... that Blessed Lord a good report has been spread about: “This Blessed Lord is an Arahant , a fully-enlightened Buddha, perfected in knowledge and conduct, a Well-Farer, Knower of the worlds, unequalled Trainer ...
Friday, 05 June 2009
... is this Blessed Lord, the Arahant , the fully-enlightened Buddha staying in my mango-grove with a large company of some twelve hundred and fifty monks. And concerning the Blessed Gotama this fair report ...
Thursday, 28 May 2009
... Pavilion, and this was the trend of their talk:’ It is wonderful, friends, it is marvelous how the Blessed Lord, the Arahant , the fully enlightened Buddha knows, sees and clearly distinguished the different ...
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
... I say.
The Arahant – I
51. “Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu who is an arahant with taints destroyed, who has lived the holy life, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, reached his own goal, destroyed ...
Wednesday, 20 May 2009
... beings be free from suffering and misery, and attain nibbanic peace, be free from cankers and defilements. Homage to the Buddha, the all-enlightened Arahant . Homage to the Dhamma, which is perfect ...
Saturday, 02 May 2009
... craving, flung off the fetters, and with the complete penetration of conceit he has made and end of suffering.”
‘Conceit’ is known as one of the last taints one should abandon to achieve arahant ship. ...
Monday, 20 April 2009
... of the monks who had heard the Buddha preach in person were Arahant s, and so by definition, ‘pure ones’ free from passion, ill-will and delusion and therefore, was without doubt capable of retaining, perfectly ...
Tuesday, 07 April 2009
... Mātikamātā began to cater to each monk’s preference. As a result, all of the monks soon became arahant s, fully enlightened ones. This woman’s rapid and deep attainments, as well as her intelligence and ...
Tuesday, 07 April 2009
... to emerge, leading up to the highest crest of spiritual achievement, arahant ship. Of the basic exercises, the treatise gives only a brief indication, at the beginning of Chapter I. Detailed instruction ...
Monday, 06 April 2009
... (3) sufficiently developed to become an arahant in that very birth, (4) a recluse at the time of the declaration, (5) he should declare his resolve before a Buddha, (6) should be possessed ...
Monday, 23 March 2009
... attained Enlightenment and how he taught the five monks to help them realize Arahant ship. Discourse on Dhammadayada Sutta, Heirs of Dhamma Dhammadayada sutta was delivered by the ...
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
... to the Buddha, the past Arahant s, and Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw. He was a true son of the Buddha, a true disciple of the Buddha, who beat the drum of the Deathless in this world. And those who have wisdom ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
... are the factors that enable a Bodhisattva to succeed in becoming an Arahant , a Pure One. Once he attains this state, three qualities -- called 'actualized virtues' -- arise in his heart: Visuddhi-guna: ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
... of devotion arouse faith; those whom we should forgive or tolerate help to foster forbearance. Contemplation of the Buddha or the arahant s makes us mindful, kindly, and so forth. So the Patisambhidāmagga ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
... life. This kammic evil dogged him even when he attained Arahant ship. Shortly before his death, Venerable Sâriputta took him into Sâvatthi to see to it that he had a proper meal on the last day of his ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... the fruit of non-returning; Arahant s and those practicing for Arahant ship. The fact that this Doctrine and Discipline is the abode of such mighty beings as stream-winners and those practicing to realize ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
BY BHIKKHU PESALA Preface Nibbāna is extremely subtle and hard to describe. It is not a place like heaven or paradise. The Arahant s and Buddhas do not "enter" nibbāna when they die. Nibbāna is not ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... followed by rebirth until one attains enlightenment (Arahant ship), which means the eradication of all ignorance and attachment. With this attainment the Arahant puts an end to kamma, so the cycle of rebirth ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... this with a simile. If you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it becomes undrinkable, but if you put a spoonful of salt in a lake you cannot even taste it. In the Milinda Pañhā, the Arahant Venerable ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... In one of right concentration, right knowledge... In one of right knowledge, right release comes into being. Thus the learner is endowed with eight factors, and the Arahant with ten." Here the Buddha ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
