IN THE ELEPHANT’S FOOTPRINT
In the Elephant’s Footprint
THREE TALKS
Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
PALELAI BUDDHIST TEMPLE
SINGAPORE
DECEMBER 15–17, 2017
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Contents
- Copyright
- Quotation
- 1 : The Wisdom of Goodness
- 2 : The Skills of Concentration
- 3. The Judgments of Insight
Quotation
Ven. Sāriputta said, “Friends, just as the footprints of all legged animals are encompassed by the footprint of the elephant, and the elephant’s footprint is reckoned the foremost among them in terms of size; in the same way, all skillful qualities are included in the four noble truths. In which four? In the noble truth of stress, in the noble truth of the origination of stress, in the noble truth of the cessation of stress, and in the noble truth of the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress.” — MN 28
