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More Happy News:
All costs of the Knee Surgery have finally been donated.
Nothing more for that pressing purpose is needed!
Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! Well done indeed. Many Thanx!
The forest Saddhamma Sangha may naturally still be supported anytime here:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/various/Dhamma..._Foundation.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/various/Subscribe_to_Regular_Donation.htm
Infinite Thanx to all those wonderful friends who helped out!
PS: The Saddhamma Sangha may formally be entered by accepting the 3 refuges & 5 precepts at links below.
Such is quite obligatory for any righteous Buddhist. Its free yet very advantageous!!!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Sangha_Entry.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Saddhamma_Sangha.htm
Poya is the full-moon of Poson (June), which is specially noteworthy to the Sri Lankan
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 Mihintale & 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 stronghold home of Theravada Buddhism.
Arahat Mahinda arrives
and tests the king's intelligence.
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 accept 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 Nibbana -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!
The New Noble Community of Disciples: The Saddhamma Sangha:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Saddhamma_Sangha.htm
Join Here:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Sangha_Entry.htm
May your journey hereby be eased, light, swift and sweet. Never give up!!!
For Details on Uposatha Observance Days
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/uposatha.html
Have a nice day!
Friendship is the Greatest
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
http://groups.google.com/group/What_Buddha_Said
Sources:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Poson_Poya_Day.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Poson_Poya_artikel1.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Poson_Poya_artikel2.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Poson_Poya_artikel3.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Poson_Poya_artikel4.htm
Poson Poya: Arahat Mahinda Thera comes!
Every being has been reborn billions of billions of billions of times before!
There is no discernable beginning on this long round of ever repeated
rebirths and consequently repeated decays & deaths called Samsara…
We have all already produced a huge mountain of skeleton bones…
Do U really wish to make yet another mountain of dry bones?
Please enjoy Ur study here for details on Rebirth:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Rebirth.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Rare_Rebirth.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Divine_Rebirth.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Animal_Rebirth.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Samsaric_Dread.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Minor_Hells.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Hell_Destiny.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Five_Destinations.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_5_Destinations.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Kamma_and_Rebirth.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Samsaric_Round.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Mad_Demon_Rebirth.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Human_Being_Rebirth.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Hungry_Ghost_Rebirth.htm
On The Thirty-one Planes of Existence:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sagga/loka.html
Endless is the row of Deaths ... !!!
Why not Escape?
Have a nice reflecting day!
Friendship is the Greatest
Bhikkhu Samahita Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
http://groups.google.com/group/What_Buddha_Said
Friend Rosiiva wisely asked:
Is there something in the Buddha`s teachings about the stages in our mental development ?
Answer:
Following the Noble 8-fold Way the mind is purified in 7 stages:
I: Purification of morality (sila-visuddhi)
II: Purification of mind (citta-visuddhi)
III: Purification of view (ditthi-visuddhi)
IV: Purification by overcoming doubt (kankha-vitarana-visuddhi)
V: Purification by knowledge & vision of what is path and not-path
VI: Purification by knowledge and vision of progress on the path.
VII: Purification of knowledge and vision (ñanadassana-visuddhi).
The classic text is MN 24 Ratha-vinita Sutta: The Relay Chariots:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.024.than.html
See also for stages of purity:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_7_Purifications.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_purpose_of_purification.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Levels_of_Leaving_Behind.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/9_Stillings.htm
Book on The Seven Stages of Purification and the Insight Knowledges:
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=404506
Have a nice day!
Friendship is the Greatest!
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
http://groups.google.com/group/What_Buddha_Said
How to be a Real Buddhist through Observance?
Nikini Poya day is the full-moon of August. Bhikkhus who did not enter the yearly
rains retreat (Vas) early at Esala Poya day (peravas), are allowed to enter the
the rain retreat now in august (pasuvas). Nikini Poya day celebrates the first ever
Dhammasangayana - The First Buddhist Council where, what the Buddha said, is
agreed upon & recited. This took place at the Saptapanni Rock Cave in Rajagaha
(now Rajgir, India), under the patronage of Mahakassapa Thera & it went on for
seven long months. It established the original authentic Tipitaka: The Three Baskets
of Sacred Text = The Pali Canon.
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Pics/Sattapanni.cave.jpg
The Sattapanni Cave in Rajgir, where the First Buddhist Council was held.
On the first Buddhist Council:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Buddhist_Council
On such 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 accept 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! So is the start towards Nibbana: the Deathless Element!
This is the Noble Way to Peace, to Freedom, to Ease, to Happiness,
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 hereby ..." signed with
name, date, town & country to me or join here.
A public list of this new Saddhamma-Sangha is set up here!
The New Noble Community of Disciples: The Saddhamma Sangha:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Saddhamma_Sangha.htm
Can quite advantageously be Joined Here:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Sangha_Entry.htm
May your journey hereby be light, swift and sweet. Never give up !!
Bhikkhu Samahita: what.buddha.said@gmail.coms
For Details on Uposatha Observance Days:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/uposatha.html
Have a nice day!
Friendship is the Greatest
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
http://groups.google.com/group/What_Buddha_Said
Nikini Poya day - The First Buddhist Council!
What is the Cause of Contentment (Santutthi)???
The blessed Buddha once said:
Contentment is the highest Treasure!
Please imagine a state, where one always is Content… ?
What is the cause of contentment?
Mutual joy with others success is the proximate cause of contentment...
Lack of Mutual joy is therefore the cause of discontentment…
When did you last rejoice happily in someone else’s success?
When did you last the calm peace of satisfied contentment?
Mutual joy can be trained! Result = Calm Content!
How? Please see here:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Mutual_Joy.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Contentment.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Calm_and_Content.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Rejoicing_Bliss_is_Mudita.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Infinitely_Joyous_Consciousness.htm
Enjoy Elevated Rejoice! It cures!
When providing the cause, one gains the effect…
Have a nice day!
Friendship is the Greatest
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
http://groups.google.com/group/What_Buddha_Said
What is the Cause of Contentment?
Did everything go well?
You were in my prayers.....
Knee is slowly improving.
Thanx for the prayers :-)
The Agrarian Mind Maker:
As a good farmer removes weeds & rocks harmful to his field,
likewise any disciple removes anger & jealousy from his mind.
When a thought comes to his mind that produces defilement,
then he immediately removes it so his mind becomes pure again,
like a field becomes ready once weeds & rocks have been removed.
Just like a farmer who cultivates his field with the best rice seed
and plants at the right time - first fertilizing for better growth -
so the disciple must cultivate advantageous states like friendliness,
pity, mutual joy, and equanimity.
WORTHY
Whoever is master of his own mind,
Bright, clear and true,
He may indeed wear the yellow robe
Dhammapada 10
BEGIN HERE
This is the proper way to begin
for a clever one:
Guard the Senses;
Be Content;
Keep the Precepts;
Cultivate only friends of pure livelihood,
of lovely moral & who are rightly striving.
Dhammapada 375
The Divine Classic: All-Embracing Infinite Friendliness!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Infinite_and_Divine_Classic.htm
Have a nice day!
Friendship is the Greatest
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
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The Clever Cultivator!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Pandito silasampanno,
Sanho ca patibhanava,
Nivatavutti atthaddho,
Tadiso labhate yasam.
Worthy, wise and virtuous:
Who is wise and virtuous,
Gentle and keen-witted,
Humble and amenable,
Such one may honour gain.
Have a nice day!
Friendship is the Greatest
Bhikkhu Samahita Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
http://groups.google.com/group/What_Buddha_Said
Wise + Virtuous = Worthy!
Having received kind support from many friends, a warm-hearted appreciation
and some feedback is hereby returned with plenty of quite sincere gratitude!
The knee surgery went well. Both menisci had horizontal lesions and 3 small
cysts were found during a special MRI scanning sensitive to cartilage.
There still remains some pain, especially when sitting cross-legged, but
the knee is improving day by day and may hopefully fully recover.
Many Thanx again for this opportunity: It was a great relief!
The Horizontal lesions and 3 small flattened Cysts in the menisci of ‘my’ right knee on MRI scanning.
Horizontal lesion as seen in Arthroscopy.
Schematically.
In local spinal anaesthesia ‘I’ watched the entire procedure on a monitor.
They will send me a CD with some video, which can be put on WWW if
my slow internet connection can handle it.
Have a nice day and Thank you very much again!
PS: As the hospital bill is not fully paid yet, is any support still very welcome here:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/various/Dhammadhara_Foundation.htm
Friendship is the Greatest!
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
http://groups.google.com/group/What_Buddha_Said
Appreciation of Knee Surgery! ;-)
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Sangahako mittakaro,
Vadaññu vitamaccharo,
Neta vineta anuneta,
Tadiso labhate yasam.
Friendly + Unselfish = Honourable!
Who is hospitable, and friendly,
Generous and unselfish,
A guide, a teacher, a leader,
Such one will to honour attain.
Digha Nikaya 3.273
Have a nice day!
Friendship is the Greatest!
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
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Friendly + Unselfish = Honourable!
Envy and Jealousy is mixed states of own Greed and Hate!
How to cure these painful mental states of Envy & Jealousy:
1: Review the Danger in Envy & Jealousy like this:
'Ooh this is the very Acid eating up my mind from within... All Happiness is Destroyed!'
2: Know that Envy & Jealousy arise because one wants something that another has!
The aversion towards that person arise. Wanting (greed) is Craving towards an object.
Aversion (hate) is Craving away from an object. All forms of Craving causes Suffering!
Know that Envy & Jealousy is the proximate cause of Discontentment.
3: Envy & Jealousy is cured by rejoicing in other's success & gains: Mutual Joy! (Mudita)
'How good that this being, having done good in the past, now earns the well deserved fruit!!!'
Thus one substitutes an disadvantageous mental state with an advantageous mental state.
Know that Mutual Joy! (Mudita) is the proximate cause of Contentment.
4: Begin and Cultivate meditation on Infinite Mutual Joy:
Sit down a silent & empty place with closed eye and beam from this the heart:
'May I be successful, rich, beautiful, famous, intelligent, popular and praised!' then:
'May my friends be successful, rich, beautiful, famous, intelligent, popular and praised!'
'May my enemies be successful, rich, beautiful, famous, intelligent, popular and praised!'
'May all in this village be successful, rich, beautiful, famous, intelligent, popular and praised!'
'May all in this country be successful, rich, beautiful, famous, intelligent, popular and praised!'
'May all in this earth be successful, rich, beautiful, famous, intelligent, popular and praised!'
'May all in this galaxy be successful, rich, beautiful, famous, intelligent, popular and praised!'
'May all in this universe be successful, rich, beautiful, famous, intelligent, popular and praised!'
beaming this tender sympathy out from the heart first out in front, the right, left, back, above as
below, so gradually expanding up to and beyond the limitations of space and into the infinitude!!!
5: Keep on doing that 15-45 min every day. Note the difference in joyous mentality during the day!
May all beings rejoice in Mutual Joy celebrating all beings success, since any real progress is good!
One should not despise giving.
One should neither envy others.
One who envy others cannot attain absorption and
will never enter any concentrated trance.
Dhammapada 365
Neither nice speech nor serene behaviour
make one accomplished, if one is still
possessed of envy, miserliness or deceit.
Dhammapada 262
Absorbed in distractions,
not paying appropriate attention,
giving up the goal, following the pleasant,
one come to envy those who of right effort!
Dhammapada 209
see also: Rejoicing Bliss = Mudita:
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Rejoicing_Bliss_is_Mudita.htm
and
Mutual Joy:
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/IV/Mutual_Joy.htm
Have a nice rejoicing day!
Friendship is the Greatest
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
http://groups.google.com/group/What_Buddha_Said
Craving + Ill Will = Envy + Jealousy...
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Utthanako analaso,
Apadasu na vedhati,
Acchinnavutti medhavi,
Tadiso labhate yasam.
Digha Nikaya III 273
Worthy, wise and virtuous:
Who is energetic and not indolent,
In misfortune unshaken,
Flawless in manner and intelligent,
Such one will honour gain.
Have a nice contemplating day!
Friendship is the Greatest
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
http://groups.google.com/group/What_Buddha_Said
Intelligent + Energetic = Honourable!
Good for All are The 3 Kinds of Right Mental Purity!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
How, Cunda, is purity of mental action threefold?
1: Herein, someone is without avarice, acquisitiveness, & greedy envy.
Whatever another person possesses of goods & property, he does
not long & yearn for it: Oh may I get what that other person has!
2: He is free from ill-will, he harbours no angry thoughts in his mind!
Rather he thinks: Oh, may these beings be free from hate & ill-will,
and may they lead a happy & easy life free from all trouble & harm!
3: He possesses right understanding and this unshakable right view:
Gifts, donations, and offerings are not worthless. There is a fruit
and kammic result of all advantageous & disadvantageous actions!
There is this world, and there is the next world. There are duties
towards father and mother. There are spontaneously reborn beings.
There are in this world recluses and monks of right & perfect living,
who have themselves understood and directly realized both this very
world and the next, and are able to explain them both....
This is the threefold mental purity, Cunda!
Source (edited extract):
Numerical Discourses of the Buddha. Anguttara Nikaya AN 10:176
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/Index.Numerical.htm
More on Right View (Samma Ditthi):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_View.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Straight_View.htm
and leaving Wrong View:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Leaving_Wrong_View.htm
Have a nice day!
Friendship is the Greatest
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
http://groups.google.com/group/What_Buddha_Said
What is Mental Purity?
Good for All are The 3 Kinds of Right Mental Purity!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
How, Cunda, is purity of mental action threefold?
1: Herein, someone is without avarice, acquisitiveness, & greedy envy.
Whatever another person possesses of goods & property, he does
not long & yearn for it: Oh may I get what that other person has!
2: He is free from ill-will, he harbours no angry thoughts in his mind!
Rather he thinks: Oh, may these beings be free from hate & ill-will,
and may they lead a happy & easy life free from all trouble & harm!
3: He possesses right understanding and this unshakable right view:
Gifts, donations, and offerings are not worthless. There is a fruit
and kammic result of all advantageous & disadvantageous actions!
There is this world, and there is the next world. There are duties
towards father and mother. There are spontaneously reborn beings.
There are in this world recluses and monks of right & perfect living,
who have themselves understood and directly realized both this very
world and the next, and are able to explain them both....
This is the threefold mental purity, Cunda!
Source (edited extract):
Numerical Discourses of the Buddha. Anguttara Nikaya AN 10:176
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/Index.Numerical.htm
More on Right View (Samma Ditthi):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_View.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Straight_View.htm
and leaving Wrong View:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Leaving_Wrong_View.htm
Have a nice day!
Friendship is the Greatest
Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
http://groups.google.com/group/What_Buddha_Said
What is Mental Purity?
Awareness by Breathing is a Unique thing!
Once in Savatthi the Blessed Buddha said this:
Bhikkhus, there is one unique thing, which when trained & cultivated,
is of great fruit and great advantage. What is that one unique thing?
Is Awareness by Breathing (Anapanasati)! And how, Bhikkhus, is this
Awareness by Breathing trained, developed, cultivated & refined so
that it is of really great fruit and gigantic long-term advantage?
Bhikkhus, when a Bhikkhu, who have gone to the forest, or to the
root of a tree, or to an empty hut, there he sits down cross-legged,
having straightened his body and back, & set up awareness around
the nostrils, then just plain aware of that itself he breathes in, and
then just solely aware of only that breathing itself he breathes out...
1: Breathing in long, he knows, notes & understands: I inhale long!
Breathing out long, he knows, notes & understands: I exhale long!
2: Breathing in short, he knows, notes & understands: I inhale short!
Breathing out short, he knows, notes & understands: I exhale short!
3: He trains thus: Experiencing this entire body, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Experiencing this entire body, I will breathe out!
4: He trains thus: Calming all bodily activity, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Calming all bodily activity, I will breathe out!
5: He trains thus: Experiencing enraptured joy, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Experiencing enraptured joy, I will breathe out!
6: He trains thus: Experiencing a happy pleasure, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Experiencing a happy pleasure, I will breathe out!
7: He trains thus: Experiencing all mental activity, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Experiencing all mental activity, I will breathe out!
8: He trains thus: Calming all mental activity, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Calming all mental activity, I will breathe out!
9: He trains thus: Experiencing the present mood, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Experiencing the present mood, I will breathe out!
10: He trains thus: Elating & satisfying the mind, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Elating & satisfying the mind, I will breathe out!
11: He trains thus: Concentrating & focusing mind, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Concentrating & focusing mind, I will breathe out!
12: He trains thus: Releasing, & liberating the mind, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Releasing, & liberating the mind, I will breathe out!
13: He trains thus: Contemplating impermanence, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Contemplating impermanence, I will breathe out!
14: He trains thus: Contemplating disillusion, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Contemplating disillusion, I will breathe out!
15: He trains thus: Contemplating ceasing, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Contemplating ceasing, I will breathe out!
16: He trains thus: Contemplating relinquishment, I will breathe in!
He trains thus: Contemplating relinquishment, I will breathe out!
It is, Bhikkhus, when Awareness by Breathing is trained, developed
& refined in exactly this way, that it is of great fruit & advantage!
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. [V:311]
section 54: Anapanasamyutta. Thread 1: A Unique Thing!
These 16 steps should be memorized fully. Print out & bring to pillow!
On Anapana-sati Meditation technique used by all Buddhas at Awakening:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Awareness_by_Breathing.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/Manual/Meditation.Manual.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/anapana_sati.htm
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Unique is Awareness by Breathing!
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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Sabbapapassa akaranam,
kusalassa upasampada,
sacittapariyodapanak -
etam buddhana sasanam.
Harmless + Good + Pure = Success!
Avoiding all Harm;
Doing only Good;
Purifying own Mind;
So all Buddhas teach!
Source: Dhammapada 183:
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Harmless + Good + Pure = Success!
What is the thing not really being?
The blessed Buddha once said:
Blissful is solitude for one who is content, learned & who see the True Dhamma.
More blissful is gentle harmlessness towards all breathing beings without exception.
Even more blissful is complete freedom from all urge for sense pleasures whatsoever.
Yet, the supreme bliss, is the elimination of this abysmal deep conceit “I am” !!!
Udana 11
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http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Pride.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Conceit_I_Am.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/I-dentification.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Prison_of_Pride.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Anti-EGO-Tool.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Anatta_No_Self.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/No_Agent_is_Inside.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Solo_Self-Deception.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Mistaken_Reference.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Selfless_and_Harmless.htm
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Selfless + Harmless = Painless!
The Four Modes of Direct Experience:
The Exalted Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, there are these 4 realizable states:
What four ?
By the body one realizes the 8 releasing liberations.
By memory one realizes one's prior lives in all diverse detail.
By the divine eye one realizes the death & rebirth of beings.
By understanding one realizes elimination of the mental fermentation.
These, Bhikkhus, are the 4 realizable states...
Source: The Numerical Sayings of the Buddha. Anguttara Nikaya II 182
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4 x Realizable Release ...!!!
Five x Five Crucial Core Buddhist Categories:
There are five Mental Abilities:
1: Faith, 2: Energy, 3: Awareness, 4: Concentration & 5: Understanding.
There are five Rules of Training:
1: No Killing, 2: No Stealing, 3: No Lying, 4: No Sexual Abuse, 5; No Alcohol or Drugs.
There are five Clusters of Clinging to:
1: Form, 2: Feeling, 3: Perception, 4: Construction & 5: Consciousness.
There are five Mental Hindrances:
1: Sense-Desire, 2: Anger, 3: Lethargy & Laziness, 4: Regret & Restlessness 5: Doubt & Uncertainty.
There are five Destinations right after Death:
1: Hell, 2: Animal Womb, 3: Hungry Ghost, 4: Human Being or 5: Deity.
Source: The Exhaustive Speeches by the Buddha. Digha Nikaya 33
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http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Five_Abilities_Summary.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Refuges_and_Precepts.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_5_Clusters_of_Clinging.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_5_Mental_Hindrances.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Five_Destinations.htm
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Five x Five!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Sabbe satta, sabbe pana,
sabbe bhuta ca kevala,
sabbe bhadrani passantu.
Ma kañci papamagama.
May all creatures, all living things,
all beings one and all,
experience good fortune only.
May they not fall into harm.
Anguttara Nikaya IV 67
Sabbe Sattaa Bhavantu Sukhi Tatthaa!
May all beings become thus Happy…
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How not to Accumulate & Prolong Suffering?
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Friends, whoever recluse or priest now, in the past, or in the future regard
whatever pleasant and attractive, there is in this world as permanent, as
lasting, as happiness, as self, as healthy, as secure, they all thereby only
stimulate craving! By stimulating craving they long, thirsts and hankers,
thereby inducing production of sense desires, production of defilements,
production of intentions, hopes, wishes and planning, and production of
these 5 clusters of clinging! By nurturing uptake of such accumulation of
fuel for becoming, fuel for existence, they indeed provoke continuation!
Thus provoking prolongation, they are neither freed from birth, nor from
decay & ageing, nor are they freed from death! They are therefore not
released from sorrow, from depression, from despair, from misery, from
pain, from frustration, from discontent, nor from hopelessness. I tell you:
They are not freed from neither the present, nor from any future suffering!
But friends, whoever recluse or priest now, in the past, or in the future regard
whatever pleasant and attractive, there is here in this world as impermanent,
as transient, as suffering, as no-self, as a disease, as danger, as fearful,
as an empty terror, they thereby all reduce craving. After having gradually
eliminated all craving, I tell you: They are thereby freed from all Suffering...
See also:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_5_Clusters_of_Clinging.htm
Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya II 109-112
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How not to Prolong Pain?
This World is Messed Up!
The Buddha once told a deity:
This world is suffering from Death,
Troubled by ageing, decay and sickness,
Wounded by the Dart of constant Craving!
Always is it burning with Desire & Lust...
This world is addicted to Delight & Pleasure,
Since dragged around by this urge, Craving
must be cut, to break free from bondage and
reach Nibbana...
Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya I 40
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On Craving as the Cause of Suffering see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Craving_is_Pain.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_3_kinds_of_Craving.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_2nd_Noble_Truth_on_The_Cause_of_Suffering.htm
Cut Craving!
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The Middle Way of Wise Moderate Ontology:
The Blessed Buddha on remarked on speculation on existence:
This world, Kaccana, is generally chained up by engaged involvement,
panic clinging and attachment to various views! But one of right view
neither becomes engaged nor cling to any such rigid commitment,
assumption, mental standpoint, adherence, nor underlying tendency!
He does not take a stand about 'My Self', nor has he any perplexity
or doubt about what arises is only Suffering arising, & what ceases
is only Suffering ceasing! His assurance about this, is independent
of others... In this way, Kaccana, is there advanced right view!!!
'All exists': Kaccana, this is the one extreme.... 'All does not exist';
this is the opposite extreme!!! Without veering towards either of
these futile extremes, the Thus-Come-Thus-Gone One teaches the
Dhamma from this subtle, intriguing Middle:
Conditioned by ignorance, mental construction arises.
Conditioned by construction, consciousness arises.
Conditioned by consciousness, name-&-form arises.
Conditioned by name-&-form, the-6-senses arises.
Conditioned by the-6-senses, contact arises.
Conditioned by contact, feeling arises.
Conditioned by feeling, craving arises.
Conditioned by craving, clinging arises.
Conditioned by clinging, becoming arises.
Conditioned by becoming, birth arises.
Conditioned by birth, ageing, decay, & death arises.
Such is the arising of this whole mass of suffering...!!!
Note: Neither 'Material Substantialism' nor 'Imagined Illusionism' but 'Plain Realism'...!!!
Right down in the moderate magic majestic middle!
Source: The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya XII (15); [II 17]
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http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Straight_View.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Leaving_Wrong_View.htm
The moderate, middle, magic, & majestic Right View!
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Secluded Ideal Solitude:
They once asked a Bhikkhu just named 'Elder':
How, Venerable Elder, is one living completely alone?
Regarding this, the Elder responded:
All that is past, this one has left all behind!
All that is future, this one has all relinquished!
All that is present now, this one has completely
removed any desire and lust for...
The intelligent, who has conquered all, who understands all,
Who are from all states detached, disengaged, & unsoiled,
Who has given up all, released by the removal of craving,
Such One, I call: 'Living Alone'...
Comment:
In bad company with one's own greed, anger & confusion,
one is quite far, from being alone...!!!
Source: The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya II 282-4
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Ideal Solitude!
Expectation inevitably creates Disappointment:
How does one create future frustration for oneself? By expecting!!!
Ooh May I enjoy such & such form in the future.
Ooh May I delight in this & that feeling in the future.
Ooh May I experience exactly these lovely things in the future.
Ooh May I receive my beloved favourite experiences in the future.
Ooh May I relish in only those mental states like by me in the future.
Ooh May I be satisfied by solely preferred types of consciousness in the future.
Ooh May I Not meet this & that disliked person, event, circumstance, etc...
On the contrary: One is always content if without any expectations:
Let the past be past, passed & forgotten, for never to return to it again.
Let forms, feelings, perceptions, constructions & consciousness here
and now in the present be as they may! Let whatever arise & cease...
May I relinquish any hope, wish & craving for whatever future forms,
feelings, perceptions, constructions & future types of consciousness...
May I thus remain just aware, calm, clear, content & unagitated!!!
Let is be as it may! Let is come as it comes! Let it go as it goes!
Good is contentment with just what one has...
More on calm satisfied Contentment:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Contentment.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Calm_and_Content.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Cause_of_Contentment.htm
Source: The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya III 11-12
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Calm & Content = Without Expectation!
Revulsion Frees since Disillusion Releases:
Any kind of form whatsoever;
Any kind of feeling whatsoever;
Any kind of perception whatsoever;
Any kind of construction whatsoever;
Any kind of consciousness whatsoever;
Whether past, present or future;
Whether internal or external;
Whether fair or foul;
Whether high or low;
Whether far or near;
Should be seen & understood as it really is:
This is transient, impermanent, uncertain & unsafe!
This is thus disappointing, frustrating, and painful!
This is thus 'Not Me', 'Not Mine', 'Not My Self'...
Seeing this, the noble learner is disgusted by all kinds
of forms, feelings, perceptions, constructions and types
of consciousness. Being disgusted such one experiences
disillusion, disenchantment, and dispassion. By this very
disillusion, craving is extinguished and the mind is released!
Thus liberated one understands: Birth is ended, the Noble
Life is completed, done is what should be done, there is no
state of becoming beyond this...
More on the Mental Release induced by Disgust:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Released_by_Disgust.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Experiencing_Disgust.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Constructive_Destruction.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Meditation_On_the_Body_Kayagata-Sati.htm
Source: The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya II 124-5
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How to be a Real Buddhist through Observance?
Binara Poya day is the full-moon of September. This holy day celebrates
the inauguration of the Bhikkhuni Nun Sangha by the ordination on this very
day of Queen Mahapajapati, the Buddha's foster-mother & her retinue.
For life details on this excellent woman, who awakened as Arahat Theri:
See: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/maha/mahapajapati_gotami.htm
More on Binara Poya and the initiation of the Bhikkhuni Nun Order:
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On such Full-Moon Uposatha Poya 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 & head touch the floor.
Then, with joined palms at the heart, one recites 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! So is the start towards Nibbana: the Deathless Element!
This is the Noble Way to Peace, to Freedom, to Ease, to Happiness,
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 even 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 hereby ..." signed with
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quite rapidly growing global Saddhamma-Sangha is set up here!
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Today is Binara Fullmoon Poya Day!
The Seven Qualities of an Arahat:
1: The impermanence of all constructions is perfectly seen & comprehended.
2: The addiction & torture of all sense-desires is perfectly perceived & known..
3: His mind is only inclined towards solitude, seclusion, silent ease, and Peace...
4: The Four Foundations of Awareness are continually & perfectly established....
5: The Five Mental Abilities & Powers are thoroughly developed & consummated.....
6: The Seven Links to Awakening are utterly refined and fully accomplished.......
7: The Noble Eightfold Way is perfectly realized, acquired and all concluded.......!
By these 7 criteria, he clearly & invariably recognizes, that for him, has the
mental fermentations associated with Sense-Desire, joined with Becoming,
and grounded in Ignorance been completely & irreversibly eliminated.
Cut of at the root and like a palm tree stump never to grow again...
Mission completed. Done is what was to be done. No more of this...
More on what those gone to end, have perfected:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Five_Abilities_Summary.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Leading_to_Enlightenment.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Way.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Perfectly_Enlightened.htm
Arahat Bhikkhu & Bhikkhuni
Source: The Exhaustive Speeches by the Buddha. Digha Nikaya 34
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Absolutely Accomplished is the Arahats!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
There are 5 kinds of mental barrenness, that obstruct any
mental growth and any spiritual progress. What are they ?
1: Skeptical doubt about the perfect Awakening of the Buddha
is the first mental barrenness.
2: Skeptical doubt about the absolute Truth of the Dhamma
is the second mental barrenness.
3: Skeptical doubt about the Purity of the Noble Sangha
is the third mental barrenness.
4: Skeptical doubt about the Efficacy of the mental Training
is the fourth mental barrenness.
5: Anger towards one's friends & fellows on the Noble Path
is the fifth mental barrenness.
These 5 kinds of mental barrenness disable all initiative,
enthusiasm, energy, effort, exertion, and endurance...
Therefore do they eliminate any effective training & thereby
also all the advantageous fruit of such mental training...
Review the mind regularly so to recognize these obstructions
and cure them with faith, investigation, and friendliness.
See also:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Doubt_and_Uncertainty.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_to_Overcome_Doubt.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Curing_Doubt_and_Uncertainty.htm
Source: The Moderated Speeches by the Buddha. Majjhima Nikaya [I 101]
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The 5 Obstructing Obstacles!
The Ultimate Goal is complete Extinguishing of Craving:
By the gradual stilling, giving up, fading away, letting go, relinquishing
and thus ceasing of all greed, desire, lust, craving, clinging, attachment,
adherence, obsession, and latent tendency towards the various elements
of forms, feelings, perceptions, constructions & kinds of consciousness,
the mind is finally said to be well released...!!!
Therefore; those recluses & priests, who are well released by Extinction
of Craving, have reached the Ultimate End & won Absolute Security from
Bondage, they have achieved a Sublime Nobility, they have accomplished
the Supreme Good! They are therefore Best among all Gods & all Humans!!!
Even these mighty Devas as Indra, Brahma and Pajapati praise them with
these profound, long standing ovations from afar:
Homage to you, Thoroughbred Man!
Admirable are you, Supreme Man!
We do not know on what you Meditate!
See also:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Arahat_Qualities.htm
Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya 22(4+79): [III 13+91]
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The Ultimate Goal is the Extinguishing of Craving!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Sambadhe vapi vindanti,
dhammam nibbanapattiya
ye satim paccalatthamsu
samma te susamahita.
Focused Awareness
Even when obstacles crowd in,
the state of Nibbana can be won
by those who establish awareness
by full focus on even equanimity…
What is Right Awareness?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Awareness.htm
More on this precious mental quality of Awareness (Sati):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Sati_Studies.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Causes_of_sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Sati_Summary.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Sati_in_Solitude.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Clear_Comprehension.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Noble_Awareness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/One_and_only_Way.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Feeding_Awareness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Analysis.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Sati_a_la_Anuruddha.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Awareness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Careful_and_Rational_Attention.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Four_Foundations_of_Awareness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Clear_and_Aware_Comprehension.htm
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Acute Awareness!
Fourteen Facts:
1: The greatest enemy in life is the EGO...
2: The greatest deceit in life is: I Am Mine...
3: The greatest failure in life is narcissism...
4: The greatest acid in life is envy & jealousy...
5: The greatest error in life is to lose self-control...
6: The greatest crime in life is betrayal of parents...
7: The greatest deplorable in life in pathetic self-pity...
8: The greatest success in life is correcting own failure...
9: The greatest bankruptcy in life is lewd immoral conduct...
10: The greatest wealth in life is health and understanding...
11: The greatest debts in life is clinging and lack of purity...
12: The greatest gift in life is patient tolerance & forgiveness...
13: The greatest shortcoming in life is lack of present Awareness!
14: The greatest soothing relief in life is generosity & kind charity!
Some more deeper digging Details here:
1: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Egoless.htm
2: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Anatta_Doctrine.htm
3: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Anatta_No_Self.htm
4: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_to_Cure_Envy_and_Jealousy.htm
5: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Non-Control.htm
6: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Buddhist_Life_Standards_Law_3.htm
7: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Endless_Pity.htm
8: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Best_Buddhist_Praxis.htm
9: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Mighty_is_Morality.htm
10: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Understanding_is_the_Chief.htm
11: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_are_the_5_Clusters_of_Clinging.htm
12: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Patient_is_Tolerance.htm
13: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Awareness.htm
14: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Openhanded_Generosity.htm
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Fourteen Fine Facts!
Wise Company gives the best Advantage:
The Blessed Buddha once said:
I am a friend and helper to all,
I am sympathetic to all living beings.
I develop a mind full of love & one
who always delight in harmlessness!
I gladden my mind, fill it with joy,
and make it immovable and unshakable.
I develop these divine states of mind
not cultivated by simple men.
Theragatha 648-9
I am a friend of the footless,
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 any footless harm me,
may not any bipeds harm me,
may not those with four feet harm me, &
may not those with many feet harm me.
AN II 72
A friend, who always lends a hand,
a friend both in sorrow and joy,
a friend who offers good counsel,
a friend who sympathizes too.
These are the four kinds of true friends:
One who is wise, who have understood much,
will always cherish and serve such friends
just as a mother tends her only child.
DN III, 188
Among tigers, lions, leopards & bears I lived in the jungle.
No one was frightened of me, nor did I fear anyone.
Uplifted by such universal friendliness, I enjoyed the forest.
Finding great solace in such sweetly silenced solitude…
Suvanna-sama Jataka 540
And how does a Bhikkhu abide with his mind imbued with friendliness
extending over one direction? Just as he would feel friendliness on
seeing a dearly favourite person, so he extends this same loving-kindness
to all beings in all directions, one by one, & as above so below.
Abhidhamma Pitaka: Appamañña-vibhanga
Bhikkhus, whatever kinds of worldly merit there are, all are not worth
one sixteenth part of the release of mind by universal friendliness;
in shining, glowing and beaming radiance, in invisible shielding protection,
such release of mind by universal friendliness far excels & surpasses them all...
Itivuttaka 27
Universal Friendliness (Metta) is 1 of the 4 Infinite & Divine States (Appamañña Brahma-Vihara):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/b_f/brahma_vihaara.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Buddha_on_Noble_Frienship.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Selfless_Friendship_is_Sweetest.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/All_Embracing_Kindness.htm
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/iti/iti.1.024-027.irel.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nanamoli/wheel007.html
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Rejoicing_Bliss_is_Mudita.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Blazing_Friendliness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/United_in_Harmony.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Good_Friend.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Goodwill_Encore.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Blazing_&_Bright.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Friendliness_Frees.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Kalyanamitta.htm
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=404214
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Metta.htm
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All-Embracing Infinite Friendliness!
Best Advantage is Fine Friendliness!
Question:
What do you think of the Christian God?
Answer:
The Christian God Jehovah exists, but he is neither the sole creator, nor almighty, nor all-knowing. Hehehe…
He is at level 10: Devas Delighting in Creation (nimmanarati deva). He still has desire, hate and ignorance.
His opponent Satan (in Buddhism Mara) is at level 11: Devas Wielding Power over the Creation of Others
(paranimmita-vasavatti deva). He also still has desire, hate, and ignorance in his polluted mind.
The Buddhas and Arahats are beyond and above all deities, gods, and any form of being,
since they have eliminated all Greed, all Hate, and all Ignorance irreversibly!
They have transcended existence and becoming by attaining Nibbana!
A deathless sameness of absolute peace, freedom & supreme bliss…
There no even slight trace of any desire, anger or doubt remains!
For the 31 levels of existence please see:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sagga/loka.html
On the recurring re-Creation of the cyclic genesis of the World:
See Digha Nikaya 27: Aggañña Sutta. Understanding the beginnings.
In this fundamental Book of the historical Buddha Gotama:
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=251033
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Gods, Satans, Buddhas & cyclic re-Creation.
What Causes the Conditioned End of Suffering?
What is Dependent Co-Cessation?
Cut short:
When this cause is absent, that effect too is non-existent!
When this condition ceases, that state too fades away…
In Detail:
The fading away of Ignorance, causes Mental Construction to cease.
The fading away of Mental Construction, causes Consciousness to case.
The fading away of Consciousness, causes Name-&-Form to cease.
The fading away of Name-&-Form, causes The 6 Senses to cease.
The fading away of The 6 Senses, causes Contact to cease.
The fading away of Contact, causes Feeling to cease.
The fading away of Feeling, causes Craving to cease.
The fading away of Craving, causes Clinging to cease.
The fading away of Clinging, causes Becoming to cease.
The fading away of Becoming, causes Birth to cease.
The fading away of Birth, causes Ageing, Decay & Death to cease.
The fading away of Ageing, Decay & Death, causes Pain to cease...
Such is the Complete Ceasing of this entire immense mass of Suffering!!!
This is called the Right Way ... It is deeper, than initially appearing!
This is Dependent Co-Cessation! Breaking the Chain of Events!
Everything has a Cause: Conditioned Origination & Cessation, Cause & Effect:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Caused_by_What.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Cohesive_Co-Origination.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Collapsible_Co-Cessation.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Causes_of_Emergence.htm
Source:
Grouped Sayings on Causation. Nidana Samyutta Nikaya XII
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What Causes Ceasing of Suffering?
Non-Agitation through detached Release:
The Blessed Buddha once said:
How, friends, is there non-agitation through detached release?
Regarding this, friends, the educated normal person, who is a friend
of a Noble One & who is clever & well trained in his Dhamma, or who
is a friend of a Great Man & is clever and well trained in his Dhamma,
avoids regarding form as self, he avoids regarding self as having form,
he avoids regarding form as inside any self, or any self as inside a form!!!
Then inevitably his body form changes & decays. When this change and
decay of his material form occurs, his mind does not become occupied
with this change of just a form. Therefore does no agitated mental state,
arised from worry over this changed body form, remain obsessing his mind ...
Because his mind is not obsessed, he is neither frightened, nor distressed,
nor anxious, & by this detached non-clinging his agitation is all stilled!!!
He does not regard feeling as self ... perception as self ... constructions
as self ... consciousness as self, nor the self as possessing consciousness,
nor consciousness as being inside any self, nor any self as being 'inside'
consciousness ... When his consciousness momentarily changes & alters,
his mind does not become engaged with this fast change of consciousness.
Therefore does no agitated mental state, born of concern over this changed
consciousness, remain obsessing his mind! Because his mind is neither obsessed,
nor upset, nor troubled, nor uneasy, this aloof and detached non-clinging still,
calm and evaporate all prior agitations! It is exactly in this way, friends,
that there is non-agitation through non-clinging.
Comment:
If these is no EGO, how can there ever be lost anything from such void! ;-) hihi
More about this freeing selfless anti-ego impersonality = No-self = Anatta:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Anatta_No_Self.htm
Source: The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya XXII (7); [III 16-9]
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http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/index.html#Khandha On Clusters!
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Not Agitated = Cool Calm!
What has to be Understood?
The Blessed Buddha once insisted:
The nature of Ageing, & death has to be Understood.
The Cause of Ageing, & death has to be Understood.
The End of Ageing, & death has to be Understood.
The Way to End Ageing, & death has to be Understood.
The nature of Birth has to be Understood.
The Cause of Birth has to be Understood.
The End of Birth has to be Understood.
The Way to End Birth has to be Understood.
The nature of Clinging has to be Understood.
The Cause of Clinging has to be Understood.
The End of Clinging has to be Understood.
The Way to End Clinging has to be Understood.
The nature of Craving has to be Understood.
The Cause of Craving has to be Understood.
The End of Craving has to be Understood.
The Way to End Craving has to be Understood.
The nature of Feeling has to be Understood.
The Cause of Feeling has to be Understood.
The End of Feeling has to be Understood.
The Way to End Feeling has to be Understood.
The nature of Contact has to be Understood.
The Cause of Contact has to be Understood.
The End of Contact has to be Understood.
The Way to End Contact has to be Understood.
The nature of the 6 Senses has to be Understood.
The Cause of the 6 Senses has to be Understood.
The End of the 6 Senses has to be Understood.
The Way to End the 6 Senses has to be Understood.
The nature of Name-&-Form has to be Understood.
The Cause of Name-&-Form has to be Understood.
The End of Name-&-Form has to be Understood.
The Way to End Name-&-Form has to be Understood.
The nature of Consciousness has to be Understood.
The Cause of Consciousness has to be Understood.
The End of Consciousness has to be Understood.
The Way to End Consciousness has to be Understood.
The nature of Mental Construction has to be Understood.
The Cause of Mental Construction has to be Understood.
The End of Mental Construction has to be Understood.
The Way to End Mental Construction has to be Understood.
The nature of Ignorance has to be Understood.
The Cause of Ignorance has to be Understood.
The End of Ignorance has to be Understood.
The Way to End Ignorance has to be Understood.
These have to be Understood..
More on Dependent Origination:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Caused_by_What.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Cohesive_Co-Origination.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Collapsible_Co-Cessation.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Causes_of_Emergence.htm
More on the 4 Noble Truths:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4_Noble_Truths.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_1st_Noble_Truth_on_Suffering.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_2nd_Noble_Truth_on_The_Cause_of_Suffering.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_3rd_Noble_Truth_on_The_Ceasing_of_Suffering.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4th_Noble_Truth_on_The_Way_to_Cease_Suffering.htm
Source: The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya II 16
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What has to be Understood?
The Inevitable Fact of Life: All Born Beings must also Die:
About Doing Death Dancing:
• Five subjects for frequent recollection: AN V.57
• Understanding of Death as a basis for Right View: MN 9
• Why do we grieve when a loved one dies?: SN XLII.11
• Reflections on the brevity of life:
o Death comes rolling towards us, crushing everything. Are you ready?: SN III.25
o Life flies by, faster than any arrow. What are we to do?: SN XX.6
o No shelter from aging and Death: SN II.19
o Your last day approaches -- this is no time to be heedless! Thag VI.13
o Life is brief -- practice ardently! Ud V.2
• As one of seven beneficial reflections: AN VII.46
• As a call to abandon grief and lamentation: Sn III.8
• The greatest protection for the layperson: Sn II.4
• Overcoming Death by regarding the world as empty: Sn V.15
• Overcoming fear of Death: Thag XVI.1
• Four ways of overcoming fear of Death: AN IV.184
• Heedlessness leads one to Death: Dhp 21
• Putting aside worries as Death nears: AN VI.16
• Citta's deathbed conversation with some devas: SN XLI.10
• Sariputta's teachings to a dying Anathapindika: MN 143
• Ven. Ananda's grief over Ven. Sariputta's Death: SN XLVII.13
• The Buddha's reaction to Ven. Sariputta's Death: SN XLVII.14
• Death by a runaway cow: MN 140, Ud I.10, Ud V.3
• Death by murder (see also Murder): Ud 4.3
• Death of daughter: Thig III.5
• Death of grandson: Ud VIII.8
• Death of son: MN 87, SN XLII.11 Ud II.7, Thig VI.1
• Death of spouse: AN V.49
• "Beyond Coping: The Buddha on Aging, Illness, Death, and Separation
• "Facing Death Without Fear" (Lily De Silva)
• "The 1st Noble Truth" in the Path to Freedom pages
• "Our Real Home" (Ajaan Chah)
• "The Last Sermon" in Inner Strength (Ajaan Lee)
• Straight From the Heart (Ajaan Maha Boowa)
• To The Last Breath: Dhamma Talks on Living and Dying (Ajaan Maha Boowa)
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an05-057.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn009.html#aging
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn42-011.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn03-025.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn20-006.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn02-019.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/theragatha/thag06.html#13
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/udana/ud5-02.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an07-046.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/suttanipata/snp3-08.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/suttanipata/snp2-04.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/suttanipata/snp5-15.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/theragatha/thag16.html#death1
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an04-184.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/dhp/02.html#21
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an06-016.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn41-010.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn143.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn47-013.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn47-014.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn140.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/udana/ud1-10.html#cow
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/udana/ud5-03.html#cow
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/udana/ud4-03.html#murder
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/therigatha/thig03.html#5
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/udana/ud8-08.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/majjhima/mn087.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/samyutta/sn42-011.html#ciravasi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/udana/ud2-07.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/therigatha/thig06.html#1
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an05-049.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/aids/index.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bps/wheels/wheel337.html#deathFacing
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/sacca1.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/index.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bps/leaves/bl111.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/lee/strength.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/boowa/straight.html
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/thai/boowa/tolastbr.html
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Doing Death Dancing!
Diversity of Contacts prompt Urge & Search:
The Blessed Buddha once explained:
There is eye-sensitivity, visual forms, & visual consciousness.
The meeting of these three elements, is eye Contact...
There is ear-sensitivity, audible sounds, & auditory consciousness.
The encounter of these three elements, is ear Contact...
There is nose-sensitivity, smellable odours, & olfactory consciousness.
The occurrence of these three elements, is nose Contact...
There is tongue-sensitivity, tastable flavours, & gustatory consciousness.
The happening of these three elements, is tongue Contact...
There is body-sensitivity, sensible touches, & tactile consciousness.
The coming together of these three elements, is body Contact...
There is mental-sensitivity, mental states, & mental consciousness.
The coincidence of these three elements, is mental Contact...
Friends, it is in dependence on the diversity of these elements, that there
arises the multiplicity of perceptions; & in dependence on the multiplicity of
perceptions, that there arises the variety of intentions; & in dependence
on the variety of intentions, that there arises the diverseness of contacts; &
in dependence on the diverseness of contacts, that there arises the array
of feelings; & in dependence on the array of feelings, that there arises
the mishmash of desires; & in dependence on the mishmash of desires, that
there arises the manifold of fevers; & in dependence on the manifold of
fevers, that there arises the abundance of searches; & in dependence on the
abundance of searches, that there arises multifarious enthralling urges...
How so? Regarding e.g. form; in dependence on intention for form, there
arises contact with form; in dependence on contact with form, there arises
feeling born of contact with form; in dependence on feeling born of contact
with form, there arises desire for form; in dependence on desire for form,
there arises fever for form; in dependence on fever for form, there arises
the search for form; in dependence on the search for form, there arises the
need of form... Such is the emergence of this manifold hunt, urge & wanting!
Obvious examples are: Porn, food, & most entertainment!
Intention=>Contact=>Feeling=>Desire=>Fever=>Search=>Urge=>Need=>Pain!
Every second of our lives this bombardment of sensuality creates suffering!
Source:
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What is Contact: Causes & Effects?
'I'-dentification leads both to mental & bodily Suffering:
The Blessed Buddha once explained the root of EGOISM like this:
How, friends, is one troubled both in body and troubled in mind?
Here, friends, the uneducated ordinary person, who is not a friend
of the Noble Ones and is unskilled and untrained in their Dhamma,
who is not a friend of any Great Men, and is unskilled and untrained in
their Dhamma, such one regards form as a ‘self’, or ‘self’ as possessing
form, or form as inside ‘self’, or ‘self’ as inside form. He lives obsessed
by the notions: 'I am form, this form is mine'... As he lives obsessed
by these notions, that form of his inevitably changes, alters & decays!
With the change and alteration of this form, there arises in him sorrow,
lamentation, grief, pain, discontent, and quite much desperate despair...
Such one regards feeling, perception, construction & consciousness as
the ‘self’, or the ‘self’ as possessing feeling, perception, construction &
consciousness, or feeling, perception, construction & consciousness as
hidden inside the ‘self’, or the ‘self’ as hidden inside feeling, perception,
construction & consciousness. He lives obsessed & possessed by these
subconscious concepts: 'I am this very feeling, perception, construction &
consciousness, this feeling, perception, construction & consciousness is
all mine'... As he lives obsessed by these imaginations, his feeling, experience,
mental construction & consciousness inevitably changes, & decays... With this
change and alteration of feeling, perception, construction & consciousness,
there arises in him sorrow, crying, pain, discontent, & desperate despair...
It is in this way, friends, that one is troubled both in body and in mind!!!
On the fact of the No same inner “‘self’” exists: EGO = Double Trouble!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Anatta_No_Self.htm
Source: The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya 22(1): [III 1-5]
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The idea of 'My EGO' is long-term Double Trouble!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Sabbadanam dhammadanam jinati;
sabbarasam dhammaraso jinati;
sabbaratim dhammarati jinati;
tanhakkhayo sabbadukkham jinati.
THE SUPREME GIFT
The gift of Dhamma surpasses all other gifts.
The taste of Truth excels every other taste.
The joy of Understanding exceeds any other joy.
The elimination of Craving overcome, quenches &
triumphs all ill, all pain, all sorrow, & all suffering ...
Dhammapada 354
Be understanding to your perceived enemies.
Be loyal to all your good friends.
Be strong enough to face the changing world each day.
Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything alone.
Be generous to those who need your help.
Be frugal with that you need yourself.
Be wise enough to know, that you do not know everything.
Be foolish enough to believe in the unknown miracle.
Be willing to share your joys, resources & riches.
Be willing to share & bear the sorrows of others.
Be a leader, when you see a path others have missed.
Be a follower, when you are shrouded by the mists of uncertainty.
Be the first to congratulate an opponent, who succeeds.
Be the last to criticize a colleague, who fails.
Be sure where your next step will fall, so that you will not tumble.
Be sure of your final destination, in case you are going the wrong way.
Be loving to those who love you, and also those who don't...
Be friendly to those who do not love you, since then they may change.
Above all: BE AWARE!
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Supreme Triumph!
The 20 Kinds of False 'Self'-Projection:
What are the 20 invalid Theories of an only apparently existing 'self'?
1: My 'self' is identical with my Body; this physical matter is my 'Ego'.
2: My 'self' has a Body, this physical matter is owned by my 'Ego'.
3: My 'self' is hidden somewhere inside & included within this Body frame.
4: This Body form is hidden inside & included within an extensive 'Ego'.
5: My 'self' is identical with my Feelings; pain, pleasure & neutral feeling are my 'Ego'.
6: My 'self' has Feelings, these sensations are owned by my very own 'Ego'.
7: My 'self' is hidden inside among these Feelings, included within these emotions.
8: These Feelings are hidden inside & included within my all-pervading 'Ego-self'.
9: My 'self' is identical with my Perceptions, these experiences are my 'Ego'.
10: My 'self' has Perceptions, these experiences are owned by my very own 'Ego'.
11: My 'self' is hidden inside these Perceptions, included among all these experiences.
12: These Experiences are hidden inside & included inherently within my 'Ego-self'.
13: My 'self' is identical with my mental Constructions, ideas & thoughts are my 'Ego'.
14: My 'self' possess mental Constructions, these activities are owned by my 'Ego'.
15: My 'self' is hidden inside among these mental Constructions, included as a core.
16: These Cogitations are hidden inside & included inherently within my 'ego-self'.
17: My 'self' is identical with my Consciousness, this bare Awareness is my 'Ego'.
18: My 'self' has a Consciousness, this naked Awareness is owned by my 'Ego'.
19: My 'self' is hidden inside this Consciousness, included in all aware moments.
20: This Consciousness is hidden inside & included inherently within my 'self'.
Why are these 20 common assumptions invalid, erroneous, wrong and false ?
Because the concept of a Self inherently implies that:
1: It is something constant over time: an identical 'same self'...
2: That it is 'self'-controllable i.e. fully independent & autonomic...
3: That it is pleasant, since if self was not pleasant and the 'Self'
really was in power, it would make whatever is self, become pleasant!
However, neither body, feeling, perception, mental construction, nor consciousness
is constant and the same, even for a moment... Therefore they cannot possibly ever
qualify as a same 'self' nor be identical with any stable & definable identity...!!!
Neither is body, feeling, perception, mental construction, nor consciousness fully
controllable... Neither can they therefore ever meet the requirements of a 'self'...!!!
Neither is body, feeling, perception, mental construction, nor consciousness always
pleasant... Neither can they therefore ever contain or coincide with any 'self'...!!!
Could the assumed ‘'self'’ be a combination of any of 1-20? No so! Why not?
If 'self' is not found within any of 1-20, it cannot ever be a collection of them!
1+5+9+13+17 are examples of illusory identification with mere passing states...
2+6+10+14+18 are examples of fictitious immanence & invented ownership...
3+7+11+15+19 are examples of imagined inclusion in something becoming otherwise...
4+8+12+16+20 are examples of phony possessing as an invisible acquisition...
This doctrine of selflessness, anatta, No self, Not Anyone, Anything, Anywhere is
particular to the Buddhas. No other is able to discover, comprehend nor teach this!
More on this subtle Selflessness:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Anatta_No_Self.htm
The Blessed Buddha radically pointed out:
All phenomena are void of a 'self' or
of what belongs to any 'self'!
Within this frame is therefore nothing
belonging to anyone, anywhere, nor is
there anything owned by this frame
in anyone, anywhere or elsewhere...
Like a Scarecrow empty of self, soul, me, I, mine & Ego...
Source: The Moderate Speeches of the Buddha.
Majjhima Nikaya 106 [ii 106] The Way to the Imperturbable.
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Illusory I-dentification!
Inner Ego-Prison...
What are the characteristics of the State called Nibbâna?
Total ease, complete calm, absolute stillness, safe freedom, perfect happiness & pure peace…
Absence of any uncertainty, any doubt, any confusion, any delusion & all ignorance…
Presence of confidence, cleared certainty, understanding all, and direct experience…
Absence of any greed, lust, desire, urge, attraction, hunger, temptation and pull…
Presence of imperturbable indifference, serene composure & all stilled equanimity…
Absence of any hate, anger, aversion, hostility, irritation, & stubborn rigidity…
Presence of universal goodwill, infinite friendliness, all-embracing & boundless kindness…
Not a place, not an idea, not a fantasy, not a deception, not a conceit, not a conception…
Not a cause, not an effect, not finite, not definable, not formed, not changing, but eternal…
Unborn, unbecome, unmade, uncreated, uncaused, unconditioned & unconstructed, yet real…
Void of eye, visible objects & visual consciousness, void of ear, sounds & auditory consciousness,
Void of nose, smells & olfactory consciousness, void of tongue, tastes & gustatory consciousness,
Void of body, touch & tactile consciousness and void of mind, thoughts & mental consciousness…
Pure Peace @ Rest …
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Hard it is to see the unconstructed, the undistorted! This independent state is not easily realized.
Craving is all cut for the One, who so knows, since he sees, that there is nothing to cling to ... !!! …
Udana – Inspiration: VIII - 2
In any dependence there is bound to be instability. In Independence there cannot be any instability.
When there is no liable instability, no feeble wavering, there is a quiet calm, stillness, serenity & peace.
When there is such solid tranquillity, then there is no tendency to drift, no attraction, neither mental push
nor pull, nor any strain of appeal or repulsion. When there is no attraction, no drift, no bending, then there
is no movement, no development, and neither any coming nor any going. Neither any starting nor any ending...
When there is neither any coming nor any going, then there is neither any ceasing nor any reappearing...
There being neither ceasing nor reappearing, then there is neither any here, there, beyond, nor in between...
This – just this – is the End of Suffering. Udana – Inspiration: VIII - 4
Having understood this unconstructed state, released in mind, with the chain to becoming eliminated,
they attain to the sublime essence of all states. Delighting in the calmed end of craving, those steady
Noble Ones have left all being & becoming behind. Itivuttaka: Thus spoken 38
Nibbana is The Highest Bliss!
One, who so knows, sees, that there is nothing to cling to ... !!! …
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Question: What is a phenomenon?
Answer:
A phenomenon is an experienced state! An appearance, an observed event, a conscious occasion!
Whether experienced as a mental object: Ex: An experienced thought, idea, mood etc.
or experienced as a physical object: Ex: An experienced sight, sound, smell, taste or touch;
the experience is just a (mental) ‘state’, which is what in Buddhism is called a ‘Dhamma’
= a passing moment of conscious time… As such: Everything (in world) is just a mental state…
No thing exists as a ‘thing’, until it is observed by experience… !!!
Before and after this direct observation, this ‘thing’ remains just an ‘idea’ or ‘’imagination’ …
Not quite as real anymore…
They once asked the Buddha:
What is the Cause of a Phenomenon?
He replied:
Attention (manasikara) is the cause of any phenomenon!
When Attention is present, the Phenomenon appears.
When Attention is absent, the Phenomenon disappears.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomenon
The Phenomenon ‘Match’ occurring momentarily by experienced observation…
Not ‘out there’ as ‘substance’, but in here in mind,
as just a passing mental state…
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From external Element to internal Urge to silly Search:
There is the element of eye-sensitivity, the element of visual form, these induce
the element of visual consciousness. The coincidence of these three, is eye Contact...
In dependence on this element of visual-sensitivity, there arises eye-contact.
In dependence on eye-contact, there arises a feeling, born of eye-contact.
In dependence on feeling born of eye-contact, there arises instant craving...
In dependence on the element of visual form, there arises perception.
In dependence on this visual experience, tendency towards a form arises.
In dependence on this inclination, desire for particular visible forms arises.
In dependence on this specific desire, a fever for these specific forms arises.
In dependence on this fever for form, search after these certain forms arises.
In dependence on this search for form, reaching out, acquisition & panic clinging
to a manifold of forms, comes into being... Such is the arising of this entire
mass of ever frustrated suffering...
Similarly with the pairs of ear & sound, nose & smell, tongue & taste, body & touch,
mind & mental states and their respective specific kinds of consciousness.
This search, this urge, this compulsive drive, is caused by that craving !
Craving that was born from feeling, which was arised from contact…
Any Craving causes Suffering...
Right here and now, later and much later...
Right there at greeting Contact, is this Suffering therefore born...
Right there at avoiding Contact, is this Suffering therefore left...
I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Ice-Cream...
(Jim Jarmusch in film down by law)
Source:
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Entering the Noble Stream leading to Nibbâna:
At Savatthi the Buddha said: Bhikkhus, the eyes are impermanent,
changing, becoming otherwise. All forms are impermanent, changing,
& becoming otherwise. The ear & all sounds, the nose & all smells,
the tongue & all tastes, the body, all touches, & the mind & all ideas
are all impermanent, transient, changing, and becoming otherwise...
One who accepts these teachings by understanding, after having
examined them, by careful reflection, is called a Dhamma-follower!
One who decides to place confidence in these teachings, is called
a Faith-follower! Both such persons have entered the fixed track
of correctness, entered a plane of superior being, & transcended
the level of ordinary worldling. Such beings cannot do any action
later resulting in rebirth in hell, or as animal, or as hungry ghost!!!
Such Nobles are incapable of dying without first having enjoyed
the fruit of stream-entry. Knowing & seeing these teachings thus,
one is called a Stream-Enterer, saved from lower worlds, fixed in
destiny, with enlightenment as destination within 7 lives at most...!!!
Regarding the precious abilities of:
Faith: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Lay_Faith.htm
Understanding: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Understanding_Ability.htm
The Stream-Winner & Stream Entry:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sotaapannassa_an.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sotaapanna.htm
The Noble Beings: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/ariya_puggala.htm
SUPREME SAFETY
In comparison with kingship over whole earth,
In comparison with arising in a divine world,
In comparison with supremacy over all universes,
the fruit of entering the Stream - being a Sotapanna -
is of supreme excellence. Dhammapada 178
Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya 25(1) III 225
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