Middle Nikaya Majjhima Nikaya

53. Beijing Friendship School (Sekha Sutta).

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Thus have I heard.
One time Bhagavan lived between Sakya (Shakyamuni), the Kapilavatthu, Nigrodha at his residence.
At that time, a new throne hall was erected not long for the Sakya in Kapilavatthu, and not be a recluse, Brahmin, or someone coming in. Then the Sakya in Kapilavatthu come to Bhagavan, after arrival, bowed and sat down on one side. The Sakya in Kapilavatthu sitting on one side, venerable sir:
- Here, venerable sir, have a new throne hall, erected not long for the Sakya in Kapilavatthu, and not be a recluse, Brahmin, or someone coming in. Buddha, the Exalted, use the auditorium that first, then the Sakya in Kapilavatthu will use later, and so the Sakya in Kapilavatthu will enjoy happy, lasting peace.
Bhagavan quietly accepted. The Sakya in Kapilavatthu, after learning Bhagavan accepts, from the seat up, bowed, right hand towards his body, then comes to the amphitheater, after arrival, to take over the mattress cover amphitheater, seating arrangement, placing water flaking, hanging oil lamp, then come to Bhagavan in, on arrival, having bowed and stood aside. The Sakya in Kapilavatthu stand aside, venerable sir:
- Buddha, the throne hall was mattress all, the seating was arranged, flaking was put available water, oil lamps were hung up. Buddha, Bhagavan do what Bhagavan think is trendy.
Then Bhagavan robes, holding a bowl y, with them monks Increased go to the auditorium, after arriving, he washed the feet, entered the hall and sat down house, based on the columns in the middle, facing east. We monks Increase, after washing the feet, entered the hall, leaning on the west wall, facing east, with Bhagavan sat before them. The Sakya in the Kapilavatthu also washed the feet, entered the throne hall, and sat down against the wall east, facing west, with sitting in front of Bhagavan. Then Bhagavan until past midnight, lectures, open market, encouraging, making excited, make happy the Sakya in Kapilavatthu, then told Venerable Ananda:
- Ananda, proclaim the word to the Sakya school property in Kapilavatthu. I have back pain. I will lie down.
- Ladies and yes, lord.
Venerable Ananda Bhagavan replied yes. Then Bhagavan y stretches back four, lay down the right hand side is a lion like appearance, with his feet on the feet together, mindful awareness, direction to recite while sitting up again.
Then Venerable Ananda told Sakya Mahanama:
- Here, this Mahanama, Saints disciples, achievements morality, upholding the grounds, know moderation in eating, attentive vigilance, seven outstanding legal achievements, current residence located four Zen, under increasing epicardial, attained without difficulty, attain effortless, no fee attain power.
And this Mahanama, how is accomplished disciples Saints morality? Here, Mahanama, Saints disciple virtue, living with the tame tame of the monastic rule Patimokkha, full majesty right action, seeing danger in the slightest fault, life practice leader and legal practitioners . This Mahanama, such as student achievement Saints morality.
And this Mahanama, how is the disciple St. upholding the apartment? Here, Mahanama, Saints disciples, when the eyes see color, do not hold general minister, who does not hold its own minister. What causes because eyesense not be tamed, that covetousness, evil, immoral law arises, he himself was tame cause, upholding eyesense, practice the label holder base. When the ear heard ... nose ... tongue tasting smelling incense ... dear emotion ... the awareness of the law, he does not hold general minister, does not hold any particular minister. The root cause for this is not what was tame, which take priority, the evil, immoral law arises, he tamed his reasons, upholding the grounds, upholding the standard practice of the apartment. This Mahanama, such as the Saint disciples upholding the apartment.
And this Mahanama, how is the saint disciples know moderation in eating? Here, Mahanama, Saints disciples' feet close enlightenment, life food use, not for fun, not for passion, not for jewelry, not for their beauty itself, only to this body be sustained, maintained, from undermining, to accept prime virtue, think: "So we eliminate the old feelings and not give rise to new sensations, and we will not make mistakes, live in peace ". This Mahanama, such as the Saint disciples know moderation in eating.
And this Mahanama, how is the disciple St. vigilant attention? Here, Mahanama, disciple saints day while walking and while sitting, cleanse the mind from legal obstacles, in soup one night, while walking and while sitting, cleanse the mind from legal obstacles, soup night in between, this is down to your right hip, as appearance is the lion, with his feet on the feet together, mindful awareness, direction to recite while sitting up again. Last night in farming, you have to wake up, while walking and while sitting, cleanse the mind from the legal obstacles. This Mahanama, such as the Saint disciples attention alert.
And this Mahanama, how is student achievement saint seven Dhamma? Here, Mahanama, Saints disciples who believe, have faith in the enlightenment of the Tathagata: He is the Exalted, level Arhat, Enlightenment, Minh Hanh Tuc, Auspicious, EARTH League, Supreme Master, Quick fisheries Phu, Thien Sphinx, Buddha, Bhagavan. This may please the knife, self-virtue ashamed body, speech-virtue, the virtue, who self-achievement ashamed evil, immoral law. This may please you, self-virtue scared because body, speech-virtue, the virtue, who self-achievement fear for evil, immoral law. This position is the multicultural, remember to think what they have heard, listened to accumulate things. These public measures, improve primary, secondary good, good logistics, meaning that text, voice full of dignity, absolutely pure, the same approach, he heard many, life over, recited orally, is standard reflection, was able to enter the right view. He lived ardent effort, rid of evil, achievement of good behavior, effort, perseverance, not giving burden for good behavior. He had thought, intellectual achievement supreme notion, recall, recall the many times what was done long ago, had said long ago. He has intellect, intellectual achievement of being destroyed, St. achievements can enter right feet put to an end to suffering. This Mahanama, so Saints accomplished disciples seven Dhamma.
And this, Mahanama, how is the current disciples Saints residence located four Zen, under increased epicardial, attained without difficulty, attain effortless, no fee attain power? Here, Mahanama, (he) sexual ly, ly immoral law, evidence and headquarters meditation, a blissful state of being sexual by glass, offering, with the quarterfinals. Killing Games and quartet, he Meditation Monday residence certificate, a blissful state due to birth, not reach, no quad, single-mindedly internal static. Ly Hy discharge residence, mindfulness and awareness, body feel the pleasures which the sages called optimistic discharge residence concept, he Meditation residence certificate Tuesday. Drain peanuts, discharge suffering, kill incentives feeling joy before, he Meditation Wednesday residence certificate, no suffering, no peanuts, discharging pure thoughts. This Mahanama, such as current disciples Saints residence located four Zen, under increased epicardial, attained without difficulty, attain effortless, no fee attain power.
This Mahanama, when a disciple saints virtues such achievements, holder of such units, know moderation in eating such, attentive vigilance so, complete the seven wonders such measures, the present communication Stay four Zen, under increased epicardial, attained without difficulty, attain effortless, no fee attain such power, the Mahanama, his disciples Saints called walking on road to school, there are eggs uncorrupted, able to break down, is capable of enlightenment, capable of attaining supreme peace from the yoke blessed.
This Mahanama, such as eight, ten or twelve eggs, the hens are incubating sit smart, skillful hot incubation, hatching clever nursing; hen oil did not rise to the will: "Hopefully, all our chicks, after breaking the shell with a pedicure, or with their bills, get out safely." The chicks then, after breaking the eggshell with their toenails or fields, can escape safely. Also, this Mahanama, when a disciple saints, virtues such achievements, upholding such units, said abstemious in eating such, so vigilant attention, full seven such Dhamma , currently residing four Zen touch, under increased epicardial, attained without difficulty, attain effortless, no fee attain such power, the Mahanama, the Saint was called disciples walking on the path of friendship school, have not damaged eggs, potentially breaking, capable of enlightenment, capable of attaining supreme peace from the yoke blessed.
This Mahanama, Saints disciples, when he attained supreme discharge this pure idea, remember past lives to the difference, as a life, two lives, three generations, four died, five died, twenty lives, Forty died, fifty lives, a hundred lives, a thousand lives, one hundred thousand lives, many lives havoc, many lives. He remembered that: "At the other place, we like this name, family like this, like this class, eating like this, like this painful feeling optimistic life expectancy to levels like this. Once in place, we were born in to it. In that place, we like this name, family like this, like this class, eating like this, like this painful feeling optimistic, life expectancy to levels like this. After his death in the other place, I was born here. " Thus, he remembered the past life, also with the outline and details. This is the first break of the chicks out of the eggshell.
This Mahanama, Saints disciples, when he attained supreme discharge this pure concept, with pure natural labels showing superhuman beings living dead. He knew that people inferior beings who noble, beautiful people ugly rough guys, who luckily are so unfortunate wretch their careers. He thought: "Actually this being your achievements evil deeds of the body, virtuous achievements of speech, virtuous achievements of standard, vilified the sages, according viewpoints create now under the TA. These people, after relatives damage public network, must be born in the realm of evil, the Beast, deprivation, in hell. And this being your good deeds accomplished physical achievements good deeds verbal and achievements of the good deeds, not libel the sages, follow the right view, create now follow the right view, these people, after the body damage the public network, is born to the animal charity, Empyrean , in this world. As such, he with pure divine eye, superhuman, see life and death of beings. He states that the enlightened wisdom beings, inferior people who noble, beautiful people who coarse, lucky people are so unfortunate wretch their career. This is the second break of the chicks out of the eggshell.
This Mahanama, Saints disciples, when he attained supreme discharge this pure concept, with the cessation of the taints, present themselves immediately in the winning position, realization, attainment and residing within the current , ways of mind liberation, liberating insight. This is the third break chicks out of the shell.
This Mahanama, Saints disciples achievements yet morality, so belong unfortunate virtue of him. This Mahanama, yet Saints disciples upholding the base, so the moral virtues belong to him. This Mahanama, yet Saints disciples be sober in eating, so belong unfortunate virtue of him. This Mahanama, yet Saints disciples attention alert, so happy virtue belongs to him. This Mahanama, yet disciples Saints full seven Dhamma, so belong unfortunate virtue of him. This Mahanama, Saints any current student residence located four Zen, under increased epicardial, attained without difficulty, attain effortless, no fee attain power, so belong unfortunate virtue of him.
This Mahanama, yet Saints disciples, remember past lives of difference, as a life, two lives ... (as above) ... along with the outline and details, such belong Hotel virtue of him. This Mahanama, Saints disciples with pure divine eye, superhuman, see life and death of beings. He knew that people inferior beings who noble, beautiful people who coarse, the lucky wretch ... (as above) ... are so happy their careers, so noetic virtue of him. This Mahanama, Saints disciples with the cessation of the taints, present themselves immediately in the position to win enlightenment, attainment and residing within the current outflow rescue center, liberating insight, such attached the virtue of he Hotel.
Thus, the Mahanama, Saints disciples called ordination intelligent, well-ordination, intelligent almond ordination. This Mahanama, Brahma Sanankumara (Permanent Council Pictures Brahma) can say the following verse:

Beings believe caste
Wang clan is paramount.
The ordination intelligent behavior,
Min Thien Nhon win.

Mahanama this, he is Brahma verse cleverly Sanankumara sing, not awkward sing, well said, not clumsy say, make sense, not nonsense, and publications available Bhagavan.
Then Bhagavan got up, told the Venerable Ananda:
- You instead, heal rather, Ananda! It's rather benign, this Ananda, who preached religion to the Sakya school property (Shakyamuni) in Kapilavatthu (Ca-Pi-la-defense).
Venerable Ananda thus preached, the Master publications available. The Sakya in Kapilavatthu joy, signal word venerable Ananda teaches life.END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGTHMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.26/9/2015.