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MN 70 From… Kīṭāgirisutta: At Kīṭāgiri
“…Mendicants, I don’t say that enlightenment is achieved right away. Rather, enlightenment is achieved by gradual training, progress, and practice. And how is enlightenment achieved by gradual training, progress, and practice? It’s when someone in whom faith has arisen approaches a teacher.They pay homage, lend an ear, hear the teachings, remember the teachings, reflect on
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Thig 1.16 Vuḍḍhapabbajitasumanātherīgāthā: Sumanā, Who Went Forth Late in Life
Sleep softly, old lady, wrapped in the cloth you sewed yourself; for your desire has been quelled, you’re cooled and quenched. Read Thig 1.16 Vuḍḍhapabbajitasumanātherīgāthā: Sumanā, Who Went Forth Late in Life translated by Bhikkhu Sujato on SuttaCentral.net. Or read a different translation on SuttaCentral.net, or SuttaFriends.org.
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Snp 4.5 Paramaṭṭhakasutta: The Supreme Octet
When dwelling on views as “supreme,” a person makes them the utmost thing in the world, &, from that, calls all others inferior and so he’s not gone beyond disputes. When he sees his own advantage in what’s seen, heard, sensed, or in habits & practices, seizing it there he sees all else, all others,
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Ud 2.3 Danda Sutta: Children with Sticks
This is as I heard from the Blessed One. At one time the Blessed One was staying in the province of Sāvatthī, in Jeta’s park, at Anathapindika’s monastery. One day, on a road between the city of Sāvatthī and Jeta’s park, a group of boys were hitting a snake with a stick. Then early in
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SN 12.15 Kaccānagottasutta: Kaccānagotta
At Sāvatthī. Then Venerable Kaccānagotta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘right view’. How is right view defined?” “Kaccāna, this world mostly relies on the dual notions of existence and non-existence. “But when you truly see the origin of
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AN 3.95 Parisāsutta: Assemblies
“Mendicants, these are the three assemblies. What three? An assembly of the best, a divided assembly, and a harmonious assembly. And what is an assembly of the best? An assembly where the senior mendicants are not indulgent or slack, nor are they backsliders. Instead, they take the lead in seclusion, rousing energy for attaining the
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SN 22.1 Nakulapitusutta: Nakulapita
Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling among the Bhaggas at Suṁsumaragira in the Bhesakaḷa Grove, the Deer Park. Then the householder Nakulapita approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, sat down to one side, and said to him: “I am old, venerable sir, aged, burdened with years, advanced
