What the Buddha really taught

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Based on the earliest ancient Buddhist texts and oral tradition.

Will revolve around this text, MN 107, ordered in a Gradual Approach.

"Why do I, being liable to be reborn, grow old, fall sick, sorrow, die, and become corrupted, seek things that have the same nature? Why don’t I seek the unborn, unaging, unailing, undying, sorrowless, uncorrupted supreme sanctuary from the yoke, extinguishment?’

Some time later, while still black-haired, blessed with youth, in the prime of life—though my mother and father wished otherwise, weeping with tearful faces—I shaved off my hair and beard, dressed in ocher robes, and went forth from the lay life to homelessness.

Once I had gone forth I set out to discover what is skillful, seeking the supreme state of sublime peace."

Curated List.

I. Five Daily Reflections and Six Contemplations.

1. Buddha (MN 26, AN 3.22, AN 7.50, SN 45.139, MN 12, MN 128, MN 123, DN 3, DN 16).
2. A Beggar (SN 22.80). Desire Gives Up Desire (SN 51.15, AN 5.7, AN 4.159, Ud 8.6).
3. Problem with Veganism (Snp 2.2, MN 55, SN 12.63), Caste System (DN 27).
4. Discern (AN 3.65, AN 4.73, AN 3.3, SN 20.7, MN 47, MN 129, AN 10.86).
5. Your Islands (SN 22.43, SN 47.13). Praying is Useless (SN 42.6, AN 7.71).
6. Rich (AN 7.6), Concept of an Almighty Creator God is Stupid (AN 3.61).
7. Right View (MN 76, SN 12.38, AN 3.36), Truly Know a Person (AN 4.192).
8. Avoid Spiritual Predators (AN 5.250, DN 2), Death Bed (SN 55.3, AN 5.191).
9. Golden Rule (SN 55.7), Responsibilities (DN 31), True Blessings (Snp 2.4).
10. Daily Reflections (AN 5.57), Learning (AN 3.30), Rightly Criticize (AN 2.134).
11. Six Contemplations (AN 11.13), Samsara (SN 15.3), End of World (AN 4.45).
12. Eight Worldly Winds (AN 8.6). Possessions and Fame (SN 17.5, AN 5.30).
13. Legitimate Wealth (AN 5.41), Path of Truth (SN 55.37, The Dhammapada).
14. Past Lives Stories (MN 81, The Jataka), Going Forth (MN 82, AN 3.33, MN 43).
15. Gratitude (AN 3.24), Parents (AN 2.33, AN 3.31, SN 7.19), Associates (AN 3.26).
16. Dharma Wheel (SN 56.11). Nirvana (AN 10.58, SN 22.53, MN 70, Ud 5.3).

II. Ethics, Goodwill, Ugliness Perception, and Perception of Impermanence.

1. (AN 2.18, AN 5.179, SN 3.4, AN 8.39, MN 41, AN 10.177, MN 57, AN 2.9).
2. Roots of Evil (AN 3.69). Origin of Sin (AN 3.34). Moral Washing (AN 10.107).
3. Abortion, Post-conception Contraception, and Euthanasia are also murder.
4. White lies are still lies (MN 61), Dogs (AN 5.191), Fighting Devil (SN 20.5).
5. Eight Precepts Sabbath (AN 3.70, Ud 5.5, AN 3.37), Neglect (AN 10.46).
6. Giving (AN 5.34, AN 7.52, AN 5.148, SN 41.10, AN 9.20, AN 3.57, SN 3.19).
7. Dull God (SN 6.4), True God (AN 3.127), Apotheosis (Vv 51), Heaven (Iti 71).
8. Wrong Livelihood (AN 5.177), Celebrities (SN 42.2), Soldiers (SN 42.3).
9. Hell and Messengers of Gods (Iti 70, MN 130). Types of Karma (AN 10.211).
10. Karma, Repent (MN 135, MN 136, SN 42.8), The Real Salvation (AN 3.100).
11. Speech (AN 10.69). Dangers of Sensuality (MN 13, MN 75, MN 54, MN 86).
12. Goodwill (MN 21, Snp 1.8, AN 8.1), Perception of Ugliness (AN 10.60).
13. Practice Wrongly Causes Much Harm (SN 2.8), Mother and Son (AN 5.55).
14. Monks don’t Accept or Use Liquor, Sex, Money (SN 42.10, AN 9.7, AN 4.50).
15. Monk Training Rules (Vinaya, MN 39), Trash Monks (Snp 2.6), Kids (Ud 5.4).
16. Impermanence and Non-Self (SN 22.59, MN 22), Burning World (SN 35.28).

III. Senses Restraint.

1. Singing, Dancing, and Laughing Showing Teeth are Childish (AN 3.107).
2. Sleep, Alcoholic Drinks, and Sexual Intercourse are Insatiable (AN 3.108).
3. A Guaranteed Practice (AN 3.16), Anger Management (AN 5.162).
4. Seeing, Restraint, Using, Enduring, Avoiding, Destroying, Developing (MN 2).
5. Ten Thorns (AN 10.72), Six Animals (SN 35.247), A Fine Path (AN 3.71).
6. Power through Hardships (SN 2.6), Blameless (SN 4.23, SN 22.87, MN 144).
7. Dangerous Places (MN 145), Gravely Ill (SN 52.10).
8. One Might Wish (MN 6), Simile of the Cloth (MN 7), Faculties (MN 152).
9. Fear and Dread (MN 4), Jungle Thickets (MN 17), Two Thoughts (MN 19).
10. Honey-Cake (MN 18), Simile of the Snake (MN 22), Chariots (MN 24).

IV. Moderate in Eating.

1. One Meal a Day (MN 65).
2. Walking Meditation (AN 5.29, Thag 4.2).
3. Lose your weight and Stay lean (SN 3.13).
4. Brush your teeth (AN 5.208).
5. Porridge is a great food (AN 5.207).
6. Four Kinds of Foods (SN 12.63).
7. Drawbacks of Alcohol (AN 5.178).
8. Painful Practice with Slow Result (AN 4.162).
9. Painful Practice with Pleasant Result (MN 45).
10. Cloudless Sky (MN 46), Fodder (MN 25), Brahmā Invitation (MN 49).

V. Dedicate to Wakefulness.

1. Wake up, sit up (Snp 2.10).
2. Overcome Sleepiness (AN 7.61).
3. Sleep on a wood block (SN 20.8).
4. Sleep in Comfort (AN 3.63).
5. The Fetters (MN 64).
6. Always Grill A Boaster (AN 10.85).
7. Qualities of an Educator (AN 8.16, AN 8.8), Senior Monk (AN 10.98).
8. Harmony (MN 31), Respect local languages and conventions (MN 139).
9. Beliefs and Conventions (MN 74), Scope of Language (SN 22.62).
10. One Fine Night (MN 131).

VI. Four Foundations of Mindfulness (MN 10).

1. Body Foundation, Feeling Foundation (SN 36.22), Mental Foundation, Phenomenon Foundation.
2. Mindfulness of the Body (MN 119).

VII. Situational Awareness (AN 8.81).

1. Mindfulness of Death (AN 8.73, AN 8.74).
2. Mindfulness Alone is Not Enough (SN 10.4).
3. Foundation of Seclusion (AN 10.99).
4. Don’t enter a Harem (AN 10.45).

VIII. Five Corruptions and Parasites (AN 5.51, SN 46.2, AN 10.61, AN 9.40, AN 10.51).

1. Sensual Desires, Ill-will, Laziness and Dullness, Restlessness and Remorse, Doubts.
2. Debt, Sickness, Imprisonment, Slavery, Traveling the Desert (MN 39).

IX. Four Meditations (AN 5.28, AN 9.36).

1. Five Methods to Stop Intrusive Thoughts (MN 20).
2. Recollection of the Breaths and Seven Factors of Awakening (MN 118).
3. First Meditation, Second Meditation, Third Meditation, Fourth Meditation.

X. Four Noble Truths (MN 141).

1. Suffering, It’s Cause, It’s Cessation, and the Practice that leads to it’s cessation

XI. Noble Eightfold Path (MN 117).

1. Right View, Right Thought.
2. Right Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood.
3. Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right Samādhi.

6. Right Effort (AN 4.14).

1. Grounds for Laziness and Grounds for Arousing Energy (AN 8.80).
2. Never Stop Striving (AN 2.5, AN 3.19, SN 11.1, Thag 12.2).
3. Five Faculties (SN 48.9).
4. Four Bases of Psychic Powers (SN 51.11).
5. Four Right Efforts (AN 4.13).
6. Listening to the Teaching (AN 6.56).
7. Memorize the Teaching (AN 4.191, DN 33, DN 34).

8. Right Composure (AN 5.28, AN 9.36, AN 4.41).

1. First Meditation, Second Meditation, Third Meditation, Fourth Meditation.
2. Result in Pleasant Abiding, Knowledge and Vision.
3. Result in Mindfulness and Awareness, the End of Defilements.
4. Understanding Five Aggregates (SN 22.95).

XII. Striving for Celibacy.

1. Loving and Harmonious Relationship (AN 4.45, AN 6.16, Dhp 209, MN 87, Ud 8.8, Ud 1.8).
2. A wise man should stay celibate (Snp 2.14, Snp 4.9, AN 7.51, AN 8.51).
3. Dangers of Females (AN 1.1, Iti 109, AN 3.139, AN 8.27, Ja 360, AN 4.80).
4. Mouth of a Highly Venomous Snake (Vinaya, AN 7.72, AN 2.61, Ja 402).
5. Impermanence of Beauty (Thig 13.1, Ud 3.2).
6. Techniques to maintain celibacy (SN 35.127, AN 4.159, SN 8.4).
7. Develop the Perception of a Skeleton (SN 46.57, AN 10.57, AN 1.480).
8. Results should come if Practice Correctly (AN 6.13).
9. Perfected Celibacy (AN 7.50).

XIII. Analysis of Elements (MN 140).

1. Six Elements, Six Fields of Contact, Eighteen Mental Preoccupations.
2. Four Foundations and Streams of Conceiving.
3. Do not neglect Wisdom, Preserve Truth, Foster Relinquishment, Train only for Peace.

XIV. Meditation Toolkits (MN 62, AN 9.3, AN 10.60).

1. Emptiness of Five Aggregates.
2. Meditate on Elements, Goodwill, Compassion, Rejoicing, and Equanimity.
3. Meditate on Ugliness and Perception of Impermanence.
4. Mindfulness of In-and-out-breaths.

XV. Six Sets of Six (MN 148).

XVI. Dependent Origination (DN 15).

1. Formless and Emptiness Practice (MN 121, MN 122).
2. See the World as Empty (Snp 5.16).
3. In the Seen will be merely the Seen (Ud 1.10).

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