Mūlapariyāya Sutta – Majjhima Nikāya, All objects of the mind are called ‘dhammā’ – ‘things’. So you may note first of all that the problem concerns those things that come to the mind. About this ‘thing’ which is the object of the mind, there is a highly significant discourse in the Majjhima Nikāya, namely Mūlapariyāya Sutta 4. It is probably because of its fundamental importance that those arahants who held the First Council placed this discourse as the very first in this discourse collection.
But unfortunately nowadays teachers when they teach this book to their pupils ask them to skip the first sutta and start from the second. They say that this is so abstruse that even those who listened to it could not understand it. But we wish to point out that this discourse is like the basic alphabet to the understanding of the philosophy of this entire Dhamma. Why do we say so? Because this Mūlapariyāya Sutta reveals the basic pattern of all ‘things’ that occur to the mind (mūlapariyāya).
Let us now describe the way this discourse is presented. It has a very brief introduction…….Sermon No. 7
( Pahan Kanuwa Sermon – No. 189 ) – Bhikkhu Katukurunde Ñāṇananda
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