notes on the Dhamma

  I've updated this page with nice hierarchical TOC (table of contents) tree.   every reference  to the  STED  4 jhānas🌕 formula, From this, it's clear that kāma is referring to 5 cords of sensual pleasure,   vitakka  and vicāra are verbal thought, linguistic mental words, unvocalized speech.

click this line to open/close TOC: The Essential Nature of First Jhāna ( j1🌘 ) 0. memorize 7 awakening factors 1. see dangers of sensuality + 2. replace bad thoughts with good 3.stabilize first jhāna 4. measure progress 5. beware of fake EBT 6. Pacify (passaddhi) the body Through careful study of ...

  download mp3 audio, mp4 video here https://archive.org/details/audtip-lucid24-SN-47-20/sn47.20-embellished.mp3 an earlier translation with different video: SN 47.20 explained in 24 seconds of video: Sati on 24/7, or die a horrific death

  jane austen style presentation of SN 47.6, by claude ai, Dhamma portions reworked by frankk: The Hawk and the Quail: A Moral Tale Concerning the Imprudence of Venturing Beyond One's Proper Sphere In this section (click this to open/close TOC) Chapter I: In Which a Quail Exhibits a Lamentable Want of Judgment Chapter II: In Which Pride Precedeth a Most Literal Fall Chapter III: In Which Superior Knowledge Triumphs Over Superior Force Chapter IV: In Which the Moral Application Is Made Clear SN 47.6 - A Rendering in the Manner of Polite Society It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a creature in possession of good sense must be in want of the wisdom to remain within its proper domain. Yet how often do we observe, in both the natural world and in the drawing rooms of civilized society, individuals who, believing themselves exempt from this maxim, venture forth into territories where they have neither knowledge nor advantage, and there meet wi...

Just my notes, no conclusion, just wondering. Thanissaro translation:  In a single holy life, a thousand have left death behind. More in training, five hundred plus ten times tenfold ten: All have attained the stream that never leads to an animal birth. 500 + 1000 = 1500 trainees (all = 1000 + 1500) 2500 stream enterers Bodhi's translation, I thought it might be saying 1000 arahants, 1500 sekhas ( 500 more nonreturners and once returners than arahants) 10x10x10 x (1000 + 1500) = 2500 x 1000 stream enterers Obviously verse is tricky to say with any certainty, 1) wondering if sekha here in SN 6.13 (or in general) tends to refer to non-returners and once returners (excluding stream enterers) 2) wondering if this sutta is meant to give a breakdown of ratios between various types of enlightened beings, like in  SN 8.7 “Imesampi khvāhaṃ, sāriputta, pañcannaṃ bhikkhusatānaṃ na kiñci garahāmi kāyikaṃ vā vācasikaṃ vā. “There is nothing, Sāriputta, that these five hundred monks hav...

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