Paṭisota | From Mindful Insight to Heartfelt Wisdom

 Download

                 Khuddakapāṭha 8 (Minor Texts) Nidhikaṇḍa Sutta (the Reserve  Fund ) 13. Mānussikā ca sampatti, Human sucesss devaloke ca yā rati; delight in the world of the devas, Yā ca nibbānasampatti, even the attainment of Nibbana, sabbametena labbhati. through this they have it all. 14. Mittasampadamāgamma, Relying on having good friends, yonisova payuñjato; engagement to wise attention, Vijjāvimuttivasībhāvo, mastery derived from the freedom of wisdom: sabbametena labbhati. through this they have it all.

  Khuddakapāṭha 8 (Minor Texts) Nidhikaṇḍa Sutta (the Reserve  Fund ) 11. Suvaṇṇatā susaratā, Good looks, a sweet voice, susaṇṭhānā surūpatā; a good shape, and good appearance, Ādhipaccaparivāro, leadership and followers: sabbametena labbhati. through this they have it all. 12. Padesarajjaṁ issariyaṁ, Sovereignty of a local kingdom, cakkavattisukhaṁ piyaṁ; the happiness of a Wheel-Turning Monarch, Devarajjampi dibbesu, even divine kingship in the heavens: sabbametena labbhati. through this they have it all.

  Click here for notes

  1. What is psychotherapy? Psychotherapy is an approach for treating mental health issues by talking with a psychologist, psychiatrist or another mental health provider. It also is known as talk therapy, counseling, psychosocial therapy or, simply, therapy.   (Mayo Clinic) * PLT (Past Life Therapy)  2. The entire Buddha's teaching is a form of therapy. (Noble Eightfold Path) -Can we consider the Buddha to be the greatest psychologist?  -Can we consider the Buddha to be the greatest physician (therapist) of all time?  -What is the disorder/disease that the Buddha identified and taught us about? -What is the therapy for that disorder/illness? - What are the techniques for healing that can be used? - Why is it necessary to cure ourselves of that ailment or disorder? 3. Primary Suttas for Understanding the Therapeutic Nature of Buddhist Teachings - Dhammacakkpppavattna Sutta   (SN 56.11) - Saccavibhaṅga Sutta (MN 141) - Sallekha Sutta (MN 8)  (4 ways to practice therapy) Here, Sllekha

  Khuddakapāṭha 8 (Minor Texts) Nidhikaṇḍa Sutta (the Reserve  Fund ) 9. Asādhāraṇamaññesaṁ, but this goes along with him. (You don’t have to divide it with others) acorāharaṇo nidhi; no thief makes off with your savings. Kayirātha dhīro puññāni, A wise person would make merit, yo nidhi anugāmiko. the savings that stay with you. 10. Esa devamanussānaṁ, of gods and humans too. sabbakāmadado nidhi; Such savings grant every desire Yaṁ yadevābhipatthenti, Whatever it is that they wish for sabbametena labbhati. through this they have it all.

  Four factors, according to the Buddha, can facilitate the attainment of the Noble Eightfold Path: (i) establishing connections with noble friends; (ii) hearing the true Dhamma; (iii) wise attention; and (iv) practicing in accordance with the Dhamma. Wise attention is the most crucial of these four elements; it enables us to surpass the level of an ordinary person by overcoming the five obstacles and cultivating the seven factors of enlightenment. 1. What is Yoniso  Manasik ā ra ?  Tracing dukkha down to its origin. Wise attention means that when we investigate dukkha, we trace dukkha down to its cause, origin, or foundation; we do so thoroughly, orderly, wisely, properly, and judiciously. 2. Yoniso  Manasik ā ra  is a not a philosophical speculation.but reflection built on observation seeking to understand how things originate through conditions 3. Is Manasik ā ra automatic?    We need to consult the Abhidhamma for this. The analysis of mental factors ( cetasika ) solves this issue.

  While wise attention (yoniso manasikāra) aids on the path of freedom and escape from the circle of birth and death, its polar opposite, unwise attention (ayoniso manasikāra), keeps one bound in the cycle of birth and death. The Buddha said this very clearly in the 'Discourse on All Fermentations' (Sabbāsava sutta) of the Majjhima Nikāya (the collection of the Buddha's middle-length discourses). There are three fermentations or influxes (āsava) that exist at the deepest level of the mind that prolong dukkha and one's existence in the cycle of birth and death: The influx of sense desire (kāmāsava) The influx of desire for existence (bhavāsava) The influx of ignorance (avijjāsava) While the Sabbāsava Sutta exclusively mentions the aforementioned three influxes, other Buddhist texts, most notably the Abhidhamma (Buddha's Higher Teaching), delineate four additional influxes: The influx of sense desire (kāmāsava) The influx of desire for existence (bhavāsava) The influx

2023 June 1 (Saraṇattaya: The Three Refuges) June 8   (Dasasikkhāpada: The Ten Precepts of a Novice Monk) June 15  (Dvattiṁsākāra: The Thirty-two Parts of the Body) June 22  (Kumārapañhā (The Boy’s Questions) June 29   (Maṅgala Sutta 1-5: Blessings) July 6  (Maṅgala Sutta 6-7: Blessings) July 13   (Maṅgala Sutta 8-9: Blessings) July 20   (Maṅgala Sutta 9-10: Blessings) July 27  (Maṅgala Sutta 10-11: Blessings) August 03  (Maṅgala Sutta 12-14: Blessings) August 10   (Ratana Sutta 1-2: Gems) August 17   (Ratana Sutta 3-4: Gems) August 24   (Ratana Sutta 5-6: Gems) August 31  (Ratana Sutta 7-8: Gems) September 7   (Ratana Sutta 9-10: Gems) September 14   (Ratana Sutta 11-12: Gems) September 21  (Ratana Sutta 13-17: Gems) September 28   (Tirokuḍḍa Sutta 1-2: Outside the Walls)  October 5   (Tirokuḍḍa Sutta 3-5: Outside the Walls)  October 12   (Tirokuḍḍa Sutta 6-7: Outside the Walls)  October 19   (Tirokuḍḍa Sutta 8-9: Outside the Walls)  October 26   (Tirokuḍḍa Sutta 10-11: Outside the W

         Khuddakapāṭha 8 (Minor Texts) Nidhikaṇḍa Sutta (the Reserve  Fund ) 7. Cetiyamhi ca saṅghe vā, At a shrine or with the Saṅgha puggale atithīsu vā; or in an individual, or a guest, Mātari pitari cāpi, or in his mother or father, atho jeṭṭhamhi bhātari. also in an elder brother, 8. Eso nidhi sunihito, those savings are well-stored up, ajeyyo anugāmiko; they follow one, they do not decay (invincible). Pahāya gamanīyesu, When he dies and leaves everything behind etaṁ ādāya gacchati. he only takes this with him.

  Please see the text and translation document for the new sutta's first day:  Sabbāsava Sutta (MN 2).  Click here

Click here to View the Calendar

            Khuddakapāṭha 8 (Minor Texts) Nidhikaṇḍa Sutta (the Reserve  Fund ) 5. Appiyā vāpi dāyādā, or the heirs he dislikes uddharanti apassato; secretly unearth them. Yadā puññakkhayo hoti, and when his merit comes to an end sabbametaṁ vinassati. all of it will be destroyed. 6. Yassa dānena sīlena, who through giving, virtue, saṁyamena damena ca; restraint, and self-control  Nidhī sunihito hoti, (has) well stored up his savings, itthiyā purisassa vā. a woman or man

Day 1 Introducing the Text Day 2 kāmasukhallikānuyogo Day 3 attakilamathānuyogo Day 4 The Noble Eightfold Path Day 5 sammā diṭṭhi Day 6 sammā saṅkappa Day 7 sammā vācā Day 8 sammā kammanta Day 9 sammā ājīva Day 10 sammā vāyāma Day 11 sammā sati Day 12 sammā samādhi Day 13 Review of the Noble Eightfold Path Day 14 The First Noble Truth Day 15 The Second Noble Truth Day 16 The Third Noble Truth Day 17 The Forth Noble Truth (a revisit) Day 18 For Four Noble Truths : 3 Perspectives (tiparivaṭṭa) and 12 Aspects Day 19 Dhamma Eye (Dhamma Cakkhu) and the Cry of deities in six heavens Day 20 Cry of Brahmās in 16 Brahmā realms and Monk Koṇḍañña's Sotāpatti

  Dear Patisota Friends, We are excited to share that Bhante Dr. Gangodawila Chandima’s new article "The Function and Contemporary Role of sikkhāpaccakkhāna (abandoning the training rules) in the Pāli Canon" has just been published in the Journal of Buddhist Ethics (JBE)! Published by: The Pennsylvania State University Press (Indexed in Thomson Reuters’s Emerging Sources Citation Index ESCI and Scopus.) Journal of Buddhist Ethics, ‪30 ‬(2023): pp. 316–353 Abstract: https://blogs.dickinson.edu/.../abandoning-the-monastic.../ Article: https://blogs.dickinson.edu/.../11/Gangodawila_23_FD.pdf Academia Link: https://www.academia.edu/109206830/ May you be well and happy! -Patisota Team

  Khuddakapāṭha 8 (Minor Texts) Nidhikaṇḍa Sutta (the Reserve  Fund ) 3. Tāvassunihito santo, Although it is well stored gambhīre udakantike; in a deep pit, close to water, Na sabbo sabbadā eva, in all things on every occasion tassa taṁ upakappati. still, it cannot help him 4. Nidhi vā ṭhānā cavati, for perhaps those savings are removed from that place, saññā vāssa vimuyhati; or he forgets the signs telling where they lie, Nāgā vā apanāmenti, or nāgas take them away, yakkhā vāpi haranti naṁ. or yakkhas carry them off,

  1. What are the 16 Brahma realms ( rūpāvacara ) and how are beings reborn in them? First r ū pa Jh ā na: Retinue of Brahma ( brahma-p ā risajja )  Ministers of Brahma ( brahma-purohitha ) Great Brahmas ( mah ā  brahma ) Second  r ū pa  Jh ā na: Devas of limited radiance ( parittābha ) Devas of unbounded radiance ( appamāṇābha ) Devas of streaming radiance ( ābhassara ) Third  r ū pa  Jh ā na: Devas of limited glory ( parittasubha ) Devas of unbounded glory ( appamāṇasubha ) Devas of radiant glory ( subhakiṇṇa ) Fourth  r ū pa  Jh ā na: Very fruitful devas ( vehapphala ) Devas with only the body and no mind ( asañña  satta ) Durable devas ( aviha ) Untroubled devas ( atappa ) Beautiful devas ( sudassa ) Clear sighted devas ( sudassī ) Peerless devas ( akaniṭṭha ) 2.Explain each of the  ( rūpāvacara )  brahma realms. 1. Retinue of Brahma ( brahma-p ā risajja ) This is the lowest of the sixteen worlds composed of delicate materials. In this location, deities are conceived through the ac

 

 

 

  Khuddakapāṭha 8 (Minor Texts) Nidhikaṇḍa Sutta (the Reserve  Fund ) 1. Nidhiṁ nidheti puriso, A man stores his funds (savings) gambhīre udakantike; in a deep pit close to water thinking: Atthe kicce samuppanne, “When a duty or need has arisen atthāya me bhavissati. it will be there to help me, 2. Rājato vā duruttassa, to free me from a king if slandered, or from molestation corato pīḷitassa vā; or from a thief if harassed, Iṇassa vā pamokkhāya, or to release me from debt, dubbhikkhe āpadāsu vā; or famine, or accident.” Etadatthāya lokasmiṁ, For this kind of help, nidhi nāma nidhīyati. funds (savings) are stored up in the world.

  1. What does it mean to become a sotāpanna ? Four prerequisites for becoming  sotāpanna  Link 2.  Why was Aññā-Kondañña the first to attain  sotāpatti ? He was given the surname Kondañña by his family. He was well-versed in the three Vedas and excelled at physiognomy. At the time of bodhisattva's birth, the Kondañña was one of the eight Brahmins (the others being Rāma, Dhaja, Lakkhana, Mantī, Bhoja, Suyāma and Sudatta). He then lived in anticipation of the Bodhisatta's renunciation. Following this, he left the house with four others, who became known as the Pañcavaggiy ā. When the Buddha visited them at Isipatana after the Enlightenment and delivered the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta , Kondañña and eighteen crores of brahmas attained the Fruit of the First Path. Having attained Dhamma awareness before any other human being, the Buddha bestowed upon him the reverenceful appellation " aññāsi vata bho Kondañño " twice; thus, he gained the appellation  Aññata Kondañña. He

  12. Ayañca kho dakkhiṇā dinnā, But that gift that has been given, saṅghamhi suppatiṭṭhitā;   and well placed in the Sangha, Dīgharattaṁ hitāyassa, is of benefit to them for a long time, ṭhānaso upakappati. immediately it is of benefit. 13. So ñātidhammo ca ayaṁ nidassito,   This then is the definition of a relative’s duties— Petāna pūjā ca katā uḷārā; and by this great honour has been done to the departed, Balañca bhikkhūnamanuppadinnaṁ, strength has also been given to the monks, Tumhehi puññaṁ pasutaṁ anappakanti. and no little merit has been produced by you!

  For Four Noble Truths : 3 Perspectives (tiparivaṭṭa) and 12 Aspects (dvādasākāra)  https://patisota.blogspot.com/2021/05/four-noble-truths-tiparivatta-dvadasakara.html

 

  Dear Friends at Patisota, This upcoming week, Patisota singer and former interviewee Sis. Ita Thum will be hosting two events.  1. YouTube debut of her first single "The Bliss of Awakening"  Date- November 03, 2023 @3pm on her YouTube  channel  https://www.youtube.com/@ItaThum. 2. Performance at Melaka Jonker Street Promo Live Stage  Date- November 04, 2023 @8pm Address- Click here As Patisota, we cordially invite you to follow along to her YouTube channel in order to stream this Buddhist song. Furthermore, should you be in Melaka on November 4 at 4 p.m., you are welcome to attend the live event at Jonker Street. The live show can be found at the above location.  We would like to wish Sis.Ita Thum a successful event on both days. Thank you! -May you be well and happy!                                                                       Patisota Team

10. Adāsi me akāsi me,  Thinking “He gave to me, he did for me, ñāti mittā sakhā ca me; they were my family, friend, companion”, Petānaṁ dakkhiṇaṁ dajjā, give offerings to the departed.   pubbe katamanussaraṁ. remembering what they have done before.                                                                11.   Na hi ruṇṇaṁ vā soko vā, For no tears, or grief, yā caññā paridevanā; or any other lamentations, Na taṁ petānamatthāya, are of any use to the departed, evaṁ tiṭṭhanti ñātayo. as long as their relatives continue grieving in this way.