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AN 4.191 Sotānugata Sutta: Followed by Ear
Slow is the arising of his mindfulness, but when mindful, he quickly arrives at distinction.
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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
🏷️anger
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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
🏷️death
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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.
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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
🏷️violence
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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
🏷️harmony
