With Ambaṭṭha 2.2

Language: English

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“But what, worthy Gotama, is that conduct, and what is that knowledge?”

“Ambaṭṭha, it’s when a Realized One arises in the world, perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.

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He has realized with his own insight this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans—and he makes it known to others.

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He teaches Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And he reveals a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.

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A householder hears that teaching, or a householder’s child, or someone reborn in a good family.

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They gain faith in the Realized One

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and reflect …

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Quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, they enter and remain in the first absorption …

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This pertains to their conduct.

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Furthermore, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, a mendicant enters and remains in the second absorption …

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This pertains to their conduct.

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Furthermore, with the fading away of rapture, they enter and remain in the third absorption …

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This pertains to their conduct.

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Furthermore, with the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, they enter and remain in the fourth absorption …

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This pertains to their conduct.

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This is that conduct.

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When their mind has become immersed in samādhi like this—purified, bright, flawless, rid of corruptions, pliable, workable, steady, and imperturbable—they project it and extend it toward knowledge and vision.