Satipatthana, understanding directly that which has been heard
Excerpt #1 from the Dhamma discussion with Ajahn Sujin and Venerable Seewalee in Bkk on Jun 18th 2017. [A. Sujin] So whatever arises, it's the object of clinging. For those who have the accumulation, clinging is so great, so much. That's why all kinds of rupas are objects of clinging. And the clinging itself is upadana, that's why there are five upadana-khandhas. The upadana, clinging to rupas, rupupadana: it clings to visible object, to sound, to smell, taste, and touch. [V. Seewalee] Upadana is a kind of lobha, is it also wrong view? [A. Sujin] The ditthi is different from clinging. Because after the sotapanna has eradicated the wrong understanding, there is still clinging. Sotapatti moment eradicates the defilement of wrong understanding completely, only that, but there is still kamupadana, clinging to sensous objects. So sotapanna still clings to sensous object, but no misunderstanding at all, completely eradicated from then on. [V. Seewalee] So, sotapanna means th...