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Friends:
Overcoming all Fear of Future Fall into Bad Destinations!
Once in
Savatthi the Blessed
Buddha said this:
Bhikkhus, a Noble Disciple who possesses four things has transcended
all fear of a bad destination. What four? Here, Bhikkhus, a Noble
Disciple possesses confirmed confidence in the Buddha thus:
Worthy, honourable & perfectly self-Enlightened is the Buddha!
Consummated in knowledge & behaviour, totally transcended, expert in
all dimensions, knower of all worlds, unsurpassable trainer of those
who can be tamed, teacher & guide of gods as well as of humans,
blessed, exalted, awakened, & enlightened is the Buddha!!!
Any Noble Disciple possesses confirmed confidence in the Dhamma thus:
Perfectly formulated is this Buddha-Dhamma, visible right here & now,
immediately effective, timeless, inviting each & everyone to come and see for
themselves, inspect, examine, & verify. Leading each & everyone
through progress towards perfection. Directly observable,
experiencable, & realizable by each intelligence...
Any Noble Disciple possesses confirmed confidence in the Sangha thus:
Perfectly training is this Noble Sangha community of the Buddha's
Noble disciples: Training the right way, the true way, the good
way, the direct way! Therefore do these eight kinds of individuals,
the four Noble pairs, deserve both gifts, self-sacrifice, offerings,
hospitality and reverential salutation with joined palms, since this
Noble Sangha community of the Buddha's Noble disciples, is an
unsurpassable & forever unsurpassed field of merit, in this
world, for this world, to honour, and support...
Any Noble Disciple possesses the
Morality
esteemed by the Noble ones: Unbroken, untorn, unspotted,
freeing, praised by the clever, natural, leading to concentration,
A Noble Disciple who possesses these four things has transcended and
gone all beyond all fear of a bad destination, beyond all fear
of a painful future...
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikaya. [V:364]
section 55: Sotāpattisamyutta.
Thread 14: Bad Destination
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