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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 rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.
Atha kho visākho upāsako yena dhammadinnā bhikkhunī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā dhammadinnaṁ bhikkhuniṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho visākho upāsako dhammadinnaṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavoca:
sakkāyo sakkāyoti, ayye, vuccati. Katamo nu kho, ayye, sakkāyo vutto bhagavatāti? Pañca kho ime, āvuso visākha, upādānakkhandhā sakkāyo vutto bhagavatā,
seyyathidaṁ rūpupādānakkhandho, vedanupādānakkhandho, saññupādānakkhandho, saṅkhārupādānakkhandho, viññāṇupādānakkhandho.
Ime kho, āvuso visākha, pañcupādānakkhandhā sakkāyo vutto bhagavatāti. Sādhayyeti kho visākho upāsako dhammadinnāya bhikkhuniyā bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā dhammadinnaṁ bhikkhuniṁ uttariṁ pañhaṁ apucchi:
sakkāyasamudayo sakkāyasamudayoti, ayye, vuccati. Katamo nu kho, ayye, sakkāyasamudayo vutto bhagavatāti? Yāyaṁ, āvuso visākha, taṇhā ponobbhavikā nandīrāgasahagatā tatratatrābhinandinī, seyyathidaṁ
kāmataṇhā bhavataṇhā vibhavataṇhā; ayaṁ kho, āvuso visākha, sakkāyasamudayo vutto bhagavatāti.
Sakkāyanirodho sakkāyanirodhoti, ayye, vuccati. Katamo nu kho, ayye, sakkāyanirodho vutto bhagavatāti? Yo kho, āvuso visākha, tassāyeva taṇhāya asesavirāganirodho cāgo paṭinissaggo mutti anālayo;
ayaṁ kho, āvuso visākha, sakkāyanirodho vutto bhagavatāti. Sakkāyanirodhagāminī paṭipadā sakkāyanirodhagāminī paṭipadāti, ayye, vuccati.
Katamā nu kho, ayye, sakkāyanirodhagāminī paṭipadā vuttā bhagavatāti? Ayameva kho, āvuso visākha, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo sakkāyanirodhagāminī paṭipadā vuttā bhagavatā, seyyathidaṁ…