Overcoming Fear for a Bad Destiny!
Once in
Savatthi the Blessed
Buddha said this:
Bhikkhus, any Noble
Disciple, who possesses four things has transcended all
fear of
any bad future destination. What four?
1: Here, any Noble Disciple possesses
confirmed
confidence in the Buddha thus:
Worthy, honourable &
perfectly self-Enlightened is the Buddha! Consummated in
knowledge & behaviour, totally transcended, expert in all dimensions, knower
of all
worlds, unsurpassable trainer of those who can be tamed, teacher & guide of
gods
as well as of humans, blessed, exalted, awakened & enlightened is the
Buddha!
2: Any
Noble Disciple possesses confirmed confidence in the Dhamma thus:
Perfectly formulated is this Buddha-Dhamma, visible right here & now,
immediately
effective, timeless, inviting each & everyone to come and see for themselves,
inspect, examine & verify. Leading each & everyone through progress towards
perfection. Directly observable, experiencable & realizable by each
intelligence...
3: Any
Noble Disciple possesses confirmed confidence in the Sangha thus:
Perfectly training is this Noble Sangha community of the Buddha's Noble
disciples:
Training the right way, the true way, the good way, the direct way! Therefore
do
these 8 kinds of individuals, these 4 Noble pairs, deserve both gifts,
self-sacrifice,
offerings, hospitality and reverential salutation with joined palms, since
this Noble
Sangha community of the Buddha's Noble disciples, is an unsurpassable &
forever
unsurpassed field of merit, in this world, for this world, to respect, and
protect...
4: Any
Noble Disciple possesses the
Morality
esteemed by the Noble ones:
Unbroken,
untorn, unspotted, freeing, praised by the good, inducing concentration!
Any Noble Disciple, who possesses these four things has transcended and gone all
beyond all fear of a bad destination,
rightly beyond all
fear of a
painful
future...
On gaining the ultimate safe
& fearless future: Stream-Entrance:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_6_Keys.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Sangha_Entry.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Stream_Entrance.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Stream-Entry_Tools.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Assured_Destination.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Entering_the_Stream_Supreme.htm
Source
(edited extract):
The
Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta
Nikāya. [V:364]
section 55:
Sotāpattisamyutta.
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