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Today is Navam Poya Day!

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How to be a Real Buddhist through Observance?

Navam Poya day is the full-moon of February. This holy day celebrates
the ordination of the Buddha Gotama's main disciples Sariputta and
MahaMoggallana. On this day Buddha also later decides his Parinibbana.

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The death moment of the Buddha, where he enters Nibbana (Sanskrit Nirvana)...!

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!

The New Noble Community of Buddha's Disciples: The Saddhamma Sangha:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Saddhamma_Sangha.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Can quite advantageously be Joined Here:
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May your journey hereby be light, swift, and sweet. Never give up !!
Bhikkhu Samahita: [email protected]

For Details on The Origin of Uposatha Observance Days:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/uposatha.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Have a nice Poya Observance day!

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Why and Why not?

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Why do some beings attain Nibbãna, while others do not?

Sakka, the king of the 33 Gods once asked the Blessed Buddha:
Venerable Sir, what is the cause & reason, why some beings here do not attain
Nibbana in this very life? And what is the cause and reason, why some beings
here do indeed attain Nibbana in this very life?
There are, King of the thirty-three Devas, forms experiencable by the eye, sounds
experiencable by the ear, smells experiencable by the nose, touches experiencable
by the body, and mental phenomena experiencable by the mind, that all are attractive,
charming, agreeable, pleasing, enticing, tempting and tantalizing. If a bhikkhu hunts
for delight in them, welcomes them, & remains holding on to them, his mind becomes
addicted to them and clings to them. A bhikkhu with a mind dominated by clinging
cannot attain Nibbana! This is the cause & reason, King of the Devas, why many & most
beings here do not attain Nibbana in this very life...
There are, King of the Devas, forms experiencable by the eye, sounds experiencable
by the ear, smells experiencable by the nose, touches experiencable by the body,
and mental phenomena experiencable by the mind, that all are attractive, charming,
agreeable, pleasing, enticing, tempting and tantalizing. If any bhikkhu avoids seeking
any delight in them, does not welcome them, and does not remain holding to them,
his mind does not become addicted to them, nor cling to them. A bhikkhu mentally freed
of clinging can indeed attain Nibbana! This is the cause and reason, King of the Devas,
why some beings here attain Nibbana sin this very life....

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Deva king Sakka and a few of his hundreds of dear nymphs...

More on the Deva King Sakka (Indra) of the 33 Gods (Tavatimsa):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/sa/sakka.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... atimsa.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book IV 102
The 6 senses section 35. Thread on Sakka's Question: 118.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sa ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Why and Why not? :namaste: :thumbsup:
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Profound Peace!

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How differs Death & Ceasing of Perception and Feeling ???

Venerable Mahakotthita once asked Venerable Sariputta:
Friend, what is the difference between a dead body & a Bhikkhu,
who has attained the state of cessation of perception & feeling?

Venerable Sariputta then answered:
Friend, in a dead body the bodily activity is stilled & has all ceased.
The verbal activity is stilled & has all ceased.
The mental activity is stilled & has all ceased.
The metabolic life activity is exhausted. The heat has dissipated,
and the mental abilities have all broken up & been destroyed.

In the bhikkhu, who has attained to the cessation of perception & feeling,
All bodily activity & breathing is stilled & has all ceased;
All verbal activity & all thinking is stilled & has ceased;
All mental activity & all sensing is stilled & has ceased;

But the metabolic life activity is not exhausted. The heat has not dissipated.
Furthermost: The mental abilities have then become exceptionally clear ... !!!
Friend, this is the difference between a dead body & a Bhikkhu, who has
attained to the meditative state of cessation of perception & feeling...

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More on the profound attainment of stilled Cessation (Nirodha-samapatti):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/9_Stillings.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Ceasing.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/St ... t_Dead.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Th ... sights.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... irodha.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... apatti.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Source: MN 43 The Great Speech of Questions & Answers.
For definitions of the Terms: see: The Minor Speech of Questions & Answers. MN 44
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/su ... mn044.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Profound Peace! :buddha1:
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The 5 Minor Mental Chains!

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There are these 5 Minor Mental Chains (Samyojana):

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, there are these five Lower Mental Chains. What five?

1: The Mental Chain of belief in an own & same Identity (sakkaya-ditthi)...
2: The Mental Chain of Sceptical Uncertainty and Doubt (vicikiccha)...
3: The Mental Chain of Clinging to Rules & Rituals (silabbata-paramasa)…
4: The Mental Chain of Greed for Sensuality (kama-raga)…
5: The Mental Chain of Anger and Ill Will (vyapada)…

There exist these 5 Lower Mental Chains! The Noble 8-fold Way should be developed for the direct
experience of these five minor Mental Chains, for the full understanding and elimination of them,
and for their final overcoming, destruction & leaving all behind! This Noble 8-fold Way is developed
for the breaking asunder of these five minor Mental Chains!!!

Explanation:
The Mental Chain of belief in "My" Identity is construing an internal fake ‘entity’, which remains ‘same’…
The Mental Chain of Sceptical Doubt is disbelief in the fact of the Buddha’s Perfect Self-Enlightenment…
The Mental Chain of Clinging to Rules & Rituals is blind superstition projecting efficacy into folly rituals…
The Mental Chain of Lust for Sensing is addiction to all seen, heard, smelt, tasted, touched, & cognized…
The Mental Chain of Evil Will is all hate & derivatives such as anger, aversion, irritation, & stubbornness...
These Chains bind beings to birth in the 6 lower worlds, where all beings are dominated by sense-desire!

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Mental Chains are not visible, yet quite real, and harder than any steel!

How to Cut these 2 sets of Five Mental Chains or Fetters (Samyojana) see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Nibba ... return.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Th ... Chains.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Th ... Chains.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... yojana.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V:61] section 45: The Way. 179: The 5 Lower Mental Chains...

Have a nice unchained day!

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The 5 Minor Mental Chains!
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The 7 Latent Tendencies!

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There are these seven Latent Tendencies (Anusaya):

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, there are these seven kinds of Latent Tendency. What seven?

1: The Latent Tendency to Sensual-Pleasure...
2: The Latent Tendency to Aversion & Ill-Will...
3: The Latent Tendency to Speculative Views…
4: The Latent Tendency to Skeptical Doubt…
5: The Latent Tendency to Conceiving “I Am”…
6: The Latent Tendency to Wanting to Become…
7: The Latent Tendency to Ignorance…


These are the seven kinds of Latent Tendency! The Noble 8-fold Way should be developed for the direct
experience of these seven kinds of Latent Tendency, for the full understanding and elimination of them,
and for their final overcoming, abandoning and leaving all behind…This Noble 8-fold Way is developed for
the sake of the uprooting of all detrimental Latent Mental Tendency!

Explanation:
Latent Tendency towards Pleasurable sights, sounds, smells, flavours, touches, & thoughts is fairly obvious…
Latent Tendency to Aversion is all hate, anger, irritation, opposition, resistance, rigidity and stubbornness…
Latent Tendency to Speculative Views is believing that action has no future effects & rituals are purifying…
Latent Tendency to Skeptical Doubt is the lack of Faith and conviction in the Buddha’s Enlightenment…
Latent Tendency to Conceiving “I Am” is assuming the hidden existence of a constant core identity: ‘I-Me’…
Latent Tendency to Lust for Becoming is the hoping for a future existence as this or that kind of being…
Latent Tendency to Ignorance is not seeing, not understanding, and not knowing the Four Noble Truths…
Latent Tendency means lurking liability, hidden inclination, underlying readiness, a recurring dormant drive!

Buddha once emphasized a crucial Impossibility:
That a person, without eliminating the latent tendency to lust for any pleasant feeling,
without abolishing the latent tendency to aversion towards any painful feeling,
without uprooting the latent tendency to neglect and ignorance accompanying any neutral feeling,
without extirpating ignorance & developing clear & complete understanding, should ever, here & now,
in this very life, be able to cease all suffering & awaken by enlightenment, that is indeed impossible…
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/su ... mn148.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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More on the Latent Tendencies (Anusaya):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Conceit_I_Am.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Latent_Feeling.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... nusaya.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_L ... encies.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Th ... encies.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Bo ... eeling.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Any Latent Tendency is always ready to Raise, Bite & Kill!

Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V:60] section 45: The Way. 175: The 7 Latent Tendencies ...
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sa ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Have a nice noticing latency day!

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The 7 Latent Tendencies! :popcorn:
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What IS this ALL actually?

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The Empirical ALL is what can be Sensed or Thought!

At Savatthi the Blessed Buddha pointed out a most Radical Empiricism:
Bhikkhus, I will teach you the ALL. Listen to that... And what, Bhikkhus, is this ALL?

The Eye and the Forms;
The Ear and the Sounds;
The Nose and the Smells;
The Tongue and the Tastes;
The Body and the Touches;
The Mind and the Mental States.


This is defines and establish this ALL... If anyone, Bhikkhus, should ever postulate this:
'Having denied this all, I will define & point another all ...!!!', that would be empty babble!
If he were questioned, he would not be able to reply & he would become quite perplexed.
Why? Because, Bhikkhus, that would be far out of his mental range!
(since)
This World both Begins and Ends within this 2 fathom frame of bones... SN I 62

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Looks initially quite far & remotely 'out there'...

See also the ALL as the Sensed Source:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Out_in.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Th ... of_All.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Yet IT IS actually rather close up, as inherently sensed 'in here'...

OUT = IN Wholeness:
Inseparable are the internal and the external...
Inseparable are the mental and the physical...
Inseparable are the experience and experienced...
Inseparable are the subject and the object...
Inseparable are the naming and the forming...
Inseparable are the mirror and the representation…
The ‘Real’ World is a perceived Representation…
Of what we will never know, since IT IS just & only that...
A never-ending FILM in dire need of a Scissor!


Insisting on Direct Experience never fails!

Source (edited extract):

The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book IV 15
The Salayatana section 35. Thread on the ALL: Sabba Sutta (23)
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sa ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

What IS this ALL actually and factually?
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Sensors also means Sensing Suffering!

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Emergence of Sense-Organs also implies Sensing Pain and Suffering!

At Savatthi the Blessed Buddha said this:
Bhikkhus, the arising, emergence, maintenance, creation, & manifestation of the Eye
the Ear, the Nose, the Tongue, and the Body is also the arising of much Suffering,
the continuation of disease, the very manifestation of ageing, decay & Death itself!
The ceasing, all subsiding, and complete passing away of the Eye, the Ear, the Nose,
the Tongue, and the Body is also the Final Ending of all Suffering, the abating of all
disease, and the complete passing away of all ageing, decay and even the death itself!
Bhikkhus, the arising, emergence, maintenance, creation, & manifestation of the Mind
is also the arising of Suffering, the long continuation of disease, the very manifestation
of ageing, decay and Death itself! Therefore is the ceasing, subsiding, silencing and thus
the complete passing away of the Mind consequently also the Final Ending of all Suffering,
the abating of all disease, and the complete passing away of all ageing, decay, sickness,
suffering, pain and even the fact of death itself! Only this - itself - is the End of Pain!

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Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya 26:1 III 228-9
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sa ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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What is the Final Goal?

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What is the Final Goal and Destination?

The ascetic wanderer Nandiya once asked the Blessed One:
Which things, Master Gotama, when developed and refined, lead to Nibbana,
have Nibbana as their end destination, have Nibbana as their final goal?
These eight things, Nandiya, when developed and refined lead to Nibbana, have
Nibbana as their last destination, have Nibbana as their final goal. Which eight?

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)


These eight things, Nandiya, when developed and refined, lead to Nibbana,
have Nibbana as their target, have Nibbana as their final aim!
When this was thus spoken, the wanderer Nandiya said to the Blessed One:
Magnificent, Master Gotama! Marvellous, Master Gotama! Let the Master
Gotama remember me as one, who has taken refuge in the Buddha for life…

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The 8 spokes symbolizes the 8 Steps of the Noble Way!

Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V:11-2] section 45:10 Nandiya ...
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sa ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Further study on the Noble 8-fold Way:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Way.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Middle_Way.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Fu ... First_.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Noble_8_fold_Way.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_3-fold_Way.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Fa ... eglect.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_N ... ld_Way.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Fruit ... le_Way.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Th ... fering.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Hooked Hedonism!

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Hooked by Sense Addiction gathers Pain & Fear!

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, imagine a fisherman, who have thrown a baited hook into a deep lake,
and then an yearning fish, hungry for food, would swallow it at first sight...
That fish, having swallowed the fisherman's hook, would indeed meet with much
pain, disaster and tragedy, since the fisherman would do with it as he wishes...
So too, Bhikkhus, there are these six hooks in the world for the pain, disaster and
tragedy of beings, for the slaughter of living beings: Forms experienceable by the
eye, sounds experiencable by the ear, smells experienceable by the nose, tastes
experienceable by the tongue, touches experienceable by the body, & mental states
experienceable by the mind, that all are seductive, gorgeous, alluring, agreeable,
pleasing, enticing, tempting and tantalizing. If a bhikkhu search for delight in them,
welcomes them, and thus remains clinging to them, he is called a Bhikkhu, who has
swallowed Mara's hook!!! He has met with pain, disaster & tragedy, & the Evil One
can do with him, as he wishes. However, one who does neither hunt for delight in them,
nor does he welcome them, nor does he remain clinging to them, such is a Bhikkhu,
who has resisted Mara's hook, who has broken, destroyed, and defeated this Hook!
He he will neither gather nor meet any pain, disaster nor tragedy, and this Evil One
cannot do with him, as he wishes... He has gained true self-control and integrity!

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The inevitable boomerang retribution of urge for Sense Pleasure (Hedonism):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Why_Not.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Th ... al_Pit.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Co ... _Muddy.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Blissful is being without passions in this world,
Blissful is the overcoming of all sense-desires!
Udana II, 1

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Source (extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book IV [157-8]
Section 35 Salayatana: On The 6 Senses. The Fisherman Simile: Balisiko 230.
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The 4 Formless Fruits!

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Friends:

The Crown of the 4 Infinitely Divine States (Brahma-Vihãras):

The Blessed Buddha once pointed out some fine future fruits:
The release of mind by universal friendliness, if developed in association with the
7 links to Enlightenment, has the Beautiful Liberation as culmination...
The release of mind by compassionate pity, if developed fully joined with the
7 links to Enlightenment, has the 1st formless absorption: The infinitude of space,
as final culmination...
The release of mind by altruistic & mutual joy, if developed fully linked with the
7 links to Enlightenment, has the 2nd formless absorption: The infinitude of consciousness,
as ultimate culmination...
The release of mind by imperturbable equanimity, if developed in combination with the
7 links to Enlightenment, has the 3rd formless absorption: The sphere of nothingness,
as absolute culmination...
So do these 4 divine & infinite states of friendliness, pity, mutual joy & equanimity,
when cultivated together with the 7 links to Enlightenment: Awareness, Investigation,
Energy, Joy, Tranquillity, Concentration and Equanimity, lead to entry & absorption
into these 4 sublime formless mental spheres of supra-mundane consciousness...

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Final Entry...

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From Delight in Diversity to Unification in Oneness...

More on the infinitely divine states (Brahma-Viharas):

http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/IV/In ... liness.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/IV/Endless_Pity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Rejoi ... Mudita.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/III/E ... pekkha.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Source:
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book V 115-21
Section 46: On The Enlightenment Factors. Linked with Friendliness: 54.
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Sweet Speech!

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Friends:

Good 4 All are The 4 Kinds of Right Speech!

The Blessed Buddha once said:
How, Cunda, is purity of verbal action fourfold?
1:
Herein, one avoids lying, abstains from false. He speaks the truth,
is devoted to the truth, reliable, trustable, never deceiving anyone.
Being at a meeting, among family, in society, or in the court called
upon and asked as witness to tell what he knows, he answers, if he
knows nothing: I know nothing; & if he knows, he answers: I know!
If he has seen nothing, he answers: I have seen nothing & if he has
seen something, he answers: I have seen this and that. Thus he never
deliberately speaks a lie, neither for his own advantage, nor for the
advantage of others, nor for the sake of any trivial gain whatsoever.
2:
He avoids divisive speech, spreading rumours, tale bearing, & gossip.
What he has heard here, he does not repeat there wishing to cause
dissension there by splitting those united. What he has heard there,
he does not tell here so to cause conflict by splitting friends here..
Rather he unites those who are divided; and those who are united
he encourages. Harmony, peace, agreement & concord gladdens him.
He delights and rejoices in Harmony. He spreads & grows Harmony!
3:
He avoids harsh & aggressive language, he abstains from all scolding.
He speaks such words that are gentle, soothing to the ear, pleasing,
heart-touching, polite, dear, considerate, interesting & agreeable..
4:
He avoids vain talk, empty & small talk, void speech and idle prattle!
He abstains from all babble, chitchat, tittle-tattle and evil hearsay.
He speaks at the right time, in accordance with facts, speaks what
is useful, speaks about the Dhamma and the Discipline; his speech is
like a precious treasure, well timed, always reasoned by arguments,
moderated, well formulated & full of sound reason & common sense.
In this -for all- very good way, is purity of verbal action fourfold!

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Source (edited extract):
Numerical Discourses of the Buddha. Anguttara Nikaya AN 10:176
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta ... erical.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

More on Right Speech (Samma Vaca):
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/samma-vaca.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Not_Splitting.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Not_Scolding.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Not_Deceiving.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Not_Gossiping.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_ ... Speech.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Fo ... Speech.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

and Animal-like Talk:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... kathaa.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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The Mirror!

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Friends:

Kamma & Fruit = Cause & Effect!

By Helping others, one thereby helps oneself!
By Harming others, one also harms oneself!
By Supporting others, one supports oneself!
By Cheating others, one also cheats oneself!
By Giving to others, one also gives to oneself!
By Stealing from others, one steals from oneself!

Guarding oneself, one therefore protects others...
Protecting others, one therefore guards oneself...


To avoid all Killing.
To avoid all Stealing.
To avoid all Abuse.
To avoid all Lying.
To avoid all Alcohol.
Is thus to this world
the Highest Offer!

Avoiding all Evil...
Doing only Good!!!
& Purifying the Mind:
That all Buddhas Teach!


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The mirror reflects, yet is itself empty!

Details on the causal mechanics of Kamma = Intentional Action:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Ka ... ention.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Bu ... _Kamma.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Go ... _Kamma.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Ka ... g_life.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Ka ... ckness.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Ka ... _Birth.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Ka ... overty.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Ka ... liness.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Effect_of_Action_(kamma" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)_is_Delayed.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Ka ... espect.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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May all Beings be Happy!

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Daily Words of the Buddha for 23 February 2009

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Sabbe satta, sabbe pana,
sabbe bhuta ca kevala,
sabbe bhadrani passantu.
Ma kañci papamagama.


May all creatures, all living things,
all beings without any exception,
experience good happiness only!
May they not fall into any harm.
Anguttara Nikaya 4.67

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Solitude is happiness for one, who is content,
who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees.
Non-violence is happiness in this world:
Harmlessness towards all living beings.
Udana 10

More on Harmlessness (Ahimsa):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Bl ... _Bliss.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Patie ... erance.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Bo ... olence.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Sensing can never be Satiated!

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Friends:

Attraction to the Expanse of Objects can never be Satiated!

The Blessed Buddha once said:
The eye, the ear, the nose, the tongue, the body & the mind, Bhikkhus,
is an ocean of attractive stimuli for any uninstructed ordinary person...
It's stream of water consists of forms, sounds, smells, tastes, touches,
and mental states, that all are seductive, gorgeous, alluring, agreeable,
pleasing, enticing, tempting and tantalizing.... Here this entire world and
it's devas, it's maras, and brahmas, this generation with it's recluses &
priests, it's kings and normal people, almost all are submerged, being like
an entangled & knotted coil of thread, like intertwined weeds, who all are
unable to pass beyond this dimension of misery, these painful destinations,
these lower worlds, this ocean of Suffering by death again, this Samsara...!
One who withstands that mighty and strapping current consisting of forms,
sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and mental states is said to have crossed
this sensual ocean of the eye, the ear, the nose, the tongue, the body and
the mind, with it's great waves, whirlpools, terrifying sharks, and demons!
Crossed over, gone all beyond, such a Hero now stands safe on high ground...
Having extinguished all attraction, aversion & blind ignorance, one has crossed
this ocean so hard to cross with dangers of terrifying sharks, scary whirlpools,
waves & creepy demons... Such a chain-breaker and death-forsaker, elevated
without accumulations, has eliminated all Suffering by leaving all behind any
renewed existence... Transcended, he cannot ever be measured or recognized!!!
I tell you, Bhikkhus: He has confused even the King of Death...

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The Ocean of Sense Stimuli overcomes and drowns any sentient being!

More on the folly vanity of desire for simple Sense Pleasure (Hedonism):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Why_Not.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/C ... s_Pain.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.1-2.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Th ... al_Pit.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta ... I.3-4c.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Co ... _Muddy.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Cr ... rophic.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Th ... Desire.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/W ... ageous.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Jo ... Beyond.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Ha ... Beyond.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Blissful is being without passions in this world,
Blissful is the overcoming of all sense-desires!
Udana II, 1

Source (extract):

The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book IV [157-8]
Section 35 Salayatana: On The 6 Senses. The Ocean: Samudda 228-9.
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