Awakeness Practices
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Traditionally the are 84,000 Dharma Doors - 84,000 ways to get Awakeness. Maybe so; certainly the Buddha taught a large number of practices that lead to Awakeness. This web page attempts to catalogue those found in the Pali Suttas (DN, MN, SN, AN, Ud & Sn 1). There are 3 sections: |
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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SN 12.46
PTS: S ii 75
CDB i 583
Aññatra Sutta: A Certain Brahman
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
welling at Savatthi… Then a certain brahman went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, exchanged courteous greetings with him. After an exchange of friendly greetings & courtesies, he sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One: “What now, Master Gotama: Is the one who acts the same one who experiences [the results of the act]?”
[The Buddha:] “[To say,] ‘The one who acts is the same one who experiences,’ is one extreme.”
[The brahman:] “Then, Master Gotama, is the one who acts someone other than the one who experiences?”
[The Buddha:] “[To say,] ‘The one who acts is someone other than the one who experiences,’ is the second extreme. Avoiding both of these extremes, the Tathagata teaches the Dhamma by means of the middle: From ignorance as a requisite condition come fabrications. From fabrications as a requisite condition comes consciousness. From consciousness as a requisite condition comes name-&-form. From name-&-form as a requisite condition come the six sense media. From the six sense media as a requisite condition comes contact. From contact as a requisite condition comes feeling. From feeling as a requisite condition comes craving. From craving as a requisite condition comes clinging/sustenance. From clinging/sustenance as a requisite condition comes becoming. From becoming as a requisite condition comes birth. From birth as a requisite condition, then aging & death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair come into play. Such is the origination of this entire mass of stress & suffering.
“Now from the remainderless fading & cessation of that very ignorance comes the cessation of fabrications. From the cessation of fabrications comes the cessation of consciousness. From the cessation of consciousness comes the cessation of name-&-form. From the cessation of name-&-form comes the cessation of the six sense media. From the cessation of the six sense media comes the cessation of contact. From the cessation of contact comes the cessation of feeling. From the cessation of feeling comes the cessation of craving. From the cessation of craving comes the cessation of clinging/sustenance. From the cessation of clinging/sustenance comes the cessation of becoming. From the cessation of becoming comes the cessation of birth. From the cessation of birth, then aging & death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair all cease. Such is the cessation of this entire mass of stress & suffering.”
When this was said, the brahman said to the Blessed One: “Magnificent, Master Gotama! Magnificent! Just as if he were to place upright what was overturned, to reveal what was hidden, to point out the way to one who was lost, or to carry a lamp into the dark so that those with eyes could see forms, in the same way has Master Gotama — through many lines of reasoning — made the Dhamma clear. I go to Master Gotama for refuge, to the Dhamma, & to the community of monks. May Master Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge from this day forward, for life.”
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Hon’ble Chief Minister to make surprise inspection of all districts from 1
st February, 2011Hon’ble C.M. gives two months (December and January) to officers to improve law and order and development works
Three-tier revised review system for development works and law and order
Hon’ble Chief Minister reviews development works and law and order of the State
Lucknow: 27 November 2010
Addressing the senior administrative and police officers at a State
level meeting to review law and order and development works at Tilak
Hall here today, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Ms.
Mayawati ji said that law and order is the top most priority of the State
Government. She said that all officers related to law and order should
remain alert and discharge their duties with full honesty and
commitment. She appreciated the officers for maintaining the peace and
communal harmony in the state after the decision of Hon’ble High Court
on Ayodhya issue and said that owing to better coordination and
understanding, besides the directives given by her on August 18 in this
regard, peaceful atmosphere prevailed in the State and throughout the
country. Keeping in view the coming date of December 06, the day
controversial structure in Ayodhya was demolished, she directed the
officers related to law and order, especially the officers of Faizabad to
remain extra alert and follow the directives of Principal Secretary Home
and DGP through video conferencing given recently in this regard. She
expressed satisfaction over the peaceful completion of Panchayat
elections and said that incidents had come to light at some places owing
to enmity. The officers should pay special attention towards it and
ensure that peaceful atmosphere should be maintained at all costs, she
added.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister emphasised the need of more
improvement in development works and law and order situation and
said that three-tier arrangement at district, divisional and State level
had been made to review important development programmes, disposal
of people’s problems, verification of development works, controlling
crime and strengthening law and order situation.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister said that she would visit the districts
from 1
st February 2011 to review development works and law and order.During the inspection of districts of the State, she would not held
meeting with the officers. She would inspect the development works and
get information from common man regarding law and order. She said
that all officers had two months of December and January for making
improvement in law and order and development works. She expressed
the hope that all officers would get involved in improving the situation,
so that it could be seen during surprise inspection of the districts.
Giving information regarding the revised three tier review system,
the Hon’ble Chief Minister said that now district level review meeting
would be held on 3
rd of every month from 3:00PM to 7:00PM under theChairmanship of District Magistrate of the concerning district. She told
about the programme and important schemes for which review had to
be made during district level review meeting.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister directed the District Magistrates for
surprise checking in at least one village of a Tehsil in every month and
said that after the review meeting at district level, another review
meeting at divisional level under the Chairmanship of Commissioner in
all the divisions of the State would be held on 6
th of every month, inwhich DMs of all districts and divisional level officers of all departments
would participate.
About State level review meeting, the Hon’ble Chief Minister said
that this meeting would be held on Wednesday falling after 13
th of everymonth from 10:00AM in Lucknow, in which all Commissioners/DMs,
Principal Secretaries /Secretaries would remain present. The Ministers
would hold the review meeting on 9
th of every month with PrincipalSecretary/ Secretary and divisional level officers of the department. On
the 20
th of every month, the Chief Secretary would hold the reviewmeeting for priority development programmes and departmental works
with Principal Secretaries /Secretaries and she (Hon’ble Chief Minister)
would be apprised of the conclusions on 25
th of every month.The Hon’ble Chief Minister while telling about the revised review
system regarding law and order and crime control said that now district
level meeting would be held on 3
rd of every month to be organised byPolice DIG, SSP, SP from 10:00AM to 2:00PM, in which SP (City), SP
(Rural) and all COs besides DM, ADM (City) and all SDMs would take
part.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister said that zonal review meeting would
be held on 5
th of every month from 10:00AM by police IG/DIG zone, inwhich Police DIG of all districts of the zone/SSP/SP would participate. In
this meeting district wise reports would be reviewed. The Hon’ble Chief
Minister directed the officers to hold State level review meeting on the
Wednesday falling just after 13
th of every month from 10:00AM atYojana Bhawan. She said that necessary government order was being
issued regarding this revised review system.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister with a view to making more
improvement in law and order system assigned the responsibilities to
Principal Secretary Home, DGP and Additional DGP (law and order) in
their respective areas of the State and directed these officers that they
should ensure the surprise checking in their allotted areas at least two
days in every month and ensure fool proof law and order arrangements.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister hoped that all officers related to
development works and law and order would follow the revised review
system with full commitment and honesty, so that poor and weaker
sections of the society could get the benefits of government schemes in
a development oriented atmosphere free from crime, injustice, fear and
corruption.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister while giving details about the steps
being taken by the State Government to develop cities in phased
manner said that several schemes had been launched to develop civic
facilities in some cities during first phase, but works related to these
cities had not been completed in time bound manner, which is
unfortunate.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister authorised the Chairman of State
Advisory Council Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra to review all these
development works and making inspection. She said that Mr. Mishra
should get these works completed after review meeting and all officers
should co-operate him in this regard. She directed the officers that a
meeting should be held on 1
st December to convey the directives beinggiven today to all officers in two shifts and all concerning officers should
be apprised of the directives of this meeting, so that revised review
system could be implemented from January next and district level
meeting could be organised on 3
rd January in every district.The Hon’ble Chief Minister made it clear that she would make
surprise inspection in all the 72 districts and give necessary time to
concerning officers for making improvement on finding shortcomings in
development works and law and order during her visits. If the working
of the concerning officers could not get improved, then adverse entries
would be given to concerning officers and he would be transferred on
insignificant post. She said this action would not remain limited to lower
rung officers. District and divisional level officers, besides senior officers
would also face the punitive action, she said and warned all officers that
they should get involved in following the directives given today with full
honesty and commitment without any delay, so that the people of the
State could be benefited by development programmes and better law
and order.
On this occasion Chairman, State Advisory Council Mr. Satish
Chandra Mishra, Cabinet Secretary, Chief Secretary, Additional Cabinet
Secretary, Principal Secretary Home, Principal Secretary, DGP, ADGP,
DMs, Commissioner, SSPs, SPs, IGs and DIGs Police were present,
besides other senior officers.
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Five officers of sugar mills arrested
Lucknow: 26 November 2010
Criminal case has been registered under IPC section
420, 342, 353 and 7 Criminal Act Amendment against
General Manager Mr. R.P. Singh and Mr. S. Ganpati and
General Manager Sugar Cane Mr. Virendra Singh and Mr.
T.R. Sharma, besides the General Manager Technical Mr.
R.K. Agarwal on the charges of not running district Bijnor
sugar mill and Chandpur sugar mill timely and attack on
the officers of sugar cane department making them
bonded. They have been arrested for violation of licence
conditions under Essential Commodities Act after lodging
of FIR.
Giving this information, a spokesperson of the State
Government said that Hon’ble Chief Minister had already
given clear-cut directives to all sugar mills that stringent
action would be taken against them, if cane farmers faced
any difficulty during the current crushing season. She had
also directed that sugar mills should start crushing work
from November 15 at all costs and this work would be
continued till the end of all sugar cane crops. She said that
State Government was committed to get sugar mills
functional with a view to vacate the fields for sowing of
wheat. The government would not overlook the interests
of sugar cane farmers.
It may be mentioned that both of these sugar mills
had not followed the directives of Hon’ble Chief Minister
owing to which stringent action had been taken against
them.
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Hon’ble Chief Minister inaugurates Lucknow Mahotsav
Lucknow: 25 November 2010
The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Ms. Mayawati
ji inaugurated the Lucknow Mahotsav by lighting lamp here
today. Lucknow Mahotsav would be held between 25
November and 5 December at the area park (sector-L), near
Bijli Pasi Kila, Ashiyana.
Addressing the function, Hon’ble Chief Minister ji said
that the theme of the festival is
‘Badalte Parivesh MeinLucknow Par Naaz, Kanoon Dwara Kanoon Ka Raaj’
andthrough this theme efforts had been made to present the
glorious past of Lucknow, besides presenting its changing
picture of today. She said that besides the Lucknowites,
people coming from other places would also get full
information about Lucknow. She said that Lucknow Mahotsav
was being organised every year to give people information
about the Ganga-Jamuni culture of Lucknow. She said that
owing to its historical and cultural heritage and unparallel
tehzeeb,
Lucknow has created its identity all over the world.Hon’ble Chief Minister ji said that Lucknow was fast
becoming a destination of tourists as it had several historical
buildings besides numerous memorials, museums and parks
were being established so that it may attract more and more
tourists. Owing to the setting up of memorials, museums and
parks, Lucknow had emerged as a modern city. She said that
during the past three years the State Government had spent
crores of rupees to make Lucknow a modern city and the
development works being carried out by her Government
would make this city a very attractive place to live.
Hon’ble Chief Minister ji said that several memorials,
museums, parks, galleries and squares created by her
Government to honour saints, gurus and great men born in
dalit and other backward sections, were attracting tourists to
Lucknow. She said that the tourists coming to this city would
now be inspired by the heroes of social change. She said that
the heart of the Lucknow viz. Hazratganj was completing 200
years and because of it the Lucknow Mahotsav had special
importance.
The Hon’ble Chief Minister ji said that her Government
was implementing many projects to make the Hazratganj
beautiful, owing to which the condition of the city would be
improved more. She said that the people of different religions
lived in a peaceful atmosphere with mutual brotherhood in the
State. Her Government was not renovating only Lucknow city,
but it was making efforts to bring back the glory of other
religious and cultural cities and places of the State. The local
people the tourists would be benefited by the development
works being done in these places. She released the magazine
‘Urmila’
published by Lucknow Mahotsav Committee on thisoccasion. A film based on the development journey of
Lucknow was presented through light and sound programme,
in which coordination of modernity and cultural heritage of
Lucknow was presented in an attractive manner. Afterwards,
‘Buddh Charitam’
was presented by Rashtriya KathakSansthan. Pt. Vishwamohan Bhatt played Veena.
Lucknow Commissioner Mr. Prashant Trivedi while
welcoming the guests gave important information related to
Lucknow Mahotsav. Several Ministers, MPs, MLAs, eminent
citizens, senior officers, tourists, artisans and artists were
present on this occasion.
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