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At these words, the Blessed One kept silent.[79]
Then this thought occurred to the venerable Aananda: "May Uttiya the wanderer not conceive a harmful opinion, by thinking, ”When the recluse Gotama was asked by me an all-important question,[80] he foundered and did not reply. Probably he could not.” But such a view would bring harm and suffering to Uttiya for a long time."
Hence the venerable Aananda turned to Uttiya, saying:
"I shall give you a simile, friend Uttiya, for with the help of a simile intelligent people may come to understand the meaning of what was said.
"Suppose, friend Uttiya, there is a king”s border town, with strong ramparts and turrets on sound foundations, and with a single gate. There is also a gate-keeper, intelligent, experienced and prudent, who keeps out people unknown and admits only those who are known. That gatekeeper walks along the path that girdles the town all round, and while doing so he does not notice in the ramparts any hole or opening, not even one big enough for a cat to slip through. Though he does not have the knowledge of how many creatures enter the town or leave it, yet he does know this: ”Any larger creatures that enter or leave this town can do so only by this gate.”
"Similarly, friend Uttiya, the Tathaagata is not concerned (with your question) whether the entire world will escape (from sa.msaara) by that (teaching of his) or half of it or a third part. But the Tathaagata is aware that whosoever has escaped, does now escape and will escape from the world, all these will do so by removing the five hindrances that defile the mind and weaken understanding, by firmly establishing their minds in the four foundations of mindfulness, and by cultivating the seven factors of enlightenment in their true nature. That same question, friend Uttiya, which you had asked the Blessed One before, you have asked him again in another way."[81]
— AN 10.95
30. NOT OUTSIDE THE BUDDHA”S DISCIPLINE
"Ten things, monks, do not have purity and clarity outside the Discipline of the Sublime Master.[82] What are the ten
"Right understanding, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration, right knowledge and right liberation.
"And if these ten things have not arisen, they will not arise outside the Discipline of the Sublime Master.
"Outside the Discipline of the Sublime Master, these ten things will not end in the elimination of greed, hate and delusion.
"Outside the Discipline of the Sublime Master, these ten things will not conduce to the entire revulsion, dispassion, cessation, peace, direct knowledge, enlightenment and Nibbaana."
— AN 10.123, 124, 126, 127
31. THE CONCATENATION OF KAMMA
"The taking of life, monks, I declare to be threefold: as caused by greed, caused by hate, caused by delusion.
"So also the taking of what is not given, sexual misconduct, lying, tale-bearing, harsh speech, vain talk, covetousness, ill-will.
"Wrong views, too, I declare to be threefold: as caused by greed, caused by hate and caused by delusion.[83]
"Hence, monks, greed is a producer of kammic concatenation,[84] hate is a producer of kammic concatenation, delusion is a producer of kammic concatenation. But by the destruction of greed, hate and delusion, there is exhaustion of kammic concatenation."[85]
— AN 10.174
32. THE EXTINCTION OF KAMMA
"I declare, monks, that actions (kamma) willed, performed and accumulated, will not become extinct as long as their results have not been experienced, be it in this life, in the next life or in future lives. And as long as these results of actions willed, performed and accumulated, have not been experienced, there will be no en…
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