notes on the Dhamma

  AN 7.67 Nagar’-opama: The Simile of the fortress (2023  SP-FLUENT  translation by  frankk‍  ) (topic:  7 sa-d-Dhamma🏰  )      AN  7.67  - AN 7.67 Nagar’-opama: The Simile of the fortress          AN  7.67.1  - (seven essentials of fortress)          AN  7.67.2  - (seven essentials leads to 4 types of food)          AN  7.67.3  – (disciple of noble one has 7 true-☸Dharmas ↔ 7 fortress essentials)              AN  7.67.3.1  - (saddha/justified-trust → foundation post)              AN  7.67.3.2  - (hiri/sense-of-shame → moat deep and wide)              AN  7.67.3.3  - (otappa/fear-of-wrong-doing → patrol path)              AN  7.67.3.4  - (bahu-suto/learned-much dhamma → many weapons stored)              AN  7.67.3.5  - (āraddha-viriya/aroused-vigor → large army stationed)              AN  7.67.3.6  - (sa...

  Sutaṃ kho pana metaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ vuddhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariyapācariyānaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ: I have heard that brahmins of the past who were elderly and senior, the teachers of teachers, said: ‘yo vassike cattāro māse paṭisallīyati, karuṇaṃ jhānaṃ jhāyati , so brahmānaṃ passati brahmunā sākaccheti brahmunā sallapati brahmunā mantetī’ti. ‘Whoever goes on retreat for the four months of the rainy season and practices the jhāna on compassion sees Brahmā and discusses with him.’ Yannūnāhaṃ vassike cattāro māse paṭisallīyeyyaṃ, karuṇaṃ jhānaṃ jhāyeyyan”ti. Why don’t I do that?” ... Atha kho, bho, mahāgovindo brāhmaṇo puratthimena nagarassa navaṃ sandhāgāraṃ kārāpetvā vassike cattāro māse paṭisallīyi, karuṇaṃ jhānaṃ jhāyi; Then the Great Steward had a new meeting hall built to the east of his citadel, where he went on retreat for the four months of the rainy season and practiced the jhāna on compassion. nāssudha koci upasaṅkamati aññatra ekena bhattābhihārena. And no one approached him ex...

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