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The Path of Purification (Visuddhi-magga) Part I. Virtue (Sila)

January 27th, 2010 | 285 Comments

The Path of Purification
(Visuddhi-magga)
Part I. Virtue (Sila)

CHAPTER I.
DESCRIPTION OF VIRTUE

(Sila-niddesa)

[1. Introductory]

I. [1] ‘When a wise man, established well in Virtue,

‘Develops Consciousness and Understanding,

‘Then as a bhikkhu ardent and sagacious

‘He succeeds in disentangling this tangle’ (S.i,13)

This was said. But why was it said? While the Blessed

One was living at Savatthi, it seems, a certain deity came to

him in the night, and in order to do away with his doubts he

asked this question:




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