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one in the village had been practicing all of the Tenfold Path of Wholesomeness described above. E.4 Er. RAjovAda JAtaka (1.334) Once the king of Benares, wishing to discover if he ruled justly, travelled about in disguise, and, in the course of his wanderings, came to the Himalayas, where the Bodhi

est things is to find a teacher who will give the necessary encouragement to bring one's studies to fruition. The Buddha taught in the SilgalovAda Sutta that successful studies are es- tablished on the base of reciprocal duties that a student practices towards his teacher and that a teacher practise

gdom went bankrupt — eventually going to rack and ruin. Sum and Varuna realized their market had collapsed so they moved to another kingdom, namely Benares, where the king and the citizens were still unaware of the side-effects. They brought Benares to rack and ruin in exactly the save way and moved o

is only upon the foundation of security in life achieved in the first half of the Blessings of Life, that one can go on, in the second half of the Sutta to cultivate purity of mind in earnest by following Blessings nine- teen to thirty-eight. When we come to the start of the sixth group- ing we are c

ccasion in search of supplementary minerals, he travelled through the air to Benares for alms and while there stayed in the royal park. The king of Benares was pleased with the hermit's demenour and persuaded him to live permanently in the royal park. Sixteen years passed and the king, leaving the cit

oving-kindness, compassion and the thought to help others, that sort of teaching is pure. In addition to these basic skills, according to the KesE Sutta (A.ii.I 12ff.) different approaches are required for training different types of people in the Dhamma — some disciples need to be taught gently by