First Disciple: the most seasoned in the Perfections
At the end of the Lord Buddha’s sermon, kondanna, the leader of the ‘Group of Five’, became a Stream-Enterer [sotapana]
The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness (5)
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Nineteen :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness.
You once taught us that having gratitude generates wisdom. I would like to ask how wisdom occurs.
The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Living in an Amenable Location (4)
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Second Group of Blessings. Blessing Four: Living in an Amenable Location.
The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness (1)
Overview #2
The Middle Way [majjhima patipada] is a path of practice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence tice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence or self –mortification
The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Generosity (4)
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fifth Group of Blessings. Blessing Fifteen :- Generosity.
The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Raising our children (3)
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fourth Group of Blessings. Blessing Twelve :- Raising our children.
Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants (6-3)
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Twenty:- Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants.
The Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering # 7
When the factors f the Eightflfold Path arise, they do so to gether-just as the elder monk kondanna, after lidtening to the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta instantly attained the fruit of the Stream-Entry
