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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.
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Ud 3.10 Lokavolokanasuttaṁ: The Discourse about Looking Around the World
Thus I heard: at one time the Fortunate One was dwelling near Uruvelā, on the bank of the river Nerañjarā, at the root of the Awakening tree, in the first (period) after attaining Awakening. Then at that time the Fortunate One was sitting in one cross-legged posture for seven days experiencing the happiness of freedom.
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MN 12 From… Mahāsīhanādasutta: The Greater Discourse on the Lion’s Roar—Purification
There are certain recluses and brahmins whose doctrine and view is this: ‘Purification comes about through food.’
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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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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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