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  1. Book search result icon Things as They Are The Work of a Contemplative
    The Work of a Contemplative October 31, 1978 Here in this monastery we practice not in line with people’s wishes and opinions, but in line for the most part with the principles of the Dhamma and Vinaya, the principles of the religion. We do this for the sake of the public at large who rely on the religion as a guiding principle in … 
  2. Book search result icon Things as They Are Glossary
     … The Buddha’s own name for the religion he founded was ‘this dhamma-vinaya’—this doctrine and discipline. Viññāṇa: Consciousness; sensory cognizance. Vipassanā:Clear intuitive insight into physical and mental phenomena as they arise and disappear, seeing them as they are in terms of the three characteristics and the four Noble Truths (see ti-lakkhaṇa and ariya-sacca). * * * If anything in this translation is … 
  3. Book search result icon Things as They Are The Path of Strength
     … The fence is the Vinaya, which prescribes penalties for our errors—major, intermediate, and minor. This is the fence that blocks the wrong paths so that we won’t stray down them, and that opens the right path—the Dhamma—so that we can follow it to the goal to which we aspire. The Vinaya is a fence on both sides of the path … 
  4. Book search result icon Things as They Are To Be an Inner Millionaire
     … He follows the teachings of the Dhamma and Vinaya well and so doesn’t offend his fellow monks. He is interested in studying and diligently practicing the threefold training of virtue, concentration, and discernment. He takes instruction easily, has faith in the principles of the Dhamma and Vinaya, is intent on his duties, and believes in what is reasonable. The third sort of monk … 
  5. Book search result icon Things as They Are Principles in the Practice, Principles in the Heart
     … We have to be excellent in our practice and conduct, in line with such principles of the Dhamma and Vinaya as the ascetic practices. If we’re solid in the ascetic practices, we’ll gradually become excellent people in line with the principles of our practice and ultimately in line with the principles of nature—excellent not just in name, but through the nature … 
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