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In the Parābhava Sutta, a deity says:
"We have come to ask you, sir:
what leads to downfall?"

The Buddha replies:
"It’s easy to know success,
and downfall is just as easy.
One who loves the teaching succeeds,
but a hater of the teaching meets their downfall."
~Snp1.6 (1)

#Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

Sentient beings come together and converge because of an element:

the faithful with the faithful
the conscientious with the conscientious
the prudent with the prudent
the learned with the learned
the energetic with the energetic
the mindful with the mindful, and
the wise with the wise.
~SN14.17

#Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

The Pali word, dukkha, means ‘incapable of satisfying’ or ‘not able to bear or withstand anything’:

#Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta #suffering

... always changing, incapable of truly fulfilling us, or making us happy.
The sensual world is like that, a vibration in nature. It would, in fact, be terrible if we did find satisfaction in the sensory world because then we wouldn’t search beyond it; we’d just be bound to it.
However, as we awaken to this dukkha, we begin to find the way out so that we are no longer constantly trapped in sensory consciousness.
~Ajahn Sumedho

“Mendicants, if your clothes or head were on fire, what would you do about it?”

#Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta #mindfulness #equanimity #effort #perseverance

“Sir, if our clothes or head were on fire, we’d apply intense enthusiasm, effort, zeal, vigor, perseverance, mindfulness, and situational awareness in order to extinguish it.”
“Mendicants, regarding your burning head or clothes with equanimity, not paying attention to them, you should apply intense enthusiasm, effort, zeal, vigor, perseverance, mindfulness, and situational awareness to truly comprehending the four noble truths. What four?
The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.”
~SN56.34

In the Dutiyavagga, the Buddha says:

Mendicants, when an individual has wrong view, whatever bodily, verbal, or mental deeds they undertake in line with that view,...

#Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

... their intentions, aims, wishes, and choices all lead to what is unlikable, undesirable, disagreeable, harmful, and suffering. Why is that?
Because their view is bad.
Suppose a seed of neem, angled gourd, or bitter gourd was planted in moist earth. Whatever nutrients it takes up from the earth and water would lead to its bitter, acerbic, and unpleasant taste. Why is that?
Because the seed is bad.
In the same way, when an individual has wrong view, whatever bodily, verbal, or mental deeds, they undertake in line with that view, their intentions, aims, wishes, and choices all lead to what is unlikable, undesirable, disagreeable, harmful, and suffering. Why is that?
Because their view is bad.
~AN1.314

In the Viggāhikakathā Sutta, the Buddha teaches about the pointlessness of arguing.

"Mendicants, don’t get into arguments, such as: ‘You don’t understand this teaching and training. I understand this teaching and training...

#Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

... What, you understand this teaching and training? You’re practicing wrong. I’m practicing right. I stay on topic, you don’t. You said last what you should have said first. You said first what you should have said last. What you’ve thought so much about has been disproved. Your doctrine is refuted. Go on, save your doctrine! You’re trapped; get yourself out of this—if you can!’ Why is that?
Because those discussions aren’t beneficial or relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life. They don’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.
That’s why you should practice meditation to understand: ‘This is suffering’… ‘This is the origin of suffering’… ‘This is the cessation of suffering’… ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’."
~SN56.9

Unguarded in body,
ruined by wrong view,
overcome with dullness and drowsiness,
you fall under Māra’s sway.

#Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

That’s why you should guard the mind,
with right thoughts your pasture,
and right view at the fore.
Having understood rise and fall,
a mendicant who has
overcome dullness and drowsiness
would cast off all bad destinies.
~UD4.2

Mahānāma:
But how is a wise lay follower defined?

#Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

The Buddha:
It’s when a lay follower is wise. They have the wisdom of arising and passing away which is noble, penetrative, and leads to the complete ending of suffering.
Then they’re considered to be a wise lay follower.
~SN55.37

Mahānāma:
But how is a generous lay follower defined?

#Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

The Buddha:
It’s when a lay follower lives at home rid of the stain of stinginess, freely generous, open-handed, loving to let go, committed to charity, loving to give and to share.
Then they’re considered to be a generous lay follower.
~SN55.37

Mahānāma:
But how is a faithful lay follower defined?

#Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

The Buddha:
It’s when a lay follower has faith in the Realized One’s awakening: ‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those who wish to train, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’ Then they’re considered to be a faithful lay follower.
~SN55.37

"Therefore, Ānanda, dwell with yourself as your own island, with yourself as your own refuge, take no other refuge. Take the Dhamma as your island, take the Dhamma as your refuge, take no other refuge."

Mahāparinibbāna Sutta (DN 16)

#sutta #Suttas #suttaquote #Mahāparinibbāna #buddha #buddhism #buddhist #mindfulness #mindful #quotes #qotd #quoteoftheday

Dhammapalooza with Bhikkhu Jayasara has just started 🙏🏼💗

https://www.youtube.com/live/7rcERr09wik?feature=shared
#Dhamma #Buddhist #buddhism #meditation #sutta #chanting #BhikkhuJayasara #BhanteJ

I find this track very helpful - like a weighted blanked, except made of sound 🥰

'Itipi so' chant/mantra - pali buddhist chant + ambient

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AVHiM3CHFY #sutta #sutra #Buddhist #chant #Buddhism #chanting #neurodivergent #meditation #AmbientMusic #ADHD #ADHDer #actuallyADHD

Dhammapalooza with Bhante Jay https://www.youtube.com/live/YCjZovyv4RU?feature=share a community guided weekly Livestream event including chanting, sutta readings, Q&A, Dhamma talks, and guided meditations. #Buddhism #Buddhist #Theravada #sutta #meditation #Dhamma #DhammaTalk

Buddhist practice: Thus have I heard: 'The Four Noble Truths' An abridged version of the 'Saccavibhanga sutta'. http://ow.ly/uW9I30bmKLJ

#Saccavibhanga #Sutta #SaccavibhangaSutta #FourNobleTruths #Buddhism

#Buddhism #Sutta #Theravada #Samyutta #Silence #TheSoundsOfSilence

A philosophy professor I once had said that one of the worst things you could do to many people is to tie them down to a chair in a room with no stimulation.

People are afraid of being alone with their thoughts

Hence newspapers, televisions, radios, and the worst: mobile phones.

A minority of people relish silence

Of course the same person could relish silence at some times and not at others

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“In the still of high noon, when the birds have settled down, the formidable jungle whispers to itself: that seems so scary to me!”

“In the still of high noon, when the birds have settled down, the formidable jungle whispers to itself: that seems so delightful to me!”

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SN 1.15: Whispers
https://suttacentral.net/sn1.15/en/sujato

#Buddhism #Theravada #Samyutta #Sutta #Sutra #Anger

From
SN 7.3 Asundarika Sutta
https://suttafriends.org/sutta/sn7-3

“The fool thinks he has won,
when speaking with harsh words.
However, patience is the true victory,
for those who praise patience.

“When you get angry at an angry person,
you just make things worse for yourself.
When you don’t get angry at an angry person,
you win a battle hard to win.

“When you know that the other person is angry,
if you’re patient, mindful and calm,
then you act for the good of both
for yourself and the other person.

“People unfamiliar with the Buddha’s teachings
consider that the person who acts
for the good of both oneself and the other
to be a fool.”

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Mastery in our practice, MN 152- Dhammatalk with Ayya Phalanyani https://www.youtube.com/live/AiHXfA_3Q18?feature=share #Theravada #Buddhism #Buddhist #Sutta #Bhikkhuni #Dhamma #DhammaTalk

Potaliya Sutta MN 54 Talk with Ayya Phalanyani #DhammaTalk #Bhikkhuni #Dhamma #Sutta #Theravada #Buddhism
https://www.youtube.com/live/EmYXOkZgAKs?feature=share

Yesterday I gave a Dhamma Talk on AN 8.54 "Dīghajāṇu":
https://suttacentral.net/an8.54/en/sujato

It's a rare #sutta where the #Buddha gives what could be called "financial advice":

"...being neither too extravagant nor too frugal. ...'my income will exceed my expenditure, not the reverse'"

I also distinguished between "Cheap and Cheery" (the good kind of frugality), and what I call "Cheap and Cruel" (the stingy, or even deceptive kind). Similar concept: 差不多 ("almost", or half-assed quality).

#Buddhism #Dharma

#Sutta

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