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103accomplished in the conduct leading to awareness or cognitive skill.vipassan›: Clear, intuitive insight into physical and mental phenomena asthey arise and disappear, seeing them for what they actually are—in and ofthemselves—in terms of stress, its origin, its disbanding, and the way to itsdisbanding.vitakka: Directed thought (see ‘jh›na’).II. Quotationsanicc› vata saºkh›r›, upp›da-vaya-dhammino, uppajjitv› nirujjhanti:Fabrications are inconstant, subject to arising and passing away. Arising, theydisband. (From stanzas uttered on the occasion of the Buddha’s passing into totalnibb›na.)asevan› ca b›l›naª, pa˚˜it›nañca sevan›: Non-association with fools, andassociation with the wise. (From a discourse listing factors that augur well forone’s wellbeing.)att› hi attano n›tho: One’s self is one’s own mainstay.atıtaª n›nv›gameyya, nappa˛ikankhe an›gataª… paccuppannañca yodhammaª, tatha tatha vipassati: He would not pursue the past or yearn forthe future… and whatever phenomenon is present, he clearly sees it right there,right there. (From stanzas describing a person who spends his day auspiciouslyin terms of the practice.)›yudo balado dhıro’ti: The enlightened person who gives life and strength….(From stanzas extolling the benefits—to the donor—of a donation of food.)ek›yano ayaª maggo satt›naª visuddhiy›: This is a direct path for thepurification of beings. (See ‘ek›yana-magga.’)kammassako’mhi: I am the owner of actions.mano-pubbaºgam› dhamm›, mano-se˛˛h› mano-may›: Phenomena arepreceded by the mind, are excelled by the mind, are made from the mind.namo tassa bhagavato arahato samm›-sambuddhassa: Homage to theBlessed One, Worthy and Rightly Self-awakened.* * *If anything in this translation is inaccurate or misleading, I ask forgiveness of theauthor and reader for having unwittingly stood in their way. As for whatever may beaccurate, I hope the reader will make the best use of it, translating it a few steps further,into the heart, so as to attain the truth to which it points.The translator
104sabbe satt› sad› hontuaver› sukha-jıvinokataª puñña-phalaª mayhaªsabbe bh›gı bhavantu teMay all beings always live happily,free from animosity.May all share in the blessingsspringing from the good I have done.Inquiries concerning this bookmay be addressed to:The AbbotMetta Forest MonasteryPO Box 1409Valley Center, CA 92082 U.S.A.
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21II. Inner SkillThe ABC’s of the
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