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MN 33 From… Mahāgopālakasutta: The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd—Knowing the ford
…And how does a mendicant not know the ford? It’s when a mendicant doesn’t from time to time go up to those mendicants who are very learned—knowledgeable in the scriptures, who have memorized the teachings, the monastic law, and the outlines—and ask them questions: ‘Why, sir, does it say this? What does that mean?’ Those
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AN 4.191 Sotānugata Sutta: Followed by Ear
The rewards in the heavenly world from learning Dhamma in the human world.
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AN 5.153 Tatiyasammattaniyāmasutta: Inevitability Regarding the Right Path (3rd)
Do you listen to the Dhamma with a fault-finding mind?
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AN 4.133 Ugghaṭitaññūsutta: One Who Understands Immediately
Not everyone understands the Dhamma immediately.
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AN 5.202 Dhammassavanasutta: Listening to the Teaching
“Mendicants, there are these five benefits of listening to the teaching. What five? You learn new things, clarify what you’ve learned, get over uncertainty, correct your views, and inspire confidence in your mind. These are the five benefits of listening to the teaching.” Read this translation of Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.202 Dhammassavanasutta: Listening to the Teaching
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MN 43 From Mahā Vedalla Sutta: The Greater Set of Questions & Answers
What are the conditions for right view?
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Thag 5.10 Yasadattattheragāthā: Yasadatta
What happens if we listen to the Dhamma with a fault-finding mind?
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AN 7.29 Dutiyaparihānisutta: Non-decline for a Lay Follower
How can we keep from declining in the Dhamma?
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AN 5.181 Āraññikasutta: Wilderness Dwellers
“Mendicants, there are these five kinds of wilderness dwellers. What five? A person may be wilderness dweller because of stupidity and folly. Or because of wicked desires, being naturally full of desires. Or because of madness and mental disorder. Or because it is praised by the Buddhas and their disciples. Or for the sake of
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AN 4.95 Chavālātasutta: A Firebrand
“Mendicants, these four people are found in the world. What four? One who practices to benefit neither themselves nor others; one who practices to benefit others, but not themselves; one who practices to benefit themselves, but not others; and one who practices to benefit both themselves and others. Suppose there was a firebrand for lighting
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SN 3.2 Purisasutta: A Person
At Sāvatthī. Then King Pasenadi of Kosala went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to the Buddha, “Sir, how many things arise inside a person for their harm, suffering, and discomfort?” “Great king, three things arise inside a person for their harm, suffering, and discomfort. What three? Greed, hate,
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AN 5.51 Āvaraṇasutta: Obstacles
Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Park. There the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus: “Bhikkhus!” “Venerable sir!” those bhikkhus replied. The Blessed One said this: “Bhikkhus, there are these five obstructions, hindrances, encumbrances of the mind, states that weaken wisdom. What five? (1)
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Thag 3.8 Vassikattheragāthā: Vassika
I was the only one in my familywho had faith and wisdom.It’s good for my relatives that I’mfirm in principle, and ethical. I corrected my family out of compassion,telling them off out of lovefor my family and relatives.They performed a service for the monks and then they passed away,finding happiness in the heaven of the
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SN 7.1 Dhanañjānī Sutta: Husband of Dhanañjānī
This is as I heard. At one time, the Buddha was living in the city of Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Garden, in the squirrels’ feeding ground. Now at that time, there was a person named Bhāradvāja of the brahmin caste. His wife was named Dhanañjānī and was devoted to the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the
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Iti 71 Sammādiṭṭhikasutta: Having Right View
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard. “Mendicants, I’ve seen beings who engaged in good conduct of body, speech, and mind, who did not abuse the noble ones, who held right view and acted accordingly. At the breaking up of the body, after death, they were reborn in
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Thig 6.1 Pañcasatamattātherīgāthā: Paṭācārā, Who Had a Following of Five Hundred
“One whose path you do not know,not whence they came nor where they went;though they came from who knows where,you mourn that being, crying, ‘Oh my son!’ But one whose path you do know,whence they came or where they went;that one you do not lament—such is the nature of living creatures. Unasked he came,he left
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AN 5.31 Sumanasutta: Sumanā
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Park. Then Princess Sumanā, accompanied by five hundred chariots and five hundred court girls, approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, and sat down to one side. Princess Sumanā then said to the Blessed One: “Here, Bhante, there might be
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SN 22.5 Samādhisutta: Concentration
Thus have I heard. At Savatthi…. There the Blessed One said this: “Bhikkhus, develop concentration. A bhikkhu who is concentrated understands things as they really are. “And what does he understand as it really is? The origin and passing away of form; the origin and passing away of feeling; the origin and passing away of
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Snp 1.1 Uragasutta: The Snake
When anger surges, they drive it out, as with medicine a snake’s spreading venom. Such a mendicant sheds this world and the next, as a snake its old worn-out skin. They’ve cut off greed entirely, like a lotus plucked flower and stalk. Such a mendicant sheds this world and the next, as a snake its
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Pv 1.11 Nāga Sutta: The Elephant
Monk:The deva leading the gods is riding a white elephant. There is a deva in the middle of the line sitting on a chariot. At the end of the line, a female deva travels on a golden stage which shines brightly in ten directions. But you ghosts are carrying hammers in your hands with sad
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Iti 29 Sukhavihārasutta: Living in Happiness
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard. “Mendicants, when a mendicant has two qualities they live happily in the present life—without distress, anguish, and fever—and when the body breaks up, after death, they can expect a good rebirth. What two? Guarding the sense doors and moderation in eating.
