Paṭisota

  1.  Introduction to the Nibbedhika Pariyāya Sutta AN 6.632. 2.  Kāma Is Conceptual Lust—Objects Are Innocent 3.  Feel Fully. Cling to Nothing 4. How Perception Constructs Reality 5. How the Outflows Sustain Saṃsāra 6. You Become What You Volitionally Cultivate 7. Enjoy without clinging

                      Ānanda, there are these seven offerings given to the Saṅgha ( saṅghagatā dakkhiṇā ). What seven? 1. Offering to the Dual Saṅgha with the Buddha at its Head buddhappamukhe ubhatosaṅghe dānaṃ deti — ayaṃ paṭhamā saṅghagatā dakkhiṇā. One gives a gift to the dual Saṅgha headed by the Buddha — this is the first offering given to the Saṅgha. This refers to offering to both the bhikkhu and bhikkhunī communities while the Buddha himself was still living and presiding over the Saṅgha. 2. Offering to the Dual Saṅgha after the Buddha’s Parinibbāna tathāgate parinibbute ubhatosaṅghe dānaṃ deti — ayaṃ dutiyā saṅghagatā dakkhiṇā. After the Tathāgata has attained Parinibbāna, one gives a gift to the dual Saṅgha — this is the second offering given to the Saṅgha. Even after the Buddha’s passing away, offerings made to the united community of monks and nuns remain a vast field of merit. 3. Offering to the Bhikkhu Saṅ...

              Ānanda, there are these fourteen kinds of personal offerings ( pāṭipuggalikā dakkhiṇā ). What fourteen? 1. To a Fully Enlightened Buddha tathāgate arahante sammāsambuddhe dānaṃ deti — ayaṃ paṭhamā pāṭipuggalikā dakkhiṇā. One gives a gift to the Tathāgata, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Fully Enlightened Buddha — this is the first personal offering. This is considered the highest field of merit because a Sammāsambuddha has completely destroyed all defilements and discovers the Dhamma independently for the welfare of the world. 2. To a Paccekabuddha paccekasambuddhe dānaṃ deti — ayaṃ dutiyā pāṭipuggalikā dakkhiṇā. One gives a gift to a Paccekabuddha — this is the second personal offering. A Paccekabuddha attains enlightenment independently but does not establish a dispensation or teach the path widely like a Sammāsambuddha. 3. To an Arahant Disciple of the Buddha tathāgatasāvake arahante dānaṃ deti — ayaṃ tatiyā pāṭipuggalikā dakkhiṇā. On...

You cannot repay someone who leads you to the Triple Refuge Ānanda, when one person, depending on another person, goes for refuge to the Buddha, goes for refuge to the Dhamma, goes for refuge to the Saṅgha—for such a person, I do not say that repayment can easily be made by that other person, that is: by rising up in respect, by paying homage, by greeting with joined palms, by proper conduct, or by providing robes, alms food, lodging, and medicines and requisites for the sick. yaṃ hānanda, puggalo puggalaṃ āgamma buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gato hoti, dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gato hoti, saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gato hoti, imassānanda, puggalassa iminā puggalena na suppatikāraṃ vadāmi, yadidaṃabhivādanapaccuṭṭhānaañjalikammasāmīcikammacīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānuppadānena. You cannot repay someone who guides you to live by the Five Precepts Ānanda, when one person, depending on another person, abstains from killing living beings, abstains from taking what is not given, abstains from ...