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**bortycuz** · 04-19-2011, 09:56 PM

...and the Buddha taught this...where?

Maybe this can be for some help, fojiao:

On one occasion Ven. Ananda was staying in Kosambi, at Ghosita's monastery. There he addressed the monks, "Friends!"

"Yes, friend," the monks responded.

Ven. Ananda said: "Friends, whoever — monk or nun — declares the attainment of arahantship in my presence, they all do it by means of one or another of four paths. Which four?

"There is the case where a monk has developed insight preceded by tranquillity. As he develops insight preceded by tranquillity, the path is born. He follows that path, develops it, pursues it. As he follows the path, developing it & pursuing it — his fetters are abandoned, his obsessions destroyed.

"Then there is the case where a monk has developed tranquillity preceded by insight. As he develops tranquillity preceded by insight, the path is born. He follows that path, develops it, pursues it. As he follows the path, developing it & pursuing it — his fetters are abandoned, his obsessions destroyed.

(It is continued...)

Yuganaddha Sutta: In Tandem (AN 4.170)
From this, it can be told that stop chattering is tranquility while insight is to "see clearly" and there is no other way than through the fifth aggregate.

04-19-2011, 09:56 PM	#12
bortycuz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 496 Senior Member	...and the Buddha taught this...where? Maybe this can be for some help, fojiao: On one occasion Ven. Ananda was staying in Kosambi, at Ghosita's monastery. There he addressed the monks, "Friends!" "Yes, friend," the monks responded. Ven. Ananda said: "Friends, whoever — monk or nun — declares the attainment of arahantship in my presence, they all do it by means of one or another of four paths. Which four? "There is the case where a monk has developed insight preceded by tranquillity. As he develops insight preceded by tranquillity, the path is born. He follows that path, develops it, pursues it. As he follows the path, developing it & pursuing it — his fetters are abandoned, his obsessions destroyed. "Then there is the case where a monk has developed tranquillity preceded by insight. As he develops tranquillity preceded by insight, the path is born. He follows that path, develops it, pursues it. As he follows the path, developing it & pursuing it — his fetters are abandoned, his obsessions destroyed. (It is continued...) Yuganaddha Sutta: In Tandem (AN 4.170) From this, it can be told that stop chattering is tranquility while insight is to "see clearly" and there is no other way than through the fifth aggregate.
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