Yellow Robe - A Real Buddhist's Journal

1. DN 8 Mahāsīhanāda Sutta - The Great Lion’s Roar
(Pali Canon/Digha Nikaya)

... state, a place of destruction, in hell. Again, I see one practiser of mortification…arising after death in a good place, a heavenly state. Again, I see one who practices little austerity…arising in a state ...

2. DN 9 Poṭṭhapāda Sutta - About Poṭṭhapāda, States of Consciousness
(Pali Canon/Digha Nikaya)

... middle, lovely in its ending, in the spirit and in the letter, and displays the fully- perfected and purified holy life. A disciple goes forth and practices the moralities (Sutta 2, verses 41—62). That ...

3. MN 14 Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta - The Shorter Discourse on the Mass of Suffering
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... 16. "Then, when it was evening, I rose from meditation and went to the Nigaṇṭhas there. I asked them: 'Friends, why do you practice continuous standing, rejecting seats, and experience painful, racking, ...

4. MN 83 Makhādeva Sutta - King Makhādeva
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... your eldest son, in kingship, shave off your hair and beard, put on the yellow robe, and go forth from the home life into homelessness. Continue this good practice instituted by me and do not be the last ...

5. MN 12 Mahāsīhanāda Sutta - The Greater Discourse on the Lion's Roar
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... The recluse Gotama teaches a Dhamma [merely] hammered out by reasoning, following his own line of inquiry as it occurs to him, and when he teaches the Dhamma to anyone, it leads him when he practices it ...

6. DN 12 Lohicca Sutta: About Lohicca; Good and Bad Teachers
(Pali Canon/Digha Nikaya)

... and displays the fully-perfected and purified holy life. A disciple goes forth and practices the moralities, guards the sense-doors, attains the first jhāna (Sutta 2, verses 41-76). And whenever the pupil ...

7. DN 11 Kevaddha Sutta: About Kevaddha; What Brahma Didn’t Know
(Pali Canon/Digha Nikaya)

... A disciple goes forth and practices the moralities (Sutta 2, verses 41-63). He guards the sense-doors and attains the four jhānas (Sutta 2. Verses 64-82); he attains various insights (Sutta 2, verses 83-84); ...

8. DN 10 Subha Sutta: About Subha; Morality, Concentration, Wisdom
(Pali Canon/Digha Nikaya)

... goes forth and practices the moralities, etc. (Sutta 2, verses 41/63). Thus a monk is perfected in morality. 1.30. ‘That is the division of Ariyan morality which the Lord praised…But something more remains ...

9. MN 8 Sallekha Sutta - Effacement
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... ‘effacement’ in the Noble One’s Discipline: these are called “peaceful abidings’ in the Noble One’s Discipline. (EFFACEMENT) 12. “Now, Cunda, here effacement should be practiced by you: (1) ‘Others ...

10. MN 119 Kāyagatāsati Sutta - Mindfulness of the Body
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... a suitable basis. (BENEFITS OF MINDFULNESS OF THE BODY) 32. “Bhikkhus, when mindfulness of the body has been repeatedly practiced, developed, cultivated, used as a vehicle, used as a basis, established, ...

11. MN 113 Sappurisa Sutta - The True Man
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... be praised for that.’ So, putting the practice of the way first, he neither lauds himself nor disparages others because of his aristocratic family. This is the character of a true man. 4-6. “Moreover, ...

12. MN 107 Gaṇakamoggallāna Sutta - To Gaṇaka Moggallāna
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... training, gradual practice, and gradual progress, that is, down to the last step of the staircase. Among these brahmins too, there can be seen gradual training, gradual practice, and gradual progress, ...

13. MN 106 Āneñjasappāya Sutta - The Way to the Imperturbable
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... ill will, and presumption in me, and with the abandoning of them my mind will be unlimited, immeasurable, and well developed.’ When he practices in this way and frequently abides thus, his mind acquires ...

14. MN 105 Sunakkhatta Sutta - To Sunakkhatta
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... ‘Knife’ is a term for noble wisdom. ‘Surgeon’ is a term for the Tathāgata, the Accomplished One, the Fully Enlightened One. 28. “That bhikkhu, Sunakkhatta, is one who practices restraint in the six bases ...

15. MN 104 Sāmagāma Sutta - At Sāmagāma
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... such root of dispute either in yourselves or externally, you should practice in such a way that that same evil root of dispute does not erupt in the future. Thus there is the abandoning of that evil root ...

16. MN 125 Dantabhūmi Sutta - The Grade of the Tamed
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... the eye, do not grasp at its signs and features. Since, if you were to leave the eye faculty unguarded, evil unwholesome states of covetousness and grief might invade you, practice the way of its restraint, ...

17. MN 122 Mahāsuññata Sutta - The Greater Discourse on Voidness
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... practices in accordance with them to the complete destruction of suffering, that is, thoughts of renunciation, thoughts of non-ill will, and thoughts of non-cruelty: such thoughts I shall think.’ In this ...

18. MN 145 Puṇṇovāda Sutta - Advice to Puṇṇa
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... in the practice, and he himself realized the three true knowledges. On a later occasion, the venerable Puṇṇa attained final Nibbāna. 8. Then a number of bhikkhus went to the Blessed One, and after paying ...

19. MN 140 Dhātuvibhanga Sutta - The Exposition of the Elements
(Pali Canon/Majjhima Nikaya)

... who was given brief instruction by the Blessed One, has died. What is his destination? What is his future course?” “Bhikkhus, the clansman Pukkusāti was wise. He practiced in accordance with the Dhamma ...

20. DN 6 Mahāli Sutta - About Mahāli, Heavenly Sights, Soul and Body
(Pali Canon/Digha Nikaya)

... holy life. ‘” A disciple goes forth and practices the moralities (Sutta 2, verses 41-63). On account of his morality, he sees no danger anywhere. He experiences in himself the blameless bliss that comes ...