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Old 03-10-2012, 05:19 PM   #19
invasuant

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I really can't imagine Buddha said these quotes.
the quotes are a contemporary explanation, by P A Payutto, Thailand's foremost Buddhist scholar, of the following teachings:



Ākaṅkheyyuṃ ce, gahapatayo, ubho jānipatayo diṭṭhe ceva dhamme aññamaññaṃ passituṃ abhisamparāyañca aññamaññaṃ passituṃ ubhova assu samasaddhā samasīlā samacāgā samapaññā

If both husband & wife want to see one another not only in the present life but also in the life to come, they should be in tune [with each other] in conviction, in tune in virtue, in tune in generosity and in tune in wisdom.

Samajivina Sutta Yadi saccā dammā
cāgā, khantyā
bhiyyodha vijjatī
Kathaṃ nu dāni puccheyyaṃ
puthū samaṇabrāhmaṇe

Now, go ask others,
common brahmans & contemplatives,
if anything better than
truth, self-control,
endurance & relinquishment
here can be found.

Alavaka Sutta Cāga [from cajati, to give up, Vedic tyaj. Cp. Sk. tyāga]

(a) abandoning, giving up, renunciation

(b) liberality, generosity, munificence

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/phi...1.pali.1070424 buddha's enlightenment was not the eradication of concepts but the comprehension of the realities of nature

this is Buddhahood: comprehending the realities of life so sound advice can be given to all people in all situations

thus in Buddhahood, one is a spiritual master, a psychologist, a sociologist, an environmentalist, a counsellor; all things for all people



By comprehending all the world,
All in the world just as it is,
From all the world he is released;
In all the world he clings to nothing.

AN 4:23
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