heṭṭhā ... pādatalesu cakkāni jātāni, sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni...

Under the soles of His feet there are wheels, with a thousand rims and naves, complete in every way...


Thirty-two marks of a Great Man (mahā purisa lakkhaņa) in The Digha Nikaya, "Discourse of the Marks" (Pali: Lakkhaṇa Sutta) (DN 30)

There’s

no jhana

for one with

no discernment,

no discernment

for one with

no jhana.

But one with

both jhana

& discernment:

he’s on the verge

of Unbinding.

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Vayadhamma sankhara, Appamadena sampadetha

At one time the Buddha was staying between a pair of sal trees in the sal forest of the Mallas at Upavattana near Kusinārā at the time of his full extinguishment.

Then the Buddha said to the mendicants: “Come now, mendicants, I say to you all: ‘Conditions fall apart. Persist with diligence.’”

These were the Realized One’s last words.

SN 6.15: Parinibbānasutta

A monk with his mind at peace,

going into an empty dwelling,

clearly seeing the Dhamma aright:

his delight is more

than human.

However it is,

however it is he touches

the arising-&-passing of aggregates:

he gains rapture & joy:

that, for those who know it,

is deathless,

the Deathless.

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Anondha fish of the churning primordial ocean in Buddhist Cosmology, Sumeru Buddhist temple, Samut Prakan, Thailand.

Here the first things

for a discerning monk

are

guarding the senses,

contentment,

restraint in line with the Patimokkha.

He should associate with admirable friends.

Living purely, untiring,

hospitable by habit,

skilled in his conduct,

gaining a manifold joy,

he will put an end

to suffering & stress.

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Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan Buddhist temple, Thonburi, on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand.

Shed passion

& aversion, monks–

as a jasmine would,

its withered flowers.

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Calmed in body,

calmed in speech,

well-centered & calm,

having disgorged the baits of the world,

a monk is called

thoroughly

calmed.

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“Mendicants, brahmins and householders are very helpful to you, as they provide you with robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines. And you are very helpful to brahmins and householders, as you teach them the Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And you reveal a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure. That is how this spiritual path is lived supporting each other in order to cross over the flood and make a complete end of suffering.”

“The home-dweller and the mendicants, supporting each other, find success in the true teaching, the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.

The homeless receive requisites from the home-dwellers: robes and lodgings to shelter from harsh conditions.

Relying on the Holy One, home-loving layfolk place faith in the perfected ones, meditators of noble wisdom.

Having practiced the teaching here, the path that goes to a good place, they delight in the heavenly realm.”

Itivuttaka 107 : Bahukarasutta

You yourself

should reprove yourself,

should examine yourself.

As a self-guarded monk

with guarded self,

mindful, you dwell at ease.

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“Mendicants, there are eight causes and reasons that lead to acquiring the wisdom fundamental to the spiritual life, and to its increase, growth, and full development once it has been acquired. What eight?

5. They’re very learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, reinforcing them by recitation, mentally scrutinizing them, and comprehending them theoretically. This is the fifth cause.


8. They meditate observing rise and fall in the five grasping aggregates. ‘Such is form [feeling, perception, choices, consciousness] such is the origin of form [feeling, perception, choices, consciousness], such is the ending of form [feeling, perception, choices, consciousness]. This is the eighth cause.

Partial excerpts from AN 8.2 Paññāsutta: Wisdom

Your own self is

your own mainstay.

Your own self is

your own guide.

Therefore you should

watch over yourself–

as a trader, a fine steed.

380
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Vayadhamma sankhara, Appamadena sampadetha

At one time the Buddha was staying between a pair of sal trees in the sal forest of the Mallas at Upavattana near Kusinārā at the time of his full extinguishment.

Then the Buddha said to the mendicants: “Come now, mendicants, I say to you all: ‘Conditions fall apart. Persist with diligence.’”

These were the Buddha’s last words.

When the Buddha was fully quenched, along with the full extinguishment, the divinity Sahampati recited this verse:

“All creatures in this world must lay down this bag of bones. For even a Teacher such as this, unrivaled in the world, the Realized One, attained to power, the Buddha was fully quenched.”

Ven. Anuruddha recited this verse:

“There was no more breathing for the unaffected one of steady heart. Imperturbable, committed to peace, the Clear-eyed One was fully quenched.

He put up with painful feelings without flinching. The liberation of his heart was like the extinguishing of a lamp.”

SN 6.15: Parinibbānasutta

A monk with a manifold joy,

with faith in the Awakened One’s teaching,

would attain the good state,

the peaceful state:

stilling-of-fabrications ease.

381*
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A young monk who strives

in the Awakened One’s teaching,

brightens the world

like the moon set free from a cloud.

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Having striven, brahman,

cut the stream.

Expel sensual passions.

Knowing the ending of fabrications,

brahman,

you know the Unmade.

383*
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