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Wise use of the mind

yoniso manasikāra
Mind & theory Core — needs to be understood Stage 5 of 8

Attention that goes to the root: asking after conditions instead of sticking to surfaces. DN 34 calls unwise use of the mind the one thing that leads to decline — and wise use the one thing that leads to distinction.

On the path: 5 · Hindrances and mental development — What prevents clarity, and what conditions encourage it? The roots, the hindrances, the underlying tendencies, right effort, the faculties and powers. → to this stage in the learning path
In the map of the teaching: DN 34 · Groups of one · Decline · DN 34 · Groups of one · Distinction · DN 34 · Groups of nine · Help

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Passages where yoniso manasikāra occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

  • Tipiṭaka · sn4.4 · German

    “Mayhaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yoniso manasikārā yoniso sammappadhānā anuttarā vimutti anuppattā, anuttarā vimutti sacchikatā. “Mendicants, I have attained and realized supreme freedom through rational application of mind and rational right effort. „Mönche und Nonen, ich habe durch wohlüberlegten Gebrauch des Geistes und richtiges Bemühen die unübertreffliche Freiheit erreicht und verwirklicht. Tumhepi, bhikkhave, yoniso manasikārā yoniso sammappadhānā anuttaraṁ vimuttiṁ anupāpuṇātha, anuttaraṁ vimuttiṁ sacchikarothā”ti. You too should attain and realize supreme freedom through rational application of mind and rational right effort.” Auch ihr solltet durch wohlüberlegten Gebrauch des Geistes und …

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  • Pāli commentaries · idānavagga-aṭṭhakathā · Pāli

    yoniso manasikārā ti upāyamanasikārena pathamanasikārena| ahu paññāya abhisamayo ti paññāya saddhiṃ jarāmaraṇakāraṇassa abhisamayo samavāyo samāyogo ahosi, ‘‘jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇa’’nti idaṃ tena diṭṭhanti attho| atha vā yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāyā ti yoniso manasikārena ca paññāya ca abhisamayo ahu| ‘‘jātiyā kho sati jarāmaraṇa’’nti, evaṃ jarāmaraṇakāraṇassa paṭivedho ahosīti attho| esa nayo sabbattha|

  • Narrative literature · Mahāvastu-avādana · Sanskrit

    tehi dharmehi yoniśo manasikārā jñānam udapāsi yāvad āloko prādurabhūṣi // sā khalu punar iyaṃ duḥkhanirodhagāminī pratipadāryasatyā bhāvitā me bhikṣavaḥ pūrve ananuśrutehi dharmehi yoniśo manasikārā jñānam udapāsi yāvad ālokaṃ prādurabhūṣi // yāvac cāhaṃ bhikṣavaḥ imāni catvāry āryasatyāni evaṃ triparivartaṃ dvādaśākāraṃ yathābhūtaṃ samyakprajñayā nābhyajñāsiṣaṃ na tāvad ahaṃ anuttarāṃ samyaksaṃbodhim abhisaṃbuddho pratijānehaṃ nāpi tāva me jñānaṃ udapāsi akopyā na me cetomuktiḥ sākṣīkṛtā / yato ahaṃ bhikṣavaḥ imāni catvāry āryasatyāni evaṃ triparivartaṃ dvādaśākāraṃ tathābhūtaṃ samyakprajñay

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