The Discipline of Transcendence Vol 3 ~ 09

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event type discourse
date & time 29 Oct 1976 am
location Chuang Tzu Auditorium, Poona
language English
audio Available, duration 1h 40min. Quality: good.
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online text find the PDF of this discourse
shorttitle TRANS309
notes
synopsis
Reader of the sutras: Sw Ananda Teertha.
The sutras
The Buddha said:
"There was once a man who, being in despair over his inability to control his passions, wished to mutilate himself. The Buddha said to him, 'Better destroy your own evil thoughts than do harm to your own person. The mind is lord. When the lord himself is calmed, the servants will of themselves be yielding. If your mind is not cleansed of evil passions, what avails it to mutilate yourself?' "
Thereupon, the Buddha recited the gatha:
"Passions grow from the will, the will grows from thought and imagination: When both are calmed, there is neither sensualism nor transmigration."
The Buddha said, "This gatha was taught before by Kashyapabuddha."
The buddha said:
"From the passions arises worry, and from worry arises fear. Away with the passions, and no fear, no worry."


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