Measuring Up
☸ 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 āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhaggesu viharati susumāragire bhesakaḷāvane migadāye.
Tatra kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhikkhū āmantesi: āvuso bhikkhavoti. Āvusoti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato mahāmoggallānassa paccassosuṁ.
Āyasmā mahāmoggallāno etadavoca: Pavāreti cepi, āvuso, bhikkhu:
vadantu maṁ āyasmanto, vacanīyomhi āyasmantehīti, so ca hoti dubbaco, dovacassakaraṇehi dhammehi samannāgato, akkhamo appadakkhiṇaggāhī anusāsaniṁ, atha kho naṁ sabrahmacārī na ceva vattabbaṁ maññanti, na ca anusāsitabbaṁ maññanti, na ca tasmiṁ puggale vissāsaṁ āpajjitabbaṁ maññanti.
Katame cāvuso, dovacassakaraṇā dhammā? Idhāvuso, bhikkhu pāpiccho hoti, pāpikānaṁ icchānaṁ vasaṁ gato.
Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu pāpiccho hoti, pāpikānaṁ icchānaṁ vasaṁ gato ayampi dhammo dovacassakaraṇo.
Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu attukkaṁsako hoti paravambhī. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu attukkaṁsako hoti paravambhī ayampi dhammo dovacassakaraṇo.
Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu kodhano hoti kodhābhibhūto. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu kodhano hoti kodhābhibhūto ayampi dhammo dovacassakaraṇo.
Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu kodhano hoti kodhahetu upanāhī. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu kodhano hoti kodhahetu upanāhī ayampi dhammo dovacassakaraṇo.
Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu kodhano hoti kodhahetu abhisaṅgī. Yaṁpāvuso, bhikkhu kodhano hoti kodhahetu abhisaṅgī ayampi dhammo dovacassakaraṇo….