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Found 6 results for slaughtering
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.
Thus have I heard—At one time, the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha, in the mango grove of Jīvaka Komārabhacca.
The Buddha describes the four establishments of mindfulness to be cultivated in detail, namely - mindfulness of the body, mindfulness of the felt experience, mindfulness of the mind, and mindfulness of the mental qualities.
Just as if, bhikkhus, a skilled butcher or their apprentice, after slaughtering a cow at a crossroads, were to sit down and carve it into portions.
Verses depicting the uncertain, brief, and suffering-laden nature of mortal life, emphasizing the inevitability of death for all beings, like ripe fruits fated to fall. The Buddha counsels against futile grief and lamentation over the departed, urging the wise to understand the world's relentless course of decay and death.
Uncertain and unknown, is the life of mortals here; It is difficult and brief, and bound up with |suffering::discomfort, unpleasantness, discontentment, dissatisfaction, stress, pain, disease, i.e. mild or intense suffering [dukkha]|.
On observing a fisherman killing fish and selling them, the Buddha explains the consequences of cruelty.
At one time, the Blessed One was wandering on a walking tour in the Kosala region together with a large saṅgha of bhikkhus.
The Buddha likens the six types of desirable sense objects to baited hooks, set in the world for the misfortune of beings—those who cling to them fall under Māra’s power.
“Suppose, bhikkhus, a fisherman casts a baited hook into a deep lake. A fish with an eye for bait swallows it. That fish, having swallowed the fisherman's hook, would meet with misfortune and disaster, and the fisherman could do with it as he wishes.
The Buddha explains how even small attachments can be strong fetters if not relinquished, using similes of a quail and an elephant, and contrasts between the poor and wealthy. He describes four types of practitioners based on their response to attachment and mindfulness. The discourse also presents gradual refinement of meditative attainments from the first jhāna to the cessation of perception and feeling.
Thus have I heard—At one time, the Blessed One was staying in the country of the Anguttarāpans, in a market-town named |Āpaṇa::name of a town in Bengal; lit. market [āpaṇa]|.