LESSON 114 Mahapañha Sutta The Great Questions 17 12 2010 FREE ONLINE eNālandā Research and Practice UNIVERSITY
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The discourses of Buddha are divided into 84,000, as to separate addresses. The division includes all that was spoken by Buddha.”I received from Buddha,” said Ananda, “82,000 Khandas, and from the priests 2000; these are 84,000 Khandas maintained by me.” They are divided into 275,250, as to the stanzas of the original text, and into 361,550, as to the stanzas of the commentary. All the discourses including both those of Buddha and those of the commentator, are divided into 2,547 banawaras, containing 737,000 stanzas, and 29,368,000 separate letters.
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AN 10.27
PTS: A v 48
Mahapañha Sutta: The Great Questions
(excerpt)
translated from the Pali by
Nyanaponika Thera
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Monks, when a monk becomes entirely dispassionate towards one thing, when his lust for it entirely fades away, when he is entirely liberated from it, when he sees the complete ending of it, then he is one who, after fully comprehending the Goal, makes an end of suffering here and now.
What one thing? “All beings subsist by nutriment.” When a monk becomes entirely dispassionate towards this one thing (nutriment), when his lust for it entirely fades away, when he is entirely liberated from it, and when he sees the complete ending of it, then, O monks, he is one who, after fully comprehending the Goal, makes an end of suffering here and now.
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See also: SN 12.11; SN 12.12; SN 12.31; SN 12.63; SN 12.64; The Four Nutriments of Life by Nyanaponika Thera.
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’ble Chief Minister ji directs officers to ensurecompletion of various development works being carried out in various cities in a time bound and qualitative mannerPunitive action to be taken against executing agency
and concerning officers if any laxity detected
Complete laying of sewer and
water supply lines by May 2011
Lucknow : 16 December 2010
The Hon
’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Ms. Mayawati ji has directed theofficers to complete the various development works being carried out in different cities
for upgrading urban facilities in a time bound and qualitative manner. She said that the
amount allocated for various schemes should be released in a timely manner so that
the development works were not affected adversely. She said that if any laxity in the
implementation of schemes was detected at any level, then punitive action would be
ensured against the executive agency and concerning officers.
The Hon
’ble Chief Minister ji was reviewing the progress of various developmentworks being carried out for the all round development of various cities at a high level
meeting held at her official residence here today. It may be recalled that Hon
’ble ChiefMinister ji had earlier announced/laid foundation of 28 projects for Varanasi, 31 for
Allahabad, 23 for Kannauj, 105 for Kanpur-Bithur, 28 for Agra, 17 for Faizabad-
Ayodhya, 26 for Mathura-Vrindavan, 47 for Meerut and 53 for Lucknow in all 358
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’ble Chief Minister ji, the Chairman of theU.P. State Advisory Council visited Varanasi and Allahabad recently and conducted on
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’ble Chief Minister ji while assigning the responsibility of concerningofficers to solve the local problems related to these projects directed them to ensure
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It may be recalled that U.P. State Advisory Council Chairman Mr. Satish Chandra
Mishra had reviewed and made the spot verification of these projects sanctioned for
the integrated development of Varanasi and Allahabad on 14
th and 15th Decemberrespectively on the directives of the Hon
’ble Chief Minister. During review, he foundthat 23 works out of 28 have been completed in Varanasi and directives have been
issued for completing the remaining works which included Trans Varuna Sewerage,
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Solid Waste Management, Chauka Ghat and Pandeypur over bridge.
Similarly, 10 works out of 31 have been completed in Allahabad. Directives have
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Chairman State Advisory Council conducts spot verification of development works being carried out in Allahabad
Lucknow : 15 December 2010
The Hon
’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Ms. Mayawati ji directedthe officers to ensure that the various schemes being carried out for the
all-round development of Allahabad should be completed on priority
basis. She has also directed to the officers that construction of all 32
projects worth Rs. 855.35 crore announced for Allahabad should be done
in qualitative manner according to the fixed norms. She has given strict
directive to the concerned officers that work of laying the sewer-lines in
Allahabad city should be completed by May 2011, so that people could
not face any difficulty in traffic during the next rainy season.
The Hon
’ble Chief Minister ji had directed the officers of UrbanDevelopment, Energy, P.W.D. including other concerning departments
that they should ensure the implementation of the projects related to
their respective departments in Allahabad in a speedy manner. She said
that all the projects announced for Allahabad should be completed in
fixed time limit, so that people could be benefited by it.
The Hon
’ble Chief Minister ji gave these directives, when theChairman U.P. State Advisory Council Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra apprised
her of the conclusions of his spot verification of the various development
works being carried out in Allahabad.
It may be recalled that Chairman of U.P. State Advisory Council is
doing the spot verification of development works of different cities
according to the directives of the Hon
’ble Chief Minister given on 27November 2010. He visited Varanasi yesterday and inspected the
development works there.
Chairman of U.P. State Advisory Council Mr. Mishra visited
Allahabad according to the directives of the Hon
’ble Chief Minister andmade spot verification of various schemes like- Sasur Khaderi River,
Karelabad, Bridge being constructed over Bakshi diversion road and its
approach road. Besides, he also inspected new Khusaro Bagh, Power
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students, under ground water tank in P.D. Tandon Park and lying of
sewer lines on Muir Road. She directed the officers of the concerning
department to complete all works within scheduled time-period.
Chairman of State Advisory Council directed the officers in a review
meeting held after the visit of Allahabad that commissioner and District
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working agency for which Hon
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the implementation of these projects. Besides, the Principal Secretary of
U.P. State Advisory Council should be apprised every week of the latest
situation of development works.
During the review, Mr. Mishra found that works of 10 projects out of
32 announced by the Hon
’ble Chief Minister to strengthen infrastructurefacilities had been completed in Allahabad and more than 50 per cent
work of 08 projects has been completed. The officers informed him that
the remaining works would be completed by March 2011. The officers
assured Mr. Mishra that the proposed work of Alopi Bagh Flyover would
be started soon.
On this occasion, the Chief Secretary Mr. Atul Kumar Gupta,
Principal Secretary Urban Development Mr. Alok Ranjan, Principal
Secretary to C.M Mr. R.P. Singh, Commissioner, DM and other senior
officers were present.
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