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Potthapada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) 1.7
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1.7
‘Well, as to that, Poṭṭhapāda, those Samaṇas and Brahmans who said that ideas come to a man and pass away without a reason, and without a cause, are wrong from the very commencement. For it is precisely through a reason, by means of a cause, that ideas come and go. By training some ideas arise. By training others pass away.
‘And what is that training?’ continued the Exalted One. ‘
[He then sets out the first Part of the system of self training,for the Bhikkhu, as translated above, pp. 78-84, from the Sāmañña-phala, as follows:
1. The introductory paragraphs on the appearance of a Buddha, his preaching, the conviction of a hearer and his renunciation of the world.
2. The tract on the Sīlas, the minor details of mere morality.
3. The paragraphs on Confidence.
4. The paragraphs on ‘Guarded is the door of his senses.’
5. The paragraphs on ‘Mindful and Self-possessed.’
6. The paragraphs on Solitude.
7. The paragraphs on the conquest of the Five Hindrances.
And goes on:]
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- Poṭṭhapādasutta — Pāli