Two Kinds of Thought

☸ 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: Pubbeva me, bhikkhave, sambodhā anabhisambuddhassa bodhisattasseva sato etadahosi: yannūnāhaṁ dvidhā katvā dvidhā katvā vitakke vihareyyanti.

So kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, yo cāyaṁ kāmavitakko yo ca byāpādavitakko yo ca vihiṁsāvitakko imaṁ ekaṁ bhāgamakāsiṁ; yo cāyaṁ nekkhammavitakko yo ca abyāpādavitakko yo ca avihiṁsāvitakko imaṁ dutiyaṁ bhāgamakāsiṁ.

Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, evaṁ appamattassa ātāpino pahitattassa viharato uppajjati kāmavitakko.

So evaṁ pajānāmi: uppanno kho me ayaṁ kāmavitakko. So ca kho attabyābādhāyapi saṁvattati, parabyābādhāyapi saṁvattati, ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṁvattati, paññānirodhiko vighātapakkhiko anibbānasaṁvattaniko.

Attabyābādhāya saṁvattatītipi me, bhikkhave, paṭisañcikkhato abbhatthaṁ gacchati; parabyābādhāya saṁvattatītipi me, bhikkhave, paṭisañcikkhato abbhatthaṁ gacchati;

ubhayabyābādhāya saṁvattatītipi me, bhikkhave, paṭisañcikkhato abbhatthaṁ gacchati; paññānirodhiko vighātapakkhiko anibbānasaṁvattanikotipi me, bhikkhave, paṭisañcikkhato abbhatthaṁ gacchati.

So kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, uppannuppannaṁ kāmavitakkaṁ pajahameva vinodameva byantameva naṁ akāsiṁ.

Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, evaṁ appamattassa ātāpino pahitattassa viharato uppajjati byāpādavitakko …pe… uppajjati vihiṁsāvitakko….