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501 Detach | denote detachment. ~Viråga literally means the absence of råga:
502 Author | The Methodist Church in London. Her previous BPS publications
503 Detach | the monk) chooses some lonely spot to rest on his way-in
504 Detach | will not be seen clearly as long as the mind is clouded by
505 Compas | following are selected from the longer whole: ~"It is through understanding (
506 Compas | these strands need to be looked at if the term is to be
507 Compas(18)| Banarsidass, Delhi, 1980) looks at the relationship between
508 Compas | stage where compassionate, loving action had replaced selfishness.
509 Detach | and purifies his mind of lusts."10 ~"Aloof from the pleasures
510 Detach | harmonious society. The Mahådukkhakkhandha Sutta makes a direct connection
511 Compas | about the great compassion (mahåkaruˆå) and wisdom (paññå) of the
512 Compas | two go by the same way."31~Mahåkassapa is praised because "he teaches
513 Compas(15)| Nårada Mahåthera, The Buddha and His Teachings (
514 Compas | They centre around two main points: that the two concepts
515 | make
516 Detach | traits can be destroyed, making way for their opposites
517 Detach | he might unconsciously manipulate the experiments or observations
518 Detach | råga. Dishonesty and the manipulation of others in order to gain
519 Compas | love" is possessive and manipulative. Egoism has to be destroyed
520 Detach | to the very crop sown by Måra-the material things of this
521 Detach | bow and quiver, both sides mass for battle and arrows are
522 Compas | many members of the Sangha may have failed to reach it,
523 Compas | attend on the sick" (yo maµ upa††haheyya so gilånam2
524 | me
525 Detach | seats himself, when his meal is done, cross-legged ." (
526 Detach | detachment (viråga) does not mean a withdrawal from striving
527 Detach | here if the Påli is to be meaningful to speakers of English.
528 Detach | however, is the third body of meanings connected with detachment
529 Compas | seen in its concentrated meditative form as a powerful and peace-giving
530 Intro | at Buddhism through the medium of English, the practice
531 Detach | Såriputta, an arahant, on meeting some fellow monks one night. ~
532 Compas | monastic Sangha. Although many members of the Sangha may have failed
533 Detach | possessions, and adopt a solitary mendicancy was a recognized path. The
534 Compas | brahman's family, if from a merchant's family, if from a worker'
535 Detach | things of this world."4~The message of the sutta is that ascetic
536 Detach | sal-trees are in full blossom. Methinks deva-like scents are being
537 Author | Inter-faith Relations in The Methodist Church in London. Her previous
538 Detach | Flowing from this has come the military usage to describe the dispatch
539 Compas | terms of meditation and mind-training. At this point, no mention
540 Detach | linked to the practice of mindfulness (satipa††håna) and to seeing
541 Compas | filled with compassion. The mission he set for himself and for
542 Detach | human contact would be a mistake. ~The Buddha made it clear
543 Compas | criticism, opposition, and misunderstanding, in the knowledge that the
544 Compas | contrast, the ideal Buddhist model for society, as deduced
545 Detach | the following: ~"He (the monk) chooses some lonely spot
546 Detach | sal-wood. It is a clear moonlit night; the sal-trees are
547 Compas | are all subservient to the morality they stress. Compassion
548 Compas(18)| Sympathy in Theravada Buddhism (Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1980)
549 Detach | area of inner attitudes and motivation for a true understanding
550 Compas | is its prerequisite. ~To move to the second strand, I
551 Compas | good people's hearts to be moved, thus it is compassion.
552 Compas | contradictory forces, the one moving away from society and the
553 | much
554 Compas | its wake, follow theft, murder, immorality in various forms,
555 Compas | He saw the need of the murderer, Angulimåla, and a destructive
556 Compas | refrain from false speech (musåvådå veramaˆ¥ sikkhåpadaµ samådiyåmi).~
557 Detach | come from the Christian mystical tradition and the contemporary
558 Detach | world. Classical Christian mysticism saw indifference to worldly
559 Compas(15)| Nårada Mahåthera, The Buddha and
560 Detach | level of both the family and nation, until "having taken sword
561 Detach | towards seeing the true nature of things more clearly.
562 Compas | compassion. Compassion was their nature-Mahå-karuˆå, great compassion, rather
563 Detach | recognized but so is the necessity for a mind detached from
564 Detach | detachment" because of the negative connotations "detachment"
565 Detach | objects are sensed through a net of predispositions towards
566 | Nevertheless
567 Detach | The later commentTimes New Roman tradition, however,
568 Detach | insight is given in the Nivåpa Sutta, which weaves a lengthy
569 Intro | of happiness involved in non-action which he further says is
570 Compas | challenge for Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike is to realize this
571 Detach | non-attachment. Non-attachment or non-grasping would therefore flow from
572 Detach | with clarity of perception, nonpartiality, and fair judgement. ~Voices
573 Detach | turning away from that which normally nourishes the human body.
574 Compas | Bhikkhu Ñåˆamoli, in the notes to his translation, stresses
575 | nothing
576 Compas | observers about the Buddhist notions of detachment and compassion.
577 Detach | from that which normally nourishes the human body. Neither
578 Compas | elementary compassion which the novice on the path attempts to
579 Detach | will with total love and obedience was accompanied by detachment
580 Detach | manipulate the experiments or observations in order to obtain that
581 Compas | with questions raised by observers about the Buddhist notions
582 Detach | leads only to craving and obsession. Phrases which overlap with
583 Detach | observations in order to obtain that result. ~Therefore,
584 Author | Lanka from 1986 to 1993 and obtained a Ph.D. degree from the
585 Compas | words he said on one such occasion.30 ~This ideal was placed
586 Compas | practices, and devotional offerings are all subservient to the
587 Detach | Delightful, reverend Ónanda, is the Gosinga sal-wood.
588 | once
589 Compas | world harms living beings, once-born or twice-born, in whom there
590 Compas(16)| Edward Conze, op. cit., Ch.6. ~
591 Detach | through non-attachment can operate both at a mundane and a
592 Detach | greed always arises when an opportunity for gaining quick wealth
593 Detach | destroyed, making way for their opposites to flourish. ~To take attachment
594 Compas | in the face of criticism, opposition, and misunderstanding, in
595 Compas | to relieve suffering and oppression. ~ ~
596 | ourselves
597 Compas | living beings-know him as an outcast."19 ~(Ekajaµ vå dijaµ vå
598 Detach | the wish for a particular outcome. For it is known that if
599 Compas | point, no mention is made of outgoing action: ~"By getting rid
600 Intro | to support a rejection of outward concern for others. For
601 Detach | these are attenuated and overcome. There is nothing yet in
602 Detach | obsession. Phrases which overlap with attachment in this
603 Compas(15)| His Teachings (BPS, 1988), p372. ~
604 Detach | homelessness (agårasmå anagåriyaµ pabbajati) could aid concentrated
605 Compas | Final Reflections ~This paper began with questions raised
606 Compas | with action. ~In a later paragraph, Buddhaghosa adds that compassion
607 Compas | structured in a series of parallel sentences, each one contrasting
608 Compas(25)| From ParamatthamañjËså, his commentary to the Visuddhimagga;
609 Compas | not to become biased or partial. For what passes as compassion
610 Compas | biased or partial. For what passes as compassion can cloak
611 Compas | indifference but a freedom from passion and attachment that is necessary
612 Compas | is linked only with the passivity of meditation. For the Enlightened
613 Compas | definitions of Buddhist writers past and present, as well as
614 Detach | detachment connected with the path-was not essentially a physical
615 Compas | Ekajaµ vå dijaµ vå pi yo påˆåni hiµsati, yassa påˆe dayå
616 Compas | injury to living things (påˆåtipåtå veramaˆ¥ sikkhåpadaµ samådiyåmi). ~
617 Compas | yo påˆåni hiµsati, yassa påˆe dayå n'atthi taµ jaññå '
618 Compas | bring the mind to a state of peace. Rarely is meditation mentioned
619 Compas | meditative form as a powerful and peace-giving discipline of the mind and
620 Compas(25)| been studied by Aloysius Peiris in "Some Salient Aspects
621 Detach | is linked with clarity of perception, nonpartiality, and fair
622 Detach | leads to biased and false perceptions, since objects are sensed
623 Detach | many suttas mention the peril involved. The person attached
624 Compas | culmination is a "sword period" in which men and women
625 Detach | relationship, no achievement is permanent or able to give lasting
626 Compas | being more connected with personal spiritual growth than the
627 Compas | or extended to them by pervasion, thus it is compassion."23~
628 Author | 1986 to 1993 and obtained a Ph.D. degree from the Postgraduate
629 Compas | Ekajaµ vå dijaµ vå pi yo påˆåni hiµsati, yassa
630 Compas | emphasis is on each person's pilgrimage towards Nibbåna rather than
631 Compas | daˆ¶ assa Sabbesaµ j¥vitaµ piyam Attånaµ upamaµ katvå Na
632 Compas | the development of karuˆå plays an essential part in the
633 Detach | sensual gratification is pointless, since it leads only to
634 Detach | the social, economic, and political crises facing the world.
635 Intro | themselves to be socially and politically engaged. In contemporary
636 Detach | connotations "detachment" possesses in English. Råga is a close
637 Detach | from the awareness that no possession, no relationship, no achievement
638 Compas | gain of self. Its "love" is possessive and manipulative. Egoism
639 Detach | clarify its meaning are: possessiveness in relationships, defensiveness,
640 Intro | society?~It is certainly possible to draw sentences from Buddhist
641 Author | a Ph.D. degree from the Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist
642 Compas | give wealth to the poor. Poverty becomes widespread and,
643 Compas(17)| of Insight (BPS, 1980), pp.125-26. ~
644 Compas | attempts to radiate and practise. For these disciples, all
645 Intro | world, how can the two be practised together? ~• Does detachment
646 Compas | same way."31~Mahåkassapa is praised because "he teaches the
647 Detach | unworthy nor in praise of the praiseworthy. The Buddha disagreed with
648 Compas | For forty-five years, he preached in the face of criticism,
649 Detach | sensed through a net of predispositions towards attraction and aversion. ~
650 Detach | freedom from bias and prejudice." Thus, in both the Western
651 Compas | compassionate mind is a direct preparation for right concentration (
652 Compas | Buddhist writers past and present, as well as the texts themselves,
653 Author | Methodist Church in London. Her previous BPS publications include
654 Detach | to solitude could lead to pride, carelessness, attention-seeking,
655 Detach | dictionary definitions. Primarily, detachment refers to the
656 Compas | compassion as a guiding principle. The Cakkavatti S¥hanåda
657 Compas | of society. ~Part of the problem is the linguistic framework
658 Detach | refers to the action and process of separating. Flowing from
659 Compas | subside and it fails when it produces sorrow."24 To Buddhaghosa,
660 Detach | which needs to be protected, promoted, or defended; and from the
661 Detach | no self which needs to be protected, promoted, or defended;
662 Detach | their power over the human psyche, attachment to them must
663 Compas(27)| Burlingame, Buddhist Legends (PTS, 1969). ~
664 Author | London. Her previous BPS publications include Violence and Disruption
665 Detach | withdrawal which either punished the body or completely rejected
666 Detach | adultery, and vicious corporal punishment are likewise attributed
667 Compas | stages of the path are seen purely in terms of meditation and
668 Detach | as a means to the inner purging and mental transformation
669 Compas | that which flows from a purified mind filled with compassion.
670 Compas(25)| commentary to the Visuddhimagga; quoted at Path of Purification,
671 Compas(18)| karuˆå and anukampå and quotes Buddhaghosa (SA II 169 to
672 Compas | on the path attempts to radiate and practise. For these
673 Compas | an attitude of mind to be radiated in meditation. This is usually
674 Compas | paper began with questions raised by observers about the Buddhist
675 Intro | qualities to be cultivated. This raises questions such as the following: ~ ~•
676 Compas | Kisågotam¥,28 and the slave girl Rajjumålå.29 He was not slow either
677 Compas | mind to a state of peace. Rarely is meditation mentioned
678 Compas | the web of suffering we're all entangled in, we become
679 Compas | Sangha may have failed to reach it, it is certain that some
680 Intro | meditation, or can it create real change in society?~It is
681 Compas(25)| Aspects of Consciousness and Reality in Pali Scholasticism as
682 Compas | non-Buddhists alike is to realize this in our lives. All societies
683 Detach | knowledge that release from rebirth has been gained. Viråga
684 Detach | that the asceticism of a recluse who clings to solitude could
685 Compas | the practices suitable for recluses."22~Karuˆå is one of the
686 Compas | feeling one's own pain and recognizing the pain of others . Seeing
687 Intro | the world. Yet Buddhism recommends both as admirable and necessary
688 Detach | that ascetic withdrawal can reduce the mind's ability to discern.
689 Detach | them. ~The Buddhist texts refer to four strands of grasping (
690 Compas(25)| in Pali Scholasticism as reflected in the Works of Ócariya
691 Compas | liberative action. ~Final Reflections ~This paper began with questions
692 Compas | growth than the altruistic reformation of society. ~Part of the
693 Detach | the self-distancing which refuses to take sides or to speak
694 Detach | punished the body or completely rejected human contact would be a
695 Intro | which seem to support a rejection of outward concern for others.
696 Detach | worthy is best.12 The Buddha rejects the self-distancing which
697 Detach | self-awakening," but are also related to creating a just and harmonious
698 Author | Secretary for Inter-faith Relations in The Methodist Church
699 Detach | meaning are: possessiveness in relationships, defensiveness, jealousy,
700 Detach | was once faced with the remark that the most worthy person
701 Intro | and out of context, these remarks can give the impression
702 Detach | the world. But they should remember that detachment can have
703 Detach | from the household life, renounce possessions, and adopt a
704 Detach | effort. Yet to equate the renunciation which the Buddha encouraged
705 Detach | binding human beings to repeated births, grows from taˆhå (
706 Detach | disagreed with this. He replied that, because of his ability
707 Compas | the two concepts seem to represent contradictory forces, the
708 Detach | deer with a certain crop, representing sensual pleasure, sown by
709 Detach | It can also lead to the repression of mental tendencies rather
710 Detach | judge more impartially. ~To return to the Buddhist tradition:
711 Detach | tree, on a hillside and returning there after alms round,
712 Detach | following: ~"Delightful, reverend Ónanda, is the Gosinga sal-wood.
713 Compas | but made compassion the reverse side of this truth, as is
714 Compas | outgoing action: ~"By getting rid of the taint of ill-will,
715 Compas | Buddhism is the Five Precepts. Rites, rituals, ascetic practices,
716 Compas | the Five Precepts. Rites, rituals, ascetic practices, and
717 Detach | true understanding of the role of detachment in Buddhism.
718 Detach | The later commentTimes New Roman tradition, however, identifies
719 Detach | grasping and the need to root these out. ~
720 Compas | Such a society would be rooted in compassion. Compassion
721 Detach | tendencies rather than to their rooting out and destruction. ~The
722 Detach | returning there after alms round, he seats himself, when
723 Compas(18)| and quotes Buddhaghosa (SA II 169 to indicate that
724 Compas | cause another to kill." ~(Sabbe tasanti daˆ¶ assa Sabbesaµ
725 Compas | Sabbe tasanti daˆ¶ assa Sabbesaµ j¥vitaµ piyam Attånaµ upamaµ
726 Compas | the centuries as words he said on one such occasion.30 ~
727 Detach | clear moonlit night; the sal-trees are in full blossom. Methinks
728 Detach | reverend Ónanda, is the Gosinga sal-wood. It is a clear moonlit night;
729 Compas(25)| Aloysius Peiris in "Some Salient Aspects of Consciousness
730 Compas | right concentration (sammå samådhi) and a prerequisite of Nibbåna: ~"
731 Detach | self-awakening" (anuttaråya sambodhåya).6 He is one with whom Måra
732 Compas | but is linked with the Sanskrit kr@ˆåti, to injure or kill.
733 Detach | pleasures is likened to a "wet, sappy stick" placed in water.
734 Detach | more clearly. In contrast, saråga (attachment) leads to biased
735 Detach | expression of delight uttered by Såriputta, an arahant, on meeting
736 Detach | or able to give lasting satisfaction; from the discovery that
737 Intro | concern towards everything in saµsåra. But is this inference sound?
738 Detach | results in bhava-continued saµsåric existence. The English word "
739 Compas | Or, alternatively, it is scattered upon those who suffer, or
740 Detach | blossom. Methinks deva-like scents are being wafted around ."5~
741 Compas(25)| Consciousness and Reality in Pali Scholasticism as reflected in the Works
742 Detach | it is known that if the scientist is searching for one particular
743 Detach | change, and no answer to the search for happiness. Because of
744 Detach | there after alms round, he seats himself, when his meal is
745 Detach | is separation, aloofness, seclusion. Often physical withdrawal
746 Author | of Kelaniya. She is now Secretary for Inter-faith Relations
747 Compas | the life, feelings, and security of others is inseparably
748 Compas | qualities. The following are selected from the longer whole: ~"
749 Compas | desire for self-promotion and self-achievement had been replaced with outward-moving
750 Detach | The Buddha rejects the self-distancing which refuses to take sides
751 Compas | This (compassion) isn't self-pity or pity for others. It's
752 Compas | disciples, all desire for self-promotion and self-achievement had
753 Detach | realization that searching for selfish sensual gratification is
754 Compas | loving action had replaced selfishness. In the final stage of the
755 Detach | perceptions, since objects are sensed through a net of predispositions
756 Detach | from the pleasures of the senses, aloof from unskilled states
757 Compas | others. It makes people so sensitive to the sufferings of others
758 Compas | compassion flow both from a sensitivity to our own hopes and fears
759 Compas | first sixty arahants were sent out with the words: ~"Go
760 Detach | the action and process of separating. Flowing from this has come
761 Detach | primary meaning of viveka is separation, aloofness, seclusion. Often
762 Compas | passage is structured in a series of parallel sentences, each
763 Compas | compassion. The mission he set for himself and for the
764 Detach | having taken sword and shield, having girded bow and quiver,
765 Compas | to place ourselves in the shoes of others. Compassion towards
766 Compas | love oneself before one can show true empathy and compassion
767 Compas | made compassion the reverse side of this truth, as is shown
768 Compas | Karuˆå is more than this. Significant here is Buddhaghosa's treatment
769 Compas | given (adinnådånå veramaˆ¥ sikhåpadaµ samådiyåmi). ~3. I undertake
770 Intro | which is conditioned."1 Similarly, G.S.P. Misra writes, "In
771 Compas | become enlightened or who are sincerely following the path towards
772 Compas | liberative action. The first sixty arahants were sent out with
773 Compas | Kisågotam¥,28 and the slave girl Rajjumålå.29 He was
774 Compas | Rajjumålå.29 He was not slow either to admonish monks
775 Compas(19)| Sn 117. ~
776 Compas | realize this in our lives. All societies need the active, liberative
777 Detach | possessions, and adopt a solitary mendicancy was a recognized
778 Detach | a recluse who clings to solitude could lead to pride, carelessness,
779 Compas | it fails when it produces sorrow."24 To Buddhaghosa, karuˆå
780 Intro | saµsåra. But is this inference sound? I would argue that it is
781 Detach | refuses to take sides or to speak out against what should
782 Detach | Påli is to be meaningful to speakers of English. It is far more
783 Compas | mentioned in the texts in the specialized context of meditation to
784 Compas | training to refrain from false speech (musåvådå veramaˆ¥ sikkhåpadaµ
785 Detach | monk) chooses some lonely spot to rest on his way-in the
786 Author | Harris studied Buddhism in Sri Lanka from 1986 to 1993
787 Compas | Buddha's teachings about statecraft and government also embody
788 Compas | second strand, I have already stated that the word "karuˆå" was
789 Compas | outward-moving energy. Therefore, any statement which describes the enlightened
790 | stop
791 Compas | shown in the traditional stories of his encounters with Pa†
792 Detach | which weaves a lengthy story around the relationship
793 Compas | To move to the second strand, I have already stated that
794 Compas | notes to his translation, stresses that kiˆåti here does not
795 Detach | not mean a withdrawal from striving for truth but a movement
796 Compas | exploitation in any part of its structure is not tolerated. Such a
797 Compas | Buddha.25 The passage is structured in a series of parallel
798 Author | Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya.
799 Detach | troops. More relevant to this study, however, is the third body
800 Detach | upadhi-viveka become necessary subdivisions to bring out the full implications
801 Compas | four "brahma-vihåras" or sublime states, along with mettå,
802 Compas | devotional offerings are all subservient to the morality they stress.
803 Compas | succeeds "when it makes cruelty subside and it fails when it produces
804 Compas | Buddhaghosa adds that compassion succeeds "when it makes cruelty subside
805 Compas | scattered upon those who suffer, or extended to them by
806 Compas | following the practices suitable for recluses."22~Karuˆå
807 Intro | Buddhist writers which seem to support a rejection of outward concern
808 Detach | fair judgement. ~Voices supporting this come from the Christian
809 Compas | liberative action is seen supremely in Ócariya Dhammapåla's
810 Compas | the modern connotations surrounding such concepts as "detachment."
811 Compas | This (compassion) isn't self-pity or pity for others.
812 Compas | another to kill." ~(Sabbe tasanti daˆ¶ assa Sabbesaµ j¥vitaµ
813 Compas | discipline taught by the Tathågata, having thus developed friendliness (
814 Compas | this dhamma and discipline taught by the Tathågata, having
815 Detach | repeated births, grows from taˆhå (craving) and results in
816 Compas | yassa påˆe dayå n'atthi taµ jaññå 'vasalo' iti.)~Important
817 Compas | to remain in society as teacher and liberator. He saw the
818 Compas | Mahåkassapa is praised because "he teaches the doctrine to others out
819 Compas | monks who were unwilling to tend the sick among them or to
820 Detach | the repression of mental tendencies rather than to their rooting
821 Compas | among them or to do the tending himself, however distressing
822 Compas | empathy with others can be termed "autism." Autism is necessary
823 Compas(18)| in Love and Sympathy in Theravada Buddhism (Motilal Banarsidass,
824 Detach | destroys the mind's ability to think clearly and objectively.
825 Compas | the same form for those thinking exclusively in Påli and
826 Detach | this study, however, is the third body of meanings connected
827 Intro(1) | Edward Conze, Buddhist Thought in India, 1960, Ch.5. ~
828 Detach | not uncommon during the time of the Buddha. To withdraw
829 Compas | of its structure is not tolerated. Such a society would be
830 Detach | like one holding a blazing torch, which must be dropped if
831 Compas | of a person who "does not torment himself or others." Moral
832 Detach | Fulfilling God's will with total love and obedience was accompanied
833 Intro | This is an issue which touches on the whole question of
834 Compas | truth, as is shown in the traditional stories of his encounters
835 Detach | destructive and divisive traits can be destroyed, making
836 Intro | on the whole question of transferring concepts across linguistic
837 Detach | attachment to them must be transformed into non-attachment. Non-attachment
838 Detach | objectively as it really is-as transient, subject to change, and
839 Compas | Therefore he chooses to translate it as "combat," unmistakeably
840 Compas | to the brahma-vihåras, he treats karuˆå in a similar way
841 Detach | the woods, at the foot of tree, on a hillside and returning
842 Compas | Dhammapada verse:20~ "All tremble at violence ~ Life
843 Detach | the dispatch of a body of troops. More relevant to this study,
844 Detach | insight into the Four Noble Truths; and eventually, the knowledge
845 Detach | therefore, is not an extreme turning away from that which normally
846 Compas | living beings, once-born or twice-born, in whom there is no compassion
847 Detach | This is illustrated in the Udumbarika S¥hanåda Sutta in which
848 Detach | citta-viveka and viråga).11~The ultimate results of such practices
849 Detach | chosen way of life, was not uncommon during the time of the Buddha.
850 Detach | kind of withdrawal which is unconcerned with what is good or bad
851 Intro | come into contact with the unconditioned when he brushes aside anything
852 Detach | scientific result, he might unconsciously manipulate the experiments
853 | under
854 Compas | importance of this must not be underestimated. The development of a compassionate
855 Compas | through compassion that he undertook to counteract it. It was
856 Compas | the fact that suffering is universal, but made compassion the
857 Author | Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya. She is now
858 Compas | translate it as "combat," unmistakeably connecting Buddhaghosa's
859 Detach | of the senses, aloof from unskilled states of mind, he enters
860 Detach | the truth inviolate and unspoken through a wish not to become
861 | until
862 Detach | either distanced from or untouched by the social, economic,
863 Compas | admonish monks who were unwilling to tend the sick among them
864 | up
865 Compas | Sabbesaµ j¥vitaµ piyam Attånaµ upamaµ katvå Na haneyya na ghåtaye.)~
866 Compas | himself or others." Moral uprightness is stressed initially but
867 Compas | Compassion is a virtue which uproots the wish to harm others.
868 Detach | sensual desires and the urge to assert dogmatic views
869 Compas | altruism. Egoism seeks to use others for the material
870 Detach | an expression of delight uttered by Såriputta, an arahant,
871 Compas(20)| Dhp. v, 130. Trans. by Acharya
872 Detach | austerity. Kåya-viveka was valuable only if seen as a means
873 Compas | theft, murder, immorality in various forms, and communal breakdown.
874 Compas | The above definitions vary. Yet central to all is the
875 Compas | is to be effective. The Vasala Sutta makes this relationship
876 Compas | dayå n'atthi taµ jaññå 'vasalo' iti.)~Important to the
877 Detach | jhånas or absorptions; the verification, by direct vision, of the
878 Compas | the following Dhammapada verse:20~ "All tremble at
879 Detach | there is trouble, there is vexation."14 ~Therefore, far from
880 Detach | sutta, theft, adultery, and vicious corporal punishment are
881 Compas | balance, counteracting the view that karuˆå is linked only
882 Compas(25)| Path of Purification, Ch. VII, n.9. This passage has been
883 Compas(29)| Vimånavatthu, No. 50. ~
884 Compas | needs the clear insight that viragå can bring. The challenge
885 Compas | others."15 ~"Compassion is a virtue which uproots the wish to
886 Detach | the cultivation of moral virtues and the effort to gain insight
887 Detach | verification, by direct vision, of the doctrine of karma;
888 Compas | tasanti daˆ¶ assa Sabbesaµ j¥vitaµ piyam Attånaµ upamaµ katvå
889 Detach | nonpartiality, and fair judgement. ~Voices supporting this come from
890 Compas(27)| See E.W. Burlingame, Buddhist Legends (
891 Detach | deva-like scents are being wafted around ."5~This is an expression
892 Compas | becomes widespread and, in its wake, follow theft, murder, immorality
893 Compas | their own that they do not want to further increase them."16 ~"
894 Detach | sappy stick" placed in water. As such a stick cannot
895 Detach | lonely spot to rest on his way-in the woods, at the foot of
896 Compas | because they have the power to weaken the defilements of lust,
897 Detach | the Nivåpa Sutta, which weaves a lengthy story around the
898 Compas | of others . Seeing the web of suffering we're all entangled
899 Detach | find linked with this (in Webster's Dictionary, for example) "
900 Detach | of mind diminished, they went back to the very crop sown
901 Detach | pleasures is likened to a "wet, sappy stick" placed in
902 | whatever
903 Author | and Disruption in Society (Wheel No. 392/393) and Journey
904 | where
905 | whether
906 | while
907 Compas | the poor. Poverty becomes widespread and, in its wake, follow
908 Detach | implying that the person is not willing to become involved with
909 Detach | the time of the Buddha. To withdraw from the household life,
910 | without
911 Compas | period" in which men and women look upon one another as
912 Detach | to rest on his way-in the woods, at the foot of tree, on
913 Compas | merchant's family, if from a worker's family,and if from whatever
914 Compas(25)| Scholasticism as reflected in the Works of Ócariya Dhammapåla,"
915 Intro | Similarly, G.S.P. Misra writes, "In the final analysis,
916 Intro | example, Edward Conze has written, "The Yogin can only come
917 Compas | vå pi yo påˆåni hiµsati, yassa påˆe dayå n'atthi taµ jaññå '
918 Compas | course.26 For forty-five years, he preached in the face
919 Intro | Conze has written, "The Yogin can only come into contact
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