Epstein Secrets

e unwholesomeness is yet harder to observe. These fetters [anusaya] (D.iii.254, A.iv.8, Vbh.383) are like habits that stop us achieving the path to Nirvana: EFTA00286691 I. Sensual grasping [IcAmarAga]: 2. Irritability [paEigha] 3. Wrong View [diEthi] 4. Doubt [vicikicchA]: 5. Looking down on othe

e, and to raise up our morale giving us the means by which to definitively overcome those weak- nesses — ultimately attaining the path and fruit of Nirvana. C2 Predispositions acquired through listening to the Dhamma By listening to Dhamma sermons, even though we might not understand everything of wh

Ciiica MAAavika who supported ascetic sects. She was also a very beautiful woman — the local beauty of SAvatthE and also a competitor of VisAkhA. VisAkhA supported Buddhism throughout her life. In that time, they would always invite celebrities to do the opening ceremony for local events. Buddhists

ENTS .345 31. The Practice of Austerities 347 32. Practising the Brahma-Faring 357 33. Seeing the Four Noble Truths 371 34. The Attainment of Nirvana 385 BLESSING GROUP X.: THE FRUITS OF HAVING PRACTISED UNTIL REACHING AN END OF 35. A Mind Invulnerable to Worldly Wa litag NTS 393 395 36. Sorr

he sent a letter to King BimbAsara to ask for permission to move one of the patrons from that kingdom to live in the new city. King BimbasAra sent VisAkhA's father as patron to the new city. Before long, the patron got all the finances of the city properly organized and Saketu became one of the most

h the provisions you have stored up for yourself through our generosity, you will be sure never to fall on hard times. 3. It is the direct path to Nirvana: It clears the way for doing other sorts of virtue with ease. To give an example, when peasants slaughter animals it is not that they don't know t

pily married life Finally for the married couple we are fortunate to have passed down to us in the Buddhist tradition the ten-fold advice given to VisAkhA by her father Dhanaficaya on the day of her wedding (DhA.i.384ff.): Don't let the fire inside go outside: don't go spreading the secret problems f