In the Sadhāyamāna Sutta, the Buddha was wandering with a group of mendicants when some students passed by the Buddha, mocking and jeering.
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In the Andhakaraṇa Sutta, the Buddha is heard saying:
Mendicants, these three unskillful thoughts are destroyers of sight, vision, ...
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Freedom from illness: the foremost good fortune.
Contentment: the foremost wealth.
Trust: the foremost kinship.
Unbinding: the foremost ease.
~Dhammapada 204
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…for those who have confidence in the foremost, the result is foremost.”
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An intelligent person gives to the foremost,
settled on the foremost teaching.
When they become a deva or a human being,
they rejoice at reaching the foremost.”
AN 4.34
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“This is what the Buddha was referring to when he said: ‘The world is wanting, insatiable, the slave of craving.’ And it was after knowing and seeing and hearing this that I went forth from the lay life to homelessness.”
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“This is what the Buddha was referring to when he said: ‘The world is wanting, insatiable, the slave of craving.’ And it was after knowing and seeing and hearing this that I went forth from the lay life to homelessness.”
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The #Buddha makes this argument for no-Self (Anattalakkhaṇa #Sutta):
Premise 1: If you had a Self (Pali atta, Sanskrit #atman), you could control it completely.
Premise 2: You can't completely control any part of yourself.
Conclusion: Therefore, you don't have a Self.
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Like a Mountain
Sāriputtasutta (Udāna 4.4 )
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The Dust of the Past Blown Away
Kammavipākaja Sutta (Udāna 3.1)
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"Aho sukhaṁ, aho sukhaṁ!"—“Oh, what bliss! Oh, what bliss!” These are the spontaneous exclamations uttered repeatedly by the monk Bhaddiya, once a royal prince, now a renunciate dwelling in the forest.
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The Pain of Losing a Child
Ekaputtakasutta (Udāna 2.7)
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Beyond Praise and Blame
Sakkārasutta (Udāna 2.4)
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Samyutta Nikāya 56.11 – Dhammacakkappavattana Sutra
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Pali:Lesson 34
Using Past Participles in Sentences
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Bhaddekaratta Sutta, MN 131
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Saturday Parallels Sabbāsava Sutta
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BDG feature: Sri Lankan Buddhism’s Rich Heritage of Pāli Commentaries and Theravāda Traditions
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Reflections on the Tatiyabodhisuttaṃ (Udāna 1.3)
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Lesson 25
Special Noun Declensions – pitu, mātu, and satthu
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If one offers a single flower with a mind vast as the sky, that offering becomes as vast as the universe itself. - The Avataṃsaka Sūtra
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It's giving harmlessness 😄 A luminous standing Buddha in a patched red robe displays the mudras of giving and harmlessness. Next to the page are a paintbrush and yellow fountain pen
"...but the world does not stick to him, as water does not stick to the lotus." #thag15.2 Something to aspire to! May all beings be free of stress and anxiety 🙏 #buddha #sutta #dharma #buddhism #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #artyear #painting #sketchbook
Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Mahaparinibbana Sutta
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: And when the Blessed One had passed away, simultaneously with his Parinibbana, Sakka, king of the gods, spoke this stanza: “Transient are all compounded things, Subject to arise and vanish; Having come into existence they pass away; Good is the peace when they forever cease.” — Mahaparinibbana Sutta 🔗 Explore more at BDG: buddhistdoor.net
Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Mahaparinibbana Sutta
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