DISCERNMENT

Discernment THE BUDDHA’S STRATEGIES FOR HAPPINESS : II a study guide prepared by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Copyright copyright 2013 thanissaro bhikkhu

Readings THE NOBLE SEARCH § 1. “This is the way leading to discernment: when visiting a contemplative or brahman, to ask:

WAYS TO DEVELOP DISCERNMENT § 23. Three types of discernment: discernment that comes from listening [sutamaya-pañña] discernment that comes from thinking [cintamaya-pañña] discernment

LISTENING & THINKING § 25. “Monks, there are these two conditions for the arising of wrong view. Which two? The voice of another

RIGHT VIEW § 32. “And what is the faculty of discernment? There is the case where a monk, a disciple of

APPROPRIATE ATTENTION § 40. “With regard to internal factors, I don’t envision any other single factor like appropriate attention as doing

PRACTICING § 46. Irrigators guide              the water. Fletchers shape              the arrow shaft. Carpenters shape              the wood. The wise

MODERATION § 58. “And how is striving fruitful, how is exertion fruitful? There is the case where a monk, when not

TRANQUILITY & INSIGHT § 65. “If a monk would wish, ‘May I attain—whenever I want, without strain, without difficulty—the four jhanas that are

FABRICATION § 69. “And what are fabrications? There are these six classes of intention: intention aimed at sights, sounds, smells, tastes,

THE STILLING OF FABRICATIONS § 100. [Visakha:] “And what, lady, are bodily fabrications, what are verbal fabrications, what are mental fabrications?”

STAGES OF AWAKENING § 107. “There are these ten fetters. Which ten? Five lower fetters & five higher fetters. And which

THE BLISS OF TOTAL FREEDOM § 111. I have heard that on one occasion Ven. Sariputta was staying near Rajagaha in

Glossary Arahant:  A “worthy one” or “pure one”; a person whose mind is free of defilement and is thus not subject

Abbreviations AN Anguttara Nikaya Dhp Dhammapada DN Digha Nikaya Iti Itivuttaka MN Majjhima Nikaya SN Saṁyutta Nikaya Sn Sutta Nipata