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1. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 11:14 Poor | Daḷidda Sutta
    … The Blessed One said, “Monks, once there was a man living in this very Rājagaha—a poor, pitiful wretch of a person.1 He undertook conviction in the Dhamma & Vinaya proclaimed by the Blessed One, undertook virtue, undertook learning, undertook relinquishment, undertook discernment. He—having undertaken conviction in the Dhamma & Vinaya proclaimed by the Blessed One, having undertaken virtue, having undertaken learning, having undertaken … 
2. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 56:48 The Hole | Chiggaḷa Sutta
    … It’s likewise a sheer coincidence that a Dhamma & Vinaya expounded by a Tathāgata appears in the world. Now, this human state has been obtained. A Tathāgata, worthy & rightly self-awakened, has arisen in the world. A Dhamma & Vinaya expounded by a Tathāgata appears in the world. “Therefore your duty is the contemplation, ‘This is stress … This is the origination of stress … This is … 
3. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 22:80 Almsgoers | Piṇḍolya Sutta
    … But here there are monks who are new—not long gone forth, only recently come to this Dhamma & Vinaya. If they do not see me, there may be alteration in them, there may be change. Just as when a young calf does not see its mother, there may be alteration in it, there may be change; in the same way, there are monks who … 
4. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 47:4 At Sālā | Sālā Sutta
    … The Blessed One said, “Monks, the new monks—those who have not long gone forth, who are newcomers in this Dhamma & Vinaya—should be encouraged, exhorted, & established by you in the four establishings of mindfulness. “Which four? ‘Come, friends. Remain focused on the body in & of itself—being ardent, alert, unified, clear-minded, concentrated, & single-minded1 for knowledge of the body as it has … 
5. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 22:57 Seven Bases | Sattaṭṭhāna Sutta
    … The Blessed One said: “Monks, a monk who is skilled in seven bases and has three modes of investigation is fulfilled & fully accomplished in this Dhamma & Vinaya—the ultimate person. “And how is a monk skilled in seven bases? There is the case where a monk discerns form, the origination of form, the cessation of form, the path of practice leading to the cessation … 
6. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 6:14 At Aruṇavatī | Aruṇavatī Sutta
    … He who, in this Dhamma & Vinaya, stays heedful, abandoning birth, the wandering-on, will put an end to suffering & stress.’ “Then—having struck terror in Brahmā, Brahmā’s retinue, & Brahmā’s assembly—Sikhī the Blessed One, worthy & fully self-awakened, & the monk Abhibhū—just as a strong man might extend his flexed arm or flex his extended arm—disappeared from that Brahmā world and … 
7. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 22:56 The (Fourfold) Round | Parivaṭṭa Sutta
    … Those who are practicing rightly are firmly based in this Dhamma & Vinaya. And any contemplatives or brahmans who by directly knowing form in this way, directly knowing the origination of form in this way, directly knowing the cessation of form in this way, directly knowing the path of practice leading to the cessation of form in this way, are—from disenchantment, dispassion, cessation, lack … 
8. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 12:70 Susima Sutta | About Susima
    … Ānanda, “Friend Ānanda, I want to live the holy life in this Dhamma & Vinaya.” Then Ven. Ānanda took Susima the wanderer to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to the Blessed One, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One, “Lord, this wanderer, Susima, has said, ‘Friend Ānanda, I want to live the holy … 
9. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 45:4 The Brahman | Brāhmaṇa Sutta
    … Seeing him, people were saying, ‘What a sublime vehicle! What a sublime-looking vehicle!’ Is it possible to designate a sublime vehicle in this Dhamma-Vinaya?” “It is possible, Ānanda,” said the Blessed One. “That is a synonym for this very same noble eightfold path: ‘sublime vehicle,’ ‘Dhamma-vehicle,’ ‘unexcelled victory in battle.’” “Right view, Ānanda, when developed & pursued, has the subduing of passion … 
10. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 48:53 The Learner | Sekha Sutta
     … a learner, standing at the level of a learner, can discern that ‘I am a learner.’ “And further, the monk who is a learner reflects, ‘Is there outside of this (Dhamma & Vinaya) any contemplative or brahman who teaches the true, genuine, & accurate Dhamma like the Blessed One?’ And he discerns, ‘No, there is no contemplative or brahman outside of this who teaches the true … 
11. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 22:90 To Channa | Channa Sutta
    To Channa Channa Sutta  (SN 22:90) Passages in the Vinaya show that Ven. Channa—apparently, Prince Siddhattha’s horseman on the night of his Great Renunciation—was proud and obdurate. After becoming a monk, he was unwilling to accept instruction from any of the other monks. (See the origin stories to Saṅghādisesa 12 and Pācittiya 12.) DN 16 tells of how the Buddha … 
12. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 12:17 To the Clothless Ascetic | Acela Sutta
     … Let me obtain the Going-forth in the Blessed One’s presence, let me obtain Acceptance [into the Saṅgha of monks].” “Anyone, Kassapa, who has previously belonged to another sect and who desires the Going-forth & Acceptance in this Dhamma & Vinaya, must first undergo probation for four months. If, at the end of four months, the monks feel so moved, they give him the … 
13. Handful of Leaves, Volume Three SN 35:88 To Puṇṇa | Puṇṇa Sutta
     … From the cessation of delight, I tell you, comes the cessation of suffering & stress. {By this means, Puṇṇa, you are not far from this Dhamma & Vinaya.” When this was said, a certain monk said to the Blessed One, “Here is where I am ill at ease, lord, for I don’t discern, as they have come to be, the origination, the passing away, the … 
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