Class 8 Key to Exercises

Class 8 Key to Exercises¶

1. AN8.30
   nisajja kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi

Having sat down, the Blessed One addressed the monks.

2. MN39
   vivicca kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi, paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati

Aloof from sense pleasures, aloof from unwholesome mental states, reaching the first stage of meditation he remains (there).

3. UD45
   mahānadiyo mahāsamuddaṃ patvā jahanti purimāni nāmagottāni

The great rivers, upon reaching the mighty ocean, they give up (their) old names.

4. UD45
   mahāmoggallāno taṃ puggalaṃ bāhāyaṃ gahetvā nikkhāmetvā yena bhagavā tena upasaṅkami.

The Great Mogallana seized that person by the arm, expelled (him), then approached the Blessed One.

5. SN47.10
   āyasmā ānando tā bhikkhuniyo dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṃsetvā uṭṭhāya āsanā pakkāmi

Venerable Ananda taught, instigated, fired up and delighted those nuns with a righteous talk, stood up from his seat and went.

6. SN12.61
   seyyathāpi makkaṭo araññe sākhaṃ gaṇhati taṃ muñcitvā aññaṃ gaṇhati taṃ muñcitvā aññaṃ gaṇhati

Just like a monkey in the forest [who] grabs hold of a branch, releases it, then grabs hold of another and after releasing it, grabs hold of another.

7. DNa2.3
   therī pattaṃ gahetvā ākāse khipi. patto ākāse aṭṭhāsi

Senior nun grabbed a bowl and threw it into the sky. The bowl remained there.

8. DN22.1
   dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ

One who observes phenomena dwells among the phenomena.

9. ardent, knowing clearly, mindful

removing craving and mental suffering towards the world.

10. UD45
    āyasmā ānando uṭṭhāya āsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṃ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca.

Venerable Ananda, rising from his seat and adjusting his upper robe over one shoulder, stretched out his palms towards the Blessed One and said this to the Blessed One.

11. SN6.5
    atha kho bhagavā tassa brahmuno upari vehāsaṃ pallaṅkena nisīdi tejodhātuṃ samāpajjitvā

And then the Blessed One, having attained the fire element, sat above that god in the sky in a cross-legged sitting posture.

12. VIN PAT PA 1
    yo pana bhikkhu sikkhaṃ apaccakkhāya dubbalyaṃ anāvikatvā methunaṃ dhammaṃ paṭiseveyya pārājiko hoti asaṃvāso

And whichever monk, not renouncing the training, and not having disclosed his weakness, should engage in sexual activity, (that monk) is defeated and excommunicated.

13. AN2.16
    atha kho aññataro brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tena upasaṅkami. upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi

After that, a certain brahmin approached the Blessed One. Having approached, he exchanged pleasantries with the Blessed One.

14. DHP087 (simpl)
    kaṇhaṃ dhammaṃ vippahāya, sukkaṃ bhāve paṇḍito, okā anokaṃ āgamma, viveke yattha dūramaṃ.

A wise person, completely abandoning dark qualities, would cultivate pure [qualities], coming from home to homelessness, [living] in seclusion, where [it is] difficult to find delight.

15. MN27 (simpl)
    yan'nūn'āhaṃ kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajeyyāmi

Having shaved hair and beard, and having clothed myself in brown robes, let me go forth from the household life to homelessness.
[What if I shave hair and beard, clothe myself in brown robes and go forth…?]

16. MN118
    idha bhikkhu pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā, ujuṃ kāyaṃ paṇidhāya, parimukhaṃ satiṃ upaṭṭhapetvā, …

Here, a monk, having folded [his legs] in the cross-legged sitting position, directing [his] body [to sit] erectly, having established mindfulness as first priority.

17. SN22.59
    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā bārāṇasiyaṃ viharati isipatane migadāye. tatra kho bhagavā pañcavaggiye bhikkhū āmantesi

On one occasion, the Blessed One was dwelling in Varanasi, in the Deer Park at Isipatana. There, the Blessed One addressed the monks belonging to the group of five.

18. VIN PAT SA 5
    yo pana bhikkhu sañcarittaṃ samāpajjeyya itthiyā vā purisamatiṃ purisassa vā itthimatiṃ

If any monk should engage in carrying proposals of man's intention to a woman or woman's intention to a man…

19. VIN PAT SA 11 (simpl)
    dhammavādī ca eso bhikkhu vinayavādī ca eso bhikkhu amhākaṃ ca eso bhikkhu chandaṃ ca ruciṃ ca ādāya voharati

This monk who speaks according to the Dhamma, and this monk who speaks according to the Vinaya, speaks according to (i.e. in accordance with) our preference and approval…

20. VIN PAT SA
    ciṇṇamānatto bhikkhu yattha siyā vīsatigaṇo bhikkhusaṅgho tattha so bhikkhu abbhetabbo.

A monk who has performed penance, where there could be a community of twenty monks, in that place he should be rehabilitated.

21. VIN PAT PC 42
    ekakassa me kathā vā nisajjā vā phāsu hotī"ti, etaṃ eva paccayaṃ karitvā anaññaṃ, pācittiyaṃ.

"There is ease for me talking or sitting down by myself;" having done this just for that reason, [and] no other, [this is] an offence requiring confession.

22. MN107
    rattiyā majjhimaṃ yāmaṃ dakkhiṇena passena sīhaseyyaṃ kappeyyāsi pāde pādaṃ accādhāya sato sampajāno uṭṭhānasaññaṃ manasikaritvā

In the middle watch of the night, you should adopt the lion's pose, [lying] on the right flank, placing [one] foot on the [other] foot, mindful, fully knowing, having noted in the mind the wake-up time.

23. SN1.39
    atha kho pajjunnassa dhītā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ mahāvanaṃ obhāsetvā

And then, when the night had progressed, the daughter of the god of rain, stunningly beautiful, having illuminated the entire great wood [approached the Blessed One].

24. MN43
    dve kho, āvuso, paccayā animittāya cetovimuttiyā samāpattiyā, sabbanimittānaṃ ca amanasikāro, animittāya ca dhātuyā manasikāro.

Friend, [there are] indeed two supporting conditions for the attainment of the signless liberation of mind: non-attention to all objects and attention to the signless state.

25. SN15.1
    ayaṃ me mātā, tassā me mātu ayaṃ mātā iti, apariyādinnā eva bhikkhave, tassa purisassa mātumātaro assu.

"This [is] my mother, this [is] the mother of my mother"; [the sequence] of that man's mothers' mothers would not even be exhausted.

26. VIN1.3.1
    mātugāmo nāma manuss'itthī, na yakkhī na petī na tiracchānagatā. antamaso tad'ahujātā api dārikā, pag'eva mahattarī.

[What] is called a woman [is] a human female, not a female demon not a female ghost not a female animal, even a girl born that very day, to say nothing of [one] older.

27. AN5.207
    khuddaṃ paṭihanati, pipāsaṃ paṭivineti, vātaṃ anulometi, vatthiṃ sodheti, ām'āvasesaṃ pāceti. ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ānisaṃsā yāguyā.

It wards off hunger, dispels thirst, settles wind, purifies the bladder, [and] digests remnants of undigested food. Indeed, monks, these are the five benefits of rice porridge.

Class 8 Extra¶

1. DHP088
   tatra abhiratiṃ iccheyya, hitvā kāme akiñcano, pariyodapeyya attānaṃ, cittaklesehi paṇḍito.

A wise person, possession-less, would wish for pleasure in that place, having abandoned sensual pleasures, he would purify himself from mental defilements.

2. DN22.18
   uppannānaṃ kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṃ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṃ ārabhati cittaṃ paggaṇhāti padahati

He generates interest, puts forth effort, arouses energy, exerts his mind and strives for the continuance, non-disappearance , increase and fulfillment by development, maturity, of wholesome qualities that have arisen.

3. VIN PAT NP 3 (simpl)
   no ce assa pāripūri, māsaparamaṃ so bhikkhu taṃ cīvaraṃ nikkhipeyya, ce assa ūnassa pāripūriyā paccāsā.

If it [i.e. the robe-cloth] should not be [enough] for completion, that monk canset [it] aside for a month at the most if there should be the expectation for the completion of the deficiency…

4. SNP56
   yattha nāmaṃ ca rūpaṃ ca asesaṃ uparujjhati,
   viññāṇassa nirodhena, ettha etaṃ uparujjhati.

Wherever name and form is completely ended, with the cessation of consciousness, here this is ended.

5. SNP16
   etādisāni katvāna, sabbattha aparājitā, sabbattha sotthiṃ gacchanti

Having done [things] of this kind, victorious everywhere, they go everywhere safely.

6. SN55.23
   idha, bhante, koci'd'eva dhammo samuppādo uppajjeyya, ekato assa bhagavā ekato bhikkhusaṅgho ca.

Here, venerable sir, some or other issue [concerning] the teaching could arise, the Blessed One might be on one side and the community of monks on one [i.e. the other] side.

7. DHP284
   yāva hi vanatho na chijjati, aṇumatto api narassa nārīsu, paṭibaddhamano eva tāva so, vaccho khīrapako va mātari.

Indeed, as long as desire is not cut off, even the smallest, of a man enamoured with regard to women, just that long he [is] like a suckling calf towards [its] mother.