Tuesday 6 May 2014

Samaññaphala Sutta: The Fruits of the Contemplative Life


http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.02.0.than.html

Samaññaphala Sutta: The Fruits of the Contemplative Life

translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
 

Translator's Introduction

This discourse is one of the masterpieces of the Pali canon. At heart, it is a comprehensive portrait of the Buddhist path of training, illustrating each stage of the training with vivid similes. This portrait is placed in juxtaposition to the Buddhist view of the teachings of rival philosophical teachers of the time, showing how the Buddha — in contradistinction to the inflexible, party-line approach of his contemporaries — presented his teaching in a way that was pertinent and sensitive to the needs of his listeners.

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