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4.141 The brightness of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom. 4.142 The radiance of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom. 4.143 The lights of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom. 4.144 The shining of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom. 4.145 The lamps of the moon, sun, fire, and wisdom. 4.146 A time for listening to the teaching, a time for discussing the teaching, a time for serenity, and a time for discernment....

4.131 People who have given up various fetters. 4.132 Speaking on topic and fluently. 4.133 One who understands immediately, one who understands after detailed explanation, one who needs personal guidance, and one who merely learns by rote. 4.134 Living on the fruit of effort or of past karma. 4.135 The blameworthy, the mostly blameworthy, the slightly blameworthy, and the blameless. 4.136 Fulfill...

4.121 The fears of guilt, shame, punishment, and rebirth in a bad place. 4.122 The risks of waves, crocodiles, whirlpools, and sharks. 4.123 Length of rebirth in various exalted realms. 4.124 Contemplating jhānas with wisdom. 4.125 Rebirth in Brahmā realms from divine abiding meditations. 4.126 Contemplating divine abiding meditations with wisdom. 4.127 The Buddha illuminates even interstellar spa...

4.111 Guiding people like horses: sometimes, strictly, sometimes gently. And sometimes you have to kill them. 4.112 A mendicant is like a king’s thoroughbred. 4.113 A thoroughbred responds when it sees the goad. So does a mendicant. 4.114 A mendicant is like a king’s elephant. 4.115 Things that are pleasant or unpleasant, harmful or beneficial. 4.116 Don’t neglect good conduct. 4.117 Practice in y...

4.101 - 102 Four people similar to clouds. 4.103 Four people similar to pots. 4.104 Four people similar to ponds. 4.105 Four people similar to mangoes. 4.107 Four people similar to mice. 4.108 Four people similar to oxen. 4.109 Four people similar to trees. 4.110 Four people similar to vipers.

4.91 Demons and gods. 4.92 Serenity and discernment. 4.93 Serenity and discernment should be developed. 4.94 To develop serenity and discernment, you should ask experienced practitioners. 4.95-99 Practice to help yourself and others. 4.100 Which is better: appropriate praise and criticism, or equanimity?

4.81 Precepts lead to heaven or hell. 4.82 Wrong or right speech leads to heaven or hell. 4.83 Criticizing and praising leads to heaven or hell. 4.84 Valuing defilements above the Dharma leads to hell. 4.85 The dark bound for darkness, the dark bound for light, the light bound for darkness, and the light bound for light. 4.86 One sunk low who sinks lower, one sunk low who rises high, one risen hig...

4.71 Unfailing practices: morality, learning, energy, and wisdom. 4.72 Unfailing practices: thoughts of renunciation, good will, and kindness; and right view. 4.73 Speaking well and ill of others. 4.74 The best morality, convergence, wisdom, and freedom. 4.75 The best form, feeling, perception, and state of existence. 4.76 As he lay dying, the Buddha encouraged his disciples to ask any last questi...

4.61 Four things that are desirable, but hard to get; and how to get them through deeds of substance. 4.62 The happiness of ownership, using wealth, debtlessness, and blamelessness. 4.63 A family where the children honor their parents in their home is said to live with Brahmā. 4.64 Breaking precepts leads to hell. 4.65 Estimating others based on appearance, voice, austerity, and principle. 4.66 Th...

4.51 When a mendicant meditates using an offering, merit overflows for the donor. 4.52 When a mendicant has confidence and morality, merit overflows for the donor. 4.53- 4.54 Living with gods and zombies. 4.55 - 4.56 How a married couple can stay together in this life and the next. 4.57 - 4.59 Long life, beauty, happiness, and strength. 4.60 A lay disciple serves the mendicant Saṅgha with robes, a...

4.41 Developing convergence for pleasure, understanding, mindfulness, and ending defilements. 4.42 Answering questions definitively, analytically, with a counter-question, or setting it aside. 4.43 Valuing anger, or denigration, or material possessions, or honor, or valuing the true teaching. 4.44 Valuing anger, or denigration, or material possessions, or honor, or valuing the true teaching. 4.45...

4.31 Living in a suitable region, relying on good people, right determination, and past good karma. 4.32 Inclusiveness through giving, kind speech, taking care, and impartiality. 4.33 A lion’s roar terrifies beasts. The Buddha’s teaching terrifies the gods. 4.34 Confidence in the Buddha, the path, the Dharma, and the Saṅgha are the best kinds of confidence. 4.35 A great man as understood by brahmi...

4.21 Who should the Buddha revere? 4.22 What qualifies you as a senior. 4.23 Why the Buddha is called the Realized One. 4.24 The Buddha knows what can be known, and remains poised in the midst of the world. 4.25 This spiritual life is lived for the sake of restraint, giving up, fading away, and stopping. 4.26 Mendicants who are deceivers, stubborn, flatterers, frauds, insolent, and scattered: they...