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over 2 years ago

#Buddha’s Teachings #Sangiti Sutta #Serenity (#Samatha) & #Insight (#Vipassana) #Dasuttara Sutta #Sariputta Factors of an Arahant’s Path ☀️ #Anguttara Nikaya Part II An Anthology Selected and translated by Nyanaponika Thera and Bhikkhu Bodhi The Chapter of the Sixes ― Sensual Desire Monks, “peril” is a name for sensual desire, “pain” is a name for sensual desire, “disease” is a name for sensual desire “tumour” … “fetter” … “morass” is a name for sensual desire. And why, monks, is “peril” a name for sensual desire? Inflamed by sensual passions and in bondage to lustful desire, one is free neither of the perils of this world nor of the perils of the next world. Inflamed by sensual passions and in bondage to lustful desire, one is free neither of the pain, the disease, the tumour, the fetter, and the morass of this world nor of the next world. ☀️ Six things that are unsurpassed What are the six? These, are the six things unexcelled 1. The Seeing unsurpassed 2. The Hearing unsurpassed 3. The Gain unsurpassed 4. The Training unsurpassed 5. The Service unsurpassed 6. The Recollection unsurpassed 💥 #Meditate on the above ➡️Cont. - #Anguttara Nikaya The Six Things Unsurpassed Tomorrow’s Post 💥

Etienne Arsenault

@JETAR9

over 2 years ago

#Buddha’s Teachings #Sangiti Sutta & #Dasuttara Sutta #Serenity (#Samatha) & #Insight (#Vipassana) ☀Anatta - Not-Self «IT»☀ #Anguttara Nikaya Discourses of the Buddha - An Anthology By Nyanaponika Thera & Bhikkhu Bodhi Cont. - The Refinement of the Mind-II ― Suppose a goldsmith or his apprentice builds a furnace, lights a fire in its opening, takes the gold with a pair of tongs, and puts it into the furnace. From time to time he blows on it, from time to time he sprinkles water on it, from time to time he just looks on. (This refers to the third item, upekkha, equanimity, which literally means “onlooking,” i.e. detached observation or examination). If the goldsmith were to blow on the gold continuously it might be heated too much. If he continuously sprinkled water on it, it would be cooled. If he were only to look at it, the gold would not come to perfect refinement. But if, from time to time, the goldsmith attends to each of these three functions, the gold will become pliant, workable, and bright, and it can easily be molded. ―☀― Whatever ornaments the goldsmith wishes to make of it, be it a diadem, earrings, a necklace, or a golden chain, the gold can now be used for that purpose. Similarly there are those three items to which a monk devoted to the training in the higher mind should give attention from time to time, namely, the items of Concentration, Energetic effort, and Equanimity. If he gives regular attention to each of them, then his mind will become pliant, workable, lucid, and not unwieldy, and it will be well concentrated for the destruction of the taints. ― To whatever mental state realisable by direct knowledge he directs his mind, he achieves the capacity of realising that state by direct knowledge, whenever the necessary conditions obtain. 💥 ➡️Cont. - ☀#NotSelf «IT» Training for Enlightenment Tomorrow’s Post 💥

Etienne Arsenault

@JETAR9

over 2 years ago

#Buddha’s Teachings #Sangiti Sutta & #Dasuttara Sutta #Serenity (#Samatha) & #Insight (#Vipassana) ☀Anatta - Not-Self «IT»☀ #Anguttara Nikaya Discourses of the Buddha - An Anthology By Nyanaponika Thera & Bhikkhu Bodhi The Refinement of the Mind-II A monk devoted to the training in the higher mind should from time to time give attention to these three items. 1. He should from time to time give attention to the item of Concentration, 2. from time to time to the item of Energetic effort, 3. from time to time to the item of Equanimity. ((This refers to the detached observation and examination of the meditative state of mind. (A-a -Anguttara Atthakatha): He examines the speed or velocity of knowledge (nanajavam upekkheyya), i.e. the penetrative intensity of insight. - This Pali phrase can be translated as "one should be equanimous in regard to knowledge and wisdom". It emphasizes maintaining a balanced and detached attitude even when dealing with profound understanding or insights)) ― If a monk devoted to the training in the higher mind should give exclusive attention to the item of Concentration, it is possible that his mind may fall into indolence. ―☀ ― If he should give exclusive attention to the item of Energetic effort, it is possible that his mind may fall into restlessness. If he should give exclusive attention to the item of Equanimity, it is possible that his mind will not be well concentrated for the destruction of the taints. But if, from time to time, he gives attention to each of these three items, then his mind will be pliant, workable, lucid, and not unwieldy, and it will be well concentrated for the destruction of the taints. ―☀―Then, He is equanimous, mindful, one who dwells happily,’ With the abandoning of pleasure and pain, and with the previous passing away of joy and sadness, he enters and dwells in the fourth Jhana, which is neither painful nor pleasant and includes the purification of mindfulness by equanimity. This is the training in the higher mind. 💥 ➡️Cont. - ☀#NotSelf «IT» The Refinement of the Mind-II Tomorrow’s Post 💥

Etienne Arsenault

@JETAR9

over 2 years ago

#Buddha’s Teachings #Sangiti Sutta & #Dasuttara Sutta #Serenity (#Samatha) & #Insight (#Vipassana) ☀Anatta - Not-Self «IT»☀ #Anguttara Nikaya Discourses of the Buddha - An Anthology By Nyanaponika Thera & Bhikkhu Bodhi Cont. - The Refinement of the Mind-I But there comes a time when his mind becomes inwardly steadied, composed, unified, and concentrated. (bis) That concentration is then calm and refined; it has attained to full tranquility and achieved mental unification; it is not maintained by strenuous suppression of the defilements. Then, to whatever mental state realisable by direct knowledge he directs his mind, he achieves the capacity of realising that state by direct knowledge, whenever the necessary conditions obtain. (This refers to the preliminary conditions required for the attainments to follow, namely, the six “super-knowledges” (abhinna). Five of these are mundane; the sixth is the supramundane attainment of Arahantship, here called the destruction of the taints. The necessary condition for the five super-knowledges is mastery over the fourth Jhana; the foundation for Arahantship is the development of insight based on concentration.) ―☀― 1― If he wishes: May I wield the various kinds of spiritual power: ... - He achieves the capacity of realising that state by direct knowledge, whenever the necessary conditions obtain. 2― If he wishes: With the divine ear element, which is purified and surpasses the human, may I hear both kinds of sounds, the divine and human, those that are far as well as near’- As above 3― If he wishes: “May I understand the minds of other beings, of other persons, having encompassed them with my own mind ... – 4― If he wishes, “May I recollect my manifold past abodes ... - 5― If he wishes, “With the divine eye, which is purified and surpasses the human, may I see beings passing away and being reborn ... - 6― If he wishes, “By the destruction of the taints, may I in this very life enter and dwell in the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom, realising it for myself with direct knowledge”- He achieves the capacity of realising that state by direct knowledge, whenever the necessary conditions obtain. 💥 ➡️Cont. - ☀#NotSelf «IT» The Refinement of the Mind-II Tomorrow’s Post 💥

Etienne Arsenault

@JETAR9

over 2 years ago

#Buddha’s Teachings #Sangiti Sutta & #Dasuttara Sutta #Serenity (#Samatha) & #Insight (#Vipassana) ☀Anatta - Not-Self «IT»☀ #Anguttara Nikaya Discourses of the Buddha - An Anthology By Nyanaponika Thera & Bhikkhu Bodhi The Growth of Wisdom These four things, O monks, are conducive to the growth of wisdom. What four? 1. Association with superior persons 2. Hearing the good Dhamma 3. Proper attention and 4. Practice in accordance with the Dhamma. These four things are conducive to the growth of wisdom. ― These four things are also a great help to a human being. ―☀― The Refinement of the Mind-I A monk devoted to the training in the higher mind: there are in him gross impurities, namely, bad conduct of body, speech, and mind. Such conduct an earnest, capable monk abandons, dispels, eliminates, and abolishes. ―☀ When he has abandoned these, there are still impurities of a moderate degree that cling to him, namely, sensual thoughts, thoughts of ill will, and violent thoughts. Such thoughts an earnest, capable monk abandons, dispels, eliminates, and abolishes.☀― When he has abandoned these, there are still some subtle impurities that cling to him, namely, thoughts about his relatives, his home country, and his reputation. ―☀― Such thoughts an earnest, capable monk abandons dispels, eliminates, and abolishes. ―☀When he has abandoned these, there still remain thoughts about higher mental states experienced in meditation. That concentration is not yet peaceful and sublime; it has not attained to full tranquility, nor has it achieved mental unification; it is maintained by strenuous suppression of the defilements. ― But there comes a time when his mind becomes inwardly steadied, composed, unified, and concentrated. ☀― 💥 ➡️Cont. - ☀#NotSelf «IT» The Refinement of the Mind-I Tomorrow’s Post 💥

One Great Truth @1GreatTruth

about 3 years ago

"To hold that in the impermanent there is permanence: this is a distortion of perception, thought and views." - #Buddha #Anguttara #Nikaya The Chapter of the Fours

1GreatTruth's tweet photo. "To hold that in the impermanent there is permanence: this is a distortion of perception, thought and views." - #Buddha #Anguttara #Nikaya The Chapter of the Fours https://t.co/x26OkZTHgC

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Suchit Nanda @SuchitNanda

about 5 years ago

"It is in the #nature of things that #joy #arises in a person free from remorse." #Gautam #Buddha's quote from the #Buddhist scriptures: the #Cetana #Sutta, of the #Anguttara #Nikaya. #gyan #spiritual #spirituality #knowledge #truth #wisdom #quote #quotes #quoteoftheday

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