impermanence
(anicca)
is powerless
falling
feeble
infirm
what is impermanent
what is insubstantial
(anatta)
what is compounded and conditioned
this does not belong to you
you should not desire it
you should put it away
- the putting away of it will be greatly to your benefit
will lead to your well being
there can be no joy in it
nor desire for it
when this dawns
then
in an entirely natural manner
not from painful renunciation or "mortification"
but almost accompanied by an olympian bearing of the spirit
there occurs viveka
detachment
.
.
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Y
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.
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the will for the ariya renunciation
is not made by reason of the four misfortunes
disease
disaster
old age
or loss of dear one
but by reason of the knowledge that
the world is contingent
one is alone and without help in it
it is not one's own
it is in the grip of an eternal insufficiency
unsated and burning with thirst
.
.
.
Y
.
.
.
the five bonds
that have to be neutralized
by sila /right conduct
are
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attanditthi or sakkayaditthi
=
attachment to the "I"
the illusion of individualism
.
III
.
vicikicca
=
doubt regarding the doctrine
&
the master
about the past
or
the future
.
III
.
silabbata-paramasa
=
belief in the efficacy of simple conformity
of rites
and
ceremonies
.
III
.
kama or raga
=
sexual desire
&
all bodily pleasure
&
craving
.
III
.
patigha
=
ill will
aversion
.
.
.
Y
.
.
.
though I be hurled head down into the infernal regions
I will do nothing that is ignoble
.
.
.
Y
.
.
.
sila / right conduct
- divided into
three grades of precepts
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cula-sila
=
lowest grade
prescribes a mode of conduct
- not taking what is not given
- not killing intentionally
- abstinence from lust
.
III
.
mahima-sila
=
middle sila
deal with a kind of spartanization of life
.
III
.
maha-sila
=
last part of the right discipline
abstention from divination
astrology
mere magic
cult of divinity or other
occultism
spiritualism
- dangerous straying
.
.
.
Y
.
.
.
in one who has no shame in conscious falsehood
no evil thing is impossible
- "not even for a joke will I lie"
.
.
.
Y
.
.
.
"chastity"
last of precepts of cula-sila
~
a woman
wives
they are objects of use
- one must train himself in such a manner
that he will continually feel less need of a woman
the spiritual need must be eliminated at an early stage
it affects a much deeper element that has nothing to do with the body
and
testifies to deficiency and inconsistency of the spirit
'what need have I of an external woman
I have an internal woman within me'
one has within oneself the element of self-completion
of fulfillment
the physical need to some extend is still allowable
like that of eating or of other animal functions
spiritual virility
&
internal sufficiency
the sexual energy no longer dissipated
thanks to the discipline of chastity
.
.
.
Y
.
.
.
"he who is insufficient makes a noise
he who is complete in himself is calm"
an accomplished one maintains similar style
in his gestures and behavior
.
.
.
Y
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