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> Hello friends of the Dhamma,
> Please allow me to share some Dhamma with you,
>
> May you and all our relatives be well and secure
> may you and all our relatives be happy
> may you and all our relatives receive the highest blessings
> may you and all our relatives not kill
> may you and all our relatives not cause others to kill
> may you and all our relatives not conquer
> may you and all our relatives not cause others to conquer
>
> Anguttara Nikaya VIII.39 -- Abhisanda Sutta
> Rewards
> For free distribution only, as a gift of Dhamma
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> ----
> "Monks, there are these eight rewards of merit, rewards of skillfulness,
> nourishments of happiness, celestial, resulting in happiness, leading to
> heaven, leading to what is desirable, pleasurable, & appealing, to welfare
&
> happiness. Which eight?
> "There is the case where a noble disciple has gone to the Buddha for
refuge.
> This is the first reward of merit, reward of skillfulness, nourishment of
> happiness, celestial, resulting in happiness, leading to heaven, leading
to
> what is desirable, pleasurable, & appealing; to welfare & to happiness.
>
> "Furthermore, the noble disciple has gone to the Dhamma for refuge. This
is
> the second reward of merit...
>
> "Furthermore, the noble disciple has gone to the Sangha for refuge. This
is
> the third reward of merit...
>
> "Now, there are these five gifts, five great gifts -- original,
> long-standing, traditional, ancient, unadulterated, unadulterated from the
> beginning -- that are not open to suspicion, will never be open to
> suspicion, and are unfaulted by knowledgeable contemplatives & priests.
> Which five?
>
> "There is the case where a noble disciple, abandoning the taking of life,
> abstains from taking life. In doing so, he gives freedom from danger,
> freedom from animosity, freedom from oppression to limitless numbers of
> beings. In giving freedom from danger, freedom from animosity, freedom
from
> oppression to limitless numbers of beings, he gains a share in limitless
> freedom from danger, freedom from animosity, and freedom from oppression.
> This is the first gift, the first great gift -- original, long-standing,
> traditional, ancient, unadulterated, unadulterated from the beginning --
> that is not open to suspicion, will never be open to suspicion, and is
> unfaulted by knowledgeable contemplatives & priests. And this is the
fourth
> reward of merit...
>
> "Furthermore, abandoning taking what is not given (stealing), the noble
> disciple abstains from taking what is not given. In doing so, he gives
> freedom from danger, freedom from animosity, freedom from oppression to
> limitless numbers of beings. In giving freedom from danger, freedom from
> animosity, freedom from oppression to limitless numbers of beings, he
gains
> a share in limitless freedom from danger, freedom from animosity, and
> freedom from oppression. This is the second gift, the second great
> gift...and this is the fifth reward of merit...
>
> "Furthermore, abandoning illicit sex, the noble disciple abstains from
> illicit sex. In doing so, he gives freedom from danger, freedom from
> animosity, freedom from oppression to limitless numbers of beings. In
giving
> freedom from danger, freedom from animosity, freedom from oppression to
> limitless numbers of beings, he gains a share in limitless freedom from
> danger, freedom from animosity, and freedom from oppression. This is the
> third gift, the third great gift...and this is the sixth reward of
merit...
>
> "Furthermore, abandoning lying, the noble disciple abstains from lying. In
> doing so, he gives freedom from danger, freedom from animosity, freedom
from
> oppression to limitless numbers of beings. In giving freedom from danger,
> freedom from animosity, freedom from oppression to limitless numbers of
> beings, he gains a share in limitless freedom from danger, freedom from
> animosity, and freedom from oppression. This is the fourth gift, the
fourth
> great gift...and this is the seventh reward of merit...
>
> "Furthermore, abandoning the use of intoxicants, the noble disciple
abstains
> from taking intoxicants. In doing so, he gives freedom from danger,
freedom
> from animosity, freedom from oppression to limitless numbers of beings. In
> giving freedom from danger, freedom from animosity, freedom from
oppression
> to limitless numbers of beings, he gains a share in limitless freedom from
> danger, freedom from animosity, and freedom from oppression. This is the
> fifth gift, the fifth great gift -- original, long-standing, traditional,
> ancient, unadulterated, unadulterated from the beginning -- that is not
open
> to suspicion, will never be open to suspicion, and is unfaulted by
> knowledgeable contemplatives & priests. And this is the eighth reward of
> merit, reward of skillfulness, nourishment of happiness, celestial,
> resulting in happiness, leading to heaven, leading to what is desirable,
> pleasurable, & appealing; to welfare & to happiness.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> ----
> Related reading:
> AN IV.111, as an example of gentle training.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> ----
> Revised: 9 November 1998
> http://world.std.com/~metta/canon/anguttara/an8-39.html
> may all beings be well and secure
> may all beings be happy
> may all beings receive the highest blessings
> may all beings not kill
> may all beings not cause others to kill
> may all beings not conquer
> may all beings not cause others to conquer.
>
> with metta
> Richard
>
> --
> I am subject to aging, I have not gone beyond aging. I am subject to
> sickness, have not gone beyond sickness. I am subject to death, have not
> gone beyond death. I grow different, separate from all that is dear and
> appealing to me. I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, related
> through my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, I have
> my actions as my arbitor. Whatever I do, for good or for evil to that will
I
> fall heir.
>
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