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Friends:

Can the Dhamma Teaching be given in short?

Yes! The Blessed Buddha once instructed his son Rāhula in this way:
Having left behind desire for the five streams of simple sensual pleasure,
captivating forms, satisfying the mind, having gone forth from the house in
faith, p
ut an end to suffering! Cultivate Noble friends, an isolated lodging,
which is,
solitary, secluded, silent, with little traffic. Be moderate in eating!
Do not crave neither for a fine robe, nor food, nor requisites, nor lodging!
Do not return to the worldly life again... Be fully controlled regarding the
monastic discipline and the five sense abilities. Be completely & constantly
aware of the body as a frame of bones, skin, and flesh. By disgusted with
all in this world.
Avoid beautiful objects, which provokes lust. Make mind
one-pointed, concentrated, absorbed, well focused on non-attractiveness.

Develop the signless mind. Cast out all latent tendency to the conceit: I am!
Then by the full understanding of self-deception you will wander and dwell
stilled,
in perfect peace... Sn 337-342



More on the Buddha's son Rāhula, who was the most intent on the training:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/r/raahula.htm
He awakened in Andhavana forest, when hearing the Cūla Rāhulovāda Sutta:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.147.than.htm


To my Son!


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