"Isn't it taught that #knowing_Dhamma_is_number_one, and livelihood is number two? Isn't livelihood secondary to Dhamma knowledge? Similarly, knowing Dhamma is first, giving (dāna) is second.
#Donations_made_after_knowing_Dhamma_lead_to_magga_and_nirodha. Donations made without knowledge lead to samudaya and dukkha - they're puññābhisaṅkhāra, āneñjābhisaṅkhāra, and apuññābhisaṅkhāra, aren't they?
Even if one gains brahma existence, does it free one from aging, sickness, and death? For devas? For humans? How frightening this is!
When giving after knowing the Truth, one wants freedom from the aggregates. #Giving_to_be_free_from_suffering.
What should we know? The present moment of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, knowing - that's the second frame. Isn't this taught as consciousness, mind-matter, six sense bases, contact, feeling?
#Are_these_beings_or_five_aggregates? When analyzed, they're five aggregates. Can any being with aggregates escape aging, sickness, and death? What truth is this? (It's the Truth of Suffering, Lord).
When truly knowing dukkha sacca, isn't it called vijjā? Or sammā diṭṭhi? Doesn't micchā diṭṭhi cease? When vijjā arises, doesn't avijjā cease?
When avijjā ceases, does taṇhā still come? Without taṇhā, can upādāna arise? #Doesn't_the_cycle_of_defilements_cease?
See, practicing Dhamma is for ceasing the cycle of defilements. Is there anything else besides this? Think about it. Isn't this worth investigating? The main point is ceasing the cycle of defilements..."
Sadhu! Together let us keep the Dharma wheel rolling.
Sao Dhammasami Siridantamahāpālaka #Donations_made_after_knowing_Dhamma_lead_to_magga_and_nirodha. Donations made without knowledge lead to samudaya and dukkha - they're puññābhisaṅkhāra, āneñjābhisaṅkhāra, and apuññābhisaṅkhāra, aren't they?
Even if one gains brahma existence, does it free one from aging, sickness, and death? For devas? For humans? How frightening this is!
When giving after knowing the Truth, one wants freedom from the aggregates. #Giving_to_be_free_from_suffering.
What should we know? The present moment of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, knowing - that's the second frame. Isn't this taught as consciousness, mind-matter, six sense bases, contact, feeling?
#Are_these_beings_or_five_aggregates? When analyzed, they're five aggregates. Can any being with aggregates escape aging, sickness, and death? What truth is this? (It's the Truth of Suffering, Lord).
When truly knowing dukkha sacca, isn't it called vijjā? Or sammā diṭṭhi? Doesn't micchā diṭṭhi cease? When vijjā arises, doesn't avijjā cease?
When avijjā ceases, does taṇhā still come? Without taṇhā, can upādāna arise? #Doesn't_the_cycle_of_defilements_cease?
See, practicing Dhamma is for ceasing the cycle of defilements. Is there anything else besides this? Think about it. Isn't this worth investigating? The main point is ceasing the cycle of defilements..."
Sadhu! Together let us keep the Dharma wheel rolling.
Ph.D(Candidate),M.A,B.A(Pali)
Master Trainer (The European International University )
The International Buddhist Studies College ,MCU