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Dependent Liberation
By Ajahn Brahmali
Dependent Liberation, as discussed by Ajahn Brahmali, is a framework that explains how the process of meditation, particularly the experience of different meditative states, is connected to the Buddhist concept of Dependent Origination. It highlights how suffering, or unsatisfactory experiences, can be a catalyst for liberation when understood through the lens of dependent arising.
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Dependent Liberation, as discussed by Ajahn Brahmali, is a framework that explains how the process of meditation, particularly the experience of different meditative states, is connected to the Buddhist concept of Dependent Origination. It highlights how suffering, or unsatisfactory experiences, can be a catalyst for liberation when understood through the lens of dependent arising.
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Dependent Liberation
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Dependent Liberation, as discussed by Ajahn Brahmali, is a framework that explains how the process of meditation, particularly the experience of different meditative states, is connected to the Buddhist concept of Dependent Origination. It highlights how suffering, or unsatisfactory experiences, can be a catalyst for liberation when understood through the lens of dependent arising.
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15. Hirãnisedho puriso
koci lokasmim vijjati
Yo nindam apabodhati
asso bhadro kasàm iva. 143.
16. Asso yathà bhadro kasàniviññho
âtàpino samvegino bhavàtha.
Saddhàya sãlena ca viriyena ca
samàdhinà dhammavinicchayena ca
Sampannavijjàcarauà patissatà
pahassatha dukkham idam anappakam. 144.
THE MODEST ARE RARE IN THIS WORLD
15. (Rarely) is found in this world anyone who, restrained by modesty, avoids reproach, as a thorough-bred horse (avoids) the whip. 25 143.
BE VIRTUOUS AND GET RID OF SUFFERING
16. Like a thorough-bred horse touched by the whip, even so be strenuous and zealous. By confidence, by virtue, by effort, by concentration, by investigation of the Truth, by being endowed with knowledge and conduct, 26 and by being mindful, get rid of this great suffering. 144.
Story
A poor youth, whose only possessions were his ragged garment and a potsherd, hung them on the branch of a tree and became a monk. Several times he disrobed and re-entered the Order. Finally he thought of the helpless state he would be in if he were to disrobe again. He meditated and attained Arahantship. Concerning his discontent and subsequent striving, the Buddha uttered these verses.
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koci lokasmim vijjati
Yo nindam apabodhati
asso bhadro kasàm iva. 143.
16. Asso yathà bhadro kasàniviññho
âtàpino samvegino bhavàtha.
Saddhàya sãlena ca viriyena ca
samàdhinà dhammavinicchayena ca
Sampannavijjàcarauà patissatà
pahassatha dukkham idam anappakam. 144.
THE MODEST ARE RARE IN THIS WORLD
15. (Rarely) is found in this world anyone who, restrained by modesty, avoids reproach, as a thorough-bred horse (avoids) the whip. 25 143.
BE VIRTUOUS AND GET RID OF SUFFERING
16. Like a thorough-bred horse touched by the whip, even so be strenuous and zealous. By confidence, by virtue, by effort, by concentration, by investigation of the Truth, by being endowed with knowledge and conduct, 26 and by being mindful, get rid of this great suffering. 144.
Story
A poor youth, whose only possessions were his ragged garment and a potsherd, hung them on the branch of a tree and became a monk. Several times he disrobed and re-entered the Order. Finally he thought of the helpless state he would be in if he were to disrobe again. He meditated and attained Arahantship. Concerning his discontent and subsequent striving, the Buddha uttered these verses.
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ANY of the formidable social and cultural problems we face today are rooted in the sharp schism that has divided Western civilization between science and religion, where science claims invincible knowledge based on the empirical investigation of the natural world, while religion can do little more than call for faith in supernatural creeds and obedience to codes of ethics that require restraint, self-discipline, and self-sacrifice. Since religion, as traditionally understood, often rests on little more than blithe promises and pompous threats, its appeals to our allegiance seldom win assent, while the ethical ideals it advocates stand hardly a fighting chance against the constant injunction—thrust upon us by TV, radio, and signboard—to enjoy life to the hilt while we can. As a result, a vast portion of humankind today has become alienated from religion as a meaningful guide to life, left with no alternative but to plunge headlong into the secular religion of consumerism and hedonism. Too often, those in the religious camp, sensing the threat secularism poses to their own security, feel driven toward an aggressive fundamentalism in a desperate bid to salvage traditional loyalties.
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Two Paths to Knowledge
By Bhikkhu Bodhi
ANY of the formidable social and cultural problems we face today are rooted in the sharp schism that has divided Western civilization between science and religion, where science claims invincible knowledge based on the empirical investigation of the natural world, while religion can do little more than call for faith in supernatural creeds and obedience to codes of ethics that require restraint, self-discipline, and self-sacrifice. Since religion, as traditionally understood, often rests on little more than blithe promises and pompous threats, its appeals to our allegiance seldom win assent, while the ethical ideals it advocates stand hardly a fighting chance against the constant injunction—thrust upon us by TV, radio, and signboard—to enjoy life to the hilt while we can. As a result, a vast portion of humankind today has become alienated from religion as a meaningful guide to life, left with no alternative but to plunge headlong into the secular religion of consumerism and hedonism. Too often, those in the religious camp, sensing the threat secularism poses to their own security, feel driven toward an aggressive fundamentalism in a desperate bid to salvage traditional loyalties.
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Caganussati
As long as he recollects his own generosity in its special qualities of freedom from stain by avarice, etc., then: “On that occasion his mind is not obsessed by greed, hate, or delusion; his mind being inspired by generosity”.
[...] jhana factors arise in a single conscious moment. But owing to the profundity of the generosity’s special qualities, or owing to his being occupied in recollecting the generosity’s special qualities, the jhana is only access & does not reach absorption. And that access jhana is known as “recollection of generosity” because it arises with the generosity’s special qualities as the means.
And when a bhikkhu is devoted to this recollection of generosity, he becomes ever more intent on generosity, his preference is for non-greed, he acts in conformity with loving-kindness, he is fearless. He has much happiness and gladness. And if he penetrates no higher, he is at least headed for a happy destiny.
Partial excerpts from the Visuddhimagga Chapter 7 : Six Recollections
As long as he recollects his own generosity in its special qualities of freedom from stain by avarice, etc., then: “On that occasion his mind is not obsessed by greed, hate, or delusion; his mind being inspired by generosity”.
[...] jhana factors arise in a single conscious moment. But owing to the profundity of the generosity’s special qualities, or owing to his being occupied in recollecting the generosity’s special qualities, the jhana is only access & does not reach absorption. And that access jhana is known as “recollection of generosity” because it arises with the generosity’s special qualities as the means.
And when a bhikkhu is devoted to this recollection of generosity, he becomes ever more intent on generosity, his preference is for non-greed, he acts in conformity with loving-kindness, he is fearless. He has much happiness and gladness. And if he penetrates no higher, he is at least headed for a happy destiny.
Partial excerpts from the Visuddhimagga Chapter 7 : Six Recollections
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17. Udakam hi nayanti nettikà
usukàrà namayanti tejanam
Dàrum namayanti tacchakà
attànam damayanti subbatà. 145.
THE GOOD CONTROL THEMSELVES
17. Irrigators lead the waters. Fletchers bend the shafts. Carpenters bend the wood. The virtuous control themselves. 27 145.
Story
A boy belonging to a respectful family entered the Order. While going on his alms round he noticed irrigators and carpenters controlling inanimate things. This induced him to think of the latent power of man. He meditated strenuously and attained Arahantship. Hearing of his realization, the Buddha commented on self-control.
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usukàrà namayanti tejanam
Dàrum namayanti tacchakà
attànam damayanti subbatà. 145.
THE GOOD CONTROL THEMSELVES
17. Irrigators lead the waters. Fletchers bend the shafts. Carpenters bend the wood. The virtuous control themselves. 27 145.
Story
A boy belonging to a respectful family entered the Order. While going on his alms round he noticed irrigators and carpenters controlling inanimate things. This induced him to think of the latent power of man. He meditated strenuously and attained Arahantship. Hearing of his realization, the Buddha commented on self-control.
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Chapter 11
Jarà Vagga
Old Age
(Text and Translation by Ven. Nàrada)
1. Ko nu hàso kimànando
niccam pajjalite sati
Andhakàrena onaddhà
padãpam na gavessatha 146.
SEEK THE LIGHT
1. What is laughter, what is joy, when the world is ever burning? 1 Shrouded by darkness, would you not seek the light? 146.
Story
Visàkhà, the chief lay benefactress of the Buddha, once visited Him, accompanied by some women who, without her knowledge, had become drunk. In their drunken state they discourteously danced and sang before the Buddha. By His psychic powers the Buddha created a darkness which brought them to their senses. The Buddha then uttered this verse.
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Jarà Vagga
Old Age
(Text and Translation by Ven. Nàrada)
1. Ko nu hàso kimànando
niccam pajjalite sati
Andhakàrena onaddhà
padãpam na gavessatha 146.
SEEK THE LIGHT
1. What is laughter, what is joy, when the world is ever burning? 1 Shrouded by darkness, would you not seek the light? 146.
Story
Visàkhà, the chief lay benefactress of the Buddha, once visited Him, accompanied by some women who, without her knowledge, had become drunk. In their drunken state they discourteously danced and sang before the Buddha. By His psychic powers the Buddha created a darkness which brought them to their senses. The Buddha then uttered this verse.
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2. Passa cittakatam bimbam
arukàyam samussitam
âturam bahusaïkappam
yassa natthi dhuvam ñhiti. 147.
FOUL IS THIS GAILY DECKED BODY
2. Behold this beautiful body, a mass of sores, a heaped-up (lump), diseased, much thought of, in which nothing lasts, nothing persists. 2 147.
Story
A young monk fell in love with Sirimà, a beautiful courtesan. Unexpectedly she died. Even when the King ordered the people to have a look at her corpse nobody cared to look at it. Showing the decaying and worm-infested body to the monks, the Buddha spoke on the loathsomeness of the body.
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arukàyam samussitam
âturam bahusaïkappam
yassa natthi dhuvam ñhiti. 147.
FOUL IS THIS GAILY DECKED BODY
2. Behold this beautiful body, a mass of sores, a heaped-up (lump), diseased, much thought of, in which nothing lasts, nothing persists. 2 147.
Story
A young monk fell in love with Sirimà, a beautiful courtesan. Unexpectedly she died. Even when the King ordered the people to have a look at her corpse nobody cared to look at it. Showing the decaying and worm-infested body to the monks, the Buddha spoke on the loathsomeness of the body.
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3. Parijiuuam idam rupam
roganiddham pabhaïguram
Bhijjati putisandeho
marauantam hi jãvitam. 148.
LIFE ENDS IN DEATH
3. Thoroughly worn out is this body, a nest of diseases, perishable. This putrid mass breaks up. Truly, life ends in death. 148.
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roganiddham pabhaïguram
Bhijjati putisandeho
marauantam hi jãvitam. 148.
LIFE ENDS IN DEATH
3. Thoroughly worn out is this body, a nest of diseases, perishable. This putrid mass breaks up. Truly, life ends in death. 148.
Story
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4. Yànimàni apatthàni
alàpun' eva sàrade
Kàpotakàni aññhãni
tàni disvàna kà rati 149.
WHAT DELIGHT IN SEEING WHITE BONES?
4. Like gourds cast away in autumn are these dove-hued bones. What pleasure is there in looking at them? 149.
Story
Many monks went to a cemetery to meditate. Lust arose in them while meditating on fresh corpses. Thereupon the Buddha uttered this verse in admonition.
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alàpun' eva sàrade
Kàpotakàni aññhãni
tàni disvàna kà rati 149.
WHAT DELIGHT IN SEEING WHITE BONES?
4. Like gourds cast away in autumn are these dove-hued bones. What pleasure is there in looking at them? 149.
Story
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Namakāra Gāthā
Araham Sammā-Sambuddho Bhagavā,
Buddham Bhagavantam abhivādemi.
Svākkhāto Bhagavatā Dhammo,
Dhammam namassāmi.
Supaṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-sangho,
Sangham namāmi.
The Blessed One is the Arahant, the Perfectly and Fully Awakened One;
I pay homage to the Buddha, the Blessed One.
The Dhamma is well-expounded by the Blessed One;
I pay homage to the Dhamma.
The Saṅgha of the Blessed One's disciples has practiced well;
I pay homage to the Saṅgha.
Araham Sammā-Sambuddho Bhagavā,
Buddham Bhagavantam abhivādemi.
Svākkhāto Bhagavatā Dhammo,
Dhammam namassāmi.
Supaṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-sangho,
Sangham namāmi.
The Blessed One is the Arahant, the Perfectly and Fully Awakened One;
I pay homage to the Buddha, the Blessed One.
The Dhamma is well-expounded by the Blessed One;
I pay homage to the Dhamma.
The Saṅgha of the Blessed One's disciples has practiced well;
I pay homage to the Saṅgha.
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The Buddha on Rebirth
By Bhante Shravasti Dhammika
The first Buddhists regarded life (jiva) as a process of consciousness moving through a succession of bodies, death being only a momentary event to this process. This phenomenon is sometimes called ‘moving from womb to womb’ (Sn.278) or more precisely, rebirth (punabbhava, D.II,15). Later Buddhist thinkers explained rebirth in complex and minute detail – death-proximate kamma (marana samma kamma), last though moment (cuti citta), relinking (patisandhi), the underlying stream of existence (bhavanga sota), etc. Interestingly, none of this was mentioned by the Buddha, much of it is not even to be found in the Abhidhamma Pitaka. It is the product of speculation dating from the early centuries CE onward. This is not to say that such concepts are valueless, but it is important to distinguish between early, late and very late Dhamma concepts.
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The Buddha on Rebirth
By Bhante Shravasti Dhammika
The first Buddhists regarded life (jiva) as a process of consciousness moving through a succession of bodies, death being only a momentary event to this process. This phenomenon is sometimes called ‘moving from womb to womb’ (Sn.278) or more precisely, rebirth (punabbhava, D.II,15). Later Buddhist thinkers explained rebirth in complex and minute detail – death-proximate kamma (marana samma kamma), last though moment (cuti citta), relinking (patisandhi), the underlying stream of existence (bhavanga sota), etc. Interestingly, none of this was mentioned by the Buddha, much of it is not even to be found in the Abhidhamma Pitaka. It is the product of speculation dating from the early centuries CE onward. This is not to say that such concepts are valueless, but it is important to distinguish between early, late and very late Dhamma concepts.
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