2018.06.03 Sunday

The Blameless Teacher

 ‘But is there, Gotama, any sort of teacher not worthy of blame in the world?’

‘Yes, Lohikka, there is a teacher not worthy, in the world, of blame.’

‘And what sort of a teacher, Gotama, is so?’

[The answer is in the words of the exposition set out above in the Sâmañña-phala, as follows:–

1. The appearance of a Tathâgata (one who won the truth), his preaching, the conversion of a hearer, his adoption of the homeless state. (Above, pp. 78, 79.)

2. The minor details of mere morality that he practises. (Above, pp. 57, 58.)

3. The Confidence of heart he gains from this practice. (Above, p. 79.)

4. The paragraph on ‘Guarded is the door of his Senses.’ (Above, pp. 79, 80.)

5. The paragraph on ‘Mindful and Self-possessed.’ (Above, pp. 80, 81.)

6. The paragraph on Simplicity of life, being content with little. (Above, p. 81.)

7. The paragraphs on Emancipation from the Five Hindrances–covetousness, ill-temper, laziness, worry, and perplexity. (Above, pp. 82-84.)

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8. The paragraph on the Joy and Peace that, as a result of this emancipation, fills his whole being. (Above, p. 84.)

9. The paragraphs on the Four Raptures (Ghânas). (Above, pp. 84-86.)

10. The paragraphs on the Insight arising from Knowledge (the knowledge of the First Path). (Above, pp. 86, 87.)

11. The paragraphs on the Realisation of the Four Noble Truths, the destruction of the Intoxications–lust, delusions, becomings, and ignorance–and the attainment of Arahatship. (Above, pp. 92, 93.)

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