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The Mental Hindrances Blur, Block & Weaken Knowledge:
The Blessed Buddha once said:
There are five obstructing obstacles and hindrances of the mind, which weakens knowledge.
What five?
The mental hindrance of Sense-Desire is an overgrowing of the mind that shuts out insight.
The mental hindrance of Evil-Will is a mental stumbling block that blocks any understanding.
The mental hindrance of Lethargy & Laziness is an interruption that slows down all knowing.
The mental hindrance of Restlessness & Regret is a disturbance that disables comprehension.
The mental hindrance of Doubt & Uncertainty is an embankment that holds back knowledge.
Without having overcome these Five Mental Hindrances, it is impossible for any Bhikkhu whose
knowing thus lacks strength and power, to understand what is to his own advantage, to others
advantage, or to the advantage of both. That he should be capable of attaining any supra-human
state: Noble Vision and Wisdom, that is indeed impossible...
But if a Bhikkhu has overcome these Five Mental Hindrances, these five obstructing impediments,
these overgrowths of the mind that dampen and diminish any understanding, then it is very likely
that he will understand what is to his own advantage, others advantage, & the advantage of both.
Thus unhindered is he quite capable of attaining any supra-human state: Noble Vision & Wisdom...
It is like a fast flowing canal where a man opens up 5 draining side-channels, which then weakens,
and diverts the strong midstream. Similarly is the understanding stream of insight weakened and
diluted in anyone who have not yet overcome these Five Mental Hindrances, which block knowing.
However, if the man closes down all the 5 draining side-channels, one by one, then the midstream
becomes stronger and can carry anything with it. Similarly with one unhindered by these 5 mental
hindrances, his understanding stream of insight is neither weakened, nor polluted, nor diluted any,
so he can easily recognize what is good for himself, others and both. That such unhindered one
should be capable of the state of noble supra-human Vision & Wisdom, that is indeed possible...
Source (edited extract):
The Numerical Sayings of the Buddha. Anguttara Nikaya.
The Book of Fives 51: Unhindered... [III: 63-4]
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The Mental Hindrances Blur, Block & Weaken Knowledge:
The Blessed Buddha once said:
There are five obstructing obstacles and hindrances of the mind, which weakens knowledge.
What five?
The mental hindrance of Sense-Desire is an overgrowing of the mind that shuts out insight.
The mental hindrance of Evil-Will is a mental stumbling block that blocks any understanding.
The mental hindrance of Lethargy & Laziness is an interruption that slows down all knowing.
The mental hindrance of Restlessness & Regret is a disturbance that disables comprehension.
The mental hindrance of Doubt & Uncertainty is an embankment that holds back knowledge.
Without having overcome these Five Mental Hindrances, it is impossible for any Bhikkhu whose
knowing thus lacks strength and power, to understand what is to his own advantage, to others
advantage, or to the advantage of both. That he should be capable of attaining any supra-human
state: Noble Vision and Wisdom, that is indeed impossible...
But if a Bhikkhu has overcome these Five Mental Hindrances, these five obstructing impediments,
these overgrowths of the mind that dampen and diminish any understanding, then it is very likely
that he will understand what is to his own advantage, others advantage, & the advantage of both.
Thus unhindered is he quite capable of attaining any supra-human state: Noble Vision & Wisdom...
It is like a fast flowing canal where a man opens up 5 draining side-channels, which then weakens,
and diverts the strong midstream. Similarly is the understanding stream of insight weakened and
diluted in anyone who have not yet overcome these Five Mental Hindrances, which block knowing.
However, if the man closes down all the 5 draining side-channels, one by one, then the midstream
becomes stronger and can carry anything with it. Similarly with one unhindered by these 5 mental
hindrances, his understanding stream of insight is neither weakened, nor polluted, nor diluted any,
so he can easily recognize what is good for himself, others and both. That such unhindered one
should be capable of the state of noble supra-human Vision & Wisdom, that is indeed possible...
Source (edited extract):
The Numerical Sayings of the Buddha. Anguttara Nikaya.
The Book of Fives 51: Unhindered... [III: 63-4]
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. :type:
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We are fortunate to have some on the forum, but not many....
But thanks for the post anyway... We can all learn much from it, Bikkhus or not.......
Whoever takes up this mental training can rightly be called bhikkhu = monk!
: - ]
Why are they excluded?
No-one is excluded except those
who exclude themselves by
impatience, anger & folly!
: - ]
to inspired poems of awakened Bhikkhunis = Therigatha
see:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/therigatha/index.html
They did not regard themselves as 'I am a Woman', but as freed beings...
Secondly there are several chapters here & there regarding nuns:
Bhikkhuni-samyutta:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/bl143.html
The Bhikkhunis' Code of Discipline:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/vinaya/bhikkhuni-pati.html
Please friend put down the smoking guns and lay aside the feminism...
We are all human beings who can awaken... Rest is irrelevant IMHO!
1. In the cultural context of the Sage of the Shakyas, it took him some time before he could break free of his cultural conditioning anent women. This does, I know, run counter to the deification of the Buddha which ascribes infallibility and omniscience to him.
2. Once "I" and "not-I" are let go, there is neither male nor female, "Greek nor Jew", monk nor nun, religious nor lay.
You have both answered my questions, amply.
Thank you.
There has however, been some speculation, both on this forum and others, as to why exactly the Buddha (given his Enlightened and illuminated state) would have been reluctant to consider the ordination of women as acceptable or workable...I believe he even said that the Dharma's life would be cut by half if women were accepted as nuns - but it is considered a valid point of conjecture, that he was conscious of male frailties of the flesh, and the succeptibility of Men to be distracted by the female presence, rather than holding the women directly responsible....
There may be some who dislike the idea but I find it comforting to consider that the Buddha continued to learn and change, even during what is seen as his last incarnation. Being in samsara he was carried in a womb, born inter faeces et urinem, grew up in ignorance, saw old age, sickness and death - and went off to search for answers. This is one like you and me.
It is, I would suggest, simply wishful thinking that, after the time under the bodhi tree, he immediately got everything right and, somehow, ceased to be human. Had this been the case, he would not have grown old, fallen ill or died of food-poisoning. For me (and I do not suggest that this is orthodoxy, just my doxy) the Buddha's life is a working-out before our eyes of the Four Noble Truths and, in particular, of the glorious Third: there is a way out, even for those of us who appear trapped in samsara : Gotama did it.
The Blessed Buddha once said:
One whose mind is dominated by uncontrolled greed, lust, desire, envy or jealously
will do what should not be done and neglect what should be done! As a consequence
of that, his good reputation is lost and his contentment and happiness falls into ruin.
Exactly and even so with anyone whose mind is overwhelmed by grumbling evil-will...
or overcome, slowed down & stagnated by the hindrance of lethargy & laziness...
or agitated, scattered, and worried by the hindrance of restlessness & regret...
or perplexed, confused and bewildered by the hindrance of doubt & uncertainty...
Such one will do what should not be done, while neglecting what should be done. As a
result of that, his good name & status is lost & he is ruined by depressed discontent.
But if any Noble Disciple has seen these five as contaminated pollutions of the mind,
then he will gradually overcome & eliminate them. When doing so, he becomes known
as one of deep understanding, of rich knowledge, clear-sighted, endowed with wisdom.
This lack of mental hindrance is indeed exactly what is called endowment with wisdom!
The Numerical Sayings of the Buddha. Anguttara Nikaya.
The Book of Fours 61: Four deeds of Merit... [II: 67]
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka.
Friendship is the Greatest ...
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-bf
Just because one asks about the female gender in a situation doesn't necessarily mean they're a feminist.
Just because a female on the Path asks questions does not mean there is an militant, feminist mindset nor a smoking gun.
-bf
Twice Ananda is made a scapegoat for the teaching passing out of the world earlier than it could have...interesting. To me this is quite suspect. It's almost like somebody had a grudge to bear.
Nicely said, BF. Kudos to you, my friend.
The Blessed Buddha once said:
There are five impurities of gold impaired by which it becomes neither pliant
nor wieldy, it lacks radiance, is weak & easily broken and cannot be formed...
What are these five impurities? They are: Iron, copper, tin, lead and silver.
But if the gold has been purified from these five impurities, then it will indeed
be pliant and wieldy, radiant and firm, and can be formed well. Whatever kind
of jewellery one wishes to make from it, be it a diadem, earrings, a necklace or
a golden chain, it will easily serve that purpose well.
Similarly, there are five impurities of the mind impaired by which the mind is
neither pliant nor wieldy, it lacks radiant lucidity and stability, and cannot
concentrate well upon the eradication of the [URL="file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/Microsoft%20Shared/Stationery/#The_4_mental_fermentations"]mental fermentations[/URL] (āsava).
What are these five impurities? They are:
Evil-Will,
Lethargy & Laziness,
Restlessness & Regret,
Doubt & Uncertainty...
flexible, and wieldy, will be of radiant lucidity and firm calm stability, and will
concentrate well upon the elimination of the [URL="file:///C:/Program%20Files/Common%20Files/Microsoft%20Shared/Stationery/#The_4_mental_fermentations"]mental fermentations[/URL]. Whatever
supra-human state realizable by these higher mental abilities one may pursue,
one will in each case be able to directly experience it, as an eye-witness...
The Numerical Sayings of the Buddha. Anguttara Nikaya.
The Book of Fives 23: Four deeds of Merit... [III: 16-7]
The 4 mental fermentations are wrong, false & hidden assumptions associated with:
1: Sense-desire (kāmāsava). Ex: "Sensing is only & always pleasant. Pain exists not!"
2: Desiring becoming into new existence (bhavāsava): Ex: "All life is good, Death exists not!"
3: Wrong views (ditthāsava): Ex: "I am better, know better & what I think is thus never wrong!"
4: Ignorance (avijjāsava): Ex: "Suffering, craving, ending craving & the Noble Way exists not!"
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka.
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Sense-Desire is the first, deepest and most common mental hindrance (Nivarana).
The texts given below aim at illustrating how this obsessive and addictive urge for
sensing only pleasure in the form of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and touches arise,
cease, and is finally cured. The present-day dominance of the porno & entertainment
industry speaks -in itself- clearly of this problems abundance among humans today...
First priority: Noticing Sense-Desire (kāma-chanda) -in itself- makes it fade away:
Herein, Bhikkhus, when sense-desire is present in him the bhikkhu notes & understands:
"There is sense-desire in me," and when sense-desire is absent, he notes & understands:
"There is no sense-desire in me." He also understands how unarisen sense-desire arises.
He understands how to leave behind any arisen sensual desire, and he understands how
left sense-desire will not arise again in the future. MN 10
What is the feeding cause that makes Sense-Desire arise?
There are attractive and alluring features and aspects of any object, frequently giving
irrational & unwise attention to them, this is the feeding cause of the arising of unarisen
sense-desire, and the feeding cause of the increase and expansion of sense-desire that
already has arisen. SN 46:51
What is the starving cause that makes Sense-Desire cease?
There are disgusting and repulsive features and aspects of any object, frequently giving
rational & wise attention to them, this is the starving cause of the non-arising of unarisen
sense-desire, and the starving cause of the decrease and shrinking of sense-desire that
already has arisen. SN 46:51
Which medicine cures Sense-Desire, so that it does not re-arise again in the future?
Six things leads to the gradual leaving behind of sense-desire:
1. Learning how to meditate on ugly & disgusting objects.
2. Frequent & intense meditation on disgusting objects.
3. Guarding the sense doors.
4. Moderation in eating.
5. Noble friendship with one who knows how to quell sense-desire.
6. Suitable conversation on the disadvantages of hedonism.
Commentary to the Satipatthana Sutta
1. Learning how to meditate on disgusting objects.
Meditation on disgusting objects produces repulsion towards attractive objects as a result.
AN 5:36
The 32 inner organs of the body; A skin sac of bones with 9 oozing holes:
Herein, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu reflects on just this body, confined within the skin and full of
manifold ugly impurities from the soles upward and from the top of the hair downwards:
"There is in this body: head-hair, body-hair, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, sinews, bones, marrow,
kidneys, heart, liver, pleura, spleen, lungs, intestines, bowels, stomach, excrement, bile, pus,
blood, sweat, fat, tears, lymph, spit, slime, snot, joint-fluid, urine and the brain in the skull."
The 9 Corpse Contemplations:
The Bhikkhu goes to a cemetery to see a corpse one day, two days, three days dead:
Bloated, livid, putrid, rotting, stinking & festering, he applies it to this very body:
'This body, too: Such is its nature, such is its future, such its unavoidable destiny'...
He meditates as if he were seeing a corpse cast away in a cemetery, picked at by crows,
vultures, & hawks, by dogs, hyenas, & various other animals ... a skeleton covered partly
with flesh & blood, connected with sinews ... a fleshless skeleton smeared with blood,
connected with tendons ... a skeleton without meat as a chain of bones connected with
tendons... as bones detached from their tendons, scattered in all directions; here a
hand bone, there a foot bone, here a shinbone, there a thigh bone, here a hip bone,
there a back bone, here arib, there a chest bone, here a shoulder bone, there a neck
bone, here a jaw bone, there a tooth, here a skull...the bones whitened, somewhat like
the colour of sea-shells ... piled up, more than a year old ... crumbling into black powder.
This is awareness focused on the body merely as a putrid & rotting form of matter...
MN 10
As inspiration for this acquisition of the sign of disgust (asubha-nimitta) curing any lust
have a collection of corpse pictures been deposited at the link below. It can only be viewed
by adults > 18 years logged in with Yahoo ID: http://asia.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/clever_disgust/album?.dir=/f672
Such memorized image of severe disgust is then directed to whenever greedy lust re-arise.
If the memorized image is vivid then this urge of desire instantly vanish since disgust and
desire cannot co-exist in the mind. Even just noting the desire can cure it since such an
advantageous awareness cannot occur in combination with detrimental thought of lust.
Therefore, at the time of knowing the sense desire, that arose in the preceding moment,
that sense desire no longer exists, but only the act of awareness knowing & noting it...
3. Guarding the sense doors:
And how, Bhikkhus, does one guard the doors of the senses?
Seeing a form with the eye, one does neither get caught by any of the general features,
nor does one become obsessed with any particular detail of this captivating form...
Hearing a sound with the ear, one does neither get caught by any of the common aspects,
nor does one become infatuated with any specific detail of this sweet sound...
Smelling a smell with the nose, one does neither get caught by any of the prevailing qualities,
nor does one become as if possessed by any characteristic detail of this seducing smell...
Tasting a taste with the tongue, one does neither get caught by any of the prevalent hallmarks,
nor does one become as if gripped by any peculiar detail of this dazzling taste...
Touching a thing with the body, one does neither get caught by any of the regular attributes,
nor does one become as if fixated by any typical detail of this fascinating touch...
Thinking a thought with the mind, one does neither get caught by any of the universal signs,
nor does one become as if immersed in any distinct detail of this entrancing mental state...
Since, if one leaves the sense ability of the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body & mind uncontrolled,
evil detrimental states of lust and discontent immediately invade and degrade the mind...
Therefore does one practise & gain control of the senses, one guards the doors of the senses,
one reins back the senses, one keeps the senses restrained and in check...
SN 35:239
Friends, there are these forms recognizable by the eye, sounds recognizable by the ear, smells
recognizable by the nose, tastes recognizable by the tongue, touches recognizable by the body,
mental states recognizable by the mind, which are attractive & liked, wished, longed & urged for,
desired and provocative of both lust & greed. If one welcomes them, enjoys them & thus remains
clinging to them, delight arises. With the arising of delight, friends, I tell you, there is also the
arising of Suffering… However, if one does neither welcome, enjoy, nor cling to any of these sense
objects, delight ceases. With the ceasing of delight, friends, I tell you, there is also the ceasing
of all longing, of all attachment, of all clinging, of all addiction, of all bondage, of all Suffering…
MN 145
4. Moderation in eating:
How is a Bhikkhu moderate in eating? In this, a Bhikkhu, reflecting rationally, eats food neither
for the sake of entertainment, nor of infatuation, nor wishing for bodily beauty, but exclusively
for the support and maintenance of this body, for ending of discomfort, and for assisting this
Noble life, considering: In this way I will now end this old feeling, yet without arousing any new
feeling! Therefore will I remain healthy, blameless & in comfort... Exactly as one anoints an open
wound, only for the purpose of making it heal, or just as one greases an axle only for the sake of
easy transport of a heavy load, so does a Bhikkhu, who is moderated in eating, eat food while
always meticulously reflecting rationally in this very way ...
SN 35:239
5. Noble friendship with one who knows how to cure sense-desire.
The entire holy life, Ananda, is Noble friendship, Noble companionship, and Noble association.
Of any Bhikkhu, Ananda, who has a Noble friend, a Noble companion, a Noble associate,
it is to be expected that he will cultivate, practice & complete the Noble 8-fold Way.
SN 45:2
6. Suitable conversation on the disadvantages of hedonism.
Some examples spoken by the Blessed Buddha:
If the mortal, longing for sensual pleasure, gets it, yes, then he is happy. But when the
pleasures inevitably soon fade away, that person, longing, urging, desiring, is all shocked,
as if shot with an arrow... Sutta Nipata IV, 1
Death carries off the man while distracted by gathering flowers of sensual pleasures,
exactly & even so as a great tsunami carries away a sleeping village. Dhammapada 47
Sense objects give little satisfaction, but much urge, pain, panic and despair later.
The danger prevailing in them is bigger than their joys. MN 14
Disguised as joy, appearing as attractive, falsely promising only pleasure,
but longing, frustration, & grief surprises and shocks the one not aware!
Udana II - 8
With desire is the world tied & enchained. With the overcoming of desire is it freed.
With the overcoming of sense-desire are all bonds cut through.
SN 1:69
Sense-desire is like being in dept:
There is a man who has acquired a debt and has become ruined. Now, if his creditors, when
telling him to pay back the debt, speak roughly to him or harass and beat him, he is unable to
put up any resistance, but will accept it all. It is his debt that causes this feeble leniency.
Similarly with a man filled with sense-desire for a certain person, he will, full of craving for
that object of his desire, be attached to it. Even if spoken to roughly by that person, or even
harassed or beaten, he will tolerate it all...! His sense-desire causes that shy & frail weakness!
It is in this way, that sense-desire is like being in debt.
Absence of sense-desire is like freedom from dept:
A man, having taken a loan, uses it for his business and comes to prosperity. He then thinks:
"This debt is a cause of worry." He returns the loan together with the interest, and has the
loan papers torn up. After that he needs neither send any letter to, nor bow to his creditors...
And why? He is no longer in debt to them or dependent on them in any way.
Similarly a bhikkhu thinks: "sense-desire is a cause of hindrance." He then cultivates the six
things leading to its overcoming (see above), and removes the hindrance of sense-desire. Just
as one who has freed himself of debt no longer feels fear or anxiety, when meeting his former
creditors, so one who has given up sense-desire is no longer attached and bound to the object
of his desire. Even if he sees divine forms, neither passions, nor lust will assail or dominate him.
Therefore the Blessed One compared the elimination of sense-desire to freedom from debt.
Commentary on DN 2
A final shot at Hedonism:
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Why_Not.htm
Blissful is being without passions in this world,
Blissful is the overcoming of all sense-desires!
Udana II, 1
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Buddhists as the day on which Emperor Asoka's son, the arahat Mahinda, officially
introduced Buddhism to the island in the 3rd century B.C. Accordingly, in addition to
the normal ritualistic observances undertaken on a poya day, on Poson day devotees
flock to Anuradhapura, the ancient holy capital city of the country, for it was there
that arahat Mahinda converted the then ruler, King Devanampiya Tissa, and his court
to Buddhism, thereby setting in motion a series of events that finally made Sri Lanka
the home of Theravada Buddhism.
On such Uposatha Observance days:
Any Lay Buddhist simply joins the Three Refuges and undertakes
the Five Precepts like this: Newly bathed, shaved, white-clothed,
with clean bare feet, one kneels at a shrine with a Buddha-statue,
and bows first three times, so that feet, hands, elbows, knees and
head touch the floor. Then, with joined palms in front of the heart,
one recite these memorized lines in a loud, calm & steady voice:
As long as this life lasts:
I hereby take refuge in the Buddha.
I hereby take refuge in the Dhamma.
I hereby take refuge in the Sangha.
I hereby seek shelter in the Buddha for the 2nd time.
I hereby seek shelter in the Dhamma for the 2nd time.
I hereby seek shelter in the Sangha for the 2nd time.
I hereby request protection from the Buddha for the 3rd time.
I hereby request protection from the Dhamma for the 3rd time.
I hereby request protection from the Sangha for the 3rd time.
I will hereby respect these Three Jewels the rest of my life!
I accepts to respect & undertake these 5 training rules:
I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Killing.
I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Stealing.
I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Sexual Abuse.
I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Dishonesty.
I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Alcohol & Drugs.
As long as this life lasts, I am thus protected by these 5 precepts...
Then, one keeps and protects these sacred vows better than one's own
eyes & children!, since they protect you & all other beings much better
than any army! They are the highest offer one can give in & to this world!
This is the very start on the path towards Nibbāna -the Deathless Element-
This is the Noble Way to Peace, to Freedom, to Bliss, initiated by Morality,
developed further by Dhamma-Study and fulfilled by training of Meditation...
Today indeed is Pooya or uposatha or observance day, where any lay Buddhist
normally keeps the Eight Precepts from sunrise until the next dawn...
If any wish an official recognition by the Bhikkhu-Sangha, they may simply
forward the lines starting with "I..." signed with name, date, town & country
to me or join here. A public list of this new Saddhamma-Sangha is here!
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The Buddha's statements in the pali canon usually aren't general, but are oral teachings addressed to the specific groups he was talking to. So, if he's talking to monks then he'll call them monks... It can help to remember this, because understanding the context of the talk can help us understand the teachings. For example, misapplying a monastic teaching to the laity can sometimes be confusing. Not that monastic teachings can help, but without context, we just won't understand how or whether they should be applied to our own path.
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Evil and ill-will is the mental hindrance which is resisting against & opposing phenomena.
It can be quite violent when manifesting as quarrels, conflict, hate, hostility and war.
Aversion instantly destroys all harmony and peace and thus any potential for happiness.
It can only be cured by meditation on the four infinitely divine states (Brahma-viharas).
First priority: Noticing Evil-Will (Vyāpāda) arise-in itself- makes it fade away:
Herein, Bhikkhus, when Evil-Will is present in him the bhikkhu notes & understands:
"There is Evil-Will in me," and when Evil-Will is absent, he notes & understands:
"There is no Evil-Will in me." He also understands how unarisen Evil-Will arises.
He understands how to leave behind any arisen Evil-Will, and he understands how
left Evil-Will shall not arise again in the future. MN 10
What is the feeding cause that makes Evil-Will arise?
There are displeasing and repulsive features and aspects of any object, frequently giving
irrational & unwise attention to them, this is the feeding cause of the arising of unarisen
Evil-Will, and the feeding cause of the increase and expansion of Evil-Will that already has arisen.
SN 46:51
What is the starving cause that makes Evil-Will cease?
There is the release of mind through Universal Good-Will & Friendliness, frequently giving
rational & wise attention to this is the starving cause of the non-arising of unarisen Evil-Will,
and the starving cause of the decrease and shrinking of Evil-Will that already has arisen.
SN 46:51
Which medicine cures Evil-Will, so that it does not re-arise again in the future?
One should cultivate the meditation on Universal Friendliness (mettā)! For by cultivating
the meditation on Universal Friendliness, evil and ill-will gradually disappears.
One should cultivate the meditation on All-embracing Pity (karunā)! For by cultivating
the meditation on All-embracing Pity, cruelty and harming violence fades away.
One should cultivate the meditation on Sympathetic Mutual Joy (muditā)! For by cultivating
the meditation on Sympathetic Mutual Joy, discontent, envy & jealousy evaporates.
One should cultivate the meditation on Imperturbable Equanimity (upekkhā)! For by
cultivating the meditation on Imperturbable Equanimity, anger and aversion cease to exist.
MN 62
Some advantageous reflections to return to:
Remember the Simile of the Saw... The Blessed Buddha once said:
Friends, even if bandits were to cut you up, savagely, limb by limb, with a two-handled saw,
you should not be angry but do my bidding: Remain pervading them with a friendly mentality
imbued with an all-embracing good will, kind, rich, expansive, and immeasurable. Free from
hostility, free from ill will. Always remembering this very Simile of the Saw is indeed how
you should train yourselves... MN 21
Those absorbed in such accusations as:
"He/She/They abused, hurt, did me or us wrong "
whether right or wrong !, such foolish ones prolong
own pain by being obsessed by own anger.
However !!!
Those freed of these accusations:
"He/She/They abused, hurt, did me or us wrong "
noting: whether right or wrong - so what !!! -
such ones stop own pain by relinquishing all anger.
Dhammapada 3+4
FUEL ON FIRE ?
Not by anger is Hate ever quenched.
Only by Kindness is Hate always quenched.
This Ancient Law is an Eternal ... Truth ...
Dhammapada 5
BOOMERANG
Do not ever speak harshly as angry talk
is always answered back with angry talk.
Painful indeed is arrogant speech.
The inevitable retaliation invariably falls
back on such proud boaster.
Dhammapada 133
TOLERANCE
Tolerant forbearance is the highest praxis.
Nibbana is the supreme state.
So all Buddhas say.
The violent one is not a Recluse.
The harmful one is not a Bhikkhu.
Dhammapada 184
Know that everyone is then owner of the consequences of
their actions (Kamma), created by their actions, in debt
by their actions, linked to their actions, whether good or bad,
like a shadow that never leaves...
One sleeps Happy !
One wakes Happy !
One dreams No Evil dreams !
One is Liked & Loved by all human beings!
One is Liked & Loved by all non-human beings too!
One is Guarded & Protected by the divine Devas !
One cannot be Harmed by Fire, Poison or Weapons !
One swiftly Attains the Concentration of Absorption !
Ones appearance becomes Serene, Calm & Composed !
One dies without Confusion, Bewilderment nor Panic !
One reappears after death on the Brahma level if one has gone no higher here!
AN V342
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I've been concentrating on other things for the last few days. Concentrating so hard that I forgot about practicing these things strongly. Silly me!
Thank you so much for the reminder to get back on track. I needed it right now. I feel a huge wave of relief at the reminder and I'm smiling from ear to ear.
Thank you, Ven. Bhikkhu.
The Blessed Buddha once said:
These six things are to be remembered in order to Unite any Community in Harmony:
Which six?
1: Friendly Behaviour (metta-kaya-kamma=friendly bodily action) both in public and in private.
2: Friendly Speech (metta-vaci-kamma=friendly verbal action) both in public and in private.
3: Friendly Thought (metta-mano-kamma=friendly mental action) both in public and in private.
4: Sharing of Gains (sadharana-bhogi=common wealth) even down to any single lump of food.
5: Moral Harmony (sila-samannagato=uniform morality) all respect the same ethical rules.
6: Harmony in Views (ditthi-samannagato=uniform attitude) all share the same general views.
These 6 things are to be considered & remembered both for individual & social Harmony...
The Numerical Sayings of the Buddha. Anguttara Nikaya.
The Book of Sixes 11: To be Remembered... [III: 288-9]
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Advantageous is such mutual appreciation
of what really is good and beneficial for all.
Never give up!
Sweet is the long-term effect
of right mental training
And "These 6 Things Uniting in Harmony" are the perfect rules to follow for our group here. Thank you for posting them. I think I'll bring them to my parents to read as well, since we all live together and sometimes forget the importance of things like Friendly Speech and Behaviour.
Isn't it customary that teaching be presented begining with "Thus have I heard"?
How to cure the dull, slow, sluggish & heavy Lethargy & Laziness!
Alcohol, drugs, dope, pills, marihuana, sniffing, over-eating, excessive masturbation and night-living.
Such often life-long chemical or behavioural causes of Lethargy-&-Laziness should be eradicated...
As long as this is not achieved one remains a phlegmatic & apathetic zombie, drifting downwards!!!
Go straight & come clean! Addiction is pain! Freedom is bliss! Chemical calm is neither cool nor clear!
First priority: Noticing Lethargy-&-Laziness (thīna-middha) emergecan make it evaporate:
Herein, Bhikkhus, when Lethargy-&-Laziness is present in him, the bhikkhu notes & understands:
There is Lethargy-&-Laziness in me, and when Lethargy-&-Laziness is absent, he notes & understands:
There is no Lethargy-&-Laziness in me. He also understands how unarisen Lethargy-&-Laziness arises.
He understands how to leave behind any arisen Lethargy-&-Laziness, and he understands how left
Lethargy-&-Laziness will not arise again in the future. MN 10
What is the feeding cause that makes Lethargy-&-Laziness arise?
There are boredom, apathy, tiredness, lazy stretching of the body, heavy drowsiness after meals,
mental sluggishness, frequently giving irrational & unwise attention to these mental states, this is the
feeding cause of the arising of unarisen Lethargy-&-Laziness, and the feeding cause of consolidation
and deepening of Lethargy-&-Laziness, that already has emerged. SN 46:51
What is the starving cause that makes Lethargy-&-Laziness cease?
There are the events of Initiative, of Launching into Effort, and of tenaciously Enduring Persistence,
frequently giving rational & wise attention to these three mental elements, is the starving cause for the
non-arising of unarisen Lethargy-&-Laziness, and the starving cause for the arousing and stirring of
Lethargy-&-Laziness, that has already emerged.
SN 46:51
The Supreme Ideal:
Before the Buddha sat down to meditate in order to attain enlightenment, he made this determination:
May just all flesh and blood of this body dry up into a stiff frame of only bones, tendons and skin...
Not before having achieved, what can be achieved by manly strength, manly power, manly energy,
will I rise from this seat...MN 70
Some advantageous reflections to return to whenever Laziness threatens:
How to stimulate the mind:
How does one stimulate the mind at a time when it needs stimulation?
If due to slowness of understanding or due to not having yet reached the happiness of tranquillity,
one's mind is dull, then one should rouse it through reflecting on the eight objects stirring urgency.
These eight are: birth, decay, disease & death; the suffering in the hell, demon, ghost & animal world;
the suffering in the past rooted in the round of existence; the suffering of the future rooted in the
round of existence; the suffering of the present rooted in the pursuit & search for food and living.
Vism. IV,63
Perceiving the suffering in impermanence:
In a bhikkhu, who is used to see the suffering in impermanence and who frequently reflects on this,
there will be established in him such an acute sense of the danger in laziness, apathy, inactivity and
lethargy, as if he were threatened by a mad murderer with drawn sword.
AN 7:46
Lethargy-&-Laziness is an inner mental Prison:
Just as when a man has been forced into prison is Lethargy-&-Laziness, but later when he gets
released from this (inner) prison, then he is safe, fearing no loss of property. And at that good
he rejoices, and is glad at heart... Such is the breaking out of Lethargy-&-Laziness...
Another person has been kept in jail during a festival day, and so could see none of the shows.
When people say: Oh, how fun was this festival! He will remain shy, mute and silent. Why?
Because he did not enjoy any festival himself... Similarly is prison of Lethargy-&-Laziness...
Another person that once had been in jail on a festival day. But when freed and celebrating the
festival on a later occasion, he looks back: Before due to my careless laziness, I was in prison on
that day & could not enjoy this festival. Now I shall therefore be Alert & Careful. Since he remains
thus Alert & Careful no detrimental state can overcome his mind. Having enjoyed the festival,
he exclaims: Oh, what a fun festival it was! Such is the freedom from Lethargy-&-Laziness...
The remembrance of Death:
To-day the effort should be made,
Who knows if Death comes tomorrow?
MN 131
Easy is the shameless life now.
Easy is it to be bold, retaliating,
lazy, uninformed & wrong-viewed.
Dhammapada 244
Rouse yourself! Sit up!
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.
Do not let the king of death, seeing you
lazy, lead you astray and dominate you.
Sutta Nipata II, 10
Carefulness is the way to the Deathless.
Carelessness is the way to death.
The Careful die not.
The Careless are as if already dead.
Dhammapada 21
How to get to the opposite good mental state: Enthusiastic Energy (Viriya) see here:
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Arousal Get Up and Going:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Arousal_Get_Up_and_Going.ht
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"Thus have I heard" is a signature that marks
that is was recited by Ven. Ananda at the first
council, which established the Tipitaka.
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Noticing Restlessness-&-Regret (uddhacca-kukkucca) arisecan make it fade away:
Herein, Bhikkhus, when Restlessness-&-Regret is present in him, the bhikkhu notes & understands:
There is Restlessness-&-Regret in me, & when Restlessness-&-Regret is absent, he notes & understands:
No Restlessness-&-Regret is in me. He also understands how unarisen Restlessness-&-Regret arises.
He understands how to leave behind any arisen Restlessness-&-Regret, and he understands how left
Restlessness-&-Regret will not arise again in the future. MN 10
What is the feeding cause that makes Restlessness-&-Regret arise?
There are unrest, unsettledness, nervous unease, agitation & anxiety, often giving irrational & unwise
attention to such states, this is the feeding cause of the arising of unarisen Restlessness-&-Regret, &
the feeding cause of worsening and exacerbation of Restlessness-&-Regret, that already has arisen.
SN 46:51
What is the starving cause that makes Restlessness-&-Regret cease?
There is the mental state of serene tranquillity, calm, quietude, rest, stillness, imperturbability, peace,
frequently giving rational & wise attention to this exquisite mental state, is the starving cause for the
non-arising of unarisen Restlessness-&-Regret, & the starving cause for the dampening and calming of
Restlessness-&-Regret, that has already appeared. SN 46:51
Some advantageous reflections to return to whenever
Restlessness-&-Regret is provoked:
When the mind is restless, it is the proper time for cultivating the following factors of enlightenment:
tranquillity, concentration and equanimity, because an agitated mind can easily be quietened by them.
SN 46:53
Restlessness-&-Regret is like Slavery:
Just as when a man is a slave, not independent, but dependent on others, unable to go where he likes,
exactly & even so is restlessness since it forces one into unwanted activity & destroys any ease & calm.
Later he is set free from slavery, is now independent, no longer dependent, a freeman who can go
where he wants. And at that he rejoices, is glad at heart... Such is blissful freedom from restlessness.
DN 2
This is Real, this is Supreme, namely:
The Stilling of all mental Construction,
The Calming of all Restless Activity,
The Fading of all Concern & Anxiety,
The Cooling of all Temptation & Urge,
The Ending of all Longing & Craving,
The Exhaustion of all Fuel of Being,
Ceasing, Peace, Bliss, Freedom, Nibbana …
AN V 319
with the mind's agitation quieted,
calm and serene and happy is he,
for he has attained peace of mind.
Samyutta Nikaya I, 212
Calm is his thought,
Calm is his speech, and
Calm is his action, who, truly knowing,
is wholly freed, perfectly tranquil and wise.
Dhammapada 96
DOING GOOD = NO REGRET!
Here and now the good-doer rejoices...
Even so after passing away and re-emerging,
the doer of good reaps only joy & ease...
So both here & there, the wise with merit well done, enjoys the purity of prior actions.
Dhammapada 15
DOING BAD = MUCH REGRET!
Here and now the bad-doer suffers...
Even so after passing away and re-emerging,
the doer of wrong reaps only pain and regret...
So both here & there, the evil wrongdoing fool
suffers the painful results of prior actions.
Dhammapada 16
How to get to the opposite good mental state: Calm (Samatha) see here:
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Advantageous is such mutual
appreciation of what is really
good!
Tender Harmlessness & Patient Tolerance Protects all Beings!
I am a friend of the bipeds;
I am a friend of those with four feet,
I am a friend of the many-footed.
May not the footless harm me,
may not the bipeds harm me,
may not those with four feet harm me,
and may not those with many feet harm me.
A. II, 72
Among tigers, lions, leopards & bears I lived in the wood.
No one was frightened of me, nor did I fear anyone.
Uplifted by such universal friendliness I enjoyed the forest.
Finding great solace in sweet silent solitude.
Suvanna-sama Jataka 540
I am a friend and helper to all,
I am sympathetic to all living beings.
I develop a mind full of love and
delights always in harmlessness.
I gladden my mind, fill it with joy,
makes it immovable and unshakable.
I develop the divine states of mind
not cultivated by simple men.
Theragatha. 648-9
takes delight in harmlessness
sharing love with all that live,
finds enmity with none.
SN I 208
He who does not strike nor makes
others strike, who robs not nor makes
others rob, sharing love with all that lives,
finds enmity with none.
Itivuttaka 22 As a mother even with her life protects
her only son, so let one cultivate infinite,
yeah universal, friendliness towards
all sentient, living & breathing beings.
When one with a mind of true affection
feels compassion for this entire world,
above, below and across,
unlimited everywhere.
The one who has left violence,
who never harm any being,
who never kill nor causes to kill,
such one, mild, is a Holy Noble One.
Dhammapada 405
The one who is friendly among the hostile,
who is harmless among the violent,
who is detached among the greedy,
such one is a Holy Noble One.
Dhammapada 406 He is not Noble who injures living beings.
He is called Noble because he is
gentle & kind towards all living beings.
Dhammapada 270
Tolerance is the highest training.
Patience is the best praxis.
So all Buddhas say.
Dhammapada 184
Let no one deceive another
or despise anyone anywhere,
or through anger or irritation
wish for another to suffer.
Khuddakapatha 9
Solitude is happiness for one who is content,
who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees.
Cordial non-violence is happiness in this world
harmlessness towards all living beings.
Udana 10
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Herein, Bhikkhus, when Doubt-&-Uncertainty is present in him, the bhikkhu notes & understands:
There is Doubt-&-Uncertainty in me, & when Doubt-&-Uncertainty is absent, he notes & understands:
No Doubt-&-Uncertainty is in me. He also understands how unarisen Doubt-&-Uncertainty arises.
He understands how to leave behind any arisen Doubt-&-Uncertainty, and he understands how left
Doubt-&-Uncertainty will not arise again in the future. MN 10
What is the feeding cause that makes Doubt-&-Uncertainty arise?
There are doubtful, indeterminable, & inconclusive ambiguities! Often giving irrational & unwise
attention to such matters, is the feeding cause of the arising of unarisen Doubt-&-Uncertainty, &
the feeding cause of worsening and aggravation of Doubt-&-Uncertainty, that already has arisen.
SN 46:51
What is the starving cause that makes Doubt-&-Uncertainty cease?
There are advantageous & detrimental states, blameable & blameless, average & excellent states,
and dark & bright states, frequently giving rational & wise attention to these, is the starving cause
for the non-arising of unarisen Doubt-&-Uncertainty, & the starving cause for the resolute clearing
of Doubt-&-Uncertainty, that has already appeared. SN 46:51
Some advantageous reflections to return to whenever Doubt-&-Uncertainty sneaks in:
There are these 6 things, which help to throw out doubt:
1: The state of being learned in the Buddha-Dhamma. 2: Examining the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha.
3: Understanding the advance of Moral Discipline. 4: Being decided & convinced about the 3 Jewels.
5: Sympathetic, clever and helpful friends, who knows directly. 6: Explaining talk that dispels doubt.
Doubt-&-Uncertainty is like a Desert:
Doubt-&-Uncertainty is just as when a rich man travels through a desolate desert where there is no
food and much danger. Freedom from Doubt-&-Uncertainty is like when he has crossed the desert,
and gradually reaches safety near a village, a secure place, free from danger. The he is relieved.
DN 2
It is exactly & even so with one in whom doubts about one of the 8 objects of doubt# has arisen.
Doubting whether the Master really is a perfectly Enlightened One or not, he cannot become
assured of it with confidence. Unconvinced he remains unable to attain to the paths and fruits
of Nobility. Thus, as the traveller in the desert is uncertain whether robbers are there or not,
he produces in his mind, again and again, a state of wavering and vacillation, a lack of decision,
a state of anxiety; and thus he creates in himself an obstacle for reaching the safe ground of
the Noble Ones (ariya-bhumi). In that way, sceptical doubt is like travelling in a desert.
#: They are, according to the Vibhanga: doubt in regard to the Buddha, the Dhamma, the Sangha,
the (threefold) training, the past, the future, both past and future, and the conditionality of
dependently arisen phenomena.
The Buddha was once questioned by an elderly yet undecided and divided brahman Dhotaka:
I see here in the world of beings
divine & human, good ones, who lives
possessing nothing.
I thus bow for you All-around Eye.
Please Sakyan, release me from my doubts!
The Buddha answered:
No one in the world, Dhotaka,
can I release from doubting.
But knowing the most excellent Dhamma,
you will cross the ocean of uncertainty.
Dhotaka now more confident:
And I admire, Great Seer,
that peace supreme, all stilled,
knowing which, living aware and
detached, I'll go beyond the
entanglement of this world.
Then I will teach you that peace
even right here & now,
not just hearsay words,
understanding which, living aware and
detached, you'll go beyond the
entanglement of this world.
Teach me as your friend, O best one,
the Dhamma of detachment
so that I may know directly
so that I, as unaffected as space,
may live right here, at ease in peace.
calmed and not dependent...
Whatever you are aware of, Dhotaka,
above, below, across, or in between;
know this as a chain to this world!
Thus, do not create any craving for
any being, becoming or non-becoming.
Sutta Nipata V 6
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This thread appears to have become a podium for you to copy and paste many valuable lessons which I'm sure have a great deal to impart....
I did however, some time ago, request that you abstain from flooding the board with great tracts of text, intending to proselytise and advertise...
I am being cautious here, because I certainly would not wish to throw my weight around or jump to conclusions, but this smacks of creeping in by the back door and just changing your modus operandii to appear more acceptable....
If others are content to permit the thread to continue, I will be happy to do so...
However, with reference to my previous communication to you, if there is a general concensus that this borders on the mild and insistent indoctrination, I will consider acting more definitively.
I await response from all, openly and impartially. *
I can quite see where you're coming from and I agree that great slabs of cut'n'paste or dragon-drop can get tedious. In this case, and having been inoculated against being proselytised by some pretty persuasive people, I quite enjoy this thread.
What I tend to do, with those passages which catch fire for me, is to redfraft them into Western English for use either internally or externally. The current 'slab' about doubt and uncertainty becomes really useful for my work as a sherpa on the slopes of spiritual Himalayas.
(P.S. Fede, missed you.)
It goes without saying that if anyone has any misgivings about anything posted anywhere on this site, you only need to drop me the nod...
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ME TOO!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Friends, those Bhikkhus who are accomplished in morality, masters in concentration,
experts in understanding, consummated in release, fulfilled in the knowledge & vision
of release, I tell you even just a short sight of those Bhikkhus is advantageous, even
just listening to them is very profitable, even just visiting them is like a golden fortune,
even attending on and helping them is productive of good, even just remembering them
is valuable, & going forth after or under them is therefore worthwhile, and expedient!
Why? Because, when one has heard true Dhamma from such Bhikkhus, then one dwells
withdrawn calmed by two kinds of seclusion: secluded in body and secluded in mind!
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V:67] section 46: The Links. 3: Morality ...
This one makes me want to go to Gampo Abbey. They welcome lay people and I could stay for quite a while, if my physical body would permit. It lies at the northern tip of an island in eastern Canada along the Atlantic Ocean. I long to go and stay there to do exactly what you posted above.
IMO emancipating is the result of ones testing the spoken Dhamma, thereby, one establishes grounding within oneself.
The candle that is lit by another is just as easily blown out.
Yet the Dharma is spoken to us by another and the quality of that other will colour the message.
Exceptionally Rare is the arising of the Links to Awakening!
Bhikkhus, these exquisitely refined & sophisticated Seven Links to Awakening do
never arise apart from the appearance of a Well-Come-Well-Gone One, an Arahat,
a Perfectly Self-Enlightened Buddha! They never emerge outside the discipline of
a thus Happy & Successful One! Which seven?
2: The Investigation Link to Awakening.
3: The Energy Link to Awakening.
4: The Joy Link to Awakening.
5: The Tranquillity to Awakening.
6: The Concentration Link to Awakening.
7: The Equanimity Link to Awakening.
emerge other than after the arrival of a Tathāgata, an Arahant, a Perfectly Self-
Enlightened Buddha! They never emerge outside the discipline of a Fortunate One!
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 77] section 46: The Links. 9+10: Arising...
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Venerable Sariputta once told the Buddha:
Unsurpassable is how the Blessed Buddha has taught the supreme efforts imbedded
within the Seven Links to Awakening, that is:
2: The Investigation Link to Awakening.
3: The Energy Link to Awakening.
4: The Joy Link to Awakening.
5: The Tranquillity to Awakening.
6: The Concentration Link to Awakening.
7: The Equanimity Link to Awakening.
The Exhaustive Speeches of the Buddha. Dīgha Nikāya.
DN 28: Confirmed Conviction. Sampasādanīya Sutta.
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Freeing from Sense-Addiction are the Links to Awakening!
Bhikkhus, I do not see even one other single thing that, when developed & cultivated,
leads to the leaving behind of the things that bind, so effectively & quickly as this:
The Seven Links to Awakening! What seven?
1: The Awareness Link to Awakening.
2: The Investigation Link to Awakening.
3: The Energy Link to Awakening.
4: The Joy Link to Awakening.
5: The Tranquillity to Awakening.
6: The Concentration Link to Awakening.
7: The Equanimity Link to Awakening.
How, Bhikkhus, are Seven Links to Awakening developed and refined so that they lead to
the giving up & letting go of those things that bind? Here, when a Bhikkhu develops these
seven links to awakening, joined with & dependent upon seclusion, disillusion, and ceasing,
culminating in release, then these seven links to awakening, are evolved & matured in a way,
so that they lead to the abandoning of the things that bind, grip, addict and obsess beings.
And what, Bhikkhus, are the things that bind, grip, addict and obsess all beings?
The eye, ear, nose, mouth, body and mind are things that bind, grip, addict & obsess beings!
Form, sound, smell, taste, touch & thought are things that bind, grip, addict & obsess beings!
Seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching and thinking bind, grip, addict and obsess beings!
These are called the things that bind, ensnares, entrap, enslaves, enchain & consume beings...
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 88-9] section 46: The Links. 29: One Thing...
Drops of Dhamma Delight - Sabbedânam Dhammadânam Jinâti!
The gift of Dhamma surpasses all other gifts... Dhp 354
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