The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya by Bodhi Bhikkhu & Nanamoli Bhikkhu

Author:Bodhi, Bhikkhu & Nanamoli, Bhikkhu [Bodhi, Bhikkhu]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780861719822
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Published: 2005-06-10T04:00:00+00:00

21. “Now, Ānanda, it may be that you think thus: ‘Certainly, on that occasion someone else was King Makhādeva, who instituted that good practice.’ But it should not be regarded thus. I was King Makhādeva on that occasion. I instituted that good practice and later generations continued that good practice instituted by me. But that kind of good practice does not lead to disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, to direct knowledge, to enlightenment, to Nibbāna, but only to reappearance in the Brahma-world. But there is this kind of good practice that has been instituted by me now, which leads to complete disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, to direct knowledge, to enlightenment, to Nibbāna. And what is that good practice? It is this Noble Eightfold Path; that is, right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, [83] right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. This is the good practice instituted by me now, which leads to complete disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, to direct knowledge, to enlightenment, to Nibbāna.

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