The Path of PurificationThe Visuddhimagga - here rendered Path of Purification systematically summarizes and interprets the teaching of the Buddha contained in the Pali Tipiṭaka. As the principal non-canonical authority of the Theraváda, it forms the hub of a complete and coherent method of exegesis of the Tipiṭaka, using the "Abhidhamma method" as it is called. It sets out detailed practical instructions for developing purification of mind. |
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Page xliii
... life-continuum consciousness, which arise each immediately on the cessation of the one preceding. Conventional death is that of all (so-called) living beings.16 Mine will be conventional death.” After his death he was reborn in the ...
... life-continuum consciousness, which arise each immediately on the cessation of the one preceding. Conventional death is that of all (so-called) living beings.16 Mine will be conventional death.” After his death he was reborn in the ...
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... life-continuum has arisen twice and ceased, the functional mind-element accomplishing the function of adverting arises and ceases. After that, eye- consciousness with the function of seeing; after that, resultant mind-element with the ...
... life-continuum has arisen twice and ceased, the functional mind-element accomplishing the function of adverting arises and ceases. After that, eye- consciousness with the function of seeing; after that, resultant mind-element with the ...
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... life - continuum and the consciousnesses of the cognitive series beginning with adverting . Thus although it actually arises at the moment of impulsion , it is nevertheless called " restraint in the eye faculty . " 59. So also as ...
... life - continuum and the consciousnesses of the cognitive series beginning with adverting . Thus although it actually arises at the moment of impulsion , it is nevertheless called " restraint in the eye faculty . " 59. So also as ...
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... life- continuum , 13 just as when a young child is lifted up and stood on its feet , it 11. " Stamped with the three characteristics of the formed beginning with rise ( see A I 152 ) , or marked with the three characteristics beginning ...
... life- continuum , 13 just as when a young child is lifted up and stood on its feet , it 11. " Stamped with the three characteristics of the formed beginning with rise ( see A I 152 ) , or marked with the three characteristics beginning ...
Page 122
... life - continuum , carries on with a stream of profitable impulsion for a whole night and for a whole day , just as a healthy man , after rising from his seat , could stand for a whole day . [ GUARDING THE SIGN ] 34. The arousing of the ...
... life - continuum , carries on with a stream of profitable impulsion for a whole night and for a whole day , just as a healthy man , after rising from his seat , could stand for a whole day . [ GUARDING THE SIGN ] 34. The arousing of the ...
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abandoning Abhidhamma absorption according adverting applied and sustained applied thought apprehending Arahant Arahantship arisen arises ascetic attainment base consisting beginning bhikkhu Blessed bliss bodily body breathing Buddhaghosa called cankers cessation characteristic clinging colour commentary concentration condition consciousness consisting of boundless contemplation craving death defilements deities dependent origination Dhamma direct-knowledge divine eye elder enlightenment factor equanimity eye-consciousness faculty feeling fine-material firstly five aggregates formations fruition function greed happiness head hairs immaterial impermanent in-breaths individual essence insight jhāna kamma kasiņa kasióa kinds of becoming knowledge life-continuum loving-kindness materiality meaning meditation subject mental mentality-materiality mind monastery Nibbāna noble not-self nutriment occurs once-return owing pain Pali path Pațis perception proximate cause purification rebirth-linking recollection root-cause secluded sense desires special qualities Sri Lanka stream-entry suffering supernormal power supramundane sustained thought Sutta temperament things Tipitaka understanding understood unprofitable venerable sir Vibh Vibhanga Vinaya virtue visible Vism-mht Visuddhimagga words