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Venerable Bahiya once approached the Blessed Buddha and asked:
Sir, Please teach me the Dhamma in brief, so that I can withdraw into
retreat and dwell secluded, keen, alert and resolute
Well then, Bahiya, purify the very starting point of advantageous states.
And what is the starting point of advantageous states? Morality that is
well purified and a view that is made straight #...
Then, Bahiya, when your Morality is well purified and your view is straight,
based upon Morality, established upon Morality, you should develop these
Four Foundations of Awareness. What four? Here, Bahiya, live reflecting
on:
1: The Body merely as a transient & compounded Form..
2: Feelings just as vanishing Reactions to sense-contact..
3: Mind only as a group of habitual & temporary Moods..
4: Phenomena simply as discrete momentary Mental States..
Thereby removing desire jealousy, envy & discontent rooted in this world..
When, Bahiya, based upon Morality, established upon Morality, you develop
these Four Foundations of Awareness in such a way, then both night & day,
you will grow in all advantageous states, and not decline into degradation!
Then the Venerable Bahiya, delighted, enjoying and rejoicing in what the
Blessed Buddha had explained, rose from his seat, and, after kneeling for
the Blessed One, keeping him on his right, he left. Then dwelling all alone,
withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute, the Venerable Bahiya, realizing
it by direct experience, in this very life entered that incomparable goal of
the Noble life for the sake of which clansmen rightly go forth from this
household life into homelessness. He directly knew: Destroyed is rebirth,
the Noble life is completed, done is what had to be done, there is no more
coming into any state of being. And the Venerable Bahiya became another
one of the perfected and awakened Arahats.
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 165-6] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 47 Bahiya...
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Comment #: Efficacy of Kamma!
The Straight View is understanding that everyone is responsible for
their own actions & that all beings experience the delayed resulting
effects - good as bad - not only in this life, but in many future lives!
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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, these Four Foundations of Awareness, when firmly established
by development and cultivation, are both Noble and Liberating! They lead
one out into the complete elimination of all Suffering. What four?
Here, Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu lives & dwells, aware & clearly comprehending,
while continuously contemplating & reflecting upon:
1: The Body merely as a decaying & ownerless Formation..
2: The Feelings just as conditioned Responses fading away..
3: The Mind only as a set of ingrained & routine Mentalities..
4: Any Phenomenon simply as a constructed mental Appearance..
Thereby removing yearning, urge, envy & frustration rooted in this world..
These Four Foundations of Awareness, Bhikkhus, when firmly established
by development and cultivation, are both Noble and Releasing! They guide
one to the Exit, to the Escape by an absolute destruction of all Suffering!
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 166-7] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 17 Noble...
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The late Venerable Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda Nayaka Maha Thera
Born March 18, 1919 on Sri Lanka - Died Aug 31, 2006 Malaysia.
It is freely available here: www.buddhistchannel.tv
Some Pearls:
What is mind? No matter. What is matter, Never mind! ;-) Hehehe!
Buddhism is strong enough to face any modern theory challenging religion!
The Buddha said that all things changes, decays and reach extinction...
He discovered there is no God who created the universe...
Buddhists do not ‘believe’ anything...
Instead of believing, they practice...
We crave for existence...
If the medicine is effective, do we need to know where the doctor is?
The Buddha is in every mind, that has realised the Ultimate Truth!
Just after enlightenment the Blessed Buddha stayed under a great Banyan
tree at Uruvela on the bank of the river Neranjara. There he reflected:
There is this is the one and only direct way for the purification of beings,
for the relief from all sorrow & grief, for the fading away of all pain and
frustration, for achieving the right method, for the realization of Nibbana,
that is, these Four Foundations of Awareness. What four? When a Bhikkhu
lives & dwells, aware & clearly comprehending, while always contemplating &
reflecting upon:
1: The Body merely as a disgusting & fragile accumulation..
2: The Feelings just as instantly passing conditioned reactions..
3: The Mind only as a set of recurring, banal & habituated Moods..
4: Phenomena only as mentally manifested phoney Appearances..
He thereby removes any lust, urge, envy & frustration rooted in this world..
This is indeed verily the one & only direct way for the purification of beings,
for the relief from all sorrow & grief, for the fading away of all pain and
frustration, for achieving the right method, for the realization of Nibbana,
that is, these Four Foundations of Awareness... Then the Brahma Samapatti,
knowing this, instantly appeared before the Blessed One & having arranged
his upper robe over one shoulder, he raised his joined palms towards the
Blessed One, and said to him: So it is. Blessed One! So it is. Fortunate One!
Venerable sir, this is the one & only direct way for purification of beings...
The Great Seer of the Stilling of all Becoming,
Compassionate, understands this unique 1 Way:
By which they all in the past crossed the flood,
By which they all cross now in the present, and
By which they all will cross ever in any future...
Comment: The 'Flood' (Ogha) here means:
The Flood of sense-desire (kama-ogha)
The Flood of desiring becoming (bhava-ogha)
The Flood of wrong views (dittha-ogha)
The Flood of ignorance (avijja-ogha)
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 167-8] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 18 Brahma...
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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, there are these Four Foundations of Awareness. What four?
When a Bhikkhu keenly contemplates:
1: The formation within all Body...
2: The sensation within all Feeling...
3: The mentation within all Mind...
4: The discrete states within all Phenomena..
while always acutely aware & clearly comprehending, he thereby removes
any urge, envy, jealousy, frustration and discontent rooted in this world...
These are the Four Foundations of Awareness...
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 173-4] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 24 Simple..
Details On Foundations of Awareness (Sati):
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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu should dwell fully aware and clearly comprehending.
This is our instruction to you. And how is a Bhikkhu fully aware?
When a Bhikkhu continuously contemplates:
1: The Body as an Accumulation...
2: The Feeling as a Sensation...
3: The Mind as a Mood...
4: The Phenomenon as a Mental State..
while always acutely alert & clearly comprehending, he thereby removes
any urge, envy, jealousy, frustration & discontent rooted in this world...
In exactly this way is a Bhikkhu fully aware!
And how is a Bhikkhu clearly comprehending? Here the Bhikkhu notes,
understands & observes Feelings as they arise, remain present, and as
these feelings pass away. He also notes, understands and observes any
Thought as it arises, remains present, and as the thought passes away.
He additionally notes, understands and observes any Perception as it
arises, remains present, and as this experience instantly passes away...
In exactly this way is a Bhikkhu clearly comprehending! Bhikkhus, any
Bhikkhu should dwell fully aware and clearly comprehending !!!
This is our instruction to you ...
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 180-1] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 35 Aware..
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http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Clear_Comprehension.htm
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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, there are these four Foundations of Awareness.
What four? The ever calmly reminding awareness of:
1: Body as a mass of disgusting impurities...
2: Feelings as a repeating emotional noise...
3: Mind as a conditioned set of weird moods...
4: Phenomena as mentally baked appearances...
while always acutely alert & clearly comprehending, thus removing
any envy, jealousy, frustration & discontent rooted in this world...
When, Bhikkhus, these four Four Foundations of Awareness have
been developed and cultivated, one of two fruits may be expected:
Either Final Knowledge in this very life or if there is residual clinging,
the exalted state of Non-Return...
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 181] 47 Foundations of Awareness: 36 Final Knowledge..
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The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, I will teach you:
A: The Foundation of Awareness,
B: The building up of the Foundation of Awareness, &
C: The Way to build up the Foundation of Awareness !!!
Listen to that...
A: And what, Bhikkhus, is the Foundation of Awareness???
While always acutely alert & clearly comprehending, thus removing
any envy, jealousy, frustration & discontent rooted in this world,
the wise Bhikkhu keeps regarding the:
1: Body as an alien frame of filthy foulness...
2: Feeling as a banal ever recurring reactivity...
3: Mind as a habituated set of bizarre mentalities...
4: Phenomena as mentally constructed appearances...
This is the Foundation of Awareness...!!!
B: And what, Bhikkhus, is building up this Foundation of Awareness???
While always acutely alert & clearly comprehending, thus removing
any envy, jealousy, frustration & discontent rooted in this world,
the wise Bhikkhu keeps considering the:
1: Body as something bound to emerge, decay and vanish...
2: Feeling as something naturally arising & fading away...
3: Mind as of nature to appear, disappear, flutter & flicker...
4: Phenomena as momentary manifestations always ending...
This is building up the Foundation of Awareness...!!!
C: And what is the Way to build this Foundation of Awareness???
It is just this Noble 8-fold Way, namely:
Right View (samma-ditthi)
Right Motivation (samma-sankappa)
Right Speech (samma-vaca)
Right Action (samma-kammanta)
Right Livelihood (samma-ajiva)
Right Effort (samma-vayama)
Right Awareness (samma-sati)
Right Concentration (samma-samadhi)
This is the Way to build this Foundation of Awareness...!!!
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 186] 47 Foundations of Awareness: 44 Analysis..
Details On Four Foundations of Awareness (Sati):
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http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Clear_Comprehension.htm
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Here he rejoices. So too after death he rejoices.
Having done good works he rejoices in both places!
Remembering, looking back, seeing & thinking:
Oh I have done good works, well done he enjoys
the bliss of the happy worlds even more...
Dhammapada 17
That action which one does not regret is good.
Experiencing the result of such beneficial deed,
one is pleased and happy.
Dhammapada 68
With all his attachments cut,
with all addiction relinquished,
calmed, serene and happy is he,
for he has attained peace of mind.
Samyutta Nikaya I, 212
Oh let us live happily! Freed from discontent,
living calmed among those who want ever more.
Among those dissatisfied let us live free from
any discontent.
Dhammapada 198
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Bhikkhus, there are these Four Foundations of Awareness. What four?
When a Bhikkhu keenly contemplates:
1: The mere form within all Body...
2: The mere reaction within all Feeling...
3: The mere mood within all Mind...
4: The mental state within all Phenomena..
while always acutely aware & clearly comprehending, he thereby removes
any urge, envy, jealousy, frustration and discontent rooted in this world...
Since while contemplating the body as mere form, feeling as mere reaction,
mind as mere mood and all phenomena as momentary mental states, whatever
lust, desire & craving he has for any form, for any feeling, for any mentality,
& for whatever other phenomena, that very desire is abandoned & eliminated
right there and then! When desire is eliminated, the Deathless element itself
is realized...
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 181-2] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 37 Desire..
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The Blessed Buddha once said: I will teach you the origination and passing
away of the objects of the Four Foundations of Awareness. Listen to that:
Appearance of Nutriment produces emergence of Body.
Disappearance of Nutriment produces passing away of Body.
Appearance of Contact produces emergence of Feeling.
Disappearance of Contact produces passing away of Feeling.
Appearance of Name-&-form produces emergence of Mind.
Disappearance of Name-&-form produces passing away of Mind.
Appearance of Attention produces emergence of Phenomena.
Disappearance of Attention produces passing away of Phenomena.
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Therefore: Considering, contemplating, analyzing, and always recollecting:
Body merely as transient forms grown on & out of Food;
Feeling only as passing emotions arised from Contact;
Mind just as changing moods emerged from Naming-&-Forming; &
Phenomena as momentary mental states created by Attention...
Repeatedly, thoroughly, and completely, is called initiating & developing the
Four Foundations of Awareness, which - in itself - is the mental treasure
par excellence, leading steadily and straight to the Deathless Element...
Deep, deep, subtle and somewhat enigmatic is this profound classification!
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 184-5] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 42 Origination..
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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, those who you think is worth listening to & for whom you
feel pity - whether friends, family, colleagues, or just associates -
all these you should explain, establish and settle in developing these
Four Foundations of Awareness. What four? When a Bhikkhu keenly
contemplates:
1: The Body just as a formation...
2: The Feeling just as a sensation...
3: The Mind just as a passing mood...
4: The Phenomenon just as a mental state..
while always acutely aware & clearly comprehending, he thereby removes
any greed, envy, jealousy, frustration & discontent rooted in this world...
Bhikkhus, those who you think is worth listening to & for whom you
feel pity - whether friends, family, colleagues, or just associates -
all these you should explain, establish and settle in developing these
Four Foundations of Awareness...
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 189] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 48 Friends..
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Before the Blessed Buddha Gotama (563-483 BC) was the good Buddha Kassapa,
and before him were the Buddhas: Konagamana & Kakusandha all in this eon cycle!
Before them were there Buddhas: Vessabhu, Sikhi, Vipassi, Phussa, and Tissa,
Siddhattha, Dhammadassi, Atthadassi, Piyadassi, Sujata, and Sumedha,
Padumuttara, Narada, Paduma, Anomadassi, Sobhita, Revata, and Sumana,
Mangala, Kondañña, Dipankara, Saranankara, Medhankara & Tanhankara!
Even before them were an endless number of Buddhas, who Everyone explained
these Seven Sets of Qualities Producing Enlightenment! What Seven?
1: The Four Foundations of Awareness
2: The Four Best Efforts
3: The Four Ways to Success & Force
4: The Five mental Abilities
5: The Five mental Powers
6: The 7 Links to Awakening
7: The Noble 8-fold Way
All Buddhas in the future beginning with Metteyya will also explain these!
Those who stay here and pays attention will learn each single set of ability
to an extent he/she will not easily forget.. Thus is real progress ensured!!!
When the mirror is polished then it produces an entirely perfect reflection
of the original supreme absolute...Therefore: Hang on here! Never Give Up!
May all beings here awaken into the ultimate peace, freedom & happiness!
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A certain Brahmin once asked the Blessed Buddha:
Master Gotama, what cause will make the true Dhamma endure long after
a Tathagata has attained final Nibbana? And what cause will make the true
Dhamma endure only short after a Tathagata has attained final Nibbana?
Brahmin, it is because these Four Foundations of Awareness are developed
and cultivated well, that the true Dhamma endures long after a Tathagata
has attained final Nibbana! And, Brahmin, it is consequentially so because
these Four Foundations of Awareness are neither developed nor cultivated
well, that the true Dhamma does not endure long after a Tathagata has gone
into final Nibbana. What four? When an earnest & devoted Bhikkhu regards:
1: The Body just as a transient formation ...
2: The Feelings only as passing sensations ...
3: The Mind merely as temporary moods ...
4: Phenomena as nothing more than momentary mental states ...
while always acutely aware & clearly comprehending, he thereby removes
any urge, envy, jealousy, frustration and discontent rooted in this world...
It is because these Four Foundations of Awareness are neither developed
nor cultivated ... or because they indeed are developed & cultivated, that the
true Dhamma endures long after a Tathagata has attained final Nibbana...
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 174] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 25 A Certain Brahmin..
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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, when the Four Foundations of Awareness are developed &
cultivated well, then they lead to revulsion, to disillusion, to ceasing,
to peace, to direct knowledge, to enlightenment, to Nibbana itself...
What four? When an honest & devoted Bhikkhu keenly considers:
1: The Body just as body, & neither as lasting, mine, nor attractive...
2: The Feeling as feeling, & neither as pleasant, self, nor stable...
3: The Mind merely as mind & neither as fine, I or Ego, nor special...
4: Phenomena as states, & neither as nice, permanent nor ownable...
When the Four Foundations of Awareness are developed & trained
well, then they lead to revulsion, to disillusion, to ceasing, to stilling,
to peace, to direct knowledge, to enlightenment, even to Nibbana!!!
Brief Comments:
Disillusion means comprehending impermanence, pain & no-self.
Ceasing means fading away of greed, aversion and ignorance.
Peace means absence of urge, frustration & stirring activity.
Bliss means absence of pain & sadness, & presence of Happiness.
Nibbana means not created, not conditioned, and not changing!
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Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 179] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 32 Disillusion..
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First Disillusion then Delight ... !!!
Bhikkhus, if anyone were to say about something, that it is a Mountain
of Advantage, then it is about the Four Foundations of Awareness that
one could rightly say this. For this is indeed an Absolute Accumulation of
Advantage, these Four Foundations of Awareness. What four? When an
determined & devoted Bhikkhu considers:
1: The Body just as a transient frame: An empty container ...
2: The Feelings only as fleeting impressions: A short blink ...
3: The Mind merely as temporary temper: A mental habit...
4: Phenomena as made up momentary mental states ...
while always acutely aware & clearly comprehending, he thereby removes
any greed, envy, jealousy, irritation & dissatisfaction rooted in this world...
If, bhikkhus, one were to say of anything: A heap of pure wholesomeness,
it is about these four establishments of mindfulness that one could rightly
say this. For this is a complete & excellent mass of good uplifting future,
that is, these Four Foundations of Awareness...
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 187] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 45 Accumulated Advantage..
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Accumulation of Advantage !!!
Can one drive a car safely when blindfolded? No, since no Road is seen!
So also with lack of Awareness! No Way to the real True Good is seen!
Clear Awareness is foremost in the sense of rolling overall like a wheel.
The Awareness Link to Awakening (sati-sambojjhanga) is basically the
same mental property (sati-cetasika), which inherently is included in:
The Four Foundations of Awareness (satipatthana)
The Right Awareness Path Factor (samma-sati-magganga)
This Essential, Crucial, Indispensable, Absolutely Necessary Ability
is explained in a detail deserved by it's vital importance right here:
Training of Clear Comprehension (sampajanna):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Clear_Comprehension.htm
Training of the Four Foundations of Awareness (satipatthana):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/Manual/Meditation.Manual.htm
What is Right & Noble Awareness? Answer and Details at:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Awareness.htm
Further studies in this universally superb mental state:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Sati_Studies.htm
Feeding the Awareness link to Awakening:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Feeding_Awareness.htm
What is the Awareness Link to Awakening:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Sati.htm
How to Accumulate a Mountain of Prime Advantage ?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Accumulation_of_Advantage.htm
Analysis of the Four Foundations of Awareness!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Analysis.htm
Origination & Cessation of the 4 Reference Objects:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Causes_of_Emergence.htm
What is Awareness and Clear Comprehension!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Clear_and_Aware_Comprehension.htm
What is the Essential Foundation of all Mental Purity ?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Crucial_Foundation.htm
How can one realize the Deathless Here and Now ?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Desireless_is_Deathless.htm
Why does the True Saddhamma last Long or Short ?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Determining_Duration.htm
How to reach the Certainty of Final Knowledge?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Final_Knowledge.htm
Disillusion => Ceasing => Peace => Bliss => Nibbâna!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/First_Disillusion_then_Delight.htm
How to be Released into the very End of Suffering?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Noble_Awareness.htm
What is the One & Only Way of Purification of Being?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/One_and_only_Way.htm
Right ON! Are you Fully Aware and Clearly Comprehending ?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Right_On.htm
Supreme Sharing. How to show Friendliness to those Worthy of it ?
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Sati Summary!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, there are these five abilities. What five?
The ability of Faith (saddha)
The ability of Energy (viriya)
The ability of Awareness (sati)
The ability of Concentration (samadhi)
The ability of Understanding (pañña)
When, Bhikkhus, a Noble Disciple understands as they really
are the gratification, the danger, and the escape regarding
these five abilities, then he is called a Noble Disciple, who is a
stream-enterer, no longer bound to the lower worlds, fixed in
destiny, with enlightenment as his assured future destination!
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 193] 48 The Mental Abilities: 2 Stream-Enterer..
For details on the Abilities see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/saddhaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/u_v/viriya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/n_r/pannaa.htm
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The 5 Abilities (Indriya)
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, there are these five abilities. What five?
The ability of Faith (saddha)
The ability of Energy (viriya)
The ability of Awareness (sati)
The ability of Concentration (samadhi)
The ability of Understanding (pañña)
When a Bhikkhu has understood as they really are the gratification,
the danger, and the escape in the case of these five abilities, then
this Bhikkhu is released by non-clinging, then he is called an Arahat,
one whose mental fermentations are eliminated, who has completed
the Noble life, who has done what should be done, put down the task,
reached his own goal, utterly broken the chains of ever new becoming,
one who is completely liberated through final knowledge...
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 194] 48 The Mental Abilities: 4 Arahat..
For details on the Abilities (indriya) see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/saddhaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/u_v/viriya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/n_r/pannaa.htm
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The Final Abilities ... !!!
Today is Il Poya day; full-moon of November. This holy day celebrates:
1: The Buddha Gotama’s declaration of the next Buddha Metteyya.
2: The sending out in the world of the 60 missionary Arahats.
3: The passing away of the general of the Dhamma: Sariputta.
4: The Buddha's 1st explanation of Anapanasati Breathing Meditation.
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 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 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 name, date, town &
country to me or join here. A public list of this new quite rapidly growing
global Saddhamma-Sangha is set up here!
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Bhikkhus, there are these five mental abilities. What five?
The ability of Faith (saddha)
The ability of Energy (viriya)
The ability of Awareness (sati)
The ability of Concentration (samadhi)
The ability of Understanding (pañña)
And where, Bhikkhus, is the ability of Faith to be seen & found?
The ability of Faith is found in the Four Factors of Stream-entry...
And where, Friends, is the ability of Energy to be seen & found?
The ability of Energy is to be found among the Four Right Efforts...
And where, Friends, is the ability of Awareness to be seen & found?
The ability of Awareness is found in the Foundations of Awareness...
Where, Friends, is the ability of Concentration to be seen & found?
The ability of Concentration is found in the Four Jhana absorptions...
Where, Friends, is the ability of Understanding to be seen & found?
The ability of Understanding is found among the Four Noble Truths...
These five qualities, Bhikkhus & Friends, are the 5 mental abilities!
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 196] 48 The Mental Abilities: 8 To be Seen..
For Details on & Origin of the Abilities (indriya) see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Origin_of_Abilities.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4_Doors.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Effort.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Concentration.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4_Noble_Truths.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/saddhaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/u_v/viriya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/n_r/pannaa.htm
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Finding the Abilities!
The Hunters' Moon! Most appropriate, Fede., for those of us who are still searching, seeking refuge.
Bhikkhus, there are these five mental abilities (indriya). What five?
The ability of Faith (saddha)
The ability of Energy (viriya)
The ability of Awareness (sati)
The ability of Concentration (samadhi)
The ability of Understanding (pañña)
And what, Bhikkhus, is the Faith ability?
It is when the Noble Disciple is convinced by the fact of reality
of the unexcelled enlightenment of the Tathagata thus:
The Blessed One is an Arahat, perfectly enlightened, consummated
in knowledge and behaviour, well transcended, knower of all worlds,
unsurpassed trainer of those who can be tamed, teacher and guide
of devas and humans, the Enlightened Buddha, the all Blessed One...
This is called the Faith ability...
And what, Bhikkhus, is the Energy ability?
It is when the Noble Disciple lives while enthusiastically eliminating
any detrimental mental state & while gradually getting advantageous
mental states. In this he is strong, determined, not shirking any good
opportunity to cultivate advantageous mental states. This is called
the Energy ability...
And what, Bhikkhus, is the Awareness ability?
It is when the Noble Disciple is aware, possessing supreme awareness
and discretion, one who remembers and recollects what was done and
said long ago. This is called the ability of Awareness...
And what, Bhikkhus, is the concentration ability?
It is when the Noble Disciple gains Concentration, gains absorption into
the object, having made release the object. This is indeed called the
Concentration ability...
And what, Bhikkhus, is the Understanding ability?
It is when the Noble Disciple is clever by possessing understanding of
the continual arising & passing away, which is Noble & cutting through,
leading to the complete destruction of Suffering. This is called the
Understanding ability... These five qualities, Bhikkhus & Friends, are
the 5 mental abilities!
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 197] 48 The Mental Abilities (Indriya): 9 Analysis..
For Details on & Origin of the Abilities (indriya) see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Origin_of_Abilities.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4_Doors.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Effort.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_is_Right_Concentration.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4_Noble_Truths.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/saddhaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/u_v/viriya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/n_r/pannaa.htm
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Analysis of the Abilities ... !!!
Bhikkhus, there are these five mental abilities. What five?
The ability of Faith (saddha)
The ability of Energy (viriya)
The ability of Awareness (sati)
The ability of Concentration (samadhi)
The ability of Understanding (pañña)
These are the five abilities.
One who has completed & fulfilled these five abilities is an Arahat.
If they are weaker than that, then one is practising for the fruit
of Arahat-ship; if still weaker, one is a non-returner; if still weaker,
then one is practising for the reaching the fruit of non-returning;
if still weaker, one is a once-returner; if still weaker, one is training
for the realization of the fruit of once-return; if still weaker, one
is a stream-enterer; if still weaker, one is striving for stream-entry!
Thus, Bhikkhus, one who activates the abilities fully succeeds fully;
one who activates them partly succeeds partly. Therefore, I tell you:
These five abilities, Bhikkhus, are not barren of resulting fruition...
But, I tell you that one in whom these five abilities are completely &
totally absent is an outsider, one who remains an ordinary worldling!
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 202] 48 The Mental Abilities: 17+18 Details & Training...
For Details on the Fruits of the Abilities (indriya) see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/ariya_puggala.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/anagami.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sotaapanna.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sotaapattiyanga.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/n_r/puthujjana.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/saddhaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/u_v/viriya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sati.htm
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Fruitions of the Abilities... !!!
Venerable Sir, it is said: One well equipped with the mental abilities!
In what way, Venerable Sir, is one well equipped with these abilities?
When, Bhikkhu, a Bhikkhu thoroughly trains and fully develops the:
Ability of Faith which leads to stilling, which leads to enlightenment..
Ability of Energy which leads to peace, which leads to awakening..
Ability of Awareness which leads to harmony, which leads to safety..
Ability of Concentration which leads to rest, which leads to ending..
Ability of Understanding which leads to ease, which leads to bliss..
Then he becomes one who is well equipped with the 5 mental abilities!
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 203] 48 The Mental Abilities: 19 Equipped..
For Details on these five mental Abilities (indriya) see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/saddhaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/u_v/viriya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/samaadhi.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/n_r/pannaa.htm
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Well Equipped ... !!!
Bhikkhus, there are these five mental abilities. What five?
The ability of Faith (saddha)
The ability of Energy (viriya)
The ability of Awareness (sati)
The ability of Concentration (samadhi)
The ability of Understanding (pañña)
These are the five abilities.
It is, Bhikkhus, because he has developed & cultivated these five
abilities, that a Bhikkhu, by the destruction of the fermentations,
in this very life enters & dwells in the stainless liberation of mind,
released by wisdom, realizing it for himself with direct knowledge!
Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 203] 48 The Mental Abilities: 20 Fermentation free..
For Details on the Fruits of the Abilities (indriya) see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/aasava.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/saddhaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/u_v/viriya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/s_t/sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/n_r/pannaa.htm
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Freed of Fermentation ... !!!
Bhikkhus, there are these three abilities. What three?
1: The ability to come to know, what one did not yet know...
2: The ability to gradually attain the highest & final wisdom...
3: The ability of one dwelling in the highest and final wisdom...
These are the three abilities.
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Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 204] 48 The Mental Abilities: 23 Final Wisdom..
For Details on the Abilities (indriya) & Final Knowledge (anna) see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/g_m/indriya.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Origin_of_Abilities.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/annaa.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Final_Knowledge.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Final_Knowledge.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Final_Freedom.htm
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The Ability of Final Knowledge!
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The Ability of Energy...
The Ability of Awareness...
The Ability of Concentration...
The Ability of Understanding...
All these capabilities culminate in the Deathless Destination,
which is their final goal, ground, home, and resulting effect...
When having seen, known, understood, directly experienced,
fully realized and touched this through wisdom, then one is
quite beyond all doubt, uncertainty, perplexity and confusion!
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book V [221]
Section 48: On The 5 Abilities. The Eastern Gatehouse: 44.
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Beyond Doubt...
alms food and wears rag-robes, still, because he is endowed with
four qualities, then he is freed from hell, freed from the animal
womb, freed from the realm of hungry ghosts, freed from all the
plane of pain & deprivation, the bad destinations, the lower realms.
And what are the four? There is the case where the disciple of the
Noble Ones is endowed with verified faith, confidence & conviction
in the Awakened Buddha like this: Worthy, honourable and perfectly
self-Enlightened is the Buddha! Fully consummated in knowledge and
behaviour, totally transcended, expert in all dimensions, knower of
all worlds, unsurpassable trainer of those who can be tamed, both
teacher and guide of gods as well as of humans, blessed, exalted,
awakened and enlightened is the Buddha !!!
He/she is endowed with verified faith, confidence, & conviction in
the Dhamma like this: Perfectly formulated is this Buddha-Dhamma,
visible right here and now, immediately effective, timeless, inviting
each and everyone to come and see for themselves, inspect, examine
and verify. Leading each and everyone through progress towards
perfection. Directly observable, experiencable and realizable by
each intelligence...
He/she is endowed with verified faith, confidence, & conviction in
the Noble Sangha like this: Perfectly training is this Noble Sangha
community of the Buddha's Noble disciples: Training the right way,
the true way, the good way, the direct way! Therefore do these 8
kinds of individuals, the four Noble pairs, deserve both gifts, grants
sacrifice, offerings, hospitality and reverential salutation even with
joined palms, since this Noble Sangha community of the Buddha's
Noble disciples, is an unsurpassable and forever unsurpassed field
of merit, in this world, for this world, to honour, respect, support,
give to and protect.
He/she is endowed with long-term morality, which are dear to the
Noble Ones: Moral purity that is untorn, unbroken, unspotted, and
impeccable, liberating, praised by the wise, immaculate, leading to
concentration. SN 55.1
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn55/sn55.001.than.html
For a lay person, there are these five rewards of faith, confidence
& conviction Which five?
1: When truly good people in the world show compassion, they will
first show compassion to people of faith, confidence & conviction,
and not to people lacking in faith, confidence & conviction...
2: When visiting, they visit people of faith, confidence & conviction,
and not people without faith, confidence & conviction...
3: When accepting gifts, they first accept gifts from people with
faith, confidence & conviction, & not from people lacking faith,
confidence & conviction.
4: When teaching the Dhamma, they first teach those with faith,
confidence & conviction, & not those without faith, confidence &
conviction .
5: A person of faith, confidence & conviction , on the break-up of
the body, after death, will arise in a good destination, the heavenly
world. For a lay person, these are the five certain rewards of faith,
confidence & conviction. AN 5:38
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.038.than.html
And what is the individual released through faith, confidence &
conviction ? There is the case where a certain individual does not
dwell immersed in those peaceful states that transcend all form,
but having understood, some of his mental fermentations are ended,
and his faith, confidence & conviction in the Tathagata is settled,
rooted, and established. This is called an individual who is released
through faith, confidence & conviction. Regarding this monk, I say
that he has still a task to do. Why is that? Perhaps this Venerable,
when staying at suitable places, associating with admirable friends,
while balancing his mental abilities, will reach & dwell in the supreme
goal of Noble life for which good men rightly go forth from home
into homelessness, directly realizing it for himself right here & now.
Envisioning this fruit of further effort for this monk, I say that he
has a task to do. MN 70
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.070.than.html
Any female disciple of the Noble Ones who grows by these 5 types
of growth grows a Noble growth, and thereby gets a handle on what
is essential, and what is excellent. Which five?
She grows in terms of Faith...
She grows in terms of Morality...
She grows in terms of Learning...
She grows in terms of Generosity...
She grows in terms of Understanding....
Growing by these five types of growth, any female disciple of the
Noble Ones grows a Noble growth, and thereby gets hold on what
is really essential, and what indeed is excellent. Growing in faith,
morality, learning, generosity, & understanding, a virtuous female
lay disciple such as this takes hold of the essence within herself.
SN 37.34 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Three_Jewels.htm
Faith, Confidence & Conviction!
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This passage was puzzling: "endowed with verified faith, confidence & conviction..." Or rather "verified faith" was...
Bhikkhu Bodhi's note clarified it (in his translation of the SN) though. The "verification" comes not from another person, but from one's own experience on the path, thus making one's faith solid.
2: Is mind determining transitions between wave & particle?
3: Are we participating in creating whatever we observe?
The Blessed Buddha explained so already 2500 years ago...
Recently it was experimentally shown by Quantum-Physics.
Yet even today it is not really understood by the many!
Main Reference for Entranced Perusal: Law without Law
Princeton Professor of Physics: John Archibald Wheeler:
Princeton University Press, 1983. Law without Law: PDF 4.5 Mb
http://what-buddha-said.net/library/pdfs/wheeler_law_without_law.pdf
or here:
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References for those unfamiliar with Quantum Physics:
The Double Slit Experiment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment
http://www.bottomlayer.com/bottom/reality/chap2.html
Wheeler's Basic Delayed Choice Experiment:
http://www.bottomlayer.com/bottom/basic_delayed_choice.htm
Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpretation_of_quantum_mechanics
Copenhagen interpretation: Niels Bohr & Werner Heisenberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_interpretation
Consciousness causes wavefunction collapse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness_causes_collapse
Does the Universe Exist if We're Not Looking?
http://www.discover.com/issues/jun-02/features/featuniverse/
Therefore: It is not matter that creates mind (or brain).
It is mind that creates matter that creates mind!
Mind & matter are thus entangled & cannot be considered
neither as separate nor as independent of each other...
Objective observation independent of mind is impossible!
Dig it friends! It's dizzy. It's not trivial!
It is really radically revolutionizing...
This world is mighty hall of Mirrors!
Buddha once explained: Not participating by not observing:
In the seen is merely the process of seeing & what is seen.
In the heard is merely hearing & what is heard.
In the sensed is merely sensing & what is sensed.
In the thought is merely thinking & what is thought.
So knowing, you will not be connected with that.
So disconnected you will not be absorbed within that.
So neither with that nor within that you are not by that!
When there is no you inferred or conjectured by that,
then you are neither here, there, both, nor in between…
On realizing the importance of this the Blessed Buddha
furthermore exclaimed:
Where neither solidity, fluidity, heat nor diffusion find footing,
there no sun, moon nor star ever shines. There is neither any light
yet nor is there any darkness. When the Noble, through stilling of
all construction, through quieting of all mental formation, directly
experiences this, then is he freed from both form & formlessness,
then is he released from both pleasure & pain & gone all beyond…
Udana – Inspiration: I – 10
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Quantum Buddhism: Observer Participation!
Faith - in itself - is blind, but it initiates repeated observation,
that later grows into confidence and when fully confirmed it
culminates in conviction. Then the Faith has become Knowledge!
What is the cause of Faith?
Suffering is proximate cause of Faith! When in pain we seek!
The 4 Factors of Stream-Entry is the Origin of Faith.
What are the four factors of Stream-Entry leading to Nibbana?
Buddha once explained:
Here, householder, the Noble Disciple possesses confirmed faith,
confidence & conviction in the Buddha in this way:
Worthy, honourable & perfectly self-Enlightened is the Buddha!
Consummated in knowledge and behaviour, totally transcended,
expert in all dimensions, knower of all worlds, unsurpassable
trainer of those who can be tamed, both teacher & guide of gods
as well as of humans, blessed, exalted, awakened & enlightened
is the Buddha!!!
He possesses confirmed confidence in the Dhamma in this way:
Perfectly formulated is this Buddha-Dhamma, visible right here &
now, immediately effective, timeless, inviting each and everyone to
come and see for themselves, inspect, examine & verify. Leading
each and everyone through progress towards perfection. Directly
observable, experiencable and realizable by each intelligence...
He also possesses confirmed confidence in the Sangha in this way:
Perfectly training is the Noble Sangha of the Buddha's disciples:
The right way, the true way, the good way and the direct way!
Therefore do these eight kinds of individuals, the four Noble pairs,
deserve gifts, self-sacrifice, offerings, hospitality & reverential
salutation with joined palms, since this Noble Sangha community
of the Buddha's Noble disciples, is an unsurpassable & forever
unsurpassed Field of Merit, in this world, for this world, to honour,
and support... He possesses the Morality esteemed by the Noble
ones: Unbroken, untorn, unspotted, unmottled, freeing, praised by
the clever, natural, leading to mental concentration, & absorption...
These 4 factors of Stream-Entry does the Noble Disciple possess!!!
Faith is the Entrance!
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What is real Richness?
Bhikkhus, when a Noble Disciple possesses 4 things, then he is said
to be rich, with much wealth and prosperous property. What four?
Here, Bhikkhus, a Noble Disciple possesses the faith of confirmed
confidence in the Buddha ... in the Dhamma ... and in the Sangha....
He possesses the moral purity that is praised by the Noble Ones,
unbroken ... untorn ... pure ... intact ... leading to concentration....
Any Noble Disciple who possesses these 4 things is really quite rich,
with much wealth and lush property.... SN V 402
Suffering is the cause of Faith...
Elated Joy is the effect of Faith...
Entrance is the function of Faith...
Trusting is the characteristic of Faith...
Decisiveness is the manifestation of Faith...
Faith is a Hand that lifts one out of Suffering...
Faith is the Seed that make one grow the good...
Faith is the real wealth as it produces advantage...
Vism XIV 140
How does Faith save one from pain?
When one has faith in the Tathagata
Unshakable and quite well established
And good behaviour built on morality
Liked by the Noble Ones and praised!
When one has confidence in the Sangha
And a view that has been made straight
Then they say, that one is not poor,
That one's life is not wasted...
Therefore should any intelligent person,
aware of the Buddha-Dhamma, be devoted
to the fine faith & moral purity, which gives
confirmed conviction of this saving Dhamma.
SN V 405
Buddha to the Ploughman:
Faith is my seed, simplicity the rain,
understanding my yoke and plough,
modesty is pole, & mind is the strap,
awareness is my ploughshare and goad.
Sn77
Alavaka - a demon - once asked the Blessed Buddha:
What wealth here is best for any man?
What well practiced brings happiness?
What is the sweetest of all the flavours?
How lived, is this life best?
The Buddha:
Faith is the best wealth here for any human!
Dhamma well practiced brings happiness!
Truth indeed is unsurpassable sweet!
A wise life lived in understanding is best...
Alavaka:
How does one cross the flood of ills?
How is the ocean of existence crossed?
How is all suffering stilled?
How is one purified?
The Buddha:
By Faith is the flood of evil crossed!
By attention is the ocean crossed!
By effort is all suffering stilled!
By wisdom one is purified!
Sn 182-184
Faith is therefore the only real Richness!
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Then, the later result is that one gets wealth, but without any joy!
Illustration:
A multi-billionaire at Buddha's time was known as neither enjoying
himself nor sharing any of his wealth. He lived alone in an old house,
which were falling apart, wore rag clothes, ate only broken rice and
drove a ramshackle ox-cart. When he died, then it took 2 weeks to
move his gold & silver to the kings treasury...
This king then approached and asked the Blessed Gotama Buddha:
How come this man never ever enjoyed nor shared out of his wealth?
The Buddha then reviewed his case and explained that 8 generations
back this man had given a single meal to a Solitary Pacceka-Buddha!
Yet after he had given, he felt no joy from it & even regretted that
he did it. For 7 consecutive lives he was reborn as multi-billionaire,
but without ever being able to enjoy any of it. Having now used up
his accumulated merit, without ever doing any refilling good action,
he had now, at the break-up of his body, re-arised in a bad state...
Apparently, he had never asked anybody about cause and effect!
The Opposite Case:
When old, the Noble Disciple recollects his own generosity thus:
I am truly Blessed, highly fortunate am I who joyous, among beings
defiled with the mental stain of stinginess, live with a mind freed
from stinginess, liberal, open-handed, rejoicing in giving, ready to
give anything asked for, glad to give & happy to share with others.
Such Noble one not only later gets much wealth, but also enjoys it.
Why so? Not only does he give, but he also enjoys it forever after!
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Glad Giving!
Unduwap Poya is this Fullmoon of December celebrating 2 events:
1: The arrival of Nun Theri Sanghamitta, sister of Arahat Mahinda,
from India in the 3rd century B.C. establishing the Order of Nuns.
2: The arrival at Anuradhapura of a sapling of the sacred Bodhi-tree
at Buddhagaya, brought to Sri Lanka by Arahat Theri Sanghamitta.
This day is designated Sanghamitta Day. Nowadays Dasasil Matas;
ten-precept nuns, take an active part in making these celebrations.
Details on the Arahat Nun Theri Sanghamitta and the MahaBodhi:
See:
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and the MahaBodhi Tree under which the Gotama Buddha awakened:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/b/bodhirukka.htm
On such Full-Moon Uposatha Poya Observance days:
Any Lay Buddhist simply joins the Three Refuges & 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 hereby 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 / observance day, where any lay
Buddhist normally keeps even the Eight Precepts from sunrise until
the next dawn... If any wish a recognition by the Bhikkhu-Sangha,
they may simply forward the lines starting with "I hereby ..." signed
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Faith is like a Water-Clearing Jewel:
Faith is like the Water-Clearing Gem that clears & calms
water that is stirred & muddy, making it fit for drinking...
Faith as Motivation:
Faith is like the inspiration a crowd get by seeing a strong
man leap over a swollen river, they thereby get to cross...
By Faith is the Flood Crossed... Sn 184
Faith is both clearing the mind and spurring it on:
Faith first makes the mind ready by calm clearing composure.
This then induces a desire to act, with purpose & intention.
Enthusiasm, energy, strength, and persistence soon follow.
Manifested are decision, determination, & solid commitment!
The soil in which faith grows is the 4 ways to Stream-Entry:
1: Association with Good People. (sappurisa-samseva)
2: Hearing the True Dhamma. (saddhamma savana)
3: Rational Attention. (yoniso manasikara)
4: Training Dhamma in praxis. (dhammaanudhamma-patipatti)
Arahat Nagasena once explained to King Milinda:
Faith, your majesty, evaporates the mental hindrances, when
it emerges. Any mind without the mental hindrances is clear,
composed, & unagitated! It is exactly so, your majesty that
faith has the characteristic of calm tranquilized composure.
When the learner sees that the minds of others are all freed,
then he leaps forward after the fruit of stream-attainment,
after the fruit of once-return, the fruit of never-return &
after the fruit of arahat-ship! He makes an effort for the
attaining of the yet unattained, for the mastering of the yet
unmastered, and for the realization of the yet unrealized...!!!
Exactly so, your majesty, has faith also the characteristic of
leaping forward... Milindipanha 34-35.
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Leaping Faith!
Whenever and wherever there is Ignorance of the 4 Noble Truths;
There is also Greed, Voracity, Lust, Desire, Craving and Longing!
Whenever and wherever there is Greed, Lust, Desire, Craving;
There is also the Hate of Envy, Jealousy, and Fear of Loosing!
Whenever and wherever there is Hate, Envy, Jealousy & Anger;
There is Conflict, Clash, Opposition, Hostility and sheer Violence!
Whenever and wherever there is Conflict, Hostility and Violence;
There is neither Peace, nor Harmony, nor any Relaxed Contentment!
Whenever and wherever there is neither Peace, nor any Harmony;
There is neither Gladness, nor elated Joy, nor Bliss nor Happiness!
Whenever and wherever there is neither Gladness, nor Happiness;
There is Suffering, Frustration, Misery, Distress & Discomfort!
Whenever and wherever there is Suffering, Frustration, & Misery;
There is no Concentration, nor any Calmed Clear Mental Absorption!
Whenever and wherever there is no Concentration, nor Absorption;
There is no penetration into the Nature of Phenomena as it really is!
Whenever and wherever there is no penetration into the Realities;
There is Ignorance of the 4 Noble Truths, Confusion and Doubt...
Friends, therefore from Ignorance grow even more Ignorance!!!
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Whenever and wherever ...
four feet, or with many feet, with form or formless, conscious or
unconscious, or neither-conscious-nor-unconscious, of all these the
Tathagata is the highest, Arahat, a Perfectly Self-Awakened One...
Whoever has faith in the Buddha, has faith in what is truly highest!
For those who have faith in the highest, the highest is the result...
In so far as there are conditioned states, the Noble 8-fold Way is
truly the highest. Whoever has faith in this noble 8-fold Way, has
faith in what is highest! For those who have faith in the highest,
the highest will be the result. In so far as there are states, whether
constructed or unconstructed, dispassion, stilling, ceasing is truly
the highest of these states, that is Nibbana... Whoever has faith in
this State, has faith in what is highest! For those who have faith in
the highest, the highest will be the result... In so far as there are
communities, companies and groups, the community of the Disciples
of the Buddha is truly the highest of these, an unsurpassed Field of
Merit. Whoever has faith in the Sangha, has faith in what is highest!
Those who have faith in the highest, will experience the highest...
The gradual sayings. Anguttara Nikaya AN II 34
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Highest Faith!
In how many aspects is the Ability of Faith purified?
The Ability of Faith is purified on these three occasions:
1: When one avoids Faithless persons,
2: When one cultivates, visits and respects Faithful persons,
3: When one study & reviews Suttas that inspire confidence.
Then the Faith Ability is purified by these three methods...
Using Faith as an Instrument, Enzyme, & Elevator within the:
Way to Stream Entry contained in frequenting good men;
Way to Stream Entry contained in hearing the True Dhamma;
Way to Stream Entry contained in rational attention;
Way to Stream Entry contained in praxis according with Dhamma:
The Faith Ability is found within resolute determined devotion;
The Energy Ability is found within exerted enthusiastic effort;
The Awareness Ability is found within acute attentive presence;
The Concentration Ability is found within focused non-distraction;
The Understanding Ability is found within penetrating seeing.
Through the Faith Ability all the 5 Abilities are thus found among
the 4 factors of stream entry in these mutually enhancing ways.
Evaporating the opposing state: Sceptical Doubt in Enlightenment:
When one ends sceptical doubt, one is expanding the Faith Ability.
When one is enlarging the Faith Ability, one stops sceptical doubt.
Source:
The Canonical: Path of Discrimination: Patisambhidamagga. IV.
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Mechanics of Faith!
Three kinds of gift are mentioned in Buddhism, namely:
1: Amisa dana: The gift of material things,
2: Abhaya dana: The gifts of life, and
3: Dhamma dana: The gift of Truth.
Amisa dana – or the gift of material things is practised by people
of all religions and is very common. Food, clothes, and houses are
given to people of little means or to refugees through various
religious and social organizations. It is, no doubt, a good thing to
satisfy the hunger of the starved and the thirst of the thirsty.
This type of donations is highly recommended in Buddhism and
is called the Amisa dana. (The donations of material things).
Next comes the Abhaya dana - or giving life to those who are in
danger of life caused by five, water, or enemies. Sometimes we
hear of people who are about to die due to lack of blood.
To donate blood and save another humans life is indeed a great
thing. Donation of eyes and kidneys is also highly appreciated
and they come under Abhaya dana – donation of life.
The last one: Dhamma dana - or the gift of Truth or the Doctrine
is said to be the highest of all donations on earth. Why so?
Because it opens the Door to the Deathless Dimension!
This no other giving is even remotely capable of...
Sabba danam Dhamma danam jinati
Sabbam rasam Dhamma raso jinati
Sabbam ratim Dhamma rati jinati
Tanhakkayo sabba dukkham jinati
The gift of Truth excels all other Gifts.
The flavour of Truth excels all other flavours.
The pleasure in Truth excels all other pleasures.
He who has destroyed craving overcomes all sorrow.
Dhammapada 354
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With the development of the Ability of Faith, Enthusiasm arises,
with the elimination of all Skeptical Doubt, Enthusiasm also arises,
with the fading of the frustration inherent in all Skeptical Doubt,
Enthusiasm arises, with the eradication of all mental obstructions
linked with wrong view, Enthusiasm arises, with the removal of the
gross mental obstructions, Enthusiasm arises, with the dying out
of subtle mental obstructions, Enthusiasm arises, with extinction
of all mental obstructions, Enthusiasm arises as a Thunderbolt!!!
When via this hilarious & energetic Enthusiasm, gladness arises,
then the Ability of Faith is outstanding as Faith due to Gladness...
When through gladness, happiness arises, then the Ability of Faith
is outstanding as Faith due to Happiness...When through happiness,
tranquillity emerges, then the Ability of Faith is outstanding due to
calmed & stilled Tranquillity... When tranquil, sweet pleasure arises,
then the Faith Ability is quite outstanding as Faith due to Pleasure...
When through pleasure illumination arises, then the Ability of Faith
is outstanding as Faith due to Illumination... When through revealing
illumination a sense of urgency arises, then this single Faith Ability
is outstanding as Faith due to the acute & vivid Sense of Urgency...
When sensing urgency one concentrates mind, then this Ability of
Faith is outstanding as Faith due to Concentration... When one now
thoroughly trains the mind thus concentrated, then this Ability of
Faith is outstanding as Faith due to Effort. When one looks on with
complete equanimity at mind thus wielded into solid focus, then the
Faith Ability is outstanding as Faith due to Equanimity. When as a
result of equanimity, mind is liberated from many kinds of mental
obstructions, then the Faith Ability is outstanding as Faith due to
Liberation. When mind is all liberated, this mentally unified state
come to have a single function and taste, then the Faith Ability is
outstanding as Faith due to emergence of Single Function & Taste.
When mind is being cultivated and refined, it therefore turns away
to what is superior, namely towards Nibbana, then the Faith Ability
is outstanding as Faith due to Turning Away. When because of mind
remains turned away, one is now possessed of the Path. When one,
as a consequence, relinquishes both all mental obstructions and all
clusters of clinging, then the Faith Ability is outstanding as Faith
due to Relinquishment. When due to mental release, all the mental
obstructions and the clusters of clinging therefore cease with no
re-arising trace remaining, then the Ability of Faith is outstanding
as Faith due to Ceasing...
Source: Sariputta - The General of the Dhamma -
The Canonical: Path of Discrimination: Patisambhidamagga. IV.
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Outstanding Faith!
Having faith, an effort is made! By making an effort, faith arises!
Having faith, awareness is setup! By setup awareness, faith arises!
Having faith focuses concentration! By concentration faith arises!
Having faith one understands! One who understands gains faith!
Having faith it is exerted; because it is exerted it gathers faith...
Having faith it is established; by being established it makes faith...
Having faith it is concentrated; being concentrated it reaps faith...
Having faith it understands; because it understands it earns faith...
Source: Sariputta - The General of the Dhamma -
The Canonical: Path of Discrimination: Patisambhidamagga. IV.
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Mutual Faith!
It is not shaken sceptical non-faith, thus is it the Power of Faith.
It is the Power of Faith by stiffening & stabilizing other qualities.
It is the Power of Faith by terminating the bad mental defilements.
It is the Power of Faith by purifying penetration to understanding.
It is the Power of Faith by calming, steadying, & focusing the mind.
It is the Power of Faith by clearing, cleansing & purifying the mind.
It is the Power of Faith in the sense of arrival at subtle distinction.
It is the Power of Faith in the sense of penetration to even higher.
It is the Power of Faith in the sense of convergence upon actuality.
It is the Power of Faith in the sense of establishing in cessation!
This, so and such is the mighty Power of Faith...
Source: Sariputta - The General of the Dhamma -
The Canonical: Path of Discrimination: Patisambhidamagga. XIX.
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