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SN 48.43 Sāketasutta: At Sāketa
The faculty of faith is the power of faith, and the power of faith is the faculty of faith.
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SN 48.50 Āpaṇasutta: At Āpaṇa
You can expect that a faithful noble disciple will live with energy roused up…
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SN 48.17 Tatiyavitthārasutta: In Detail (3rd)
If you practice fully you succeed fully. If you practice partially you succeed partially.
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SN 51.11 Pubbasutta: Before
They understand the minds of other beings and individuals, having comprehended them with their own mind.
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SN 51.20 Vibhaṅgasutta: Analysis
When the four bases of psychic power are developed and cultivated they’re very fruitful and beneficial.
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SN 49.1: Slanting
How does a mendicant who develops the four right efforts slant, slope, and incline to extinguishment?
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MN 78 From… Samaṇamuṇḍikasutta: With Uggāhamāna Samaṇamaṇḍikāputta
And where do these unskillful behaviors cease without anything left over?
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MN 51 From… Kandarakasutta: With Kandaraka
How well described by the Buddha are the four kinds of mindfulness meditation!
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SN 47.8 Sūdasutta: The Cook
Suppose a foolish, incompetent, unskilful cook were to present a king or a royal minister with various kinds of curries…
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AN 9.63 Sikkhā-dubbalya Sutta: Things That Weaken the Training
Monks, these five are things that weaken the training.
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MN 77 From… Mahāsakuludāyisutta: The Greater Discourse to Sakuludāyin
I do not expect instruction from my disciples; invariably, it is my disciples who expect instruction from me.
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DN 16 From… Mahāparinibbānasutta: The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment—Bodhipakkhiyadhammā
And what are those things I have taught from my direct knowledge?
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MN 140 From… Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta: The Analysis of the Elements—Generosity
In their ignorance, they used to acquire attachments.
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Snp 3.5 Māghasutta: With Māgha
Sacrifice is the ground standing upon which the sacrificer sheds their flaws.
🏷️giving
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SN 1.33 Sādhusutta: Good
It’s true that giving is praised in many ways but the path of the teaching is better than giving…
🏷️giving
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SN 1.32 Maccharisutta: Stinginess
That which the miser fears when he does not give Is the very danger that comes to the nongiver.
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MN 68 From… Naḷakapānasutta: At Naḷakapāna
Recollecting that laywoman’s faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom, she applies her mind to that end.
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AN 6.1 Paṭhamaāhuneyyasutta: Worthy of Offerings (1st)
A mendicant with six qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods…
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AN 8.37 Sappurisadānasutta: The Good Person’S Gifts
There are these eight gifts of a good person
🏷️giving
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SN 2.23 Serīsutta: With Serī
I gave gifts at the four gates to ascetics and brahmins, to paupers, vagrants, supplicants, and beggars.
🏷️giving
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AN 8.35 Dānūpapattisutta: Rebirth on Account of Giving
The heart’s wish of one who is virtuous succeeds because of his purity.
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AN 3.41 Sammukhībhāvasutta: Present
When three things are present, a clansman endowed with faith generates much merit.
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AN 1.300: Recollection of Generosity
One thing, mendicants, when developed and cultivated, leads solely to disillusionment…