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Noble Warrior Spreading the Dhamma
… Avoiding both of these extremes, the middle way realized by the Tathāgata—producing vision, producing knowledge—leads to calm, to direct knowledge, to self-awakening, to unbinding. “And what is the middle way realized by the Tathāgata that—producing vision, producing knowledge—leads to calm, to direct knowledge, to self-awakening, to unbinding? Precisely this noble eightfold path: right view, right resolve, right speech …
Noble Warrior Dwelling near Sāvatthī
… In this way, Sāvatthī provides the stage for a multi-faceted glimpse into the middle period of the Buddha’s life, in his role as teacher to devas and human beings at large and, simultaneously, founder of and rule-giver for the Saṅgha. At that time, Anāthapiṇḍika the householder was the brother-in-law of the Rājagaha moneylender. Then he traveled to Rājagaha on …
Noble Warrior Portraits of the Buddha
… Having sown it there, he would sow it in the middling field. Having sown it there, he might not sow it in the poor field—sandy, salty, with bad soil—or he might. Why is that? It would at least go toward cattle fodder.” “In the same way, headman, like the excellent field are the monks & nuns to me. I teach them the Dhamma …
Noble Warrior Birth
… The Sakyan capital city, Kapilavatthu, was located in the northwest of the Ariyan world—the middle Ganges valley.1 The following passage states that the bodhisatta’s father was a king (rājan), but it has to be borne in mind that this title was used not only by rulers who would count as “king” in the modern sense, but also by the oligarchs in …
Noble Warrior Training the Saṅgha
… We go that way.” And for a third time, the Blessed One said, “This, Nāgasamāla, is the route. We go this way.” Then Ven. Nāgasamāla, placing the Blessed One’s bowl & robes right there on the ground, left, saying, “This, Lord Blessed One, is the bowl & robes.” Then as Ven. Nāgasamāla was going along that route, thieves—jumping out in the middle of the …
Noble Warrior Old Age
… There are now monk disciples of mine of middle standing. There are now junior monk disciples of mine. There are now elder nun disciples of mine… nun disciples of mine of middle standing… junior nun disciples of mine… male lay disciples of mine, householders wearing white, following the celibate life… male lay disciples of mine, householders wearing white, partaking of sensuality… female lay disciples …
Noble Warrior The First Council to the Present
… 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 …
Noble Warrior Devadatta
… I, having killed the Blessed One, will become Buddha.” Then Prince Ajātasattu, (thinking,) “Master Devadatta is mighty & powerful; Master Devadatta should know,” strapping a dagger to his thigh—afraid, apprehensive, alarmed, & trembling—rushed into the inner palace in the middle of the day. The ministers guarding the inner palace saw him—afraid, apprehensive, alarmed, & trembling—rushing into the inner palace in the middle of …
Noble Warrior The Last Year
… In the area where devas of middling influence occupied sites, there the minds of the king’s royal ministers of middling influence were inclined to build their homes. In the area where devas of low influence occupied sites, there the minds of the king’s royal ministers of low influence were inclined to build their homes. The Blessed One, with the divine eye—purified …
Noble Warrior Contemporary Views
… Both of these views, from the Buddha’s point of view, stood in the way of awakening. This is why—to show that the similarity between his teachings and that of the Nigaṇṭhas was only superficial—he actually sought out Nigaṇṭhas to refute their views. “Monks, there are some contemplatives & brahmans who teach in this way, who have this view: ‘Whatever a person experiences …
Noble Warrior Endnotes
… 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 …
Noble Warrior The Awakening
… The way leading to sickliness makes people sickly, the way leading to health makes people healthy. The way leading to ugliness makes people ugly, the way leading to beauty makes people beautiful. The way leading to lack of influence makes people uninfluential, the way leading to influence makes people influential. The way leading to poverty makes people poor, the way leading to wealth makes …
Noble Warrior After the Awakening
… All levels of becoming, anywhere, in any way, are inconstant, stressful, subject to change. Seeing this—as it’s come to be— with right discernment, one abandons craving for becoming and doesn’t delight in non-becoming.46 From the total ending of craving comes fading & cessation without remainder: unbinding. For the monk unbound through lack of clinging/sustenance, there’s no further-becoming …
Noble Warrior The Buddha as Victor
… The king must stamp him out!” Then King Pasenadi Kosala, with a cavalry of roughly five hundred horsemen, drove out of Sāvatthī in the middle of the day and entered the monastery. Driving as far as the ground permitted, he got down from his chariot and proceeded on foot to the Blessed One. On arrival, having bowed down to the Blessed One, he sat …
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