3. 7 Cūlahatthipadopamasuttaṃ – Majjhima Nikāya 1
Then the Blessed One said brahmin, the simile of the elephant’s footprint is not complete. I will explain it to you completely, listen and attend carefully.
Brahmin, like the elephant hunter gone to the elephant grove would see a footprint of an elephant huge in length and breadth. If he is clever he would not come to the conclusion, indeed this is the foot- print of a huge elephant………In the same manner brahmin, the Thus Gone One arises in the world, perfect, rightfully enlightened, endowed with knowledge and conduct, well gone, knower of the worlds, the incomparable tamer of those to be tamed, Teacher of gods and men, enlightened and blessed.
The Eight Precepts: attha-sila – Abstains from destroying seed groups and vegetable groups. Partaking one meal a day, abstains from food at night and at untimely hours. Abstains from dance, singing, music, decorations, flowers and scents, ointments and adornments. Abstains from high and stately beds. Abstains from accepting gold and silver,…..
……..Experiences the untouched pleasure of the mental faculties ’ ajjhattam abyāsekasukhaṃ pa. tisaṃ vedeti’ A person who controls the mental faculties aims to experience this pleasure, with much pressure, that is his mind should not change on account of any data that come through the six spheres of mental contact. When the bhikkhu becomes an ’arahant ’ a perfected one this becomes a constant pleasure to him…..
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The readers in the current generation are intelligent.. Do not tell them believe this, that or the other. Just deliver what you want to say, and keep quiet. You are attempting to criticize ‘Nirapekshathwaye maga’ but that is the only group of devotees who has achieved some result. So that would be the criteria, that will be judged the efficiency of any procedure.
THERUWAN SARANAI
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Dear Sarath,
Do you know this Sutta ? It is Pure teaching of Buddha. Cula-hatthipadopama Sutta. when we review your above comment, it is clear that your teacher is not Buddha, your Teacher is Walasmulle Abhaya.
Buddhism is not Walasmulle Abhaya’s teaching. It is Buddha’s teaching. your group is destroying Buddha’s teaching that was the reason your teacher was warned by Mahanayaka theros to stop wrong teaching.
You cannot claim innocence by spreading wrong dhamma concept, such as “Kuldalani yoga, Loose motion concepts.
සමහරු සිවුරට මුවා වී යම් යම් නොමනා අදහස් ඉටු කර ගැනීමේ අදහසින් පැවිදි වන්නට උත්සාහ කරති.
සමහරු පහසුවෙන් ජීවත් විය හැකි වෙතයි සිතා පැවිදි වන්නට උත්සාහ කරති.
සමහරු තමන්ගේ යම්කිසි අදහසක් ඉටු කරගන්නා රිසියෙන් දරුවන් පැවිදි කර වන්නට උත්සාහ කරති.
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අද වන විට නොසුදුස්සෝ මහණ කරවීම නිසා ශ්‍රි ලංකාව තුල බුද්ධ සාසනය ක්‍රමයෙන් පරිහානියට යමින් පවතින අතර අද බුද්ධ වචනය ක්‍රමයෙන් ලංකාවෙන් තුරන් වෙමින් පවතින තත්වයට 90% වැඩි ප්‍රතිශතයක් වගකිව යුත්තේ ද මේ නොසුදුස්සෝ මහණ කරවීම මත බව නො රහසකී.http://www.dhammikaweb.com/?p=20942