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  1. Book search result icon The Paradox of Becoming Chapter 3: Three Levels
     … And how is the defiled mind cleansed through the proper technique? There is the case where the disciple of the noble ones recollects his own virtues…. As he is recollecting virtue, his mind is cleansed, and joy arises; the defilements of his mind are abandoned. He is thus called a disciple of the noble ones undertaking the virtue-uposatha. He lives with virtue. It … 
  2. Book search result icon The Paradox of Becoming Chapter 4: Four Clingings
     … Sīla can also mean “precept” or “virtue.” Vata can also mean “duty” or “ritual.” Thus this form of clinging is sometimes translated as clinging to precepts and duties, to rules and vows, or to virtues and rituals. “Habit,” however, seems the most appropriate translation for sīla here, in that it covers the broadest range of behavior. A person can cling to habitual patterns of … 
  3. Book search result icon The Paradox of Becoming Chapter 2: Two Analogies
     … to hell? There is the case where a certain individual is undeveloped in the body [i.e., pleasant feelings can invade the mind and stay there—see MN 36], undeveloped in virtue, undeveloped in mind [i.e., painful feelings can invade the mind and stay there], undeveloped in discernment: restricted, small-hearted, dwelling with suffering. A trifling evil act done by this sort of … 
  4. Book search result icon The Paradox of Becoming Chapter 6: One Way Out
     … In other words, it focuses on the particular state of becoming—induced through discernment, virtue, and the practice of jhāna—that can be used to put an end to becoming. In practical terms, this means that once the path has been used to bring about dispassion for all other types of becoming, it can be turned on itself in a way that induces dispassion … 
  5. Book search result icon The Paradox of Becoming Chapter 7: No Location, No Limitation
     … Although only an arahant would fully understand what this entails, the analogy does help make sense of the fact that arahants continue to engage in intentional activity after Awakening—practicing generosity, virtue, and concentration; making use of skillful habits, practices, and views—without creating any new kamma. “One enters & remains in the first jhāna… the second jhāna… the third jhāna… the fourth jhāna: purity … 
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