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346 41. PÁRAMÌ — PERFECTIONS Rightly discerning the law of action and reaction, of his own accord, he refrains from evil and doe ...

NEKKHAMMA 347 What scent else blows with and against the wind? What stairway leads like her to heaven’s gate? What door into N ...

348 41. PÁRAMÌ — PERFECTIONS Again in the Darìmukha Játaka (No. 373) it is mentioned that a pac- cekabuddha, quondam friend of t ...

PAÑÑÁ 349 allowed to ask it from his parents, close relatives, or from professed supporters. A bhikkhu is not bound to life-long ...

350 41. PÁRAMÌ — PERFECTIONS reverie, but an energetic striving. It leads to self-elevation, self-disci- pline, self-control, an ...

KHANTI 351 he works for others, expecting no remuneration in return or reward. He is ever ready to serve others to the best of h ...

352 41. PÁRAMÌ — PERFECTIONS Admonishing his disciples to practise forbearance, the Buddha says in the Kakacúpama Sutta: Though ...

ADHIÞÞHÁNA 353 A bodhisatta is trustworthy, sincere and honest. What he thinks, he speaks. There is perfect harmony in his thoug ...

354 41. PÁRAMÌ — PERFECTIONS do anything contrary to those principles. As occasion demands he is as soft as a flower and as firm ...

UPEKKHÁ 355 a heaven of his own creation. Even those who contact him will also experience that bliss. When one habitually feels ...

356 41. PÁRAMÌ — PERFECTIONS Indifferent is to all alike, Nor hatred shows, nor amity, So likewise he in good or ill, Must ev ...

THREE MODES OF CONDUCT 357 span of life extends for countless aeons, by exercise of his will-power, he ceases to live in that sp ...

358 42. BRAHMAVIHÁRA — THE SUBLIME STATES CHAPTER 42 BRAHMAVIHÁRA — THE SUBLIME STATES Rare is birth as a human being. Hard is ...

359 Jealousy (issá) is another vice that poisons one’s system and leads to unhealthy rivalries and dangerous competitions. The m ...

360 42. BRAHMAVIHÁRA — THE SUBLIME STATES Mettá is not mere universal brotherhood, for it embraces all living beings including a ...

METTÁ 361 makes not. Mettá enables one to regard the whole world as one’s moth- erland and all as fellow beings. Just as the sun ...

362 42. BRAHMAVIHÁRA — THE SUBLIME STATES A subtle indirect enemy assails mettá in the guise of a friend. It is selfish affectio ...

ATTENDANT BLESSINGS OF METTÁ 363 Then I looked in the mirror of the Dhamma And I said, ‘How like me my brother is!’ Why should ...

364 42. BRAHMAVIHÁRA — THE SUBLIME STATES his blood so clarified that rays of different hue such as blue, yel- low, red, white, ...

POWER OF METTÁ 365 A beautiful story may be cited to show how the Bodhisatta as a boy extended his boundless mettá when his own ...