Learning This Was Said (by the Blessed One). The final Group of Fours (sutta 106 - 112) of Itivuttaka in Khuddaka Nikaya (Tipitaka). "Iti" -- This "Vuttam" -- was said (by the Blessed One) Further meanings (pls. rely on your own investigation):- [English - Pāli] mātāpitaro -- mother and father (or parents). teachers -- ācariya. revered -- pūjita. designation -- adhivacana. worthy of gifts -- āhuṇeyya (or worthy of adoration or offerings). brahmans & householders -- brāhmaṇagahapati. admirable in the beginning -- ādikalyāṇa (or beautiful in the beginning). admirable in the middle -- majjhekalyāṇa. admirable in the end -- pariyesānakalyāṇa (or quest). [The above can be interpreted as referring to 1.Sīla 2.Samādhi 3.Paññā in the Noble Eight-fold Path]. Sīla -- virtue (includes Dāna i.e. giving/generosity, respect, patience etc), morality (ethical conduct, integrity & conscience), precepts (training rules), Pātimokkha (rules for monks & nuns). Samādhi -- comprises of Right Effort, Right Mindfulness & Right Concentration. Paññā -- wisdom, right knowledge, insight which is right view, right understanding and right resolves/intention that leads to final/total liberation, Unbinding (Nibbāna). true dhamma -- saddhamma. mutual dependance -- aññoññanissita. householders & homeless -- sāgāra anagāra. conviction -- saddahana. noble discernment -- ariyapaññā. thought of sensuality, thought of ill-will, thought of harmfulness -- kāmavitakka vyāpādavitakka vihiṃsāvitakka. lack of ardency & concern -- anātāpī anottappī. lethargic -- kusīto (or slothful/indolent). low in persistence -- hīnaviriya. mindfulness -- sati. awareness-tranquillity -- cetosamatha. directly knowing -- abiññā. mind well-released -- vimuttacitta. attainer-of-wisdom -- vedagu. fulfilled the holy life -- vusitabrahmacariya. greed, ill will, sloth & drowsiness, restlessness & anxiety, uncertainty (or skeptical doubt) -- refers to the 5 mental hindrances or unskillful mental qualities. as is really is -- yathātatha (or true/real/factual). fermentations -- āsava (or mental effluent/outflow). Unbinding -- nibbāna. a lion -- a simile for foremost conquest & courage. world -- loka. Brahma-wheel -- brahmacakka. Deceitful, stubborn, talkers, frauds, arrogant, un-centered: they don't grow in the Dhamma taught by the Rightly Self-awakened One -- Kuhā thaddhā lapā siṅgī unnaḷā asamāhitā, Na te dhamme virūhanti sammāsambuddhadesite. Alert, with a mind well-released, touch release now here, now there. An attainer-of- wisdom, having fulfilled the holy life, is said to have gone to the end of the world, gone beyond -- Sammappajāno suvimuttacitto Vimuttiyā phassaye tattha tattha Sa vedagu vusitabrahmacariyo Lokantagu pāragato'ti vuccatī"ti. Āraddhaṃ hoti viriyaṃ asallīnaṃ, upaṭṭhitā sati asammuṭṭhā, passaddho kāyo asāraddho, samāhitaṃ cittaṃ ekaggaṃ -- if his persistence (viriya) is aroused and not lax; if his mindfulness (sati) is established and unmuddled; if his body (kāya) is calm and unaroused; if his mind (citta) is centered and unified (ekagga or calm/tranquil/concentrated). then a monk walking with such ardency and concern is called continually and continuously resolute, one with persistence aroused -- carampi bhikkhave bhikkhū evambhūto ātāpī ottappī satataṃ samitaṃ āraddhaviriye pahitatto'ti vuccati. Whether walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, whoever thinks evil thoughts, related to the household life, is following no path at all, smitten with delusory things. He's incapable, a monk like this, of touching superlative self-awakening -- "Caraṃ vā yadi vā tiṭṭhaṃ nisinno uda vā sayaṃ, Yo vitakkaṃ vitakketi pāpakā gehanissitaṃ. Kummaggaṃ paṭipanno so mohaneyyesu mucchito, Abhabbo tādiso bhikkhu phuṭṭhuṃ sambodhimuttamaṃ. For source of above extract, please go to:- http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/iti/iti.4.100-112.than.html [An acknowledgment of appreciation and thanks to Venerable Thanissaro Bhikkhu and "accesstoinsight.org" for the text available online, and cuteleaflet1 for availability of music]. The Khuddaka Nikaya, or "Collection of Little Texts" (Pali khudda = "smaller; lesser"), the fifth division of the Sutta Pitaka, is a wide-ranging collection of fifteen books (eighteen in the Burmese Tipitaka) containing complete suttas, verses, and smaller fragments of Dhamma teachings. ~ accesstoinsight "The gift of truth excels all other gifts." ~ Buddha

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