To practice in line with the teachings a mendicant should meditate on the aggregates as not-self.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, when a mendicant is practicing in line with the teachings, this is what’s in line with the teachings. They should live observing not-self in form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. … They’re freed from suffering, I say.”
Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 06/19/2020
To practice in line with the teachings a mendicant should meditate on the aggregates as suffering.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, when a mendicant is practicing in line with the teachings, this is what’s in line with the teachings. They should live observing suffering in form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. … They’re freed from suffering, I say.”
Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 06/18/2020
To practice in line with the teachings a mendicant should meditate on the aggregates as impermanent.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, when a mendicant is practicing in line with the teachings, this is what’s in line with the teachings. They should live observing impermanence in form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. … They’re freed from suffering, I say.”
Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 06/17/2020
To practice in line with the teachings a mendicant should meditate on disillusionment with the aggregates. At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, when a mendicant is practicing in line with the teachings, this is what’s in line with the teachings. They should live full of disillusionment for form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. Living in this way, they completely understand form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. Completely understanding form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness, they’re freed from these things.
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Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 06/16/2020
The Buddha speaks to Ānanda on what at AN 3.47 described as the “characteristics of conditioned phenomena”: arising, ceasing, and change while persisting, as applied to past, future, and present. Ānanda explains in terms of the aggregates.At Sāvatthī. Sitting to one side, the Buddha said to Ānanda: “Ānanda, suppose they were to ask you: ‘Reverend Ānanda, what are the things for which arising, vanishing, and change while persisting were evident? What are the things for which arising, vanishing, and change while persisting will be evident?
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Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 06/15/2020
The Buddha speaks to Ānanda on what at AN 3.47 described as the “characteristics of conditioned phenomena”: arising, ceasing, and change while persisting. This was to become a critical aspect of later theories on the nature of change. Ānanda explains in terms of the aggregates.At Sāvatthī. And then Venerable Ānanda … sitting to one side, the Buddha said to him: “Ānanda, suppose they were to ask you: ‘Reverend Ānanda, what are the things for which arising is evident, vanishing is evident, and change while persisting is evident?
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Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 06/14/2020
The Buddha teaches a mendicant who wants to go on retreat that one is measured by what one has an underlying tendency for. The mendicant gives a full explanation.At Sāvatthī. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him, “Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.” “Mendicant, you’re measured against what you have an underlying tendency for, and you’re defined by what you’re measured against.
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Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 06/13/2020
The Buddha teaches a mendicant who wants to go on retreat that one is reckoned by what one has an underlying tendency for. The mendicant gives a full explanation.At Sāvatthī. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him, “Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.” “Mendicant, you’re defined by what you have an underlying tendency for.
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Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 06/12/2020
Let go of what is not yours: the five aggregates.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, give up what’s not yours. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. And what isn’t yours? Form isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. Feeling … Perception … Choices … Consciousness isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. Give up what’s not yours.
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Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 06/11/2020
Let go of what is not yours: the five aggregates. You wouldn’t be upset if someone took the grass and sticks from the monastery grounds, so why worry over the aggregates?At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, give up what’s not yours. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. And what isn’t yours? Form isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. Feeling … Perception … Choices … Consciousness isn’t yours: give it up.
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