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I have revised #11 of the above post as follows:
11. All these steps were completed for Angulimāla within an hour of meeting the Buddha. He initially tried to take the life of the Buddha. However, once the conversation began, the mind underwent an incredible transformation within a short time. See “Account of Angulimāla – Many Insights to Buddha Dhamma.” He must have fulfilled most of his pāramitā (meaning “setting up the necessary background”) in previous lives.
- On the other hand, for bhikkhu Channa, it took many years to “set the background.” He must have listened to numerous discourses by the Buddha and other Arahants, but still could not fulfill the three conditions for many years. See #10 above.
- I believe the key point is as follows. One must fully focus on the effort when it is possible to allocate a quiet time. One could attentively listen to a lengthy discourse by a Noble Person (sappurisa or kalyāṇamitta), or one could gather all necessary printed material and be absorbed in contemplation (vipassanā) for a long enough time for the mind to go through the three steps. That will help direct the mind to go through the steps. However, it will not be possible to live an immoral or indulgent life and try to “get it all done” in an hour. See “Kāma Rāga Arises Due to ‘Distorted Saññā’.”
- Those three steps lay the foundation for explaining how sīla, samādhi, and paññā lead to the four stages of Nibbāna, culminating in the Arahant phala. We will discuss further details in the next post.
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Sir Lal : He must have fulfilled most of his pāramitā (meaning “setting up the necessary background”) in previous lives.
- In the Jayaddisa Jātaka, Venerable Arahant Angulimala was a cannibal who became a yogi. He changed thanks to the Bodhisatta and decided to renounce the world and became a yogi under the guidance of another great yogi, who was the Venerable Arahant Sāriputta in a past life. He probably developed all jhanas and that’s maybe why it was easy for him to accept the path under the Lord Buddha.
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Thank you! I was not aware of that account.
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