Buddhism

Created 2022-10-29 (2014-02-26) Updated 2023-05-08

<p>AN = <a href="http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma14/angnik.html">Anguttara Nikaya</a></p>

AN.53: Reasons for giving

There are, O monks, eight reasons for giving. What eight? People may give out of affection; or in an angry mood; or out of stupidty; or out of fear; or because of thinking: "Such gifts have been given before by my father and grandfather and it was done by them before; hence it would be unworthy of me to give up this old family tradition"; or because of thinking, "By giving this gift, I shall be reborn in a good destination, in a heavenly world, after death"; or because of thinking "When giving this gift, my heart will be glad, and happiness and joy will arise in me"; or one gives because it ennobles and adorns the mind.

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<hr><h2>Majjhima Nikaya</h2>

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MN52:4 says that it is possible to obtain nibbana in the first jhana.

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AN.57: Upajjhatthana Sutta

Five rememberances:

• I am sure to become old; I cannot avoid ageing
• I am sure to become ill; I cannot avoid illness
• I am sure to die; I cannot avoid death
• I must be separated and parted from all that is dear and beloved to me
• I am the owner of my actions, heir of my actions, actions are the womb (from which I have sprung), actions are my relations, actions are my protection. Whatever actions I do, good or bad, of these I shall become the heir.

MN 20 Removal of distracting thoughts

If unwholesome thoughts arise, the following remedies should be applied in the order shown:

• give attention to something wholesome instead
• examine the danger of remaining with the unwholesome thought
• try to forget those thoughts, and not give attention to them
• give attnetion to stilling the thought-formation of those thoughts
• crush mind with mind

Unclassified

David Johnson described "thinking an examing thought" as:

What that is is the wholesome observation thought that comes up. "Oh - this is so interesting... etc." It is not hindrances. It is also the act of putting your mind on the lovingkindness and then sustaining the feeling.

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