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☸ Efficacy & Blessings
The Udana scriptures contain the inspired utterances of the Buddha. Regularly chanting or listening to these suttas brings immense spiritual blessings, purifies the mind, and invites profound peace and wisdom into one’s life.
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Evaṁ me sutaṁ ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: bhikkhavoti. Bhadanteti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.
Bhagavā etadavoca: vanapatthapariyāyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasikarotha, bhāsissāmīti.
Evaṁ, bhanteti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca: Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu aññataraṁ vanapatthaṁ upanissāya viharati.
Tassa taṁ vanapatthaṁ upanissāya viharato anupaṭṭhitā ceva sati na upaṭṭhāti, asamāhitañca cittaṁ na samādhiyati, aparikkhīṇā ca āsavā na parikkhayaṁ gacchanti, ananuppattañca anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nānupāpuṇāti.
Ye ca kho ime pabbajitena jīvitaparikkhārā samudānetabbā cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārā te kasirena samudāgacchanti.
Tena, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā iti paṭisañcikkhitabbaṁ:
ahaṁ kho imaṁ vanapatthaṁ upanissāya viharāmi, tassa me imaṁ vanapatthaṁ upanissāya viharato anupaṭṭhitā ceva sati na upaṭṭhāti, asamāhitañca cittaṁ na samādhiyati, aparikkhīṇā ca āsavā na parikkhayaṁ gacchanti, ananuppattañca anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nānupāpuṇāmi.
Ye ca kho ime pabbajitena jīvitaparikkhārā samudānetabbā cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārā te kasirena samudāgacchantīti.
Tena, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā rattibhāgaṁ vā divasabhāgaṁ vā tamhā vanapatthā pakkamitabbaṁ, na vatthabbaṁ….