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MN 56
MN 56 Upāli: (name of layperson)
1 - (Jain leader explains 3 types of action: bodily, verbal, mental)
1.1 – (3 types of action distinct from each other)
1.2 - (Jain leader says bodily action is most potent of 3, Buddha is incredulous)
2 – (Buddha explains his 3 types of action: bodily, verbal, mental)
2.1 – (3 types of action distinct from each other)
2.2 - (Buddha says mental action is most potent of 3)
3 – (Dīgha goes to Jain leader to report conversation, they all agree Buddha is wrong)
4 – (Upali intends to see Buddha and beat him in debate)
5 – (Digha tells Jain leader it’s a bad idea, Buddha is a formidable ‘magician’, can convert Upali )
5.1 – (Jain leader thinks Upali will convert Buddha!)
6 – (Upali goes to see Buddha and confirm what he said on his view of 3 actions with Digha)
6.1 – (Upali affirms Jain leader is right, Buddha is wrong)
6.2 – (Buddha establishes ground rules for fair debate)
6.11 – (Buddha’s example #1 showing Jain contradiction: dying and rebirth caused by mental action instead of physical one)
6.12 – (example #2: accidentally killing bugs, intentional makes it blameworthy)
6.13 – (example #3: evil yogi with psychic power can kill with mind/mano, without bodily karma)
6.14 – (example #4: wilderness of some areas had become that way because of evil mental actions of some hermits)
7 – (for the 4th time, Buddha points out Upali’s contradiction violates rules of fair debate)
7.1 – (Upali confesses to Buddha: “Sir, you had me at hello, with the first simile.”)
7.2 – (Upali coverts, takes refuge in Buddha)
7.3 – (Buddha advises Upali to consider carefully before converting)
7.4 – (Buddha advises Upali to continue offering support to Jains)
8 – (Buddha leads Upali to Dharma eye and stream entry with talk on gradual training)
8.1 – (Upali attains stream entry with a sufficient first jhāna, free of 5 hindrances, hearing and thinking while it happened)
9 – (Jains hear about Upali’s conversion and are shocked)
9.1 – (Jains not allowed on main property, relegated to visitor area)
9.2 – (Jain leader hears about that from Digha, then in denial about conversion)
9.3 – (Digha visits Upali to confirm)
9.4 – (Jain leader still in denial after Digha’s report, decides to visit Upali)
9.5 – (Upali makes Jains and Jain leader sit in a visitor area for meal, and Upali himself occupies high seat of honor)
9.6 – (Jain leader criticizes Upali for getting converted ‘by magic’, Upali says it would benefit whole world to get converted)
9.7 – (Upali makes simile Comparing Jain doctrine to monkey abuse)
9.20 – (Upali’s verse praising Buddha)
9.21 – (Jain leader, Nātaputta, spews hot blood)
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