Guest guest Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Friends: Inclining, sloping, bending & falling towards Enlightenment!The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, just as all the rafters in a peaked house slant, slope, tilt, tend, veer & incline towards the roof top, even so, when any bhikkhu begins to train, develop & cultivate the Seven Links to Awakening, then he indeed slants, slopes, tilts, tends, inclines & veers towards Nibbāna... Why and how is this convergence so? When, friends, a Bhikkhu trains, develops, expands, consolidates & refines: 1: The Awareness Link to Awakening.2: The Investigation Link to Awakening.3: The Energy Link to Awakening.4: The Joy Link to Awakening.5: The Tranquillity to Awakening.6: The Concentration Link to Awakening.7: The Equanimity Link to Awakening. based upon seclusion, disillusion, and ceasing, maturing & culminating in release, then these Seven Links to Awakening and the repeated training of them, in & by themselves, make him slant, slope, tilt, tend, veer and incline towards Nibbāna... Source (edited extract): The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book [V: 75-6] section 46: The Links.7: The Peaked House.... 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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