XVII Qualities Engendering confidence XVIII Finger Snap XIX Mindfulness directed to the body XX The Deathless
XVII Qualities Engendering Confidence: Pasadakaradhamma Vagga
AN 1.378- 393
"Bhikkhus, this is certainly a type of gain, namely, (378) being a forest-dweller, (379) being one w ho lives on food acquired on alms round, (380) being a wearer of rag robes, (381) having just three robes, (382) being a speaker on the Dhamma, (383) being an upholder of the discipline, (384) great learning, (385) longstanding, (386) having proper deportment, (387) the acquisition of a retinue, (388) having a large retinue, (389) coming from a good family, (390) being handsome, (391) being an excellent speaker, (392) having few desires, (393) having good health."
XVIII Finger Snap: AN 1.394-574 Aparaaccharasanghata Vagga
AN 1.394 "Bhikkhus, if for just the time of a finger snap a bhikkhu develops the first jhana, he is called a bhikkhu who is not devoid of jhana, who acts upon the teaching of the Teacher, who responds to his advice, and who does not eat the country's alms food in vain. How much,more, then, those who cultivate it!"
AN 1.395 -401
"Bhikkhus, if for just the time of a finger snap a bhikkhu develops (395) the second jhana ... (396) the third jhana... (397) the fourth jhana .. . (398) the liberation of the mind by loving kindness ... (399) the liberation of the mind by compassion... (400) the liberation of the mind by altruistic joy ... (401) the liberation of the mind by equanimity , he is called a bhikkhu who is not devoid of jhana, who acts upon the teaching of the Teacher, who responds to his advice, and who does not eat the country's alms food in vain. How much more, then, those who cultivate it!"
AN 1.402 -405
(402) dwells contemplating the body in the body, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having removed longing and dejection in regard to the world . . . (403) dwells contemplating feelings in feelings. .... (404) dwells contemplating mind in mind ... (405) dwells contemplating phenomena in phenomena, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having removed longing and dejection in regard to the world ..
AN 1.406 - 409 (4 0 6 ) "....generates desire for the non-arising of un-arisen bad unwholesome qualities; makes an effort, arouses energy , applies his mind, and strives ....." (407) generates desire for the abandoning of arisen bad unwholesome qualities; makes an effort, arouses energy , applies his mind, and strives. . . (408) generates desire for the arising of unarisen wholesome qualities; makes an effort, arouses energy, applies his mind, and strives... (409) generates desire for the maintenance of arisen wholesome qualities, for their non-decline, increase, expansion, and fulfillment by development; makes an effort, arouses energy, applies his mind , and strives..."
AN 1.410 -413
(410) develops the basis for psychic potency that possesses concentration due to desire and activities of striving.. . (411 ) develops the basis for psychic potency that possesses concentration due to energy and activities of striving... (412) develops the basis for psychic potency that possesses concentration due to mind and activities of striving ... (413) develops the basis for psychic potency that possesses concentration due to investigation and activities of striving . . . ”
AN 1.414 -423
( 414 ) develops the faculty of faith ... (415) develops the faculty of energy . . . (416) develops the faculty of mindfulness.. . (417) develops the faculty of concentration ... (418) develops the faculty of wisdom ... (419) develops the power of faith ... (420) develops the power of energy ... (421) develops the power of mindfulness.. ... (422) develops the power of concentration ... (423) develops the power of wisdom .. ."
AN 1.424 -430
(424) develops the enlightenment factor of mindfulness ... (425) develops the enlightenment factor of discrimination o f phenomena . . . (426) develops the enlightenment factor of energy ... (427) develops the enlightenment factor of rapture . . . (428) develops the enlightenment factor of tranquility. .. (429) develop s the enlightenment factor of concentration . . . (430) develops the enlightenment factor of equanimity ..
AN 1.431-438 (431) develops right view . . . (432) develops right intention ... (433) develops right speech . . . (434) develops right action ... (435) develops right livelihood... (436) develops right effort... (437) develop s right mindfulness.. . (438) develops right concentration ..
AN 1.439 -446 "...(439 ) percipient of forms internally, sees forms externally, limited, beautiful or ugly, and having overcome them, is percipient thus; know , I see '... (440) percipient of forms internally, sees forms externally, measureless, beautiful or ugly, and having overcome them , is percipient thus: 'I know, I see '... (441) not percipient of forms internally, sees forms externally, limited, beautiful or ugly, an d having overcome them , is percipient thus: 'I know, I see' ..... (442) not percipient of forms internally,sees forms externally, m easureless, beautiful or ugly, and having overcome them , is percipient thus: 'I know, I s e e '... (443) not percipient of forms internally, sees forms externally, blue ones, blue in color, with a blue hue, with a blue tint, and having overcome them , he is percipient thus: 'I know, I see '.. . (444) not percipient of forms internally, sees forms externally, yellow ones, yellow in color, with a yellow hue, with a yellow tint, and having overcome them , he is percipient thus: 'I know , I see'... (445) not percipient of forms internally, sees forms externally, red ones, red in color, with a red hue, with a red tint, and having overcome them , he is percipient thus: 'I know , I see '... (446) not percipient of forms internally, sees forms externally, white ones, white in color, with a white hue, with a white tint, and having overcome them , he is percipient thus: 'I know , I see ... "
AN 1. 447—454
(447) possessing form sees forms... (448) not percipient of forms internally sees forms externally.... (449) is focused only on 'beautiful'... (450) with the complete surmounting of perceptions of forms, with the passing away of perceptions of sensory impingement, with non -attention to perceptions of diversity, [perceiving] 'space is infinite,' enters and dwells in the base of the infinity of space . . (451) by completely surmounting the base of the infinity of space, [perceiving] 'consciousness is infinite,' enters and dwells in the base of the infinity of consciousness.. . (452) by completely surmounting the base of the infinity of consciousness, [perceiving] 'there is nothing,' enters and dwells in the base of nothingness... (453) by completely surmounting the base of nothingness, enters and d wells in the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception... (454) by completely surmounting the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, he enters and dwells in the cessation of perception and feeling..."
AN 1.455—464
(455) develops the earth kasina. . . (456) develops the water kasina... (457) develops the fire kasina... (458) develops the air kasina... (459) develops the blue kasina... (460) develops the yellow kasina... (461) develops the red kasina . ... (462) develops the white kasina . .. (463) develops the space kasina... (464) develops the consciousness kasina..."
AN 1.465—474
" . . . (465) develops the perception of unattractiveness ... (466) develops the perception of death ... (467) develops the perception of the repulsiveness of food ... (468) develops the perception of non-delight in the entire world . „. (469) develops the perception of impermanence... (470) develops the perception of suffering in the impermanent... (471) develops the perception of non-self in what is suffering .. . (472) develops the perception of abandoning ..... (473) develops the perception of dispassion . . . (474) develops the perception of cessation ....
AN 1.475 -484
... (475) develops the perception of impermanence . . . (476) develops the perception of non - self (477) develops the perception of death .. . (478) develops the perception of the repulsiveness of food ... (479) develops the perception of non-delight in the entire world ... (480) develops the perception of a skeleton ... (481) develops the perception of a worm -infested corpse . .. (482) develops the perception of a livid corpse ... (483) develops the perception of a fissured corpse ... (484) develops the perception of a bloated corpse ..
AN 1.485 -494
" ,.. (485) develops recollection of the Buddha .. .. (486) develops recollection of the Dhamma... (487) develops recollection of the Sangha ... (488) develops recollection of virtuous behavior. .. (489 ) develops recollection of generosity ... (490) develops recollection of the deities. . . (491) develops mindfulness of breathing .. . (492) develops mindfulness of death .. . (493) develops mindfulness directed to the body .. . (494) develops recollection of peace ..."
AN 1.495 -534 “.. . (495) develops the faculty of faith accompanied by the first jhana . . . (496) develops the faculty of energy . . . (497) develops the faculty of mindfulness... (498) develops the faculty of concentration ... (499)'develops the faculty of wisdom ... (500) develops the power of faith ... (501 ) develops the power of energy . . . (502) develops the power of mindfulness.. . (503) develops the power of concentration . . . (504) develops the power of wisdom accompanied by the first jhana ..." " . . . (505)-(514) develops the faculty of faith ... the power of wisdom accompanied by the second jhana ... (515)—(524) develops the faculty of faith ... the power of wisdom accompanied by the third jhana... (525)—(534) develops the faculty of faith ... the power of wisdom accompanied by the fourth jhana .. ."
AN 1.535-574
.. (535) develops the faculty of faith accompanied by loving kindness ... (536) develops the faculty of energy . .. (537) develops the faculty of mindfulness... (538) develops the faculty of concentration ... (539) develops the faculty of wisdom ... (540) develops the power of faith ... (541) develops the power of energy .. . (542) develops the power of mindfulness.. . (543) develops the power of concentration . . . (544) develops the power of wisdom accompanied by loving -kindness. .." " . . . (545)—(554) develops the faculty of faith ... (develops the power of wisdom accompanied by compassion ... (555)—(564) develops the faculty of faith ... the power of wisdom accompanied by altruistic joy ... (565) —(574) develops the faculty of faith .. . the power of wisdom accompanied by equanimity... he is called a bhikkhu who is not devoid of jhana, who acts upon the teaching of the Teacher, who responds to his advice, and who does not eat the country's alms food in vain. How much more, then, those who cultivate it!"
XIX Mindfulness Directed to the Body : AN 1.575-615 Kayagatasati Vagga
AN 1.575
"Bhikkhus, even as one who encompasses with his mind the great ocean includes thereby all the streams that run into the ocean, just so, whoever develops and cultivates mindfulness directed to the body includes all wholesome qualities that pertain to true know ledge."
AN 1.576—582
"Bhikkhus, one thing, when developed and cultivated, (576) leads to a strong sense of urgency . . (577) leads to great good (578) leads to great security from bondage ... (579) leads to mindfulness and clear comprehension ... (580) leads to the attainment of knowledge and vision ... (581) leads to a pleasant dwelling in this very life... (582) leads to realization of the fruit of knowledge and liberation. What is that one thing? Mindfulness directed to the body. This is the one thing that, when developed and cultivated, leads to realization of the fruit of know ledge and liberation."
AN 1.583
Bhikkhus, when one thing is developed and cultivated, the body becomes tranquil, the mind becomes tranquil, thought and examination subside, and all wholesome qualities that pertain to true know ledge reach fulfillment by development. What is that one thing? Mindfulness directed to the body. When this one thing is developed and cultivated , the body becomes tranquil. . . and all wholesome qualities that pertain to true knowledge reach fulfillment by development.
AN 1.584
"Bhikkhus, when one thing is developed and cultivated, unarisen unwholesome qualities do not arise and arisen unwholesome qualities are abandoned. What is that one thing? Mindfulness directed to the body. When this one thing is developed and cultivated, unarisen unwholesome qualities do not arise and arisen unwholesome qualities are abandoned ."
AN 1.585
"Bhikkhus, when one thing is developed and cultivated, unarisen wholesome qualities arise and arisen wholesome qualities increase and expand. What is that one thing? Mindfulness directed to the body. When this one thing is developed and cultivated, unarisen wholesome qualities arise and arisen wholesome qualities increase and expand."
AN 1.586—590
"Bhikkhus, when one thing is developed and cultivated, (586) ignorance is abandoned... (587) true knowledge arises... (588) the conceit 'I am ' is abandoned ... (589) the underlying tendencies are uprooted ... (590) the fetters are abandoned. What is that one thing? Mindfulness directed to the body. When this one thing is developed and cultivated , ignorance is abandoned .. . true knowledge arises.. . the conceit "I am ' is abandoned ... the underlying tendencies are uprooted ... the fetters are abandoned."
AN 1.591 -592
"Bhikkhus, one thing, when developed and cultivated, (591) leads to differentiation by wisdom . . . (592) leads to nibbana through non-clinging. What is that one thing? Mindfulness directed to the body. This is the one thing that, when developed and cultivated, leads to differentiation by wisdom ... leads to nibbana through non-clinging."
AN 1.593 -595
"Bhikkhus, when one thing is developed and cultivated, penetration of numerous elements occurs (594) penetration of the diversity of elements occurs . . . (595) analytical know ledge of numerous elements occurs. What is that one thing? . It is mindfulness directed to the body. When this one thing is developed and cultivated, penetration of the various elements occurs ... penetration of the diversity of elements occurs... analytical know ledge of the various elements occurs."
AN 1.596—599
"Bhikkhus, one thing, when developed and cultivated, leads (596) to realization of the fruit of stream -entry ... (597) to realization of the fruit of once-returning ... (598) to realization of the fruit of non-returning (599) to realization of the fruit of arahantship. What is that one thing? It is mindfulness directed to the body. This is the one thing that, w h en developed and cultivated, leads to realization of the fruit of stream -entry ... to realization of the fruit of once-returning ... to realization of the fruit of non-returning... to realization of the fruit of arahantship."
AN 1.600—615
"Bhikkhus, one thing, when developed and cultivated, leads (600) to the obtaining of wisdom ! .. (601) to the growth of wisdom ... (602) to the expansion of wisdom .. . (603) to greatness of wisdom . .. (604) to diversity of wisdom ... (605) to vastness of wisdom .. . (606) to depth of wisdom . . . (607) to a state of unsurpassed wisdom ... (608) to breadth of wisdom ... (609) to abundance of wisdom .. . (610) to rapidity of wisdom ... (611) to buoyancy of Wisdom .. . (612) to joyousness of wisdom ... (613) to swiftness of wisdom .. . (614) to keenness of wisdom ... (615) to penetrativeness of wisdom What is that one thing? Mindfulness directed to the body. This is the one thing that, w hen developed and cultivated , leads to penetrativeness of w isdom ." .
XX The Deathless AN 1.616-627: Amata Vagga
AN 1.616 "Bhikkhus, they do not partake of the deathless who do not partake of mindfulness directed to the body. They partake of the deathless who partake of mindfulness directed to the body."
AN 1.617 "Bhikkhus, the deathless has not been partaken of by those who have not partaken of mindfulness directed to the body. The deathless has been partaken of by those who have partaken of mindfulness directed to the body ."
AN 1.618 "Bhikkhus, they have fallen away from the deathless who have fallen away from mindfulness directed to the body. They have not fallen away from the deathless who have not fallen away from mindfulness directed to the body ."
AN 1.619
"Bhikkhus, they have neglected the deathless who have neglected mindfulness directed to the body. They have undertaken the deathless who have undertaken mindfulness directed to the body ." AN 1.620 "Bhikkhus, they are heedless about the deathless who are heedless about mindfulness directed to the body. They are not heedless about the deathless who are not heedless about mindfulness directed to the body ." AN 1.621
"Bhikkhus, they have forgotten the deathless who have forgotten mindfulness directed to the body. They have not forgotten the deathless who have not forgotten mindfulness directed to the body."
AN 1.622
"Bhikkhus, they have not pursued the deathless who have not pursued mindfulness directed to the body. They have pursued the deathless who have pursued mindfulness directed to the body."
AN 1.623
"Bhikkhus, they have not developed the deathless who have not developed mindfulness directed to the body. They have developed the death less who have developed mindfulness directed to the body."
AN 1.624
"Bhikkhus, they have not cultivated the deathless who have not cultivated mindfulness directed to the body. They have cultivated the deathless who have cultivated mindfulness directed to the body."
AN 1.625
"Bhikkhus, they have not directly known the deathless who have not directly known mindfulness directed to the body. They have directly known the deathless who have directly known mindfulness directed to the body."
AN 1.626
"Bhikkhus, they have not fully understood the deathless who have not fully understood mindfulness directed to the body. They have fully understood the deathless who h ave fully understood mindfulness directed to the body." AN 1.627
"Bhikkhus, they have not realized the deathless who have not realized mindfulness directed to the body. They have realized the deathless who have realized mindfulness directed to the body ."
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