From Buddha-to-be to Teacher in the Buddha’s own Words

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Beginning to Teach - 44 So how can you now, given to luxury, forsaking the striving, gone back to luxury, attain a state beyond ordinary human beings, a distinction of what is truly noble knowledge and insight?” For a second time I said this to the group-of-five monks: “The Realised One, monks, is not given to luxury, is not forsaking the striving, and has not gone back to luxury, the Realised One, monks, is a Worthy One, a Perfect Sambuddha. Lend an ear, monks, I will instruct you about the attainment of the Deathless, I will teach the Dhamma, and following the path as it has been preached, after no long time in regard to that good for which young men of good family rightly go forth from the home to the homeless life, that unsurpassed conclusion to the spiritual life, you will dwell having known, experienced, and attained it yourselves in this very life.” For a third time the group-of-five monks said this to me: “But you, friend Gotama, by that ascetic lifestyle, that practice, that difficult way of living, did not attain states beyond ordinary human beings, a distinction of what is truly noble knowledge and insight. So how can you now, given to luxury, forsaking the striving, gone back to luxury, attain states beyond ordinary human beings, a distinction of what is truly noble knowledge and insight?” When this was said I said this to the group-of-five monks: “Are you aware, monks, of my having spoken to you like this before?” “Certainly not, reverend Sir.” “The Realised One, monks, is a Worthy One, a Perfect Sambuddha. Lend an ear, monks, I will instruct you about the attainment of the Deathless, I will teach the Dhamma, and following the path as it has been preached, after no long time in regard to that good for which young men of good family rightly go forth from the home to the homeless life, that unsurpassed conclusion to the spiritual life, you will dwell having known, experienced, and attained it yourselves in this very life,” and I was able to persuade the group-of-five monks.
Beginning to Teach - 45 Then I advised two monks and three monks wandered for alms, and after those three monks had wandered for alms, on what they brought the group-of-six kept going. Then I advised three monks and two monks wandered for alms, and after those two monks had wandered for alms, on what they brought the group-of-six kept going. 18. Liberation of Mind for the Group-of-Five Monks 27 Then the group-of-five monks, while being advised by me, while being instructed, being themselves subject to birth, after understanding the danger in being subject to birth, while seeking the birthless, supreme, secure Nibbāna, attained the birthless, supreme, secure Nibbāna. Being themselves subject to old-age, after understanding the danger in being subject to old-age, while seeking the ageless, supreme, secure Nibbāna, attained the ageless, supreme, secure Nibbāna. Being themselves subject to sickness, after understanding the danger in being subject to sickness, while seeking the sickless, supreme, secure Nibbāna, attained the sickless, supreme, secure Nibbāna. Being themselves subject to death, after understanding the danger in being subject to death, while seeking the deathless, supreme, secure Nibbāna, attained the deathless, supreme, secure Nibbāna. Being themselves subject to grief, after understanding the danger in being subject to grief, while seeking the griefless, supreme, secure Nibbāna, attained the griefless, supreme, secure Nibbāna. 27 MN 26.
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