Learning This Was Said (by the Blessed One). The Group of Threes (sutta 85 - 90 ) 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] focused on the foulness -- asubhānupassīna. body -- kāya. mindfulness of in-& out breathing -- ānāpānasati. established to the fore -- parimukhaṃ. "The All" = the six senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, & ideation) and their respective objects. This covers every aspect of experience that can be described, but does not include nibbāna. Remain focused on the inconstancy of all fabrications -- sabbasaṅkharesu aniccānupassino viharatha. Obsession with passion for the property of beauty is abandoned -- subhāya dhātuyā rāgānusayo so pahīyati. fabrications -- saṅkhāra. inconstancy -- anicca. passion -- rāga. clear knowing -- vijja (non-ignorance/knowledge/wisdom). arises -- uppajjatī (take birth/come forth/ensue). direct knowing -- abhiññā (having known/become cognizant of). Dhamma -- teachings of the Buddha; reality; universal law; true nature; law of righteousness. skillful thinking -- kusalavitakka. paññā -- discernment (right knowledge/right understanding/wisdom). Unbinding -- nibbāna. ñāṇa -- knowledge. thinking imbued with sensuality -- kāmavitakko. ill-will -- vyāpāda (non-ill-will -- avyāpāda). harmfulness -- vihiṃsā (harmlessness -- avihiṃsā). renunciation -- nekkhamma. greed, aversion & delusion -- lobhā dosa moha. Aversion causes harm.Aversion provokes the mind -- Anatthajanano doso doso cittappakopano. aeon -- kappa corrupt -- duṭṭha confidence -- pasannā (believing/faithful/devoted). supreme (agga) objects of confidence -- aggappasādā. confidence in the supreme dhamma -- agge dhamme pasannānaṃ Conquered by evil desires — his mind overwhelmed -- Pāpicchāya bhikkhave abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto. There are these three kinds of skillful thinking that produce non-blindness, produce vision, produce knowledge, foster discernment, side with non-vexation, and are conducive to Unbinding -- Tayo'me bhikkhave kusalavitakkā anandhakaraṇā cakkhukaraṇā ñāṇakaraṇā paññāvuddhikā avighatapakkhikā nibbānasaṃvattanikā. Thinking imbued with harmlessness produces non-blindness, produces vision, produces knowledge, fosters discernment, sides with non-vexation, and is conducive to Unbinding -- Avihiṃsāvitakko bhikkhave anandhakarano cakkhukaraṇo ñāṇakaraṇo paññāvuddhiko avighātapakkhiko nibbānasaṃvattaniko. There are these three inside stains, inside enemies, inside foes, inside murderers, inside adversaries -- Taye'me bhikkhave antarāmalā antarāmittā antarāsapattā antarāvadhakā antarāpaccatthikā. For source of above extract, please go to:- http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/iti/iti.3.050-099.than.html [An acknowledgment of appreciation and thanks to Venerable Thanissaro Bhikkhu and "accesstoinsight.org" for the text available online]. 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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