2 To Reach Perfection in Life is Dhamma
- There are these three perfections.
- Perfection in body, speech and mind.
- And of what sort is perfection in mind ?
- By the destruction of the asavas, realising in this very life himself, knowing it thoroughly—the heart's release, the release by insight which is free from the asavas, having attained it abides therein. This is called
- "perfection in mind." These are the three bodily perfections.
- There are other perfections. The Buddha explained them to Subhuti.
- SUBHUTI : What is a Bodhisattva's perfection of giving ?
- the lord : Here a Bodhisattva, his thoughts associated with the knowledge of all modes, gives gifts, i.e., inward or outward things, and, having made them common to all beings, he dedicates them to supreme enlightenment ; and also others he instigates thereto. But there is nowhere an apprehension of anything.
- SUBHUTI : What is a Bodhisattva's perfection of morality ?
- The lord : He himself lives under the obligation of the ten ways of wholesome acting, and also others he instigates thereto.
- subhuti : What is a Bodhisattva's perfection of patience ?
- the lord : He himself becomes one who has achieved patience, and others also he instigates to patience.
- subhuti : What is a Bodhisattva's perfection of vigour ?
- The lord: He dwells persistently in the five perfections, and also others he instigates to do likewise.
- SUBHUTI : What is the Bodhisattva's perfection of concentration (or meditation) ?
- The lord : He himself, through skill in means, enters into the trances, yet he is not reborn in the corresponding heavens of form as he could ; and others also he instigates to do likewise.
- subhuti : What is a Bodhisattva's perfection of wisdom ?
- The lord : He does not settle down in any dharma, he contemplates the essential original nature of all dharmas ; and others also he instigates to the contemplation of all dharmas.
- It is Dhamma to cultivate these perfections.
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