AN 4.14 · Khotbah tentang Pengendalian

Kenali dunia dalam sutta ini

Dalam sutta ini, Sang Buddha memberikan panduan praktis tentang bagaimana melatih pikiran melalui empat usaha. Mari kita simak dengan tenang, karena ajaran ini adalah fondasi penting dalam praktik meditasi.

TOKOH & TEMPAT

Sinopsis singkat

Dalam khotbah ini, Sang Buddha mengajarkan empat usaha (padhāna) yang harus dilatih oleh seorang bhikkhu: usaha mengendalikan indra, usaha meninggalkan pikiran buruk, usaha mengembangkan faktor-faktor pencerahan, dan usaha memelihara objek meditasi yang baik. Keempat usaha ini merupakan jalan menuju akhir penderitaan.

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BAGIAN 1

an4.14:1.1 “Mendicants, there are these four efforts.

an4.14:1.2 What four?

an4.14:1.3 The efforts to restrain, to give up, to develop, and to preserve.

an4.14:1.4 And what, mendicants, is the effort to restrain?

an4.14:1.5 When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.

an4.14:1.6 If the faculty of sight were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of sight, and achieving its restraint.

an4.14:1.7 When they hear a sound with their ears …

an4.14:1.8 When they smell an odor with their nose …

an4.14:1.9 When they taste a flavor with their tongue …

an4.14:1.10 When they feel a touch with their body …

an4.14:1.11 When they know an idea with their mind, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.

an4.14:1.12 If the faculty of mind were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of mind, and achieving its restraint.

an4.14:1.13 This is called the effort to restrain.