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flife vid (AN 4.180 micro, and macro application)

Act 1: Dhamma-sutva (hearing, learning)


Idha pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaį¹ƒ vadeyya:
 Take another monk who says:
‘asukasmiį¹ƒ nāma āvāse eko thero bhikkhu viharati bahussuto āgatāgamo dhammadharo vinayadharo mātikādharo.
 ‘In such-and-such monastery there is a single senior monk who is very learned and knowledgeable in the scriptures, who has memorized The Dharmas, the texts on monastic discipline, and the outlines.
Tassa me therassa sammukhā sutaį¹ƒ sammukhā paį¹­iggahitaį¹ƒ—
 I’ve heard and learned this in the presence of that senior monk:
ayaį¹ƒ dhammo, ayaį¹ƒ vinayo, idaį¹ƒ satthusāsanan’ti.
 this is The Dharma, this is the training, this is the Teacher’s instruction.’
Tassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno bhāsitaį¹ƒ neva abhinanditabbaį¹ƒ nappaį¹­ikkositabbaį¹ƒ.
 You should neither approve nor dismiss that monk’s statement.    

 

Act 2: Dhamma-vicaya (investigating)


Anabhinanditvā appaį¹­ikkositvā tāni padabyaƱjanāni sādhukaį¹ƒ uggahetvā sutte otāretabbāni, vinaye sandassetabbāni.
 Instead, you should carefully memorize those words and phrases, then check if they’re included in the discourses and found in the texts on monastic discipline.
Tāni ce sutte otāriyamānāni vinaye sandassiyamānāni na ceva sutte otaranti na vinaye sandissanti, niį¹­į¹­hamettha gantabbaį¹ƒ:
 If they’re not included in the discourses or found in the texts on monastic discipline, you should draw the conclusion:
‘addhā idaį¹ƒ na ceva tassa bhagavato vacanaį¹ƒ arahato sammāsambuddhassa;
 ‘Clearly this is not the word of the Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.    


Act 3: Dhamme-Dhamma-anu-passī viharati: He lives continuously seeing Dhamma as Dhamma truly is


tassa ca therassa duggahitan’ti.
 It has been incorrectly memorized (or common in future times, deliberately corrupted) by that senior monk.’
Iti hetaį¹ƒ, bhikkhave, chaįøįøeyyātha.
 And so you should reject it.    




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