Santipada

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Thus have I heard.1 At one time the Buddha was stay­ing in Śrāvastī, at Jetṛ’s Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park. Then the Exal­ted One said to the bhikṣus: ‘There are three bad prac­tices. Which are the three? ‘Bad prac­tices of body, speech and mind. These, O bhikṣus, are the three bad prac­tices. ‘One should aspire to skill in means …

Thus have I heard.1 At one time the Buddha was stay­ing in Śrāvastī, at Jetṛ’s Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park. Then the Exal­ted One said to the bhikṣus: ‘There are three [kinds of] severe afflic­tion. Which are the three? ‘There are the severe afflic­tions [caused by] a) the windy humour of the body (vāta), b) the phleg­matic humour …

Thus have I heard.1 At one time the Buddha was stay­ing in Śrāvastī, at Jetṛ’s Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park. Then the Exal­ted One said to the bhikṣus: ‘If a bhikṣu is pos­sessed of three qual­it­ies (dharma), he will well exper­i­ence hap­pi­ness in this life (dṛṣṭe dharme) and real­ise, through great per­sever­ance and energy, the end of the …

Thus have I heard.1 At one time the Buddha was stay­ing in Śrāvastī, at Jetṛ’s Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park. Then the bhiksu Kokā­lika went to where the Exal­ted One was. He bowed down his head at [the Exal­ted One’s] feet and sat down at one side. Then that bhikṣu said to the Exal­ted One: ‘The inten­tions (samudācāra) …

Thus have I heard.1 At one time the Buddha was stay­ing in Śrāvastī, at Jetṛ’s Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park. Then the Exal­ted One said to the bhikṣus: ‘If there are per­sons [towards whom you] cul­tiv­ate friend­li­ness (maitrī) in your hearts, [who] think [they can] really trust [in you] and who listen [to you] respect­fully, [viz.] father …

Thus have I heard.1 At one time the Buddha was stay­ing in Śrāvastī, at Jetṛ’s Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park. Then the Exal­ted One said to the bhikṣus: ‘There are three con­di­tions (kāraṇa) for con­scious­ness to receive a womb (garbha). Which are the three? Now there are, O bhikṣus, a) the mother wish­ing to have sexual inter­course (maithun­ec­chā), b) …

Thus have I heard.1 At one time the Buddha was stay­ing in Śrāvastī, at Jetṛ’s Grove, in Anthāpiṇḍada’s Park. Then the Exal­ted One said to the bhikṣus: ‘There are three [kinds of] mer­it­ori­ous actions (puṇyakriyā). Which are the three? a) The mer­it­ori­ous action con­sist­ing in gen­er­os­ity (dāna), b) equi­lib­rium (sam­atā) and in c) [wise] reflec­tion (man­as­ikāra).2 …

Thus have I heard.1 At one time the Buddha was stay­ing in Śrāvastī, at Jetṛ’s2 Grove, in Anthāpiṇḍada’s Park. Then the Exal­ted One said to the bhikṣus: ‘There are three [kinds of] vir­tue (guṇa) per­tain­ing to tak­ing refuge (svayaṁ śaraṇaṁ √gam) of one’s own accord. Which are the three? The first [kind of] vir­tue per­tains to …

Thus have I heard.1 At one time the Buddha was stay­ing in Śrāvastī, at Jetṛ’s Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park. Then the Exal­ted One said to the bhikṣus: ‘A bhikṣus who lives in the forest (āraṇyaka) should cul­tiv­ate two things. Which two? Tran­quil­ity (śamatha) and pen­et­rat­ing insight (vipaśy­anā).2 ‘If a bhikṣu, liv­ing in the forest in serenity, real­ises …