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The teachings of the Buddha are aimed solely at liberating sentient beings from suffering. The Basic Teachings of Buddha which are core to Buddhism are: The Three Universal Truths; The Four Noble Truths; and The Noble Eightfold Path.

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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Contemplation of the Consciousness


            A Bhikkhu knows the consciousness with greed as consciousness with greed, the consciousness without greed as consciousness without greed, the consciousness with hate as consciousness with hate, the consciousness without hate as consciousness without hate, the consciousness with delusion as consciousness with delusion, the consciousness without delusion as consciousness without delusion.
            The constricted consciousness as constricted consciousness, the scattered consciousness as scattered consciousness, the consciousness that has become great, as the consciousness that has become great, the consciousness that has not become great, as the consciousness that has not become great,
            The surpassable consciousness as surpassable consciousness, the unsurpassableconsciousness as unsurpassable consciousness, the concentrated consciousness as concentrated consciousness, the unconcentrated consciousness as unconcentrated consciousness, the freed consciousness as freed consciousness, the unfreedconsciousness as unfreed consciousness.
            Thus, he dwells contemplating the consciousness in the consciousness internally, he dwells contemplating the consciousness in the consciousness externally, or he dwells contemplating the consciousness in the consciousness both internally and externally.
            He dwells contemplating the origination factors in the consciousness, or he dwells contemplating the dissolution factors in the consciousness, or he dwells contemplating both the origination factors and dissolution factors in the consciousness.
            Or, his mindfulness is established as “There is consciousness only.” And that mindfulness is established to the extent necessary to further knowledge and mindfulness.
            Not attached to any thing by way of craving and wrong view, he dwells, nor does he cling to anything in the world of the five aggregates of clinging.
            Thus a Bhikkhu dwells contemplating the consciousness in the consciousness.

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