the pain. Be able to compare their every aspect. Be careful not to let your attention wander while investigating, so that you”ll be able to see and know the truth while in hand-to-hand combat with that particular khandha.

　　Now, if it should happen that the mind dies as the world supposes — if it should die while you”re making your investigation — then make sure you know what dies first and what dies after. When does the feeling vanish

　　 When does the mind vani…

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