Guest guest Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Friends: The Noble Eight-Fold Way Finalizes the Three Searches: The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, there are these three searches. What three? The Search for Pleasure, The Search for Becoming, The Search for the Noble Life. These are the three searches… The Noble 8-fold Way should be developed: For the direct experience of these three searches… For the complete understanding of these three searches… For the utter destruction of these three searches… For the overcoming and leaving all behind of these three searches…And how does a Bhikkhu do so? Here, friends, the Bhikkhu develops:Right View, which is based upon seclusion, disillusion, ceasing, and culminating in release.Right Motivation, which has the removal of Greed, Hate and Ignorance as its final goal.Right Speech, which has the deathless as its base, as its destination, as its last resort.Right Action, which flows, falls into and inclines towards Nibbana, the Highest Bliss.Right Livelihood, which is based upon seclusion, disillusion, ceasing, and culminating in release.Right Effort, which has the deathless as its base, as its destination, as its last resort.Right Awareness, which has the removal of Greed, Hate and Ignorance as its final goal.Right Concentration, which flows, falls into and inclines towards Nibbana, the Highest Bliss.It is in this way, friends, that a Bhikkhu, comes to directly experience, fully understand, utterly destroy, completely overcome and leave all behind these three searches… Comment: Search for becoming is like wishing: ‘May I become rich, famous, praised, divine, & etc…) Source (edited extract):The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book [V:54-5] section 45: The Way. 161: The Searches ... http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html PS: Please include the word Samahita in any comment, since then will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond!! Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. Friendship is the Greatest ... Let there be Calm & Free Bliss !!! http://What-Buddha-Said.net Buddha-Direct What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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