Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 09/25/2020

Give up desire and lust for what is impermanent, i.e. the aggregates.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, you should give up desire and greed for what is impermanent. And what is impermanent? Form is impermanent; you should give up desire and greed for it. Feeling … Perception … Choices … Consciousness is impermanent; you should give up desire and greed for it. You should give up desire and greed for what is impermanent.”

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 09/24/2020

Give up lust for what is impermanent, i.e. the aggregates.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, you should give up greed for what is impermanent. And what is impermanent? Form is impermanent; you should give up greed for it. Feeling … Perception … Choices … Consciousness is impermanent; you should give up greed for it. You should give up greed for what is impermanent.”

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 09/23/2020

Give up desire for what is impermanent, i.e. the aggregates.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, you should give up desire for what is impermanent. And what is impermanent? Form is impermanent; you should give up desire for it. Feeling … Perception … Choices … Consciousness is impermanent; you should give up desire for it. You should give up desire for what is impermanent.”

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 09/22/2020

The aggregates are like hot coals.At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are burning chaff. Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they’re freed, they know they’re freed. They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is no return to any state of existence. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 09/21/2020

Mahākoṭṭhita explains to Sāriputta that ignorance is not understanding the aggregates in terms of the four noble truths, while knowledge is understanding the aggregates.The same setting. Sāriputta said to Mahākoṭṭhita: “Reverend Koṭṭhita, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’. What is ignorance? And how is an ignorant person defined?” “Reverend, it’s when an uneducated ordinary person doesn’t understand form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 09/20/2020

Mahākoṭṭhita explains to Sāriputta that ignorance is not understanding the aggregates in terms of arising and ceasing, gratification, drawback, and escape, while knowledge is understanding the aggregates.At Benares. “Reverend Koṭṭhita, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’. What is ignorance? And how is an ignorant person defined?” “Reverend, an uneducated ordinary person doesn’t truly understand the origin, the ending, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 09/19/2020

Mahākoṭṭhita explains to Sāriputta that ignorance is not understanding the aggregates in terms of gratification, drawback, and escape, while knowledge is understanding the aggregates.At Benares. Sāriputta said to Mahākoṭṭhita: “Reverend Koṭṭhita, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’. What is ignorance? And how is an ignorant person defined?” “Reverend, an uneducated ordinary person doesn’t truly understand the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 09/18/2020

Sāriputta explains to Mahākoṭṭhita that knowledge is understanding the aggregates in terms of arising and ceasing, gratification, drawback, and escape.At Benares. Mahākoṭṭhita said to Sāriputta: “Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’. What is knowledge? And how is a knowledgeable person defined?” “Reverend, an educated noble disciple truly understands the origin, the ending, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 09/17/2020

Sāriputta explains to Mahākoṭṭhita that ignorance is not understanding the aggregates in terms of arising and ceasing, gratification, drawback, and escape.At Benares. “Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’. What is ignorance? And how is an ignorant person defined?” “Reverend, an uneducated ordinary person doesn’t truly understand the origin, the ending, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. This is called ignorance. [Read More]

Your Daily Digital Buddhist Devotion for 09/16/2020

Sāriputta explains to Mahākoṭṭhita that knowledge is understanding the aggregates in terms of gratification, drawback, and escape.At Benares. “Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’. What is knowledge? And how is a knowledgeable person defined?” “Reverend, an educated noble disciple truly understands the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. This is called knowledge. And this is how a knowledgeable person is defined. [Read More]