A Buddhist Manual of Psychological Ethics of the Fourth Century B.C.Royal Asiatic Society, 1900 - 393 pages |
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Page 43
... Which are the states that are good ? When , that he may attain to the heavens of Form , 1 he2 cultivates the way thereto , aloof from sensuous appetites , aloof from evil ideas , and so , by earth - gazing , enters into 1 See ...
... Which are the states that are good ? When , that he may attain to the heavens of Form , 1 he2 cultivates the way thereto , aloof from sensuous appetites , aloof from evil ideas , and so , by earth - gazing , enters into 1 See ...
Page 45
... Which are the states that are good ? When , that he may attain to the heavens of Form , he cultivates the way thereto , suppressing the working of conception and of thought discursive , and so , by earth- gazing , enters into and abides ...
... Which are the states that are good ? When , that he may attain to the heavens of Form , he cultivates the way thereto , suppressing the working of conception and of thought discursive , and so , by earth- gazing , enters into and abides ...
Page 48
... Which are the states that are good ? When , that he may attain to the heavens of Form , he cultivates the way thereto , and further , through the waning of all passion for joy , 1 holds himself unbiassed , the while , mindful and self ...
... Which are the states that are good ? When , that he may attain to the heavens of Form , he cultivates the way thereto , and further , through the waning of all passion for joy , 1 holds himself unbiassed , the while , mindful and self ...
Page 50
... Which are the states that are good ? When , that he may attain to the heavens of Form , he cultivates the way thereto , and , by the putting away of ease and by the putting away of ill , by the passing away of the happiness and of the ...
... Which are the states that are good ? When , that he may attain to the heavens of Form , he cultivates the way thereto , and , by the putting away of ease and by the putting away of ill , by the passing away of the happiness and of the ...
Page 52
... Which are the states that are good ? When , that he may attain to the heavens of Form , he cultivates the way thereto , and so , by earth - gazing , enters into and abides in the Second Jhana ( the second rapt medi- tation ) wherein is ...
... Which are the states that are good ? When , that he may attain to the heavens of Form , he cultivates the way thereto , and so , by earth - gazing , enters into and abides in the Second Jhana ( the second rapt medi- tation ) wherein is ...
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Abhidhamma abides absence of lust accompanied by disinterestedness aloof from evil aloof from sensuous answer arahat Arahatship arise arisen associated attain Atthakatha bad and indeterminate bodily nutriment body-sensibility born of contact Buddha Buddhaghosa Buddhist Category of Form causally induced cittam co-Intoxicant conception connexion consciousness derived dhamma discursive thought dulness ease ethical evil ideas external Fetters five senses five skandhas form cognizable formless four Great Phenomena four skandhas Higher Ideal ibid Intoxicant invisible and reacting issue of grasping Jhana karma kilesa kinds of sense-objects mental mind modes Nirvana object a sight object of thought occasion occasion-these odour omitted Path perception printed text psychological rapt meditation Rhys Davids rupam sankhāras saññā self-collectedness sensual sensuous appetites sensuous universe skandhas of feeling smell sphere of visible Sutta Sutta Pitaka tangible tanha taste term thereto tion uncompounded element Unincluded upekkha vedana Vibhanga visible form visual cognition worlds of sense
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