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On the Path Abbreviations
… AN Aṅguttara Nikāya Dhp Dhammapada DN Dīgha Nikāya Iti Itivuttaka Khp Khuddakapāṭha MN Majjhima Nikāya SN Saṁyutta Nikāya Sn Sutta Nipāta Thag Theragāthā Thig Therīgāthā Ud Udāna Pāli Vinaya: Cv Cullavagga Mv Mahāvagga Pc Pācittiya Pr Pārājika Sg Saṅghādisesa References to DN, Iti, and MN are to discourse. Those to Dhp are to verse. Those to Pc, Pr, and Sg are to rule number …
On the Path Right Speech & Right Action
… The Vinaya also contains training rules covering most of the types of behavior that these factors abstain from, which it discusses in great detail. Our discussion here will draw from all these sources. Right speech. Right speech is defined as abstaining from four types of wrong speech: lies, divisive tale-bearing, harsh speech, and idle chatter. Lies are statements that intentionally misstate the facts …
On the Path Glossary
… who has attained the highest religious goal. In Buddhism, it usually denotes the Buddha, although occasionally it also denotes any of his arahant disciples. Upādāna: Clinging; the act of taking sustenance. Vinaya: The monastic discipline, whose rules and traditions comprise six volumes in printed text. Vipassanā: Insight. Yakkha: Spirit; a lower level of deva—sometimes friendly to human beings, sometimes not—often dwelling in …
On the Path The Fire Escape
… This is why I have collected this anthology of passages dealing with the factors of the noble eightfold path, drawn from the suttas and Vinaya—disciplinary rules—of the Pāli Canon, so that you can read the Canon’s teachings on these topics for yourself. I have also provided introductions to the readings as an aid in comprehending the idiom in which the suttas …
On the Path A Framework for the Frame
… The Blessed One said, “In any Dhamma & Vinaya where the noble eightfold path is not ascertained, no contemplative of the first… second… third… fourth order [stream-winner, once-returner, non-returner, or arahant] is ascertained. But in any Dhamma & Vinaya where the noble eightfold path is ascertained, contemplatives of the first… second… third… fourth order are ascertained. The noble eightfold path is ascertained in …
On the Path Right Resolve
… Yet I’ve heard that in this Dhamma & Vinaya the hearts of the very young monks leap up at renunciation, grow confident, steadfast, & firm, seeing it as peace. So right here is where this Dhamma & Vinaya is contrary to the great mass of people: i.e., [this issue of] renunciation.’” “So it is, Ānanda. So it is. Even I myself—before my self-awakening …
On the Path The Arising of the Path
… The Vinaya (Mv.I.54) tells us that one of the reasons Rāhula ordained as a young novice was that he liked being near his father. The instructions in §45 show how the Buddha made use of this emotional connection to spur Rāhula on the path. In §45, the Buddha’s most obvious role as admirable friend is as instructor, telling Rāhula how to …
On the Path The Stream to Unbinding
… Readings The Stream § 318. “Just as the ocean has a gradual shelf, a gradual slope, a gradual inclination, with a sudden drop-off only after a long stretch; in the same way, this Dhamma & Vinaya has a gradual training, a gradual performance, a gradual practice, with a penetration to gnosis only after a long stretch.” — Ud 5:5 § 319. “Sāriputta, ‘The stream, the stream …
On the Path Right Effort
… he brightens the world like the moon set free from a cloud. — Dhp 172–173 § 211. “It is a cause of growth in the Dhamma & Vinaya of the noble ones when, seeing a transgression as such, one makes amends in accordance with the Dhamma and exercises restraint in the future.” — DN 2 § 212. “Monks, there are these eight grounds for laziness. Which eight? “There …
On the Path Right View
… Having become a human being, acquiring conviction in the Dhamma-&-Vinaya taught by the Tathāgata: This is the devas’ reckoning of the gain that is good to gain. When that conviction is settled within one—rooted, established, & strong, not to be destroyed by any contemplative or brahman; deva, Māra, or Brahmā; or anyone else in the world: This is the devas’ reckoning of becoming …
On the Path Right Mindfulness
… The Pāli verb here, vineyya, is related to the word for “discipline” (vinaya). This suggests that greed and distress are not yet uprooted in this part of the practice. They are simply held in check. The tense of the verb—it’s an absolutive—can mean either “having subdued” or “subduing.” In other words, the activity is either already accomplished or in the process …
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