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One who lives unrestrained in the senses
And focused on pleasant things,
Who is immoderate in food,
Who is listless and lazy:
Mara overcomes him,
Just as wind overcomes a weak tree.
~Dhammapada 7 -
Anyone who has two things lives in suffering. What two? ...
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Train in acts of merit
that yield the foremost profit of bliss–
develop generosity,
a life in tune,
a mind of good will.Developing these
three things
that bring about bliss,
the wise reappear
in a world of bliss
unalloyed.
~Iti22 -
Those who are ashamed of what they should not be ashamed of, and are not ashamed of what they should be ashamed of — upholding false views, they go to states of woe.
~Dhammapada 316 -
In the Vitthatadhana Sutta, the Buddha says:
Monks, there are these seven treasures. Which seven?
The treasure of ...
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…Notice the suttas DON'T begin with 'Thus have I heard FROM ĀNANDA', just 'Thus have I heard'. Later prose authors could have been referring to the oral tradition in general, and made up the story of Ānanda's reciting the entire Canon, in order to legitimise the very long texts they wrote.
#buddhism #sutta #sutra #ananda #poetry #prose #canonisation #canonization #oraltradition #linguistics #legitimisation #legitimisation
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…Compared to the prose suttas, those poems present Buddha as a more human, ascetic, solitary sage (muni) who abandons ALL views; who doesn't study under Āḷāra and Uddaka; doesn't do a life-long lecture tour; skips the arūpajhāna level of neither-perception-nor-nonperception; and other interesting differences. Give them a read.
#buddhism #asceticism #canon #sutta #suttapitaka #sutra #sutrapitaka #archaeology #archeology #poetry
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Dhamma Sharing with Ayya Brahmavara:
The Bottomless Abyss | How the Buddha Taught Us to Work with Painful Feelings (SN 36.4)
https://youtu.be/ERhMY5sQ3Kw?si=kQtgJiGj6dV2yn4O
#AyyaBrahmavara #Theravada #Dharma #Bhikkhuni #meditation #Buddhism #Buddhist #Sutta #Dhamma #feelings
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The Karaniya Metta Sutta is said to be of the discourses containing the complete Buddhist path.
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Ajahn Candā: "How To Illuminate A Forest? Mahagosinga Sutta (MN 32)" Sutta Discussion
https://youtu.be/rwfpRR0gvZU?si=9MWsJs1ESlbmY7k8
#Buddhist #sutta #AjahnCanda #Terava #Buddhism #AnukampaBhikkhuniProject
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Dhammapalooza with Bhikkhu Jayasara has just started 🙏🏼💗
https://www.youtube.com/live/7rcERr09wik?feature=shared
#Dhamma #Buddhist #buddhism #meditation #sutta #chanting #BhikkhuJayasara #BhanteJ -
Buddhist practice: Thus have I heard: 'The Four Noble Truths' An abridged version of the 'Saccavibhanga sutta'. http://ow.ly/uW9I30bmKLJ
#Saccavibhanga #Sutta #SaccavibhangaSutta #FourNobleTruths #Buddhism
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#Buddhism #Sutta #Theravada #Samyutta #Silence #TheSoundsOfSilence
A philosophy professor I once had said that one of the worst things you could do to many people is to tie them down to a chair in a room with no stimulation.
People are afraid of being alone with their thoughts
Hence newspapers, televisions, radios, and the worst: mobile phones.
A minority of people relish silence
Of course the same person could relish silence at some times and not at others
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“In the still of high noon, when the birds have settled down, the formidable jungle whispers to itself: that seems so scary to me!”
“In the still of high noon, when the birds have settled down, the formidable jungle whispers to itself: that seems so delightful to me!”
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SN 1.15: Whispers
https://suttacentral.net/sn1.15/en/sujato -
#Buddhism #Theravada #Samyutta #Sutta #Sutra #Anger
From
SN 7.3 Asundarika Sutta
https://suttafriends.org/sutta/sn7-3“The fool thinks he has won,
when speaking with harsh words.
However, patience is the true victory,
for those who praise patience.
“When you get angry at an angry person,
you just make things worse for yourself.
When you don’t get angry at an angry person,
you win a battle hard to win.
“When you know that the other person is angry,
if you’re patient, mindful and calm,
then you act for the good of both
for yourself and the other person.
“People unfamiliar with the Buddha’s teachings
consider that the person who acts
for the good of both oneself and the other
to be a fool.”---
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Yesterday I gave a Dhamma Talk on AN 8.54 "Dīghajāṇu":
https://suttacentral.net/an8.54/en/sujatoIt's a rare #sutta where the #Buddha gives what could be called "financial advice":
"...being neither too extravagant nor too frugal. ...'my income will exceed my expenditure, not the reverse'"
I also distinguished between "Cheap and Cheery" (the good kind of frugality), and what I call "Cheap and Cruel" (the stingy, or even deceptive kind). Similar concept: 差不多 ("almost", or half-assed quality).
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To motivate myself to do more meditating, #sutta reading, #yoga, and #exercise, I wrote a small app (my first ever) in #LibreOffice Base, which tracks how many minutes a day I spend doing these activities.
Here is a good tutorial which got me off the ground with Base:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhRJFgDG-5o
That tutorial got my idea developed into a working #app - in a minimalistic way - in only 2 hours. After another 4 hours of refinement, the app is in a daily usable state.
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But when in the world of darkness Buddhas arise to make things bright, They present this profound teaching Which brings suffering to an end. Vipallasa Sutta: Distortions of the Mind.
https://buddhismnow.com/2017/12/09/vipallasa-sutta-distortions-of-the-mind/ -
Morning meditation — The heart’s Release by Loving-Kindness.
‘I declare that the heart’s release by loving-kindness has the beautiful for its excellence.’
The Buddha — SN 46.54https://buddhismnow.com/2022/12/12/morning-meditation-the-hearts-release-by-loving-kindness/
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Another incredible Sutta discussion with Venerable Candā of Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project - a pioneering project working to establish the first Theravada Bhikkuni Monastery in the UK where women can train towards full ordination. Please support them if you can.
#DhammaTalk #Dhamma #UK #Theravada #Buddhism #Sutta #Anukampa #Bhikkhuni #AN5 #ordination #VenerableCanda
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Vipallasa Sutta: Distortions of the Mind.
These four, O Monks, are distortions of perception, distortions of thought, distortions of view…
Sensing no change in the changing,
Sensing pleasure in suffering,
Assuming “self” where there’s no self,
Sensing the un-lovely as lovely —Gone astray with wrong views, beings
Mis-perceive with distorted minds.https://buddhismnow.com/2017/12/09/vipallasa-sutta-distortions-of-the-mind/
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External sandhi in the #Pali #sutta nipata
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/external-pali-sandhi_norman -
This page gives a quick overview of the most important books of the #SuttaPitaka to use in a daily #sutta reading practice. The best and most easily accessible publications of each book are also given:
🔗 https://readingfaithfully.org/canonical-collections-for-practice
These are the traditional ancient collections that were established when the suttas were well protected by the tradition of memorization.
Have a favorite collection? Curious about which collection would to read next? Let's talk in the comments.