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Meditation, according to this understanding, is the process of purifying the mind of old kamma by training it to look on with non-reactive equanimity as pain arises. The pain is the result of old kamma, the equanimity adds no new kamma, and thus over time all old kamma can be burned away. In this sutta, however, the Buddha heaps ridicule on ...
Majjhima Nikaya, Sutta 101. The Buddha gives a detailed refutation of the doctrine of the Jains and sets forth his counter-argument in his method for the ending of kamma.
I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying among the Sakyans. Now the Sakyans have a city named Devadaha, and there the Blessed One addressed the monks: “Monks!” “Yes, lord,” the monks responded. The Blessed One said, “Monks, there are some brahmans and contemplatives who teach in this way, who have this view: ‘Whatever a person experiences—pleasure, pain, or ...
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Middle Discourses 101. Devadahasutta. At Devadaha. Evaṁ me sutaṁ— So I have heard. ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sakkesu viharati devadahaṁ nāma sakyānaṁ nigamo. At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, near the Sakyan town named Devadaha. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: There the Buddha addressed the ...
MN 101 Devadaha Sutta | At Devadaha — The Buddha refutes a Jain theory of kamma, which claims that one's present experience is determined solely by one’s past actions, and that the effects of past unskillful actions can be “burned away” through austerities. The Buddha here sketchs one of his most important teachings on kamma: that ...
This sutta sets out the full formula for the practice of establishing mindfulness, and then gives an extensive account of one phrase in the formula: what it means to remain focused on any of the four frames of reference—body, feelings, mind, and mental qualities—in and of itself.
Majjhima Nikāya III. Upari Paṇṇāsa 1. Devadaha Vagga The Middle Length Sayings III. The Final Fifty Discourses 1. The Devadaha Division Sutta 101 Devadaha Suttaɱ Discourse at Devadaha. Translated from the Pali by I.B. Horner, O.B.E., M.A. Associate of Newham College, Cambridge First Published in 1954. Copyright The Pali Text Society ...
