Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 12/30/2019
Before his awakening the Buddha saw the gratification, the drawback, and the escape in the four material elements.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening—I thought: ‘What’s the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to the earth element … the water element … the fire element … and the air element?’ Then it occurred to me: ‘The pleasure and happiness that arise from the earth element: this is its gratification.
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