Gradually Dawns the
Dhamma!
The
Buddha
once told
Ānanda:
Ānanda, it is not easy
to teach the Dhamma to others.
One should consider five things before teaching Dhamma to others.
What five? One should teach thinking:
1: I will teach the Dhamma gradually starting with the most simple.
2: I will teach about the cause and effect of doing what is advantageous.
3: I will teach from, and about gentle kindness out of genuine sympathy.
4: I will teach Dhamma not for the sake of gain, fame, or admiration.
5: I will teach Dhamma without hurting or harming myself
or any others.
Ānanda, it is not easy to teach the Dhamma to others. One should
consider these five things before teaching Dhamma to others..
Anguttara Nikāya
III.184
Just as the ocean has a gradual
deepening sloping off the continental
shelf, with a sudden drop-off only after a long stretch, exactly in
the
same way, is this Doctrine and Discipline (dhamma-vināya) a
gradual
training, a gradual development, a gradual progression, with a
sudden
penetration to understanding only after a long stretch.
Udāna 5.5
The Buddha's teaching is built upon this
way of gradual development.
His method of "gradual instruction"
(anupubbi-katha), and
"gradual
training" (anupubbi-sikkha) makes the practitioner at each stage
of
development discover new and ever deeper and more important aspects
of the law of cause-&-effect
=
kamma, the cornerstone of
Right View.
More on
Dhamma (as
Discrete States ao. aspects):
Discrete_States,
Ontology,
No_Substance_'Out_There',
Omniscient_Quantum_Mind,
Dhamma_Contemplation,
Dhamma_Presence,
Momentary_Consciousness,
The_Boat
