... state, a place of destruction, in hell. Again, I see one practiser of mortification…arising after death in a good place, a heavenly state. Again, I see one who practice s little austerity…arising in a state ...
Saturday, 06 February 2010
... middle, lovely in its ending, in the spirit and in the letter, and displays the fully- perfected and purified holy life. A disciple goes forth and practice s the moralities (Sutta 2, verses 41—62). That ...
Saturday, 06 February 2010
... 16. "Then, when it was evening, I rose from meditation and went to the Nigaṇṭhas there. I asked them: 'Friends, why do you practice continuous standing, rejecting seats, and experience painful, racking, ...
Saturday, 23 January 2010
... your eldest son, in kingship, shave off your hair and beard, put on the yellow robe, and go forth from the home life into homelessness. Continue this good practice instituted by me and do not be the last ...
Sunday, 17 January 2010
... The recluse Gotama teaches a Dhamma [merely] hammered out by reasoning, following his own line of inquiry as it occurs to him, and when he teaches the Dhamma to anyone, it leads him when he practice s it ...
Saturday, 16 January 2010
... and displays the fully-perfected and purified holy life. A disciple goes forth and practice s the moralities, guards the sense-doors, attains the first jhāna (Sutta 2, verses 41-76). And whenever the pupil ...
Saturday, 09 January 2010
... A disciple goes forth and practice s the moralities (Sutta 2, verses 41-63). He guards the sense-doors and attains the four jhānas (Sutta 2. Verses 64-82); he attains various insights (Sutta 2, verses 83-84); ...
Saturday, 09 January 2010
... goes forth and practice s the moralities, etc. (Sutta 2, verses 41/63). Thus a monk is perfected in morality. 1.30. ‘That is the division of Ariyan morality which the Lord praised…But something more remains ...
Saturday, 09 January 2010
... ‘effacement’ in the Noble One’s Discipline: these are called “peaceful abidings’ in the Noble One’s Discipline.
(EFFACEMENT)
12. “Now, Cunda, here effacement should be practice d by you:
(1) ‘Others ...
Monday, 21 December 2009
... a suitable basis.
(BENEFITS OF MINDFULNESS OF THE BODY)
32. “Bhikkhus, when mindfulness of the body has been repeatedly practice d, developed, cultivated, used as a vehicle, used as a basis, established, ...
Saturday, 05 December 2009
... be praised for that.’ So, putting the practice of the way first, he neither lauds himself nor disparages others because of his aristocratic family. This is the character of a true man.
4-6. “Moreover, ...
Friday, 04 December 2009
... training, gradual practice , and gradual progress, that is, down to the last step of the staircase. Among these brahmins too, there can be seen gradual training, gradual practice , and gradual progress, ...
Friday, 04 December 2009
... ill will, and presumption in me, and with the abandoning of them my mind will be unlimited, immeasurable, and well developed.’ When he practice s in this way and frequently abides thus, his mind acquires ...
Friday, 04 December 2009
... ‘Knife’ is a term for noble wisdom. ‘Surgeon’ is a term for the Tathāgata, the Accomplished One, the Fully Enlightened One.
28. “That bhikkhu, Sunakkhatta, is one who practice s restraint in the six bases ...
Friday, 04 December 2009
... such root of dispute either in yourselves or externally, you should practice in such a way that that same evil root of dispute does not erupt in the future. Thus there is the abandoning of that evil root ...
Friday, 04 December 2009
... the eye, do not grasp at its signs and features. Since, if you were to leave the eye faculty unguarded, evil unwholesome states of covetousness and grief might invade you, practice the way of its restraint, ...
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
... practice s in accordance with them to the complete destruction of suffering, that is, thoughts of renunciation, thoughts of non-ill will, and thoughts of non-cruelty: such thoughts I shall think.’ In this ...
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
... in the practice , and he himself realized the three true knowledges. On a later occasion, the venerable Puṇṇa attained final Nibbāna.
8. Then a number of bhikkhus went to the Blessed One, and after paying ...
Tuesday, 04 August 2009
... who was given brief instruction by the Blessed One, has died. What is his destination? What is his future course?”
“Bhikkhus, the clansman Pukkusāti was wise. He practice d in accordance with the Dhamma ...
Tuesday, 04 August 2009
... holy life. ‘” A disciple goes forth and practice s the moralities (Sutta 2, verses 41-63). On account of his morality, he sees no danger anywhere. He experiences in himself the blameless bliss that comes ...
Saturday, 11 July 2009