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**outdog** · 07-04-2012, 11:31 PM

Uttiya's question is unbeneficial as it doesn't conduce to his liberation. His primary concern should be his own emancipation. He too has asked questions irrelevant to the goal.

“Similarly, friend Uttiya, the Tathāgata is not concerned with whether the entire world will be emancipated by his teaching or half of it or a third part.

But the Tathāgata is aware that whosoever has been emancipated, is now emancipated or will be emancipated from the world all these will do so by removing the five hindrances that defile the mind and weaken understanding, by firmly establishing their minds in the four foundations of mindfulness, and by cultivating the seven factors of enlightenment in their true nature. "

07-04-2012, 11:31 PM	#8
outdog Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 390 Senior Member	Uttiya's question is unbeneficial as it doesn't conduce to his liberation. His primary concern should be his own emancipation. He too has asked questions irrelevant to the goal. “Similarly, friend Uttiya, the Tathāgata is not concerned with whether the entire world will be emancipated by his teaching or half of it or a third part. But the Tathāgata is aware that whosoever has been emancipated, is now emancipated or will be emancipated from the world all these will do so by removing the five hindrances that defile the mind and weaken understanding, by firmly establishing their minds in the four foundations of mindfulness, and by cultivating the seven factors of enlightenment in their true nature. "
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