Epstein Secrets

done Good Deeds in one's past 77 6. Setting Oneself up properly in life 91 BLESSING GROUP III.: SETTING ONESELF UP IN LIFE 101 7. Artfulness in Knowledge 103 S. Artfulness in Application 113 9. Artfulness in Usage 119 10. Artfulness in Speech 131 BLESSING GROUP IV.: HARMONY IN THE FAMILY LIFE

p could hardly be called friends. 6. When free joining up to talk and eat together. When the wise have free time they come together to discuss the Dhamma and to clear up their doubts (not to gossip about the neighbours). 7. Reflection on Dhamma and Getting Down to Earnest Practice. This is one of th

tep, you cannot call it true association. Also, if you do none of the first six but do the seventh one, it is as good as true association, because Dhamma always has the same flavour — it always gives rise to self discipline [sEla]: it always gives rise to concentration [samAdhi]: and it always gives

mmediate environment or neighbourhood- but the more distant environments of his locality or country also have a part to play. A.1 Amenability in Dhamma practice The sort of location to be examined in this Blessing is the location amenable to refining the mind or put another way, the location that

on. It is like the aphorism often heard on the lips of modern youth that "ideals don't keep the wolf from the door". A.2 Definition: Artfulness in Knowledge The word sbahEsEta' in the Pali means literally 'one who has heard much'. It refers to being learned by having heard much both in spiritual and wo

transform that theory into practice allowing you to earn your living. If you have learned Dhamma theory, you have to transform that knowledge into Dhamma practice. It is like someone who reads a manual of swimming who can memorize every page of the manual. He knows how many types of swimming styles

ver, the Brahmin didn't know how to pay respect to the Dhamma which seemed more abstract.The Buddha replied that if you want to pay respect to the Dhamma, you should pay respect to those who are learned in the Dhamma. The Brahmin asked around to find which of the monks was the most learned and every

elusion can obscure one's wisdom. This special wisdom coming to one as a result of enlightenment can be summarized in several different ways. B.1 Knowledge accessible to the blissful mind B.1.] The Threefold Supraknowledge [tevijjAil (D.iii.220, A.v.211) The Threefold Supraknowledge is insightful wis

noticeable from the way a monk's accommodation is furnished (excessive luxury or with a television or radio — which are not for helping to practice Dhamma — and accumulating lot of things in their kuti beyond any already outlined for academic teachings in Blessing Seven §E. [The Learning Process]). In

n (A.i.61) what is in fact not the case." This is in addition to what has already been men- tioned in Blessing Three (§D.2) about joking about the Dhamma; 3. to acquire wisdom: Dhamma discussions are in- tended as a way of cultivating wisdom. Above all other things the Buddha praised `wisdom'. Most p