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Blessing all Beings by Bliss

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Friends:

The Blessed Buddha Once said:

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I am a friend and helper to all,
I am sympathetic to all living beings.
I develop a mind full of love
and takes always delight in harmlessness.
I gladden my mind, fill it with joy,
and make it immovable and unshakable.
I develop the divine states of mind
not cultivated by simple men.
Theragatha. 648-9

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I am a friend of the footless,
I am a friend of the bipeds;
I am a friend of those with four feet,
I am a friend of the many-footed.
May not the footless harm me,
may not the bipeds harm me,
may not those with four feet harm me,
and may not those with many feet harm me.
AN II 72

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Thus he who both day and night
takes delight in harmlessness
sharing love with all that live,
finds enmity with none.
Samyutta Nikaya. I 208

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When one with a mind of love
feels compassion for the entire world
above, below and across,
unlimited everywhere.
Jataka 37

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Among tigers, lions, leopards & bears I lived on the wood.
No one was frightened of me, nor did I fear anyone.
Uplifted by such universal friendliness I enjoyed the forest.
Finding great solace in silent yet friendly solitude.
Suvanna-sama Jataka 540

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On this Fine Friendliness (Metta):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Hey_Friend.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Mothers_Love.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Kalyanamitta.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Unique_Unity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Loving-Kindness.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Calm_Kindness.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Across_Borders.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Blessing all Beings by Bliss
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Divine Guiding!

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Friends:

10 Contemplations is Daily Buddhist Routine!

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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus & friends: There is one contemplation, which when often practised
and developed leads to a complete turning away from this captivating world,
to detachment, to silencing, to ceasing, to Peace, to penetrating knowledge,
to Enlightenment, and thus to Nibbana...
Any Noble Disciple, who by progress have understood this Dhamma, dwells
frequently in this state. Which is that unique contemplation?
The Noble Disciple contemplates on the divine beings in this very way:
There are the divine beings on the plane of the Four Great Kings, there are
the divine beings of the World of the Thirty-three, there are a Yama World,
there are the Contented Devas, there are also those enjoying own creation!
There are those with power over others creations, those of the Brahma world,
and those still far above them... Now, such faith, morality, wisdom, generosity,
concentration and understanding, which these divine beings acted upon and
which made them re-appear on a divine plane after leaving this world, such
good qualities as these, are also found in me! When a Noble Disciple reflects
thus, his mind is neither obsessed by any greed, nor by any hate, nor by any
confusion! Uplifted and elated is his mind, and this makes the Noble Disciple
gain further deeper understanding of the Dhamma, & thus makes the Noble
Disciple delight in the Dhamma! Being delighted, there arises rapturous joy
in him. Being filled with rapture & joy, he is inwardly satisfied & he becomes
quite calm. Being calmed makes him enjoy bliss and happiness and the mind of
the Happy One becomes collected, condensed and concentrated...
Of this Noble Disciple, friends, it is said that among many misguided humans,
among suffering humankind, he lives freed from suffering! And as one who
has entered the stream to Nibbana, he cultivates further his contemplation.
When, friends, a Noble Disciple has reached the fruit of understanding the
Dhamma, he dwells often with a calm smile in this state! Source: AN 6:10

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Sakka king of the 33 devas, hovering about with some of his many nymphs. A devata = goddess

More on the many various types of gods (Devas= lit: 'Shining ones'):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Rem ... eities.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... f/deva.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... maloka.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... atimsa.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/y/yaamaa.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/t/tusita.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... /loka.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... narati.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... el414.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... ajikaa.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... avatti.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... yatana.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Many devas can attain whatever form and colour at will. Some is made of light!
They do not like the smell of humans like we don't like the smell of eg. pigs…
There are 31 levels of existence (Human is level 5!). There thus numerous devas.

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... /loka.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Have a nice & noble day!

Friendship is the Greatest!
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Focusing on the next rebirth destination is Clever!

Divine Guiding!
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/IV/Di ... lation.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Who can do it?

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Who can do it ?

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Urge, incite & teach yourself by yourself!
Examine & evaluate yourself by yoursel !
Guard yourself, aware of yourself, by yourself!
Bhikkhu & you will live in happiness ...
Dhammapada 379

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For self is the master of self.
For self is the protector of self.
For self is the saviour of self.
Control therefore yourself by taming,
as one who has bought a new horse.
Dhammapada 380

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Full of Joy, content & satisfied, the Noble friend
with perfect confidence in the Teaching of the Buddha,
will reach the place of Peace, the unconditionally
unconditioned sameness of Free Open Happiness itself ...
Dhammapada 381

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More here:
http://what-buddha-said.net/Canon/Sutta ... mapada.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Who can do it?

U can do it! Do it Urself!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Who_can_do_it.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Cure the Catastrophic Cruelty!

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Friends:

Cruelty, Mercilessness & Revengefulness are diluted Hate:

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How to cure these evil derivatives of Cruelty:

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1: Review the Danger in Cruelty like this:
This can bring me to a bad destination, the downfall, to pain, even to hell!
This is a path of thorns, an evil way, a dark state, conflict, violence, pain!

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2: How does a friend dwell pervading all with his heart endued with pity?
Just as he would feel pity on seeing an unlucky, unfortunate person, so he
pervades all beings with infinite pity. Therefore first of all he imagines a
poor man, unlucky, unfortunate, in every way a fit object for pity, ugly,
reduced to utter misery, with hands and feet cut off, sitting in the shelter
for the helpless, with an empty pot in front of him, with maggots oozing
from sores on hands and legs, moaning, infinite pity should be felt for him
in this way: 'This being has been reduced to utter misery! If he just could
be freed from this misery...' Then later one can arouse the same pity and
compassion for a neutral person and later for even a wrong-doing person!
This is the complete mastery of pity: Compassion even with the Evil One!

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3: All wrong doing is caused by blindness: A real pity for the wrong-doers!
All wrong-doers will thus suffer immensely in the future. How sad for them!

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4: Begin and Cultivate meditation on Infinite pity:
Sit down a silent, empty place with closed eyes & beam this from the heart:
May I & all beings be free from cruelty by cultivating awareness of pity.
May I & all beings be free from cruelty by cultivating examination of pity.
May I & all beings be free from cruelty by cultivating energetic pity.
May I & all beings be free from cruelty by cultivating joyous infinite pity.
May I & all beings be free from cruelty by cultivating stilled infinite pity.
May I & all beings be free from cruelty by cultivating concentrated pity.
May I & all beings be free from cruelty by cultivating imperturbable pity.
Beaming first out in front, then right, left, down below and also up above:
May all beings live happily and free from suffering, pain and frustration.
May all beings be free from hate, cruelty, mercilessness & revengefulness!

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One who is virtuous and wise
Shines like a blazing fire;
Like a bee collecting nectar
He acquires wealth by harming none!
Digha Nikaya III, 188

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May all breathing creatures, all living things,
All beings, every one without exception,
Experience good fortune only!
May they not fall into harm.
Anguttara Nikaya II, 72

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Solitude is happiness for one who is content,
Who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees.
Non-violence is happiness in the world
Harmlessness towards all living beings.
Udana 10

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JOY
Oh let us live happily! Freed from all cruelty!
Living even among those, who always flames by hate!
Among those dominated by anger, let us live free from anger!
Dhammapada 197

Regarding Pity and Compassion (Karuna) see also:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Endless_Pity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Karuna_is_Pity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Safe_Medicine.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/What_is_Wrong.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/auth ... bl141.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Gr ... assion.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Com ... e_Pity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/S ... assion.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/su ... 5-161.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/su ... 6-013.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Have a nice & noble day!

Friendship is the Greatest!
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Mercy, Pity & Compassion Soften the Mind!


Cure your Cruelty!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Ho ... ulness.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Classic is the Buddhist Kathina Ceremony!

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Friends:

What is the Kathina Ceremony and its meaning?

By Ven. Chuen Phangcham, Ph.D., Midwest Buddhist Meditation Centre.

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When Buddhism was first established in ancient India, there were few monks and nuns.
These monks normally did not stay in fixed places or temples but rather spent most of their
time moving from one place to another as it was their mission to spread the teachings of the
Buddha for the happiness and welfare of all people and living beings.

In those days, there were no paved roads, so during the rainy season when the country
experienced heavy and frequent rainfall, their travels were often impeded and interrupted.
In this season, the farmers also cultivated their land and planted new crops.

Because travel was inconvenient, The Buddha allowed his disciples to stop wandering and
take up temporary abodes during the rainy season.

In Pali, this season is called vassa, meaning the "Rains Retreat" and it extends for three
lunar months. It begins on the 15th day of the waxing moon of the 8th Lunar Month, and
ends on the 15th day of the waxing moon of the 11th Lunar Month.

This corresponds approximately from early July through late of October in the Gregorian
calendar. In this year, 2012, the Rains Retreat started on July 3rd, and ends on October
29th.

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Historical Background:
About four or five years after attaining Enlightenment, the Buddha was dwelling at
Jetavana Mahã Vihãra near Sãvatthi City, the capital of the Kosala kingdom ruled by King
Pasenadi.

A group of thirty monks who had been ordained by the Buddha himself came from Sãket
city east of Sãvathi just after the three months Rains Retreat Observance to visit the
Buddha. The Buddha greeted them, asked them about their retreat and journey, and noticed
their wet and torn robes. The lady disciple of the Buddha, Visakha Mahã Upãsikã was also
there visiting and listening to the Buddha expounds the Dhamma. When she saw the monks in
tattered and worn robes, she asked permission of the Buddha to offer new robes to the
monks, and the Buddha granted her request. Since then the Buddha granted the monks the
opportunity to search for robes in various places and even to accept robes offered by
donors during the period of one month from the middle of the Eleventh Lunar Month to the
middle of the Twelfth Lunar Month. This period is called Kathina.

As there were no sewing machines or textile factories in those days, the preparation of
robes for monks required a lot of manpower and coordination. It could not be done in a
single day.

The Buddha realized this problem and allowed his lay disciples to prepare and make robes
for any monks who needed them. The process required searching for appropriate cloth,
washing it, cutting it, sewing the pieces together into robes, coloring the robes, and drying
them. After that, the robes were distributed to the monks who needed them with the
consent of the Sangha, the community of the Monks.

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At Present:
Nowadays, lay followers prepare robes for the monks but not in the same way as it was
done in the time of the Buddha. They are two ways in which monks may obtain robes, namely:
(1). by searching for them in various places like cemeteries, cities, and towns, or (2) by
accepting offerings of robes from the people.

The Kathina ceremony takes place during the month immediately following the full moon day
of October (from the beginning of waning moon of the Eleventh Lunar Month to the
beginning of waxing moon of the Twelfth Lunar Month).

According to Vinaya Pitaka, the Theravada Book of Discipline, during the three month
period from mid-July to mid-October, monks are required to take up a settled residence
and are allowed to leave their encampments only under special conditions.

In this environment, the wandering mendicant nature of the Buddhist monk began to change.
In particular, a number of customs and practices of a collective life, including the
recitation of rules and the distribution of robes, became incorporated into the annual cycle
of monastic life.

These ceremonies have continued through the ages and have evolved from culture to culture.
The traditions of Theravada Buddhism spread throughout Southeast Asia as Buddhism won
the favor of ruling monarchs in Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand. Theravada Buddhism
expanded greatly in Thailand under the patronage of King Ramkhamhaeng.

Today in Thailand, the Kathina ceremony provides one of the most popular occasions for
merit-making. The Buddhist people celebrate this robe- offering ceremony with profound
respect and devotion to the monks, who have just spent three months in the monastery
observing the Vassã (Khao Pansã in the Thai, Lao, and Cambodian languages) –the Rains
Retreat. In rural Thailand, everybody in a village will participate in the Kathina ceremony as
a community activity which may last anywhere from one day to as many as three days.

All Buddhist monks and fully ordained nuns in all parts of the world observe the Rains
Retreat during this period, though in certain countries the custom has been modified.
Buddhist monks in Thailand, Lao, Cambodia, Burma, and Sri Lanka however continue to
observe the Rains Retreat in the traditional Theravada way.

The author has proposed the idea to the American Buddhist Congress of shifting the
observance of the Rains Retreat to occur from December to March in North America. The
American Buddhist Congress has found the idea appealing, but such a change would require
approval by senior monks from the Thai Sangha.

Why have I proposed this idea? Because during this period North America experiences
heavy snow and bad winter weather which makes it very difficult for monks to travel and
perform their missionary duties of spreading the Dhamma to all living beings.

Among the Buddhist of Southeast Asia, there is a very grand festival at the end of the
observance of the Rains Retreat. People offer food to the monks in monasteries and
prepare the special yellow robes that are offered to the Sangha.

This special offering is called the Kathina Offering Ceremony. It is done only during the
period of time starting from the end of Rains Retreat to the first day of the waning moon
of the 12th Lunar Month, as previously mentioned.

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Benefits of Kathina Offering:
1. Monks who receive the offerings and the members of the Sangha, can go from places to
place for their Dhamma works and meditation practice without needing to inform any monk
in the monastery.

2. Monks do not need to carry a complete set of robes when they go anywhere to carry out
their religious duties.

3. Monks can have their breakfast and lunch in different places offered by different
donors without breaking their monastic rules (Vinaya).

4. They can keep other robes according to their wishes for more than ten days without
breaking monastic rules.

5. The robes offered to them by donors are suitable and good for them, so they can extend
their time to search for another set of robes for four months through out fall and winter.

6. The Buddhist followers support and help the monks to maintain the Buddhist teachings
and tradition for world peace.

7. Those who support the Monks and the Sangha are always happy, joyful, and wealthy.

8. They promote Buddhist Teachings in Western society where people are Seeking Spiritual
food for their hearts, and need spiritual and moral training.

9. The Monks have no worry about searching for cloth to make their robes, and in this way
they have more time to concentrate on their Dhamma study and meditation practice, and
can serve more people in their communities.

10. The donors cultivate generosity, perform charity, and exhibit selflessness.

11. The donors follow the noble way of life and maintain a humane society on this
planet. They are the source of peace and happiness for the world.

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Where is Kathina Ceremony observed?
The Kathina ceremony is observed by Buddhist people in all parts of the world, not only in
the Asian countries, but also in European countries such as the United States of America,
Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.

Change:
According to Buddhist tradition, the robes prepared on this occasion were usually offered
to the Monks who had old and torn robes which were insufficient to protect themselves.

The robes were made by the "Sangha", under the idea of coordination collaboration,
harmony, and participation in religious and monastic service.

The process of making the robes was completed in one day, beginning with making the cloth,
cutting, sewing, washing, coloring, drying, and organizing it into a set of three. Then, with
agreement of the Sangha, the robes were offered to the monks through the ceremony. The
Kathina Ceremony therefore is a community activity that needs to be performed in a
harmonious way.

This is the Buddha’s idea of collaboration and harmony, of care and the loving way of the
compassionate heart for community and social development and for human society as a
whole. Buddha Vihara, the Midwest Buddhist Meditation Center as a new community needs
coordination, collaboration and harmony, (Sukha Sanghassa Samaghi Samaghanang Tapo
Sukho. Harmonious activity of the community is the source of happiness).

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More on Generosity (Dana) = The 1st mental perfection:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Glad_Giving.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/K ... remony.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... /daana.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Openh ... rosity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Ge ... lation.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Classic is the Buddhist Kathina Ceremony!

What is the Kathina Ceremony and its meaning?
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/K ... remony.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Crucial is Elimination of all Anger!

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Friends:

The Crucial Elimination of Anger:

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FEVER BURNING
Those absorbed in such accusations as:
"He/she/they abused, hurt, did me or us wrong "
whether right or wrong!, such foolish ones only prolong own pain
by being obsessed and thus possessed by their own anger.
However!
Those freed of all these accusations:
"He/she/they abused, hurt, did me or us wrong "
just plainly noting: "Whether right or wrong, so what!"
such clever ones stop own pain by relinquishing all anger.
Dhammapada 3+4

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FUEL ON FIRE?
Not by anger is Hate ever quenched.
Only by Kindness is Hate always quenched.
This Ancient Law is an eternal & absolute Truth ... !
Dhammapada 5

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Comments:
What good does any accusation, whether right or wrong, do to anybody?
Nothing! On the contrary: It scorches mind from inside, inflames ill-will,
and infects all with hot-headed hate! In short: The way to the Downfall!

Hate brings great misfortune..
Hate churns up and harms the mind!
This fearful danger deep within own mind
most beings do not understand at all..
Itivuttaka 84

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The Elimination of Anger:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Slaying_Anger.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/bps/ ... bl068.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Bo ... _burnt.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/A ... _Anger.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Ho ... e_Hate.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Su ... tation.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/An ... tation.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Ho ... tation.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Ho ... ulness.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Furious inner Danger...

Crucial is Elimination of all Anger!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_E ... _Anger.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Far-Reaching Fruition!

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Friends:

Sweet is the Fruits of the Advantageous:

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Once in Savatthi the Blessed Buddha said this:
Bhikkhus, these four things when developed, cultivated and refined lead:
to the Noble Fruit of Stream-Entry (Sotapatti-phala)...
to the Noble Fruit of Once-Return (Sakadagami-phala)...
to the Noble Fruit of Non-Return (Anagami-phala)...
to the Noble Fruit of Arahat-ship (Arahatta-phala)...
to absolutely True Understanding...
to comprehensive Understanding...
to expanding Understanding...
to extensive Understanding...
to elevated Understanding...
to deep Understanding...
to wide Understanding...
to vast Understanding...
to rich Understanding...
to quick Understanding...
to joyous Understanding...
to buoyant Understanding...
to sweeping Understanding...
to unequalled Understanding...
to razor-sharp Understanding...
to profound penetrating Wisdom...
to incisive transcendent Breakthrough!
What four?
1: Friendship with excellent persons,
2: Learning the true Dhamma,
3: Careful and rational attention,
4: Praxis in accordance with the Dhamma.

These and the 4 factors of Stream-Entry lead to this pervasive fruition!

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More on this long-term destiny assuring Stream Entry:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/No_Fear.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_6_Keys.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4_Doors.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Internal_Bath.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Divine_Tracks.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_to_Enter.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Going_Upwards.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Stream-Enterer.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/St ... trance.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/St ... _Tools.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/As ... nation.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Im ... ration.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Fruit ... le_Way.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Li ... _Entry.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/He ... _Entry.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Enter ... upreme.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. [V:411-13]
section 55: Sotapattisamyutta. Thread 55-74: The Fruits...

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The 7 Fruits!

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The 7 Fruits of the 7 Links to Awakening!

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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, when the 7 Links to Awakening have been developed, completed
and refined, the winning of the seven fruits is indeed to be expected.
What are the benefits of these 7 fruits?

They are, either:
1: One attains final knowledge early in this very life. Or:
2: One attains final knowledge at the moment of death. Or:
Having destroyed the five lower chains and spontaneously re-arisen;
3: One attains Nibbana in the first half of the life as a divine brahma. Or:
4: One attains Nibbana in the second half of the life in these pure abodes. Or:
5: One attains Nibbana as a Noble non-returner without effort. Or:
6: One attains Nibbana as a Noble non-returner with some effort. Or:
7: One is bound upstream, surely heading towards the highest Akanittha realm.
When, bhikkhus, these Seven Links to Awakening have been thoroughly developed
and cultivated exactly in this way, these seven fruits & benefits may be expected....

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On the 7 Links to Awakening (Sambojjhanga):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Sun.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Peak.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Clothes.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/R ... rgence.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/S ... _Seven.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/V ... ration.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/T ... Fruits.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/U ... _Seven.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/W ... mes_14.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_7 ... kening.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/L ... enment.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/T ... kening.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/T ... Vision.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/T ... kening.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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On the 31 Planes of Existence:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... /loka.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Source (edited extract):

The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V:69-70] section 46: The Links.

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The 7 Fruits!

Winning a Transcendental Victory...
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Mutual Joy Causes Contentment!

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How to train Rejoicing Joy in others Success?

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When sitting alone, in silence, each early morning, with closed eyes one wishes:
May I radiate and meet only never-ending and mutually rejoicing joy!
May I & all the various beings on the 31 levels of existence develop and find
only celebration and elation in a never-ending mutually rejoicing joy!
May I & all beings on the sense-desire, fine-material, and the formless plane
develop and encounter this generous, infinite and mutually rejoicing joy!
May I & all beings in the front, to the right, the back, the left, and below as
above, develop and experience openhearted, sharing, & mutually rejoicing joy!
May I and all beings within this city, country, planet and universe always:
Be fully aware and deeply mindful of this content and mutually rejoicing joy!
Examine all details & aspects of this satisfied and mutually rejoicing joy!
Put enthusiastic effort in our praxis of this devoted mutually rejoicing joy!
Enjoy enraptured jubilant gladness in this exulting mutually rejoicing joy!
Be silenced by the tranquillity of quiet and all smiling mutually rejoicing joy!
Be concentrated & absorbed into one-pointedness by genuine rejoicing joy!
Dwell in an imperturbable equanimity of pure and mutually rejoicing joy...
Yeah! May it be even so, since mutual joy causes the jewel of contentment!

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Comment: Mutual Joy is the 3rd infinite mental state (Appamañña):
This gradually reduces all envy, jealousy, possessiveness, stinginess, avarice
miserliness, green covetousness and unhappiness related with all these states.
The cause of Mutual Joy in rejoicing in your child's or boon companion's success.
This same joy can then be beamed towards all liked, neutral and hostile beings.
Mutual Joy is then the proximate cause of satisfied and fulfilled Contentment...
Lack of mutual joy is thus the proximate cause of dissatisfied discontentment...
Joined with the 7 links to Awakening it will later cause a formless jhana...
Be happy at all and especially other being's success! Then calm comfort grows!

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More on Mutual Joy (Mudita):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Rejoicing_Joy.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Safe_Medicine.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Rejoi ... Mudita.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/I ... usness.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Rejoicing Joy!
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The 4 x Good!

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The 4 Hard-core-real Lasting Advantages:

A deity once asked the Buddha
What is good even when one is old?
What is good when established?
What is human's most precious treasure?
What is hard for thieves to steal?

The blessed Buddha answered:

1: Morality is good even when one is old!

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2: Faith is good when firmly established!

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3: Understanding is human's most precious treasure!

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4: Merit well earned is hard for thieves to steal!

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More on these 4 Everlasting Advantages:
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Might ... rality.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/III/Faith_Summary.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Under ... _Chief.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... /punna.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Source: Samyutta Nikaya I 36

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The 4 x Good!

Morality, Faith, Understanding, and Merit....
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The Heap of Good!

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How does one Accumulate a Heap of Advantage?

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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, if one should call anything a heap of the Disadvantage, then
it is these five hindrances, that one could rightly call this. For these are
verily only one heap of evil Disadvantage, these five mental hindrances...
What five?

1: The Mental Hindrance of Desire for Sensing...
2: The Mental Hindrance of Aversion & Ill-Will...
3: The Mental Hindrance of Lethargy & Laziness…
4: The Mental Hindrance of Restlessness & Regret…
5: The Mental Hindrance of Doubt & Uncertainty…


If one were to call anything a mass of the Disadvantage, then it is about
those five hindrances, that one could rightly say this. Since indeed are
these five mental hindrances an immense stockpile of damage and loss!!!

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However:
If, Bhikkhus, one were to call anything a heap of Advantage, then it is
these Four Foundations of Awareness, that one could rightly call this.
For these are verily a perfect accumulation of sole Advantage, that is,
these Four Foundations of Awareness... What four?

1: Awareness of the Body merely as a transient & compounded form..
2: Awareness of Feeling just as a passing reactive sensation.
3: Awareness of Mind only as a group of habitual & temporary moods..
4: Awareness of Phenomena simply as momentary mental states..


If, Bhikkhus, one were to call anything an Accumulation of Advantage,
then it is these Four Foundations of Awareness, that one could rightly
call this. For these are verily a pure & massive abundance of Advantage,
that is, these Four Foundations of Awareness... !!!

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On the 4 Foundations of Awareness (Sati):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Causes_of_sati.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/A ... s_Sati.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Clear ... ension.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/What_ ... reness.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/Man ... Manual.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

On the 5 Mental Hindrances (Nivarana):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Th ... rances.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Co ... _Muddy.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Bo ... _burnt.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Le ... ziness.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Re ... Regret.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Do ... tainty.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Source of reference (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya.
Book [V: 146] 47 The Foundations of Awareness: 5 Heap of Good...

The Heap of Good!

A perfect accumulation of pure Advantage!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/A ... antage.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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The Blind Turtle...

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Precious yet often wasted is this Dhamma Opportunity!

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The Blessed Gotama Buddha once explained:
Bhikkhus & friends, imagine a single floating ring drifting in the great oceans!
The Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern winds drive it here and there...
Imagine also a blind turtle, which surfaces only once every hundred years...
What do you think, Bhikkhus, would that blind turtle by chance often dive
right up under this randomly drifting single ring & insert its neck in the hole?
If it ever would at all, Sir, it would only happen by an exceedingly rare chance!
Similarly, Bhikkhus it is by an exceedingly rare chance that one becomes human;
it is by an extraordinarily rare chance that a Well-Come-&-Gone-One, an Arahat,
a Perfectly Self-Enlightened Buddha arises in this world; and it is thus also by
an exceptionally rare chance that the Dhamma and Discipline explained by this
Tathagata shines forth in this world and saves it from Barbarism.
Bhikkhus: You have now gained that precious & rare human state, a Tathagata,
an Arahat, a Perfectly Self-Enlightened Buddha has arisen in the world, & the
Dhamma and Discipline proclaimed by the Tathagata shines out in this world...
Therefore, Bhikkhus & friends, an exertion should be made Now to understand:
All This is Suffering; This Greedy Craving is the sole Cause of all Suffering;
No Craving is the End of Suffering; The Noble 8-fold Way Ends all Suffering,
Therefore should effort to fathom these 4 Noble Truths be made NOW!

Comment:
It is now or never. May a sense of urgency save many from the ruin of neglect!

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Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. [V:456-7]
section 56: Saccasamyutta. Thread 48: The Ring and Blind Turtle 2 ...

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The Blind Turtle...

Precious yet often wasted is this human Opportunity!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/By_Chance.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Cut down by Name and Fame!

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Sliced by Praise, Fame, Name, Gain and Honour:

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At Savatthi the blessed Buddha said: Friends, horrible are gain, honour,
fame, name and praise! As if they cut through the outer skin, then through
the inner skin, then through the flesh, then through the sinews, then right
through to the bone! Having cut through the bone, they reach the marrow
itself. So terrible indeed friends, are gain, honour, fame, name and praise...
They are as if splattering pig bile over a mad dogs nose, bitter, vile, wicked,
tricky, obstructive to achieving this incomparable security from domination!
Friends, I have known of a certain person here whose mind I penetrated with
my own mind and have thereby realized: This venerable one would not tell a
deliberate lie even for the sake of his own life! Yet, sometime later, I see him
telling a deliberate lie, because his mind was overwhelmed & obsessed by gain,
honour, fame, name & praise... So destructive, friends, are gain, honour, fame,
name and praise, so bitter, so vile and blocking any achievement of matchless
security from bondage. Therefore, friends, you should train yourselves thus:
"We will leave behind any arisen gain, honour, fame, name & praise and we will
not let the arisen gain, honour, fame, name and praise remain obsessing or
consuming our minds Thus should you train yourselves...!!!"

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Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya II 238
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http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sa ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Cut down by Name and Fame!
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Serene is Equanimity!

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Equanimity of the Mind, Serenity & Beyond!

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The Blessed Buddha once explained:
And what, Bhikkhus, is then this simple indifference of the flesh?
There are these five strings of sense-pleasure. What five?
Visible forms experienceable by the eye ...
Hearable sounds experienceable by the ear ...
Smellable odours experienceable by the nose ...
Tastable flavours experienceable by the tongue ...
Touchable objects experienceable by the body ...
That all are attractive, captivating, desirable, irresistible, lovely, charming,
tempting, pleasing, sensually enticing, seductive, alluring, and tantalizing!
These are the 5 strings of sense-pleasure. The indifference that arises
from these 5 strings of sense-pleasure when bored, is simply indifference
of the flesh...

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And what, Bhikkhus, is the equanimity, which is not of this world?
With the leaving behind of both pleasure and pain, & with the prior fading
away of both joy & sorrow, one enters & dwells in the 4th jhana absorption,
which is an entirely stilled mental state of utter awareness, purified by
the equanimity of neither-pain-nor-pleasure. This is called the equanimity,
which is not of this world!

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Finally, what is serenity beyond the equanimity, which is not of this world?
When a bhikkhu, whose mental fermentations are eliminated, reviews his
calmed mind, which is liberated from all lust, freed from all hatred, and
released from uncertainty, then there arises a transcendental serenity...
This is the serenity beyond that equanimity, which is not of this world!

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More one the fine mental state of Equanimity (Upekkha):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Even_ ... nimity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Div ... reedom.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Ser ... nimity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/E ... nimity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Exq ... nimity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/F ... nimity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/E ... pekkha.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... ekkhaa.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Un ... nimity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_7 ... kening.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Im ... nimity.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPP ... ttataa.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book IV [235-7]
section 36:11 On Feeling: Vedana. Joys beyond this world ...
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sa ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Tranquillity is a prerequisite for Happiness!


Serene is Equanimity!
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Be Good!

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Regarding the Best Way to Be:

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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Sabbadanam dhammadanam jinati
sabbarasam dhammaraso jinati
sabbaratim dhammarati jinati
tanhakkhayo sabbadukkham jinati.


THE SUPREME GIFT
The gift of Dhamma surpasses all other gifts.
The taste of Truth excels every other taste.
The joy of Understanding exceeds any other joy.
The elimination of Craving overcomes, quenches &
triumphs over all pain, all sorrow, and all suffering ...
Dhammapada 354

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Be understanding to your perceived enemies.
Be loyal to all your good friends.
Be strong enough to face the changing world each day.
Be weak enough to know you cannot do everything alone.
Be generous to those who need your help.
Be frugal with that you need yourself.
Be wise enough to know, that you do not know everything.
Be foolish enough to believe in the unknown miracle.
Be willing to share your joys, resources and riches.
Be willing to share and bear the sorrows of others.
Be a leader, when you see the path others may have missed.
Be a follower, when you are shrouded by the mists of uncertainty.
Be the first to congratulate an opponent, who succeeds.
Be the last to criticize a colleague, who fails.
Be sure where your next step will fall, so that you will not tumble.
Be sure of your final destination, in case you are going the wrong way.
Be loving to those, who love you, and also towards those who don't...
Be friendly to those, who do not love you since then they may change.
Above all: Be AWARE!

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Be Good!

The Best Way to Be :-)
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