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1. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 125 The Level of the Tamed | Dantabhūmi Sutta
    … If a middle-aged royal elephant dies untamed & untrained, it is reckoned as a middle-aged royal elephant that has died an untamed death. If a young royal elephant dies untamed & untrained, it is reckoned as a young royal elephant that has died an untamed death. “In the same way, if an elder monk dies with his effluents unended, he is reckoned as an … 
2. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 56 The Teaching to Upāli | Upālivāda Sutta
    … He wants to see you.” “In that case, my good gatekeeper, arrange seats in the middle gate hall.” Responding, “As you say, venerable sir,” to Upāli the householder, the gatekeeper, after arranging seats in the middle gate hall, went to Upāli the householder and, on arrival, said to him, “Venerable sir, seats have been arranged in the middle gate hall. Do what you consider … 
3. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 5 Unblemished | Anaṅgaṇa Sutta
    … Anger & disgruntlement are both a blemish. “It’s possible, friend, that there’s the case where this sort of wish might arise in a certain monk: ‘O, should I have fallen into an offense, may the monks accuse me in private, and not in the middle of the Saṅgha.’ But it’s possible that the monks would accuse him in the middle of the … 
4. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 27 The Shorter Elephant Footprint Simile | Cūḷa Hatthipadopama Sutta
    … He comes to the conclusion, ‘That’s the big bull elephant.’ “In the same way, brahman, there is the case where a Tathāgata appears in the world, worthy & rightly self-awakened. He teaches the Dhamma admirable in its beginning, admirable in its middle, admirable in its end. He proclaims the holy life both in its particulars and in its essence, entirely perfect, surpassingly pure … 
5. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 95 With Caṅkī | Caṅkī Sutta
    … The first one doesn’t see, the middle one doesn’t see, and the last one doesn’t see. In the same way, the statement of the brahmans turns out to be comparable to a row of blind men, as it were: The first one doesn’t see, the middle one doesn’t see, and the last one doesn’t see. So what do … 
6. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 130 The Deva Messengers | Devadūta Sutta
    … In the same way, I—by means of the divine eye, purified & surpassing the human—see beings passing away & re-appearing, and I discern how they are inferior & superior, beautiful & ugly, fortunate & unfortunate in accordance with their actions: ‘O, how these beings—who were endowed with good conduct of body, speech, & mind, who did not revile noble ones, who held right views and undertook … 
7. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 61 The Exhortation to Rāhula at Mango Stone | Ambalaṭṭhikā Rāhulovāda Sutta
    … This image would have special resonances with the Buddha's teaching on the middle way. It also adds meaning to the term samaṇa—monk or contemplative—which the texts frequently mention as being derived from sama. The word sāmañña—“evenness,” the quality of being in tune—also means the quality of being a contemplative: The true contemplative is always in tune with what is … 
8. Majjhima Nikāya
   Majjhima Nikāya | The Middle Collection The Majjhima Nikāya — the Middle Collection — is the second collection in the Sutta Piṭaka. It takes its name from the length of the discourses it contains: shorter than those in the Long Collection, longer than those in the Connected and Numerical Collections. There are 152 suttas in all. This anthology offers complete translations of 104 of these suttas, and … 
9. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 78 Muṇḍika the Contemplative | Samaṇa-Muṇḍika Sutta
    … Then Pañcakaṅga the carpenter left Sāvatthī in the middle of the day to see the Blessed One, but the thought occurred to him, “Now is not the right time to see the Blessed One, for he is in seclusion. And it is not the right time to see the mind-developing monks, for they too are in seclusion. Why don’t I go to … 
10. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 82 About Raṭṭhapāla | Raṭṭhapāla Sutta
     … He makes known—having realized it through direct knowledge—this world with its devas, Māras, & Brahmās, this generation with its contemplatives & brahmans, its royalty & commonfolk; he explains the Dhamma admirable in the beginning, admirable in the middle, admirable in the end; he expounds the holy life both in its particulars & in its essence, entirely perfect, surpassingly pure. It’s good to see such a … 
11. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 77 The Greater Discourse to Sakuludāyin | Mahāsakuludāyi Sutta
     … This is the second ground on which he can be praised.” — SN 42:12 The last example shows that ascetic practices, in and of themselves, are not necessarily contrary to the middle way. It is possible to follow them all the way to the noble attainments. And, as this sutta shows, only when you have followed the path to its culmination and attained the … 
12. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 86 About Aṅgulimāla | Aṅgulimāla Sutta
     … The king must stamp him out!” Then King Pasenadi Kosala, with a cavalry of roughly 500 horsemen, drove out of Sāvatthī in the middle of the day and entered the monastery. Driving as far as the ground was passable for chariots, he got down from his chariot and went on foot to the Blessed One. On arrival, having bowed down to the Blessed One … 
13. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 53 The Practice for One in Training | Sekha-paṭipadā Sutta
     … In the same way, when a disciple of the noble ones is consummate in virtue in this way, guards the doors to his sense faculties in this way, knows moderation in eating in this way, is devoted to wakefulness in this way, is endowed with seven qualities in this way, and obtains at will—without trouble or difficulty—the four jhānas that constitute heightened … 
14. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 108 Moggallāna the Guardsman | Gopaka Moggallāna Sutta
     … Ānanda: “Master Ānanda, is there any one monk endowed in each & every way with the qualities with which Master Gotama—worthy & rightly self-awakened—was endowed?” “No, brahman, there isn’t any one monk endowed in each & every way with the qualities with which the Blessed One—worthy & rightly self-awakened—was endowed. For the Blessed One was the arouser of the unarisen path … 
15. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 41 (Brahmans) of Sāla | Sāleyyaka Sutta
     … A more skillful way to regard past misdeeds would be to recognize that they were wrong, to resolve not to repeat them, and to develop attitudes of immeasurable goodwill, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity to reinforce one’s resolve not to treat anyone in an unskillful way. AN 3:101 adds that the results of past misdeeds can be mitigated both through the practice … 
16. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 51 To Kandaraka | Kandaraka Sutta
     … But our ‘slaves’ & ‘workers’ & ‘servants’ behave one way with the body, a different way with their speech, and their mind is different from that. It’s amazing, lord. It’s astounding—how, with so much human convolution, so much human muck, so much human deception going on, the Blessed One knows the welfare & harm of beings. For human beings are a convolution, lord, while … 
17. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 60 A Safe Bet | Apaṇṇaka Sutta
     … One further reflects that total formlessness would open the way to greater peace than the level of form; and that the cessation of becoming would open the way to greater freedom than formlessness. These last observations in no way prove that there is total formlessness or total cessation of becoming, but they do incline the mind to view those possibilities favorably. The second part … 
18. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 38 The Greater Craving-Destruction Discourse | Mahā Taṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta
    The Greater Craving-Destruction Discourse Mahā Taṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta  (MN 38) Introduction This sutta teaches how to understand the relationship of consciousness to rebirth in a way that helps put an end to rebirth. Although the Buddha never used any word corresponding to “rebirth” in his teachings, he did describe birth as a process following on death again and again as long as the appropriate … 
19. Handful of Leaves, Volume Two MN 101 At Devadaha | Devadaha Sutta
     … Thus the practice must focus on ways to understand and bring about dispassion for the causes of stress and pain here and now. As the Buddha points out in MN 106, equanimity plays an important role in this practice, but it can also become an object for passion and delight, which would then stand in the way of true release. Thus he notes here … 
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