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MN 78 Samaṇamuṇḍika: (name of person)

        MN 781 - (Uggāhamāna's invincible ascetic— no bad body action, word, thought, livelihood)

            MN 781.1 - (Buddha makes fun of him, compare to baby)

        MN 782 - (Buddha’s ideal ascetic has 10 Dharmas)

            MN 782.1 - (10 Dharmas revealed in conclusion as 8aam + right knowledge + right liberation)

            MN 782.2 - (but these things need to be understood first)

        MN 783 - (What are unskillful behaviors)

            MN 783.1 - (Where do them stem from? )

            MN 783.2 - (How do they cease? )

            MN 783.3 - (what’s the practice for their cessation? Right effort)

        MN 784 - (What are kusala sila? )

            MN 784.1 - (where do they stem from?)

            MN 784.2 - (where do they cease? )

            MN 784.3 - (Kusala sīla purified by right effort)

        MN 785 - (what are 3 akusalā saṅkappā? exact opposite of 3 aspects of right resolve, lust, ill will, harm)

            MN 785.1 - (Akusalā saṅkappā depend on 3 perceptions based on opposite of right resolves, lust, ill will, harm)

            MN 785.2 - (akusalā saṅkappā cease in first jhāna)

            MN 785.3 - (right effort does the work of removing akusalā saṅkappā within, and prior to first jhāna)

        MN 786 - (what are 3 kusalā saṅkappā? same 3 aspects of Right Resolve)

            MN 786.1 (kusalā saṅkappā depend on the 3 kusala perceptions)

            MN 786.2 - (kusalā saṅkappā cease in 2nd jhāna)

            MN 786.2.0 – (that means kusalā saṅkappā are active in 1st jhāna!

            MN 786.3 - (right effort removes kusala sankappa from first jhāna resulting in no V&V of 2nd jhāna)

        MN 787 - (conclusion )


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