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Jambali
Sutta: The Waste-water Pool
translated
from the Pali by
Thanissaro
Bhikkhu
“Monks,
these four types of individuals are to be found existing in the world. Which
four?
“There
is the case where a monk enters & remains in a certain peaceful
awareness-release.[1] He attends to the cessation of self-identification, but
as he is attending to the cessation of self-identification his mind doesn’t
leap up, grow confident, steadfast, or firm in the cessation of
self-identification. For him the cessation of self-identification is not to be
expected. Just as if a man were to grasp a branch with his hand smeared with
resin, his hand would stick to it, grip it, adhere to it; in the same way, the
monk enters & remains in a certain peaceful awareness-release. He attends
to the cessation of self-identification, but as he is attending to the cessation
of self-identification his mind doesn’t leap up, grow confident, steadfast, or
firm in the cessation of self-identification. For him the cessation of
self-identification is not to be expected.
“Now,
there is the case where a monk enters & remains in a certain peaceful
awareness-release. He attends to the cessation of self-identification, and as
he is attending to the cessation of self-identification his mind leaps up,
grows confident, steadfast, & firm in the cessation of self-identification.
For him the cessation of self-identification is to be expected. Just as if a
man were to grasp a branch with a clean hand, his hand would not stick to it,
grip it, or adhere to it; in the same way, the monk enters & remains in a
certain peaceful awareness-release. He attends to the cessation of
self-identification, and as he is attending to the cessation of
self-identification his mind leaps up, grows confident, steadfast, & firm
in the cessation of self-identification. For him the cessation of
self-identification is to be expected.
“Now,
there is the case where a monk enters & remains in a certain peaceful
awareness-release. He attends to the breaching of ignorance, but as he is
attending to the breaching of ignorance his mind doesn’t leap up, grow
confident, steadfast, or firm in the breaching of ignorance. For him the
breaching of ignorance is not to be expected. Just as if there were a
waste-water pool that had stood for countless years, where a man were to block
all the inlets and open all the outlets, and the sky were to not rain down in
good streams of rain: the breaching of the waste-water pool’s embankment would
not be expected; in the same way, the monk enters & remains in a certain
peaceful awareness-release. He attends to the breaching of ignorance, but as he
is attending to the breaching of ignorance his mind doesn’t leap up, grow
confident, steadfast, or firm in the breaching of ignorance. For him the
breaching of ignorance is not to be expected.
“Now,
there is the case where a monk enters & remains in a certain peaceful
awareness-release. He attends to the breaching of ignorance, and as he is
attending to the breaching of ignorance his mind leaps up, grows confident,
steadfast, & firm in the breaching of ignorance. For him the breaching of
ignorance is to be expected. Just as if there were a waste-water pool that had
stood for countless years, where a man were to open all the inlets and block
all the outlets, and the sky were to rain down in good streams of rain: the
breaching of the waste-water pool’s embankment would be expected; in the same
way, the monk enters & remains in a certain peaceful awareness-release. He
attends to the breaching of ignorance, and as he is attending to the breaching
of ignorance his mind leaps up, grows confident, steadfast, & firm in the
breaching of ignorance. For him the breaching of ignorance is to be expected.
“These
are four types of individuals to be found existing in the world.”
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issued to complete development works being carried out in Bundelkhand region
with quality
Jhana Sutta: Mental Absorption (1)
“Monks,
there are these four types of individuals to be
found existing in the world. Which four?
“There is the case where an individual, withdrawn
from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful qualities, enters & remains in
the first jhana: rapture & pleasure born from withdrawal, accompanied by
directed thought & evaluation. He savors that, longs for that, finds
satisfaction through that. Staying there — fixed on that, dwelling there often,
not falling away from that — then when he dies he reappears in conjunction with
the devas of Brahma’s retinue. The devas of Brahma’s retinue, monks, have a
life-span of an eon. A run-of-the-mill person having stayed there, having used
up all the life-span of those devas, goes to hell, to the animal womb, to the
state of the hungry shades. But a disciple of the Blessed One, having stayed
there, having used up all the life-span of those devas, is unbound right in
that state of being. This, monks, is the difference, this the distinction, this
the distinguishing factor, between an educated disciple of the noble ones and
an uneducated run-of-the-mill person, when there is a destination, a reappearing.
“Again, there is the case where an individual, with
the stilling of directed thoughts & evaluations, enters & remains in
the second jhana: rapture & pleasure born of composure, unification of
awareness free from directed thought & evaluation — internal assurance. He
savors that, longs for that, finds satisfaction through that. Staying there —
fixed on that, dwelling there often, not falling away from that — then when he
dies he reappears in conjunction with the Abhassara[1]
devas.[2]
The Abhassara devas, monks, have a life-span of two eons. A run-of-the-mill
person having stayed there, having used up all the life-span of those devas,
goes to hell, to the animal womb, to the state of the hungry shades. But a
disciple of the Blessed One, having stayed there, having used up all the
life-span of those devas, is unbound right in that state of being. This, monks,
is the difference, this the distinction, this the distinguishing factor,
between an educated disciple of the noble ones and an uneducated
run-of-the-mill person, when there is a destination, a reappearing.
“Again, there is the case where an individual, with
the fading of rapture, he remains equanimous, mindful, & alert, and senses
pleasure with the body. He enters & remains in the third jhana, of which
the Noble Ones declare, ‘Equanimous & mindful, he has a pleasant abiding.’
He savors that, longs for that, finds satisfaction through that. Staying there
— fixed on that, dwelling there often, not falling away from that — then when
he dies he reappears in conjunction with the Subhakinha[3]
devas. The Subhakinha devas, monks, have a life-span of four eons. A
run-of-the-mill person having stayed there, having used up all the life-span of
those devas, goes to hell, to the animal womb, to the state of the hungry
shades. But a disciple of the Blessed One, having stayed there, having used up
all the life-span of those devas, is unbound right in that state of being.
This, monks, is the difference, this the distinction, this the distinguishing
factor, between an educated disciple of the noble ones and an uneducated
run-of-the-mill person, when there is a destination, a reappearing.
“Again, there is the case where an individual, with
the abandoning of pleasure & stress — as with the earlier disappearance of
elation & distress — enters & remains in the fourth jhana: purity of
equanimity & mindfulness, neither-pleasure-nor-pain. He savors that, longs
for that, finds satisfaction through that. Staying there — fixed on that,
dwelling there often, not falling away from that — then when he dies he
reappears in conjunction with the Vehapphala[4]
devas. The Vehapphala devas, monks, have a life-span of 500 eons. A
run-of-the-mill person having stayed there, having used up all the life-span of
those devas, goes to hell, to the animal womb, to the state of the hungry
shades. But a disciple of the Blessed One, having stayed there, having used up
all the life-span of those devas, is unbound right in that state of being.
This, monks, is the difference, this the distinction, this the distinguishing
factor, between an educated disciple of the noble ones and an uneducated
run-of-the-mill person, when there is a destination, a reappearing.
“These
are four types of individuals to be found existing in the world.”
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U.P.
Accelerate pace of development works—Hon’ble Chief
Minister ji
Stringent action will be initiated against guilty if
quality of construction works not maintained
Ensure benefit of development and public welfare programmes
for poor and weaker sections on priority basis
Directives issued to complete development works being
carried out in Bundelkhand region with quality
Lucknow: 18 July 2011
Directing officers to accelerate the pace of
development works, the
Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Ms.
Mayawati ji said that lack of
quality in construction works would attract severe
punishment. She directed
that the pending development works should be
completed on priority basis,
so that the people could be benefited. She said
that the benefit of various
development and public welfare programmes should
be provided to poor and
weaker sections on priority basis.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister ji gave these
directions when the Cabinet
Secretary Mr. Shashank Shekhar Singh and Chief
Secretary Mr. Anoop
Mishra apprised her of the outcome of the review
meeting held with the
Principal Secretaries/Secretaries at the Yojana
Bhawan here today. She said
that those development schemes for which the funds
had been released
should be completed in a time-bound and
qualitative manner. She directed
the senior officers to conduct spot verification
to ensure effective
implementation of various development
schemes/programmes.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister ji directed the
officers to ensure
development of area-wise special fruit belts, so
that the production of fruits
could be encouraged in the State. She said that
this strategy had been
adopted in various areas previously, but new areas
should also be identified
as special horticulture areas to increase the
income of the farmers. Besides,
considering the consumption of vegetables in
Lucknow city area, the farming
of vegetables should be encouraged in the
adjoining areas of the city.
Likewise, the same should be encouraged around the
adjoining areas of
large cities. She directed the officers to ensure
proper arrangement for the
storage of food grains, fruits and vegetables.
Directing officers to encourage poultry farming in
the State, the
Hon’ble Chief Minister ji said that all possible
help should be provided to the
farmers to increase their income through animal
husbandry and milk
production. She directed the officers to ensure
that there was no paucity of
seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and agricultural
inputs. Directing officers to
ensure easy availability of crop loans, she said
that the farmers should be
distributed Kisan Credit Cards by holding camps.
Referring to the better management of animal fairs
being held in
various regions, the Hon’ble Chief Minister ji
said that the complaints of
misuse of these fairs was also pouring in. She
directed the officers to check
the cruelty being handed out to the animals in the
name of animal fairs. She
said that U.P. is an agriculture dominated State
so the livestock could not be
ignored.
Reviewing the works of Sports Department, the
Hon’ble Chief Minister
ji said that the sports facilities in the villages
should be increased. She
directed the Sports Department to stop all
unnecessary constructions being
carried out by it. Reviewing the situation of
flood control in the State, she
said that though there was no indication of floods
so far, yet all preparations
of fighting floods and to carry out relief and
rescue works should be
streamlined. She directed the Chief Secretary to
hold weekly meeting to
review flood situation. She directed to set up a
State level flood control
room. Directing officers to ensure effective
implementation of flood control
action plan, she said that the sensitive
embankments should be identified
and guarded with special attention.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister ji directed the
officers to upgrade the health
services of the State, so that people got health
facilities easily. She directed
to ensure availability of all necessary medicines
in the government hospitals
of the State. Keeping an eye on the outbreak of
infectious disease in the
rainy season, she asked the officers to ensure
that cleanliness was
maintained in rural and urban areas. She said that
maximum utilisation of
available health resources should be ensured. She
said that the official
norms of attending to patients and conducting
operation should be adhered
to.
Emphasising the need to benefit students through
various scholarship
schemes in a timely manner, the Hon’ble Chief
Minister ji said that any
irregularity in the distribution of scholarships
would not be tolerated. She
said that after the verification of beneficiaries
of various pension schemes,
the amounts should be credited in their bank
accounts immediately.
Directing officers to immediately release the
amount being paid to the
beneficiaries of U.P. Mukhyamantri Mahamaya Garib
Arthik Madad Yojana,
she reviewed the progress of Savitri Bai Phule
Balika Shiksha Madad Yojana
and Mahamaya Garib Balika Ashirwad Yojana. She
directed the officers to
ensure that the development works being carried
out in Bundelkhand region
were completed in a qualitative and time-bound
manner. Directing officers to
conduct plantation programme as a drive, she said
that the protection of the
planted
saplings should be ensured.