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The Awakening | Noble Warrior : A Life of the Buddha
Even though the Buddha's awakening was the most important accomplishment in his life, we know very little about it. As he told his monks, he revealed to others only a tiny portion of what he had come to know. Once the Blessed One was dwelling near Kosambī in the Siṁsapā forest. Then, picking up a few Siṁsapā leaves with his hand, he ...
Factors for Awakening | Factors for Awakening
You can't take awakening and develop it. You can't clone the awakened state. But you can work on developing everyday factors of the mind that eventually will lead to awakening. This is one of the important aspects of the Buddha's teaching: The path to awakening is built out of very ordinary, day-to-day things, like mindfulness and alertness.
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The Seven Factors for Awakening A series of 7 Dhamma talks following one of the sets of the Buddha's fundamental teachings from the 37 Wings to Awakening. Full set zip
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The Wings to Awakening: An Anthology from the Pāli Canon, by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. (revised July 28, 2020) The 37 Wings to Awakening were the Buddha's own summary of his teachings. This book contains sutta translations organized by topic with relevant discussion by the author.
Perennial Issues | The Karma of Questions
The Buddha's Awakening is a case in point. That Awakening obviously qualifies as a direct religious experience, and yet the descriptions of it found in the earliest records, the Pāli canon, contain nothing to support the perennial philosophy's answer to the question of personal identity. They don't even address the question.
Dhamma-cakkappavattana Sutta | A Chanting Guide
This is the middle way realized by the Tathāgata that—producing vision, producing knowledge—leads to calm, to direct knowledge, to self-awakening, to unbinding. Idaṁ kho pana bhikkhave dukkhaṁ ariya-saccaṁ: Now this, monks, is the noble truth of stress: Jāti-pi dukkhā jarā-pi dukkhā maraṇam-pi dukkhaṁ,
SN 56:11 Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta | Setting the Wheel ...
According to Mahāvagga I.6, this was the Buddha's first discourse after his awakening. * * * I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Vārāṇasī in the Deer Park at Isipatana. There he addressed the group of five monks:
AN 10:48 Dasa Dhamma Sutta | Ten Things
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. Ten Things Dasa Dhamma Sutta (AN 10:48) "There are these ten things that a person gone forth should reflect on often.
Khp 4 Sāmaṇera Pañhā — The Novice's Questions
The seven factors for awakening [mindfulness, analysis of qualities, persistence, rapture, calm, concentration, equanimity]. What is eight? The noble eightfold path [right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration].
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Factors for Awakening : Ten Dhamma Talks, by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, is available in ebook formats and can be read online as well. The seven factors for awakening (bojjhanga) are a set of qualities explaining how right view helps to develop right mindfulness into right concentration. posted June 17
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Mindfulness Defined | Head & Heart Together
For example, one popular definition of mindfulness is that it is awakening, and that each moment of mindfulness is a momentary taste of awakening. But mindfulness is conditioned and nibbāna is not. Mistaking one of the factors on the path to awakening for awakening itself is like reaching the middle of a road and then falling asleep right there.
Titlepage | The Wings to Awakening
the WINGS to AWAKENING An Anthology from the Pāli Canon Translated and Explained by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)
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I will fare with reverence for the Buddha's genuine Awakening. N'atthi me saraṇaṁ aññaṁ, Buddho me saraṇaṁ varaṁ: I have no other refuge; the Buddha is my foremost refuge: Etena sacca-vajjena, Vaḍḍheyyaṁ satthu-sāsane. By the speaking of this truth, may I grow in the Teacher's instruction.
MN 118 Ānāpānasati Sutta | Mindfulness of Breathing
calm as a factor for awakening… concentration as a factor for awakening… equanimity as a factor for awakening dependent on seclusion, dependent on dispassion, dependent on cessation, resulting in relinquishment. "This is how the seven factors for awakening are developed & pursued so as to bring clear knowing & release to their culmination."
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MN 36 Mahā Saccaka Sutta | The Longer Discourse to Saccaka
Before my self-awakening, when I was still just an unawakened bodhisatta, the thought occurred to me: 'Household life is confining, a dusty path. Life gone forth is the open air. It isn't easy, living in a home, to practice the holy life totally perfect, totally pure, a polished shell.
All About Change | Purity of Heart
His Awakening was confirmation that it could—if developed to the appropriate level of skillfulness. He thus taught that there are four types of action, corresponding to four levels of skill: three that produce pleasant, unpleasant, and mixed experiences within the cycles of space and time; and a fourth that leads beyond action to a level of ...
Introduction: The Authenticity of the Pāli Suttas
The factors for awakening. "Now, what is the food for the arising of unarisen mindfulness as a factor for awakening, or for the growth & increase of mindfulness as a factor for awakening once it has arisen? There are qualities that act as a foothold for mindfulness as a factor for awakening [well-purified virtue & views made straight].
Taking the Eight Precepts | A Chanting Guide
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato. sammā-sambuddhassa. (three times) Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Rightly Self-awakened One.
MN 122 Mahā Suññata Sutta | The Greater Discourse on Emptiness
The Greater Discourse on Emptiness Mahā Suññata Sutta (MN 122) Introduction. This sutta gives many valuable lessons on practical issues surrounding the attempt to develop an internal meditative dwelling of emptiness, to maintain it, and to see it through to awakening.
MN 7 Vatthūpama Sutta | The Simile of the Cloth
According to the Commentary, this describes the attainment of one of any of the three lower levels of awakening. These defilements are abandoned totally only at arahantship. 3. Saññāgata. See MN 121.
DN 21 Sakka-pañha Sutta | Sakka's Questions (Excerpt)
The gandhabba, however, knows only one song related to the Dhamma, a song he composed for a lady gandhabba shortly before the Buddha's awakening. He is so preoccupied with sensual lust that, even though he tries to please the Buddha by making references to the Buddha himself and to arahants in his song, he simply shows his complete ...
Five Subjects for Frequent Recollection | A Chanting Guide
(Leader) Handa mayaṁ abhiṇha-paccavekkhaṇa-pāthaṁ bhaṇāmase:. Let us now recite the passage for frequent recollection: (All) Jarā-dhammomhi jaraṁ anatīto. I am subject to aging. Aging is unavoidable.
Udāna | suttas on dhammatalks.org
1 : Awakening. Ud 1:1 Bodhi Sutta | Awakening (1) — The Buddha, soon after awakening, contemplates this/that conditionality and dependent co-arising. Ud 1:2 Bodhi Sutta | Awakening (2) — The Buddha, soon after awakening, contemplates this/that conditionality and dependent co-arising.
AN 9:41 Tapussa Sutta | To Tapussa (On Renunciation)
But as soon as I had attained & emerged from these nine step-by-step dwelling-attainments in forward & backward order in this way, then I did claim to have directly awakened to the right self-awakening unexcelled in the cosmos with its devas, Māras, & Brahmās, in this generation with its contemplatives & brahmans, its royalty & commonfolk.
Five Piles of Bricks | The Karma of Questions
The Buddha's Awakening gave him, among other things, a new perspective on the uses and limitations of words. He had discovered a reality—the Deathless—that no words could describe. At the same time, he discovered that the path to Awakening could be described, although it involved a new way of seeing and conceptualizing the problem of ...
Refuge | A Chanting Guide
attained the highest self-awakening. Through the speaking of this truth, may all troubles cease to be. Mahā-kāruṇiko nātho. Hitāya sabba-pāṇinaṁ. Pūretvā pāramī sabbā. Patto sambodhim-uttamaṁ. Etena sacca-vajjena. Mā hontu sabbupaddavā. (The Buddha), our protector, with great compassion, for the benefit of all beings,
One Tool Among Many | Noble Strategy
Other systems of practice pre-dating the Buddha also taught samatha, but the Buddha was the first to discover and teach vipassanā. Although some Buddhist meditators may practice samatha meditation before turning to vipassanā, samatha practice is not really necessary for the pursuit of Awakening.
AN 10:61 Avijjā Sutta | Ignorance - Home | dhammatalks.org
When the seven factors for awakening are made full, they fill [the conditions for] clear knowing & release. Such is the food for this clear knowing & release, and thus are they made full." See also: MN 118; SN 12:23; SN 15:3, SN 15:9; SN 15:11-19; SN 45:1
MN 95 Caṅkī Sutta | With Caṅkī (Excerpt)
"To this extent, Bhāradvāja, there is an awakening to the truth. To this extent one awakens to the truth. I describe this as an awakening to the truth. But it is not yet the final attainment of the truth." "Yes, Master Gotama, to this extent there is an awakening to the truth. To this extent one awakens to the truth.
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Udāna | suttas on dhammatalks.org
1 : Awakening. Ud 1:1 Bodhi Sutta | Awakening (1) — The Buddha, soon after awakening, contemplates this/that conditionality and dependent co-arising. Ud 1:2 Bodhi Sutta | Awakening (2) — The Buddha, soon after awakening, contemplates this/that conditionality and dependent co-arising.
Faith in Awakening | Purity of Heart
Faith in Awakening. The Buddha never placed unconditional demands on anyone's faith. For people from a culture where the dominant religions do make such demands, this is one of Buddhism's most attractive features. It's especially appealing to those who—in reaction to the demands of organized religion—embrace the view of scientific empiricism that nothing deserves our trust unless it ...
AN 9:1 Sambodhi Sutta | Self-awakening
This is the fourth prerequisite for the development of the wings to self-awakening. "'And further, he is discerning, endowed with the discernment of arising & passing away—noble, penetrating, leading to the right ending of stress. This is the fifth prerequisite for the development of the wings to self-awakening.'
Skills for Awakening | Factors for Awakening
The people who tell you that the desire for awakening is the one thing that's going to keep you from being awakened are people who don't know how to handle their desires. As the Buddha said, all phenomena, or dhammas, are rooted in desire and that includes the path to awakening. Awakening itself is not rooted in desire. It's not a thing.
One Tool Among Many | Noble Strategy
Other systems of practice pre-dating the Buddha also taught samatha, but the Buddha was the first to discover and teach vipassanā. Although some Buddhist meditators may practice samatha meditation before turning to vipassanā, samatha practice is not really necessary for the pursuit of Awakening.
Khuddakapāṭha | suttas on dhammatalks.org
Khp 9 Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta | Goodwill — The practice of developing universal goodwill: the practices that form a foundation for the practice, the attitude of universal goodwill itself, and the steps that lead from goodwill to awakening.
Khp 8 Nidhi Kaṇḍa — The Reserve Fund
Private awakening, 5. Buddhahood: That is all gained by this. So powerful this, the accomplishment of merit. Thus the wise, the enlightened, praise the fund of merit. already made. Notes. 1. Proper practice of the Dhamma. 2.
PDF The Buddha's Teachings - Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
Many of these lessons were shaped by his final approach to awakening, and by aspects of the awakening itself. Mindfulness of breathing The meditation technique that the bodhisatta used to attain jhāna on the night of his awakening, keeping his breath in mind, was the technique that he taught most often, and in most detail, to others.
Khp 6 Ratana Sutta — Treasures
On the danger of heedlessness for one who has reached this level of awakening, see SN 55:40. 4. These three qualities are the fetters abandoned when one gains one's first glimpse of unbinding at stream-entry (the moment when one enters the stream to full awakening). 5. Four states of deprivation: rebirth as an animal, a hungry ghost, an angry ...
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23 Factors for Awakening; 22 Me, Me, Me; 22 Happiness: Yours & Others' 21 The Five Faculties Confirmed; 20 Right Exertion at Play; 19 The Four-in-One Establishing of Mindfulness; 18 Bases for Success; 17 Grasping the Snake; 16 Even Common Animals Can Be Trained; 15 Faith in Awakening; 14 Harmony Inside & Out; 13 Observe Your Concentration; 12 ...
AN 10:92 Vera Sutta | Animosity
Note. 1. The four pairs are (1) the person on the path to stream-entry, the person experiencing the fruit of stream-entry; (2) the person on the path to once-returning, the person experiencing the fruit of once-returning; (3) the person on the path to non-returning, the person experiencing the fruit of non-returning; (4) the person on the path to arahantship, the person experiencing the fruit ...
Sn 1:3 A Rhinoceros
Nd II ends its discussion of this sutta by saying that it was spoken by a Private Buddha, i.e., one who gains awakening on his own but is unable to formulate the Dhamma in such a way as to teach others to gain awakening. This assertion, however, is contradicted by the content of some of the verses, such as the one beginning, "Consort with one ...
MN 7 Vatthūpama Sutta | The Simile of the Cloth
According to the Commentary, this describes the attainment of one of any of the three lower levels of awakening. These defilements are abandoned totally only at arahantship. 3. Saññāgata. See MN 121.
Ud 1:10 Bāhiya Sutta | Bāhiya
Notes. 1. Eka-ratti-parivāsena: This phrase can also mean, "taking one-night sojourns" (i.e., resting no more than one night in any one spot); or "with a one-night sojourn." The Commentary prefers the meaning used in the translation, noting that the distance between Suppāraka and Sāvatthī amounts to 120 leagues, or approximately 1,200 miles.
I. Basic Principles | The Wings to Awakening
The Wings to Awakening—as alternate expressions of the path to the cessation of stress—are also shaped by the implications of the fact of skillfulness. These implications account directly for the main factors in the Wings—the qualities of equanimity, concentration, and discernment that are needed to develop skillfulness—and indirectly ...
SN 12:20 Paccaya Sutta | Requisite Conditions
Directly awakening & breaking through to that, he declares it, teaches it, describes it, sets it forth. He reveals it, explains it, makes it plain, & says, 'Look.' From ignorance as a requisite condition come fabrications. What's there in this way is a reality, not an unreality, not other than what it seems, conditioned by this/that.
The Agendas of Mindfulness | The Karma of Questions
The texts call these skillful qualities the seven factors of Awakening and show that satipaṭṭhāna practice is aimed at developing them all in order. The first factor is mindfulness. The second is called "analysis of qualities": the ability to distinguish skillful from unskillful qualities in the mind, seeing what can be accepted and ...
SN 23:2 Satta Sutta | A Being
A Being Satta Sutta (SN 23:2) A number of discourses (among them, SN 35:191; AN 6:63) make the point that the mind is fettered, not by things like the five aggregates or the objects of the six senses, but by the act of passion & delight for them.There are two ways to try to cut through this fetter. One is to focus on the drawbacks of passion & delight in & of themselves, seeing clearly the ...
Talking about Nirvana
But if awakening is complete, then once the moment of realization is past, unbinding transcends all dhammas. Another paradox concerns the nature of the happiness of unbinding. Dhp 203 , seconded by DN 9 , describes unbinding as the foremost bliss, whereas Ud 1:10 states that it is beyond both bliss and pain.
The Way to Stream Entry | Into the Stream
There is the case where a noble disciple has conviction, is convinced of the Tathagata's Awakening: 'Indeed, the Blessed One is worthy & rightly self-awakened, consummate in knowledge and conduct, well-gone, an expert with regard to the world, unexcelled as a trainer for those people fit to be tamed, the Teacher of devas & human beings ...
SN 7:18 Kaṭṭhahāraka Sutta | Firewood-gathering
The first reading would simply convey the fact that the practice of jhāna puts one in a mental state equivalent to a Brahmā. The second reading points to the fact that the Buddha, in having gained awakening, meditates in a way that even Brahmās cannot perceive or understand.
The Gift of Spiritual Materialism | Meditations9
To begin with, there's conviction, virtue, shame, and compunction. These four form a set. You believe in the power of action: that the Buddha really was awakened, and that his awakening depended on his own actions. You also are convinced that the qualities he developed to gain that awakening are qualities we all have in potential form.
Worlds & Their Cessation : The Buddha's Strategic View of ...
The awakening that goes beyond suffering also goes beyond all worldviews, but the path leading to that awakening requires that you adopt a provisional sense of the world in which human action has the power to bring suffering to an end. This is the same pattern the Buddha adopts with regard to views about the self: Awakening lies beyond all ...
MN 102 Pañcattaya Sutta | Five & Three
Actual, spontaneous expressions of full awakening are phrased in impersonal terms. See, for instance, MN 4, SN 56:11, AN 6:49, and AN 6:55. 8. Compare this passage with the refrain in DN 1: "This, monks, the Tathāgata discerns. And he discerns that these standpoints, thus seized, thus grasped at, lead to such & such a destination, to such ...
AN 5:180 Gavesin Sutta | About Gavesin
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. About Gavesin Gavesin Sutta (AN 5:180) On one occasion the Blessed One was wandering on a tour among the Kosalans with a large Saṅgha of monks.
SN 25:1 Cakkhu Sutta | The Eye
"One who knows and sees that these phenomena are this way is called a stream-enterer, steadfast, never again destined for states of woe, headed for self-awakening." See also: MN 70 Forms
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PDF With Each & Every Breath - Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
the way to the total cure of awakening. Even if you simply want help in managing pain or finding a little more peace and stability in your life, meditation has plenty to offer you. It can also strengthen the mind to deal with many of the problems of day-to-day life, because it develops qualities like mindfulness, alertness,
A Table of the Wings to Awakening | The Wings to Awakening
A Table of the Wings to Awakening I. The Seven Sets. The Four Frames of Reference (satipaṭṭhāna). Remaining focused on the body in & of itself—ardent, alert, & mindful—putting aside greed & distress with reference to the world.
AN 2:123-124 Ghosa Suttas | Voice
One scholar has tried to get around this objection, saying that the voice from another world must refer to the voice of the Buddha or to one of the noble disciples who gained awakening on hearing the Buddha's own voice. The implication here is that only the words of these two classes of people can inspire right view.
MN 2 Sabbāsava Sutta | All the Effluents
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. All the Effluents Sabbāsava Sutta (MN 2) I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery.
AN 2:24 Neyyattha Sutta | A Meaning to be Inferred
A Meaning to be Inferred Neyyattha Sutta (AN 2:24) "Monks, these two slander the Tathāgata. Which two? He who explains a discourse whose meaning needs to be inferred as one whose meaning has already been fully drawn out.
SN 35:145 Kamma Sutta | Action
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. Action Kamma Sutta (SN 35:145) "Monks, I will teach you new & old kamma, the cessation of kamma, and the path of practice leading to the cessation of kamma.
Food for Awakening | Head & Heart Together
The basis for the second factor for Awakening—analysis of mental qualities—is the presence of skillful and unskillful qualities in the mind. To pay appropriate attention to these qualities not only feeds the factor of analysis of mental qualities but also starves the hindrance of uncertainty, at the same time providing the framework for ...
SN 12:12 Phagguna Sutta | To Phagguna
2. This refers to the moment of awakening, when the six sense media are transcended. See SN 35:117, AN 4:173, and Iti 44, and the discussion of "consciousness without feature" in The Mind Like Fire Unbound, chapter 1.
Nidhi-kaṇḍa-sutta Gāthā | A Chanting Guide
private awakening, buddhahood: That is all gained by this. Evaṁ mahatthikā esā. Yadidaṁ puñña-sampadā. Tasmā dhīrā pasaṁsanti. Paṇḍitā kata-puññatanti. So powerful this, the accomplishment of merit. Thus the wise, the enlightened, praise the fund of merit already made.
AN 5:202 Dhammassavana Sutta | Listening to the Dhamma
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. Listening to the Dhamma Dhammassavana Sutta (AN 5:202) "There are these five rewards in listening to the Dhamma.
Khandha Paritta | A Chanting Guide
Khandha Paritta The Group Protection. Virūpakkhehi me mettaṁ. Mettaṁ Erāpathehi me. Chabyā-puttehi me mettaṁ. Mettaṁ Kaṇhā-Gotamakehi ca. I have goodwill for the Virupakkhas, the Erapathas, goodwill for the Chabya descendants, & the Black Gotamakas.
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wander through the remaining rainforests, in search of awakening in the same environment where the Buddha found awakening himself. Among these wilderness traditions, the one that has attracted the largest number of Western students, and is beginning to take root in the West, is the Kammatthana (Meditation) Forest tradition of Thailand.
SN 3:1 Dahara Sutta | Young - Home | dhammatalks.org
As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One: "Now then, does Master Gotama claim, 'I have awakened to the unexcelled right self-awakening'?" "If, great king, one speaking rightly could say of anyone, 'He has awakened to the unexcelled right self-awakening,' one could rightly say that of me.
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awakening were like the leaves in a forest. He didn't waste his time telling us about all the leaves. He gave us the handful of leaves that shows how to gain awakening for ourselves. He wasn't just expressing how wonderful it is to be awakened. He gave us directions for how to do it. And his directions are very precise, very clear.
"When you know for yourselves … " | The Karma of Questions
Although Rāhula reportedly received the above advice when he was a child, MN 19 maintains that the principles it contains can lead all the way to full Awakening. This means, of course, that they can lead to the first level of Awakening, which is stream-entry. Stream-entry is often called the arising of the Dhamma eye.
Ud 2:7 Ekaputta Sutta | The Only Son
Note. 1. Following the reading, piyarūpassāda-gaddhitāse in the Thai, Burmese, and BJT editions. The Sri Lankan edition available from the Journal of Buddhist Ethics has, piyarūpa-sātarūpa-gaddhitā ye: "Those tied down by what seems dear & what seems agreeable"; the PTS edition, piyarūpāsāta-gaddhitā ve: "Truly tied down by what seems dear & what is disagreeable."
AN 7:6 Dhana Sutta | Treasure
There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones has conviction, is convinced of the Tathāgata's awakening: 'Indeed, the Blessed One is worthy & rightly self-awakened, consummate in clear-knowing & conduct, well-gone, an expert with regard to the cosmos, unexcelled trainer of people fit to be tamed, teacher of devas & human beings ...
Morning Chanting | A Chanting Guide
who have seen peace, awakening after the one gone the good way, who have abandoned heedlessness—the noble ones, the wise: I revere that Saṅgha with devotion. Iccevam-ekant'abhipūjaneyyakaṁ, Vatthuttayaṁ vandayatābhisaṅkhataṁ, Puññaṁ mayā yaṁ mama sabbupaddavā, Mā hontu ve tassa pabhāva-siddhiyā.
SN 1:41 Āditta Sutta | On Fire
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. On Fire Āditta Sutta (SN 1:41) I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery.
MN 58 Abhaya Rāja-kumāra Sutta | To Prince Abhaya
In other words, he does not define himself or the awakened mind in terms of knowledge or views, even concerning the Dhamma, although the knowledge that led to his awakening is fully available for him to draw on at any time.
Titlepage | It's Like This: 108 Dhamma Similes
It's Like This: 108 Dhamma Similes by Venerable Ajahn Chah
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As this term also denotes the extinguishing of a fire, it carries connotations of stilling, cooling, and peace. "Total nibbāna" in some contexts denotes the experience of awakening; in others, the final passing away of an arahant. Sanskrit form: Nirvāṇa. Nigaṇṭha: Literally, one without ties. An ascetic in the Jain religion.
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As for the awakening, we were struck by the wide variety of angles from which the Buddha described this event. It was obviously a multi-faceted experience—in terms of the efforts that led there and the lessons learned in the course of the awakening itself—and because it was the central event in the Buddha's life, we have tried to gather ...
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Jaya Paritta | A Chanting Guide
attained the highest self-awakening. Through the speaking of this truth, may you have a victory blessing. Jayanto bodhiyā mūle. Sakyānaṁ nandi-vaḍḍhano. Evaṁ tvam vijayo hohi. Jayassu jaya-maṅgale. Victorious at the foot of the Bodhi tree, was he who increased the Sakyans' delight. May you have the same sort of victory.
Clothes
Clothes Vattha Sutta (SN 46:4) This sutta and the following one make the point that the factors for awakening are not factors of awakening.In other words, they lead to the experience of awakening, but they do not constitute the features of the awakened state.
Contents | The Buddha's Teachings
The Buddha's Teachings : An Introduction. suttas; audio. evening talks. 2020; archive; short morning talks
The City
Near Sāvatthī. "Monks, before my awakening, when I was just an unawakened bodhisatta, the realization came to me: 'How this world has fallen on difficulty! It is born, it ages, it dies, it falls away & rearises, but it does not discern the escape from this stress, from this aging-&-death.
Sagacity
Sagacity Moneyya Sutta (AN 3:123) "Monks, there are these three forms of sagacity. Which three? Bodily sagacity, verbal sagacity, & mental sagacity.
Titlepage | It's Like This: 108 Dhamma Similes
It's Like This: 108 Dhamma Similes by Venerable Ajahn Chah
To Vacchagotta on Fire
"Vaccha, the position that 'the cosmos is eternal' is a thicket of views, a wilderness of views, a contortion of views, a writhing of views, a fetter of views. It is accompanied by suffering, distress, despair, & fever, and it does not lead to disenchantment, dispassion, cessation; to calm, direct knowledge, self-awakening, unbinding.
Sacrifice
Sacrifice Yañña Sutta (SN 3:9) At Sāvatthī. Now on that occasion a great sacrifice had been arranged for King Pasenadi Kosala. Five hundred bulls, five hundred bullocks, five hundred cows, five hundred goats, & five hundred rams had been led to the pillar for the sacrifice.
Right Effort
equanimity as a factor for awakening dependent on seclusion, dependent on dispassion, dependent on cessation, resulting in letting go. This is called the exertion to develop. "And what is the exertion to maintain? There is the case where a monk maintains a favorable theme of concentration—the skeleton perception, the worm-eaten perception ...
Khp 5. Maṅgala Sutta — Protection
Khp 5. Maṅgala Sutta — Protection. I have heard that at one time the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery.
Distracting Thoughts
Remember that he was able to attain awakening on his own and we can do the same. There's a legend from Thai history. The Burmese had invaded Thailand back in the 16th century, and so the king of Thailand, Phra Naresuan, set out to attack them. He went with his troops, all of them on elephants. They were going to do a stealth elephant attack ...
Taking the Five Precepts | A Chanting Guide
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato. sammā-sambuddhassa. (three times) Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Rightly Self-awakened One.
The Orderliness of the Dhamma
Directly awakening & breaking through to that, he declares it, teaches it, describes it, sets it forth. He reveals it, explains it, makes it plain: 'All fabrications are stressful.' "Whether or not there is the arising of Tathāgatas, this property stands—this steadfastness of the Dhamma, this orderliness of the Dhamma: 'All phenomena ...
The Householder
I am a stream-winner, never again destined for the lower realms, certain, headed for self-awakening!' "Now, in terms of which five training rules is he restrained? "There is the case where a disciple of the noble ones abstains from taking life, abstains from taking what is not given, abstains from sexual misconduct, abstains from lying ...
Flowers
Directly awakening to & breaking through to that, he declares it, teaches it, describes it, sets it forth. He reveals it, explains it, makes it plain. And what is a world-phenomenon in the world that the Tathāgata directly awakens to, breaks through to, ...
The Outcaste
He/she does not have conviction (in the Buddha's awakening); is unvirtuous; is eager for protective charms & ceremonies; trusts protective charms & ceremonies, not kamma; and searches for recipients of his/her offerings outside (of the Saṅgha), and gives offerings there first. Endowed with these five qualities, a lay follower is an outcaste ...
The Shorter Exhortation to Māluṅkya
'This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress,' is disclosed by me. And why are they disclosed by me? Because they are connected with the goal, are fundamental to the holy life. They lead to disenchantment, dispassion, cessation, calming, direct knowledge, self-awakening, unbinding. That's why they are disclosed by me.
Persistence | Factors for Awakening
These factors are also the first three factors for awakening, simply that they're listed in a different order: mindfulness; analysis of qualities, which is the same thing as right view; and persistence, which is the same thing as right effort. These qualities have to go together because without right view and right mindfulness, your effort to ...
Concentration
Notes. 1. For more on the first development of concentration, see AN 5:28.. 2. For more on the second development of concentration, see SN 51:20 and AN 5:28.. 3. For more on the third development of concentration, see MN 118, MN 149, SN 54:8, and AN 8:70. MN 111 and MN 121, which discuss the perceptions and feelings that arise and disappear on shifting from one level of concentration to ...
5:13 Udaya's Questions
Notes. 1. The state of mind described here corresponds to the five-factored noble right concentration described in AN 5:28, and analyzed more fully in AN 9:36.For further discussion, see section III/F in The Wings to Awakening and the essays, "Jhāna Not by the Numbers" and "Silence Isn't Mandatory.". 2.
3:4 Sundarika Bhāradvāja
Notes. 1. The account in SN 7:9 goes immediately from this question to the Buddha's response marked by footnote 6. 2. See AN 4:36.. 3. According to SnA, the "clan" of the run-of-the-mill is the five aggregates.
Affirming the Truths of the Heart
Not only did they inspire the young prince in his quest for awakening. Even after he became the Buddha, he advised his followers to cultivate them on a daily basis. In fact, the way he handled these emotions is so distinctive that it may be one of the most important contributions his teachings have to offer to our culture today.
To the Licchavi
To the Licchavi Licchavi Sutta (SN 55:30) On one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Vesālī in the Gabled Hall in the Great Forest. Then Nandaka, the chief minister of the Licchavis, went to the Blessed One and on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side.
About Poṭṭhapāda
The second mode—illustrated by his treatment of whether the cosmos is eternal, etc.—was to declare the issues as unconducive to awakening, and to refuse to take a position on them. Several other suttas—such as MN 63, MN 72, and AN 10:93—portray the Buddha and his disciples adopting the second mode. This sutta is unusual in its extended ...
One After Another
For a discussion of how insight can be developed in the context of jhāna, see The Wings to awakening, IIIF. 5. For a more detailed description of what a meditator experiences on emerging from the cessation of perception and feeling, see MN 44.
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insights that constituted Awakening—this is the "what." With this background established, the remainder of the book focuses in detail on the Wings to Awakening as an expanded analysis of the "how." Part One focuses on aspects of the principle of skillful kamma that shaped the way the Wings to Awakening are formulated.
Half (of the Holy Life)
Half (of the Holy Life) Upaḍḍha Sutta (SN 45:2) I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying among the Sakyans. Now there is a Sakyan town named Sakkara.
An Arahant
"An arahant monk, one who is done, effluent-free, bearing his last body: He would say, 'I speak';. would say, 'They speak to me.' Skillful, knowing harmonious gnosis. with regard to the world,
III. Essays
His awakening is special in that the two aspects come together. He awakened to the fact that there is an undying happiness, and that it can be attained through human effort. The human effort involved in this process ultimately focuses on the question of understanding the nature of human effort itself—in terms of skillful kamma and dependent ...
The Subduing of Hatred (1)
The Subduing of Hatred (1) Āghatāvinaya Sutta (AN 5:161) "There are these five ways of subduing hatred by which, when hatred arises in a monk, he should wipe it out completely.
Unbinding
Notes. 1. AN 6:63 defines sensuality as follows: "There are these five strands of sensuality. Which five? Forms cognizable via the eye—agreeable, pleasing, charming, endearing, enticing, linked to sensual desire; sounds cognizable via the ear… aromas cognizable via the nose… flavors cognizable via the tongue… tactile sensations cognizable via the body—agreeable, pleasing, charming ...
The Inspiring Discourse
The four establishings of mindfulness, the four right exertions, the four bases of power, the five faculties, the five strengths, the seven factors for awakening, the noble eightfold path. 7 These are the qualities I have taught that you should all, having assembled & gathered together, recite & compare meaning with meaning, expression with ...
Titlepage | Factors for Awakening
Factors for Awakening Ten Dhamma Talks Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)
Questions
Questions Pañha Sutta (AN 4:42) "There are these four ways of answering questions. Which four? There are questions that should be answered categorically [straightforwardly yes, no, this, that].
Copulation
"And, brahman, as long as I saw that one or another of these seven fetters of sexuality was not abandoned in myself, I did not claim to have directly awakened to the right self-awakening unexcelled in the cosmos with its devas, Māras, & Brahmās, in this generation with its contemplatives & brahmans, their royalty & commonfolk.
Freedom from Buddha Nature
What's striking about the Buddha's knowledge is the implied "if": If people want to gain Awakening they will have to follow this path, but the choice as to whether they want Awakening is theirs. The Buddha's knowledge of the future didn't mean that the future was preordained, for people are free to choose.
Thig 6:8 Vijayā
seven factors for awakening, the eightfold path. for attaining the highest goal. Hearing her words, I did her bidding. In the first watch of the night, I remembered past lives. In the second watch of the night, I purified the divine eye. In the third watch of the night, I burst the mass of darkness. Then I stayed, suffusing 1 my body. with ...
Trainings (2)
Trainings (2) Sikkha Sutta (AN 3:91) "There are these three trainings. Which three? The training in heightened virtue, the training in heightened mind, the training in heightened discernment.
Hatred
Hatred Āghāta Sutta (AN 10:80) "There are these ten ways of subduing hatred. Which ten? [1] "Thinking, 'He has done me harm. But what should I expect?' one subdues hatred.
An Analysis of the Faculties
There is the case where a monk, a disciple of the noble ones, has conviction, is convinced of the Tathāgata's awakening: 'Indeed, the Blessed One is worthy & rightly self-awakened, consummate in clear-knowing & conduct, well-gone, an expert with regard to the cosmos, unexcelled trainer of people fit to be tamed, teacher of devas & human ...
5:11 Jatukaṇṇin's Question
1. According to Nd II, the Buddha is called the Simultaneous Eye because the Eye of his omniscience arose simultaneously with his awakening to Buddhahood. It's hardly likely, though, that Jatukaṇṇin would have this idea in mind when speaking to the Buddha for the first time.
The Root Sequence
They had hoped to hear his contribution to their project, but instead they hear their whole pattern of thinking & theorizing attacked as ignorant & ill-informed. The Commentary tells us, though, they were later able to overcome their displeasure and eventually attain awakening on listening to the discourse reported in AN 3:126.
Untangling the Present
The insight of Awakening comes in the course of practicing on a straw man until you're able "to shoot long distances, to fire accurate shots in rapid succession, and to pierce great masses." As the Buddha noted in his first discourse, he didn't claim to be awakened until he had fully mastered the tasks appropriate to all four categories.
Theragāthā | suttas on dhammatalks.org
Thag 11 Saṅkicca — A monk who gained awakening as a novice reflects on his life in the wilderness. Thag 12:1 Sīlavat — The rewards of virtue. Thag 12:2 Sunīta the Outcaste — An outcaste becomes an arahant and is worshiped by devas. Thag 13 Soṇa Koḷivisa — A man delicately brought up develops a mind like rock.
Without Exception (3)
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. Without Exception (3) Anodhi Sutta (AN 6:104) "In seeing six rewards, it's enough for a monk to establish the perception of not-self with regard to all phenomena without exception.
For the Benefit of Many People
For the Benefit of Many People Bahujanahitāya Sutta (AN 1:140-141) "Monks, any monks who explain not-Dhamma as not-Dhamma are practicing for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the benefit of many people, for the welfare & happiness of human beings & devas.
Blessings
Blessings An Invitation to the Devas. To be used when chanting in the Magadha style: Samantā cakkavāḷesu. Atr'āgacchantu devatā.. Saddhammaṁ muni-rājassa
Origination
SN 46:51 discusses the ways in which inappropriate attention feeds such unskillful mental qualities as the hindrances, whereas appropriate attention feeds such skillful mental qualities as the factors for awakening. Dhammas can also mean "phenomena," "events," or "actions."
Intention
Intention Cetanā Sutta (SN 12:38) This discourse describes the link between fabrications and consciousness in dependent co-arising, and shows how intention and underlying obsessions—with ignorance of the four noble truths being the basis for all obsessions—play a role in constituting awareness of the present moment.
Titlepage | Good Heart, Good Mind
Good Heart, Good Mind The Practice of the Ten Perfections Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)
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Ud 1:1 Bodhi Sutta | Awakening (1)
Ud 1:1 Awakening (1) (Bodhi Sutta) I have heard that on one occasion, the Blessed One was staying at Uruvelā on the bank of the Nerañjarā River at the root of the Bodhi tree-the tree of awakening-newly awakened. And on that occasion he sat at the root of the Bodhi tree for seven days in one session, sensitive to the bliss of release.
B. Kamma & the Ending of Kamma | The Wings to Awakening
After his Awakening, he was free to return at will to the narrative and cosmological modes of thought and speech, without being caught up in their presuppositions . For most people, he found, even the four noble truths were too alien to form an entry point into the teaching. Thus he had to use the narrative and cosmological modes of discourse ...
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The Buddha's Awakening; The Buddha's Teachings; I. Basic Principles; A. Skillfulness; B. Kamma & the Ending of Kamma; II. The Seven Sets; A. The Treasures of the Teaching; B. The Four Frames of Reference; C. The Four Right Exertions; D. The Four Bases of Power; E. The Five Faculties; F. The Five Strengths; G. The Seven Factors for Awakening ...
iv. The Fourth Truth | The Wings to Awakening
§ 239. Before my self-awakening, when I was still just an unawakened Bodhisatta, the realization came to me: 'How this world has fallen on difficulty! It is born, it ages, it dies, it falls away & rearises, but it does not discern the escape from this stress, from this aging-&-death.
SN 12:38 Cetanā Sutta | Intention
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. Intention Cetanā Sutta (SN 12:38) This discourse describes the link between fabrications and consciousness in dependent co-arising, and shows how intention and underlying obsessions—with ignorance of the four noble truths being the basis for all obsessions—play a role in constituting awareness of the present moment.
SN 4:20 Rajja Sutta | Rulership
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. Rulership Rajja Sutta (SN 4:20) I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying among the Kosalans in a wilderness hut in a Himalayan district.
SN 47:42 Samudaya Sutta | Origination
SN 46:51 discusses the ways in which inappropriate attention feeds such unskillful mental qualities as the hindrances, whereas appropriate attention feeds such skillful mental qualities as the factors for awakening. Dhammas can also mean "phenomena," "events," or "actions."
An Invitation to the Devas | A Chanting Guide
Blessings An Invitation to the Devas. To be used when chanting in the Magadha style: Samantā cakkavāḷesu. Atr'āgacchantu devatā.. Saddhammaṁ muni-rājassa
MN 1 Mūlapariyāya Sutta | The Root Sequence
They had hoped to hear his contribution to their project, but instead they hear their whole pattern of thinking & theorizing attacked as ignorant & ill-informed. The Commentary tells us, though, they were later able to overcome their displeasure and eventually attain awakening on listening to the discourse reported in AN 3:126.
Evening talk archive | dhammatalks.org
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Analysis of Qualities | Factors for Awakening
Now, analysis of qualities is the discernment factor in those factors for awakening. This means that you replace doubt not with belief but with discernment. In both cases—dealing with the doubt and developing the discernment—appropriate attention is how you do it.
Ud 1:6 Kassapa Sutta | Mahā Kassapa
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. Ud 1:6 Mahā Kassapa (Kassapa Sutta) I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Rājagaha at the Bamboo Forest, the Squirrels' Sanctuary.
AN 2:5 Appaṭivāṇa Sutta | Relentlessly
Relentlessly Appaṭivāṇa Sutta (AN 2:5) "Monks, I have known two qualities through experience: discontent with regard to skillful qualities 1 and unrelenting exertion. Relentlessly I exerted myself, (thinking,) 'Gladly would I let the flesh & blood in my body dry up, leaving just the skin, tendons, & bones, but if I have not attained what can be reached through manly firmness, manly ...
Sn 4:14 Quickly
Notes. 1. On objectification-classifications and their role in leading to conflict, see Sn 4:11 and the introduction to MN 18.The perception, "I am the thinker" lies at the root of these classifications in that it identifies oneself as a being.
AN 10:95 Uttiya Sutta | To Uttiya
To Uttiya Uttiya Sutta (AN 10:95) Then Uttiya the wanderer went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, exchanged courteous greetings with him. After an exchange of friendly greetings & courtesies, he sat to one side.
AN 7:21 Bhikkhu-aparihāniya Sutta | Conditions for No ...
Conditions for No Decline among the Monks Bhikkhu-aparihāniya Sutta (AN 7:21) I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Rājagaha on Vulture Peak Mountain.
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1. Non-return: The third of the four levels of awakening. On reaching this level, one will never be reborn in this world. A non-returner who does not go on to attain Arahantship in this lifetime will be reborn in the Brahma worlds called the Pure Abodes and will attain nibbāna there. 2. These two statements are repeated in each itivuttaka.
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awakening. Thus the Apadānas show the various motivations employed by the monks and nuns of the period to encourage gifts to the Saṅgha and to their monasteries. And it is hard not to believe that the Apadānas collected in the Canon were included— at least partially—for their perceived effectiveness. Thus they open a window into
SN 56:31 Siṁsapā Sutta | Siṁsapā Leaves
This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress': This is what I have taught. And why have I taught these things? Because they are connected with the goal, relate to the rudiments of the holy life, and lead to disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation, to stilling, to direct knowledge, to self-awakening, to unbinding.
Contents | The Mirror of Insight
The Mirror of Insight : The Buddha as Strategist
PDF II. The Seven Sets
faculties, the name "Wings to Awakening" for all seven seems appropriate. This was the name that they definitely had in early post-canonical texts, such as the Petakopadesa, and that they have maintained ever since. The seven sets have played an important role throughout the history of Buddhism in all of its various branches. ...
Thig 2:3 Sumaṅgala's Mother - Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
So freed! So freed! So thoroughly freed am I— from my pestle, my shameless husband & his sun-shade making, my moldy old pot. with its water-snake smell.
AN 1:50-53 Pabhassara Suttas | Luminous
From this state it is possible to develop the discernment that not only cuts away existing defilements but also uproots any potential for them to ever arise again. Only in the stages of awakening that follow on those acts of discernment would "consciousness without surface" be realized.
PDF 190107 Resisting the Germs of Defilement
which is the third factor for awakening, is just keeping at this. But that's not how the Buddha explained it. To begin with, mindfulness is a factor of the memory. It's not just awareness. It's composed of the things you try to remind yourself are important to remember if you're going to stay on the path.
SN 46:54 Mettā Sutta | Goodwill
See MN 137 and SN 14:11 (also in The Wings to awakening, passages §163 and §164). 3. AN 4:125 , when read in conjunction with AN 4:123 , gives the impression that the development of goodwill as an immeasurable state can lead only to the first jhāna, and that the remaining immeasurable states can lead, respectively, only to the second, third ...
Titlepage | The Mirror of Insight
The Mirror of Insight : The Buddha as Strategist
Further Reading | Noble Warrior : A Life of the Buddha
The following books contain discussions of the relationship between the Buddha's quest for awakening and the form and content of his teachings: Refuge. The Wings to Awakening. Skill in Questions. Buddhist Romanticism, and. The Buddhist Religions, fifth edition.
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The Mirror of Insight : The Buddha as Strategist
SN 3:5 Atta-rakkhita Sutta | Self-protected
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. Self-protected Atta-rakkhita Sutta (SN 3:5) Near Sāvatthī. As he was sitting to one side, King Pasenadi Kosala said to the Blessed One: "Just now, lord, while I was alone in seclusion, this train of thought arose in my awareness: 'Who have themselves protected, and who leave themselves unprotected?'
SN 35:23 Sabba Sutta | The All
Note. 1. The Commentary's treatment of this discourse is very peculiar. To begin with, it delineates three other "All's" in addition to the one defined here, one of them supposedly larger in scope than the All of the six senses and their objects: the Allness of the Buddha's omniscience (literally, All-knowingness).
SN 1:55 Jana Sutta | Engendered
The Buddha: "Craving engenders a person. One's mind is what runs around. A being rushes toward the wandering-on.
Titlepage | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
The Buddhist Monastic Code I The Pāṭimokkha Rules Translated & Explained by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)
SN 47:4 Sālā Sutta | At Sālā
A person in training (sekha) is one who has attained at least the first level of awakening, but not yet the final level. See also: SN 22:122 ; SN 46:4 ; SN 52:9 ; SN 52:10 ; SN 54:11 ; AN 5:114
Dhajagga Paritta | A Chanting Guide
Dhajagga Paritta The Top-of-the-Banner-Staff Protection. Itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammā-sambuddho,. He is a Blessed One, a Worthy One, a Rightly Self-awakened One, Vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato lokavidū,consummate in knowledge & conduct, one who has gone the good way, knower of the cosmos,
25 Itivuttaka - Home | dhammatalks.org
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. Itivuttaka 25. This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "Monks, for the person who transgresses in one thing, I tell you, there is no evil deed that is not to be done. Which one thing?
AN 6:42 Nāgita Sutta | To Nāgita
Whoever cannot obtain at will—without difficulty, without trouble—as I do, the pleasure of renunciation, the pleasure of seclusion, the pleasure of peace, the pleasure of self-awakening, let him consent to this slimy-excrement-pleasure, this torpor-pleasure, this pleasure of gains, offerings, & fame.
DN 26 Cakkavatti Sutta | The Wheel-turning Emperor (Excerpt)
With the recovery of virtue, the human life span will gradually increase again until it reaches 80,000 years, with people attaining sexual maturity at 500. Only three diseases will be known at that time: desire, lack of food, and old age. Another Buddha—Metteyya (Maitreya)—will gain awakening, his monastic Saṅgha numbering in the thousands.
AN 9:32 Vihāra Sutta | Dwellings (1)
Dwellings (1) Vihāra Sutta (AN 9:32) "Monks, there are these nine step-by-step dwellings. Which nine? The first jhāna, the second jhāna, the third jhāna, the fourth jhāna, the dimension of the infinitude of space, the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, the dimension of nothingness, the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, the cessation of perception & feeling.
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of that Awakening: the Buddha was able to reach Awakening only by developing skillful kamma—this is the "how"; his understanding of the process of developing skillful kamma is what sparked the insights that constituted Awakening—this is the "what." With this background established, the remainder of the book focuses in
PDF Silence Isn't Mandatory
progress toward awakening. The one possible exception to the principle that right concentration, on its own, cannot achieve awakening is the ninth stage in the standard list: the cessation of perception and feeling. Perception, here, means the mental note that 3
SN 22:95 Pheṇa Sutta | Foam
Foam Pheṇa Sutta (SN 22:95) On one occasion the Blessed One was staying among the Ayujjhans on the banks of the Ganges River. There he addressed the monks: "Monks, suppose that a large glob of foam were floating down this Ganges River, and a man with good eyesight were to see it, observe it, & appropriately examine it.
Sn 4:16 To Sāriputta
desiring self-awakening. in line with the Dhamma. An enlightened monk, living circumscribed, mindful, shouldn't fear the five fears: of horseflies, mosquitoes, snakes, human contact, four-footed beings; shouldn't be fazed. by those following another's teaching. even on seeing their manifold. threats; should prevail over still other ...
Sn 5:6 Upasīva's Questions
Notes. 1. "Nothingness" here denotes the dimension of nothingness, one of the four levels of mental absorption on formless themes. One attains this level, after surmounting the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, by focusing on the perception, "There is nothing."
AN 4:73 Sappurisa Sutta | A Person of Integrity
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon. A Person of Integrity Sappurisa Sutta (AN 4:73) "Monks, a person endowed with these four qualities can be known as 'a person of no integrity.'
Part II: Chanting | The Divine Mantra
The chant for each of the remaining properties is identical with the chant for the wind property, i.e., (1) the passage on the Buddha's virtues, (2) the passage on the Dhamma's virtues, (3) the passage on the Saṅgha's virtues, followed by the passage beginning, 'Dhātu-parisuddhānubhāvena….' Only the name of the property is changed:
Thag 1:100 Devasabha - Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
For the Buddhists, however, one became effluent-free at the point of total awakening. Thus a living arahant was effluent-free. Many of the speakers in the Theragāthā and Therīgāthā speak of themselves as effluent-free—see, for instance, Thag 18 , Thig 5:11 , Thig 14 —which means that they are employing the concept in its strictly ...
Khuddaka Nikāya | suttas on dhammatalks.org
She was also an effective teacher: when the inner apartments of the palace later burned down, killing the Queen and her entourage, the Buddha commented (in Udāna 7:10) that all of the women had reached at least the first stage of awakening. Sutta Nipāta The collection includes some of the most famous poems in the Pali Canon. It also contains ...
AN 8:71 Gayā Sutta | At Gayā
The Blessed One said, "Monks, before my self-awakening, when I was still just an unawakened bodhisatta, I perceived light but did not see forms. The thought occurred to me, 'If I perceived light and saw forms, then this knowledge-&-vision of mine would be purer.'
Therīgāthā | suttas on dhammatalks.org
Thig 3:2 Uttamā — After running amok, a nun learns the Dhamma and gains awakening. Thig 3:4 Dantikā & the Elephant — Seeing an untamed elephant made tame (danta), a nun centers her mind. Thig 3:5 Ubbiri — A nun recalls the Buddha's words that freed her from grief over her dead daughter.
Endnotes | Noble Warrior : A Life of the Buddha
The term comes from the fact that such a person will inevitably gain full awakening in at least seven lifetimes—without falling into any of the lower realms in the meantime—just as a person who has reached a stream leading to the ocean will, when following it, arrive at the ocean inevitably. 21.
