Editing Mahasi Sayadaw (section)

==Practice==
Mahāsi's method is based on the [[Satipatthana Sutta|Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta]], which describes how one focuses attention on the breath, noticing how one breathes in and out. Practice begins with the preparatory stage, the practice of ''[[Śīla|sīla]]'', morality, giving up worldly thoughts and desires.{{sfn|Wilson|2014|p=54-55}}<ref>Mahāsi Sayādaw, ''Manual of Insight'', Chapter 5</ref>{{refn|group=note|Jeff Wilson notes that morality is a quintessential element of Buddhist practice, and is also emphasized by the first generation of post-war western teachers. Yet, in the contemporary mindfulness movement, morality as an element of practice has been mostly discarded, 'mystifying' the origins of mindfulness.{{sfn|Wilson|2014|p=54-55}}}} The practitioner then engages in ''[[satipatthana]]'' by mindfulness of breathing. One [[Sati (Buddhism)|pays attention]] to any arising mental or physical phenomenon, engaging in [[vitakka]], noting or naming physical and mental phenomena ("breathing, breathing"), without engaging the phenomenon with further conceptual thinking.<ref name="Practical">Mahasi Sayadaw, ''Practical Vipassana Instructions''</ref><ref>Bhante Bodhidhamma, [https://buddhismnow.com/2013/09/12/vipassana-as-taught-by-the-mahasi-sayadaw-of-burma/ ''Vipassana as taught by The Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma'']</ref> By noticing the arising of physical and mental phenomena, the meditator becomes aware how sense impressions arise from the contact between the senses and physical and mental phenomena,<ref name="Practical"/> as described in the five ''[[skandhas]]'' and ''[[paṭiccasamuppāda]]''. This noticing is accompanied by reflections on [[paṭiccasamuppāda|causation]] and other Buddhist teachings, leading to insight into [[anicca]], [[dukkha]], and [[anatta|anattā]].<ref>PVI, p.22-27</ref> When the three characteristics have been comprehended, reflection subdues, and the process of noticing accelerates, noting phenomena in general, without necessarily naming them.<ref>PVI, p.28</ref>