Jīvaka Komārabhaccaperson

The Buddha explains to Jīvaka the circumstances in which meat may be consumed and the demerit of slaughtering living beings for the Tathāgata or his disciples.

King Ajātasattu of Magadha visits the Buddha on a moonlit night to ask about the visible fruits of the spiritual life in the present world. The Buddha systematically outlines the progressive fruits of the spiritual journey: from basic social freedom and ethical purity, through sense restraint, mindfulness, and contentment, to the abandonment of the five hindrances, the four jhānas, and the eight higher knowledges culminating in complete liberation.