He fought a war against vajji, ruled by the lichchhavis, and conquered. It is found in the pali canons khuddakapatha and sutta nipata with the title metta sutta the discourse on friendliness. The sutta pitaka, the second division of the tipitaka, consists of over 10,000 suttas, or discourses, delivered by the buddha and his close disciples during the buddhas fortyfive year teaching career, as well as verses by other members of the sangha. Samannaphala sutta wikipitaka the completing tipitaka. Samannaphala sutta, the discourse of the fruits of the life of a recluse, was purana kassapa. This is a version for easy printing you can also read and listen along here. The word manussa, man, had different etymological meanings given it by eastern scholars in the past. Tipitaka sutta pitaka digha nikaya silakkhandhavagga 1. In the second part, the buddha explains the major beliefs of ascetics in india. Khing maung nyunt in the life time of gotama buddha, the most extraordinary event of tragedy took place in the kingdom of magadha, where king bimbhisara reigned. Yayasan dharma sarathi, jakarta, 1993 demikian yang telah kami dengar. See bhikkhu bodhi, the discourse on the allembracing net of views.
He belonged to a religious sect of asceticism called in the pali scriptures ajivaka. The fruits of the contemplative life samannaphala sutta dn 2 introduction. With all his power and wealth, and 500 wives, the king feels something is missing in his life. A handful of sutta like passages from the vinaya pitaka are also listed here sutta references are either to sutta number in the case of dn, mn, and iti, samyutta and sutta number sn, nipata and sutta number an, verse number dhp, vagga and sutta number ud, sn, or vagga and poem number thag, thig.
Changes in buddhist karma jayarava attwood 1 abstract early buddhist karma is an impersonal moral force that impartially and inevitably causes the consequences of ac. The discourse on the fruit of recluseship by bhikkhu bodhi. Seeking to satisfy the global thirst for a truly free and comprehensive online repository of buddhist literature and media content created for all who seek it. The book goes into the jhanas at great length and with great precision. Dn 2 samannaphala sutta the fruits of the homelessascetic life thus have i heard. The foundation texts are the essential buddhist texts on which almost all subsequent teachings are based. Once the lord was touring kosala with a large number of monks, some five hundred, and he came to a kosalan brahmin village called icchanankala. The discourse on the fruit of recluseship the samannaphala.
Samannaphala means the benefit of becoming a sangha. The karaniya metta sutta in pali and english pdf version. Feb 25, 2018 this will explain an apparent contradiction. He was one of the famous six heretical teachers contemporary with the buddha. He begins by saying, monks, there are other things which are very deep profound, very hard to understand, very difficult to perceive, so holy and sacred, unreached by means of mind, so subtle, that they are only to be understood and experienced by the wise.
The message here in this sutta is that you should be mindful of whatever is occurring in the body and mind, whether it be good or bad, and thus you will. Samannaphala day celebrated at pagodas in yangon global. This compilation will be an on going project your help will be much appreciated. At heart, it is a comprehensive portrait of the buddhist path of training, illustrating each stage of the training with vivid similes. The other three are compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. The digha nikaya, or collection of long discourses pali digha long is the first division of the sutta pitaka, and consists of thirtyfour suttas, grouped into three vaggas, or divisions silakkhandhavagga the division concerning morality suttas mahavagga the large division 10 suttas. On the practice of buddhist meditation according to the. Dn 2 samannaphala sutta the fruits of the contemplative life. At death, the earth in the body returns to and merges with the external earthsubstance. Metta sutta this is what should be done by one who is skilled in goodness, and who knows the path of peace. Ajatashatru is mentioned in both jaina and buddhist traditions. A sutta should be read again and again as you will tend to forget its message. Samannaphala sutta dighanikaya the fruits of the life of a recluse held in two parts at. Mahanidana sutta, the great discourse on causation, is found in the dagha nikaya, the collection of long discourses.
This sutta teaches us mindfulness of breathing through quiet wisdom meditation. It accounts that ajatashatru held mahavira in the highest esteem. And then there are certain respected samanas and brahmanas who, living on the food offered out of faith in kamma and its results, make a wrongful living by means of low arts contrary to correct practice conducive to the attainment of deva realms and nibbana. Samannaphala sutta dn 2 the fruits of the contemplative life.
Study guide to the digha nikaya this sutta study guide is based on the digha nikaya, translated by maurice walshe, published by wisdom publications. The uvavaiaupapatika sutta, which is the first upanga see jain agamas of the jains throws light on the relation between mahavira and ajatashatru. The water liquid returns to and merges with the external waterbody. There are many different versions of dependent arising found in the. Pada suatu ketika sang bhagava sedang berdiam di rajagaha, di hutan mangga milik tabib jivaka komarabhacca bersamasama dengan. Team penterjemah kitab suci sutta pitaka diterbitkan oleh. Buddhist scholar, writes of a buddhist sutta that one of the causes of immorality and. At the time, on the fifteenthday uposatha, the full. Karaniyam atthakusalena yan tam santam padam abhisamecca. Samannaphala sutta was preached by lord buddha on fullmoon of tazaungmon and the day was celebrated as samannaphala sutta day. Let them be able and upright, straightforward and gentle in speech. If i feel things are flagging, a talk from free buddhist audio can lift me it can get my sense of inspiration and sraddha really moving. If a meditator oscillates between gross material reality, and pranic or subtle states of consciousness, it is still a game within duality.
Indeed, the king is understandably troubled because he has just killed his father to assume the throne. Metta sutta this is what should be done by one who is skilled. If you know of other ancient or modern sutta commentaries that are readily available, please email me the info at please include the sutta number, both pali name and english name if available, the name of the commentary and if possible, a link to the commentary if it is online, otherwise a link to a place. This discourse is one of the masterpieces of the pali canon. A nuance similar to the desert imagery in this simile is the depiction of doubt in relation to the teacher, the teachings, the community and the training as a barrenness of the mind, cetokhila m. This book is a good and thorough translation with commentaries of the second sutta in the digha nikaya, the discourse on the fruits of recluseship. The suttanipata is one of the earliest texts of the pali cannon, coming from the same period as the dhammapada, before the monastic tradition was strong. Samannaphala sutta on full moon of tazaung mone global. Samannaphala sutta the fruits of the contemplative life translated from the pali by thanissaro bhikkhu for free distribution only.
In terms of narrative, this discourse tells the story of king ajatasattu, son and successor of king bimbisara of magadha, who posed the following question to many leading indian spiritual. On one occasion the exalted one was dwelling at rajagaha, in jivaka komarabhaccas mango grove, together with a large company of twelve hundred and fifty bhikkhus. In this game one might learn how to let go of gross physical reality, experiencing subtle inner energy which becomes free from running in conditioned patterns. The samannaphala sutta buddhist publication society. Those who believe in an eternal being and unchangeable ego were called eternalists and those who rejected the theory on empirical grounds were called nihilists. Pdf joiner allows you to merge multiple pdf documents and images into a single pdf file, free of charge.
So the samannaphala sutta seems to be based on some very old material indeed even though the present sort of form of the sutta may be the work of the editors, so to speak, of the dighanikaya, though even those editors worked when the transmission was still oral. The theory of egolessness nonself anatta is the third of the three characteristics of existence taught in early buddhism. Now at that time it being the observance day, the fullmoon night of the waterlily season, the fourth month of the rains king ajatasattu of magadha, the son of queen videha, was sitting on the roof terrace of his. Edited for readability and sensitive to the language of gnosis and cognition, february 27, 2005, by the contemplative recluse monk sotapanna jhanananda jeffrey s, brooks. Some of the comments about the various suttas are taken from the access to insight web site. Relaxing harp music peaceful birds sounds, stress relief music forest light duration. This sutta provides a detail description of the origin of the human kind and the planet earth at the beginning known as world contraction, the human ancestry started with the living beings born from the abhassara brahmas. I have heard that on one occasion the blessed one was staying at rajagaha, in jivaka komarabhaccas mango grove, with a large community of monks 1,250 monks in all.
When asked, and what do they have as their merging. The kings son prince ajatasattu unfortunately became a devout pupil of ashin devadatta who was the staunch opponent of gotama. In fact, it is the second of the sermons of the buddha, for it was delivered after the dhammacakka sutta, the first of the buddhas sermons. Samannaphala sutta dighanikaya the fruits of the life of a recluse held in two. Urgyen sangharakshita, upasakas ruchiraketu, ratnaketu, and duncan stein, david keefe, daren dewitt, paul lynch. There was once when buddha was staying at rajagaha, in jivaka komarabhaccas mangogrove, togerther with 1250 monks. He goes to the buddha, and other ancient teachers, in. Samannaphala sutta was discussed during the saturday dhamma discussions conducted at the upper monastery among the monastery monks. Avijja sutta ii venerable uda eriyagama dhammajiva maha thero meditation retreat at nissaranavanaya meethirigala this is a compilation of the english translations of the dhamma talks and questionanswer sessions recorded at the meditation retreat held at nissaranavanaya between 25th february and 6th march 2011. The agganna sutta on knowledge of beginnings introduction. Here is the karaniya metta sutta the buddhas words on lovingkindness in pali an ancient indian language for which im afraid ive lost some of the diacritics, followed by an english translation by ratnaprabha. Dn 2 samannaphala sutta faedahfaedah dari kehidupan seorang petapa sumber. May every being be happy athopi sakkacca sunantu bhsita. Thats helpful whether you only need to merge a couple of pdf files this one time or plan to do all your merging in the near future.
The brahmajala sutta was the first discourse that was recited to the people of the mon state. The instructions are repeated several times throughout the pali canon using the same identical words. The samannaphala sutta is the second sutta in the digha nikaya. Publication date 1917 publisher london, the buddhist society of great britain and ireland incorporated. The samannaphala sutta, the fruit of contemplative life, is the second discourse pali, sutta.
Buddha teaches that living a contemplative life leads to virtues and gifts that are both that benefit man not only in. He was a theravada monk for 20 years and a pioneer in buddhist counselling. Piya tan is a meditation therapist, counsellor, writer and translator. The fruits of the ascetic life bhikkhu sujato suttacentral. What is the benefit of living a contemplative life. As lord buddha preached the benefit of becoming a sangha on this day, fullmoon of tazaungmon is also sangha day. At the same time king ajatasattu was practicing fasting and admiring the moon when he said on such an auspicious day, the moonlight is so charming. This portrait is placed in juxtaposition to the buddhist view of the. Yogi groups from australia also joined the discussion through telephone connections. If it werent for the translators myriad merciful ellipses, i wouldve apr 14, 2012. The second sutta of the digha nikaya is called the samannaphala sutta.
While popular or general indian tradition traces the origin of the word to manu the mythical progenitor of the human race, in the buddhist texts the derivation of the word is given as manassaussannatayamanussa man, because of his highly developed state of mind as compared to the. The most egregious examples in the 25% of the pages ive read are the entirety of sutta 7 and the vast majority of sutta 9. It starts with ajatasattu, in his palace, seeking advice from his ministers which samana or brahmana he. With this program, you can choose what to copy and where to copy it to with just a few clicks. At one time the bhagava was staying at rajagaha in the mango grove of jivaka, the adopted son of abhaya, the kings son, with a great company of the brethren, with twelve hundred and. It was created by people as they practised and refers to the wise one, rather than to monks or nuns. Metta sutta karaniya metta sutta metta loving kindness is one of the four immeasurables or four divine states of buddhism. The samannaphala sutta tells the story of an encounter beteen king ajasattu and the buddha. But free and high as the open sky is the life the homeless lead. Hemavata sutta 2 a discourse on hemavata sutta part i this hemavata sutta is really a short piece, and so it is apt to be overlooked by many. The buddha traces the entire progress of a disciple from the first step on the path to the attainment of nibbana in this second sutta of the sutta pitaka, one of the most elevating of the buddhas discourses. The discourse on the fruits of recluseship buddhist publication. Ratana sutta the discourse on jewels samadhi buddhist.
Dn 2 samannaphala sutta the fruits of the homeless life. The air in their body merges and coalesces with the main mass of air. He was the son of king bimbisara and was a contemporary of both mahavira nigantha nataputta and gautama buddha. Samannaphala sutta wikisource, the free online library. Samannaphala sutta pdf is a wellmade cloud storage service for your ios device that connects your documents, pictures, videos, and more with your computers for quick and easy access. He forcefully took over the kingdom of magadha from his father and imprisoned him.
The buddhist way to economic stability urban dharma. The following method uses adobe acrobat dc, the best pdf editor you can download. The entire sutta is dedicated to an explanation and analysis of dependent arising paniccasamuppada. Samannaphala sutta dighanikaya the fruits of the life.
This sutta gives the background to king ajatasattu becoming a lay disciple. This sutta is very significant in relation to the reestablishment of buddhism in suvannabhumi thaton, myanmar in the third century bc by the two theras sona and uttara sent by the king asoka to convert the people of the suvannabhumi. Humble and not conceited, contented and easily satisfied. The last sutta quoted, the sakuludayi, states that the aim of the religious or celibate life as led in the buddhas order, is the attainment, in order, of the various things set out in our sutta groups 29, 12 and. The suttas listed below are available here at access to insight. The sama a,phala sutta is the second text of the d gha nikaya the long collection. Samannaphala sutta discourse on the advantages of a samanas life translated by the editors of the light of the dhamma. Piya tan this webpage will be dedicated to piya tans works which include simplified suttas. These are mental states or qualities cultivated by buddhist practise.
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