DISCOURSE I
WHAT REALLY MATTERS
PHÁP THOẠI I
NHỮNG ĐIỀU CHI THẬT SỰ QUAN TRỌNG
Venerable Webu Sayadaw: You have taken up moral conduct (Sìla). Now
that you have undertaken to perfect yourselves in the Perfection of Morality (Sìla
Pàramì), fulfil it to the utmost. Only if you fulfil Sìla to the utmost will all your
aspirations be met. You will be happy now and in the future.
Only the Teachings of the Buddha can give you real happiness – in the
present and in the remainder of Samsàra
(1)
.
The Teachings of the Buddha are
enshrined in the Three Collections of the canon (Tipitaka)
(2)
. The Tipitaka are
very extensive. If we take the essence out of the Tipitaka we shall find the thirty –
seven Factors of Awakening (Bodhipakkhiyà dhammà)
(3)
. The essence of the
thirty – seven Factors of Awakening is the eight constituents of the Noble Eightfold
Path (Maggangas). The essence of the Noble Eightfold Path is the threefold
training (sikkhà): higher morality, higher mindfulness, and higher wisdom
(Adhisìla, Adhicitta
(4)
and Adhipannà). The essence of the threefold training is
the unique Universal Law (Eko Dhammo).
[
(1)
: The cycle of birth and death that is without discernible beginning, but which
ends with the attainment of Nibbàna.]
[
(2)
: Tipitaka, see p. 9]
[
(3)
: See Venerable Nyanatiloka, Buddhist Dictionary (Kandy: BPS, 1976) and
Venerable Ledi Sayadaw, The Manuals of Buddhism (Rangoon, 1965), pp. 165ff.]
[
(4)
: Citta in Pàli means mind and mental functions. Adhicitta here means
“concentrated mind,” i.e. Samàdhi.]
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