Hi all
Google is not helping me find this because I can't remember the key words, but
1) what is the formula used in the discourses for something that is readily seen by the wise, inviting one to affirm the Dhamma, something like that.
2) what are the teachings this formula is used for?
3) What does it indicate about the centrality/importance or accesssability of those teachings?
Thanks
Readily seen by the wise etc
Readily seen by the wise etc
Kammalakkhano , bhikkhave, bālo, kammalakkhano pandito, apadānasobhanī paññāti
(The fool is characterized by his/her actions/the wise one is characterized by his/her actions/Wisdom shines forth in behaviour.)
(AN 3.2 Lakkhana Sutta)
(The fool is characterized by his/her actions/the wise one is characterized by his/her actions/Wisdom shines forth in behaviour.)
(AN 3.2 Lakkhana Sutta)
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Re: Readily seen by the wise etc
Greetings Phil,
"Well-proclaimed, truly, is this Lord’s Teaching, visible here and now, timeless, inviting inspection, leading onward, to be realised by the wise each one for himself" (DN 19, amongst others)
Metta,
Paul.
Are you asking about this...?
"Well-proclaimed, truly, is this Lord’s Teaching, visible here and now, timeless, inviting inspection, leading onward, to be realised by the wise each one for himself" (DN 19, amongst others)
Metta,
Paul.
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
Re: Readily seen by the wise etc
The formula is:
Svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṃ veditabbo viññūhīti
The Dhamma is well expounded by the Blessed One, directly visible, immediate, inviting one to come and see, applicable, to be personally experienced by the wise.
The formula is probably used for those teachings that can be directly experienced therefore probably not for teachings that require unverified faith. For example:
* Knowing greed, hatred & delusion & their absence: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitak ... .than.html
* Knowing has greed, hatred & delusion lead to affliction: https://suttacentral.net/en/an3.53
* Knowing craving arising with sense experience: https://suttacentral.net/en/sn35.70
* Knowing dependent origination: https://suttacentral.net/en/mn38 (paragraph SC 59)
The formula is used in the suttas to define the Dhamma as a Triple Refuge: https://suttacentral.net/en/sn11.3.
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Re: Readily seen by the wise etc
"He is endowed with verified confidence in the Dhamma: 'The Dhamma is well-expounded by the Blessed One, to be seen here & now, timeless, inviting verification, pertinent, to be realized by the wise for themselves."
This formula is the basis for The Recollection of the Dhamma (Vism. VII, 68), which is one of the forty meditation subjects. It constitutes the description of one of the Four Limbs of a Stream-enterer (AN 10.92), where it is directly related to the cutting of the fetter of doubt.
This formula is the basis for The Recollection of the Dhamma (Vism. VII, 68), which is one of the forty meditation subjects. It constitutes the description of one of the Four Limbs of a Stream-enterer (AN 10.92), where it is directly related to the cutting of the fetter of doubt.
Re: Readily seen by the wise etc
Thank you Paul, Paul and DooDoot for your very helpful explanations.
Kammalakkhano , bhikkhave, bālo, kammalakkhano pandito, apadānasobhanī paññāti
(The fool is characterized by his/her actions/the wise one is characterized by his/her actions/Wisdom shines forth in behaviour.)
(AN 3.2 Lakkhana Sutta)
(The fool is characterized by his/her actions/the wise one is characterized by his/her actions/Wisdom shines forth in behaviour.)
(AN 3.2 Lakkhana Sutta)