How to Dwell abiding in Successful
Recollection:
The Blessed Buddha once told his
cousin the Noble Layman
Mahānāma:
One who has faith is successful,
Mahānāma,
not one who has no faith.
One who is energetic is successful,
Mahānāma,
not one who is lax and lazy.
One who is acutely aware is successful,
Mahānāma, not one who is negligent.
One who is concentrated is successful,
Mahānāma,
not one who is distracted.
One who understands is successful,
Mahānāma,
not one of no understanding.
Having established yourself in these
five abilities,
Mahānāma,
then you should
always dwell recollecting:
1: The
Blessed One
2: The
Dhamma
3: The
Sangha
4: Own
Purity
5: Own
Generosity
6: The
Deities
Doing this,
Mahānāma,
one wins the joy and special thrill that goes with the
Dhamma.
From joy grows satisfaction. From satisfaction grows calm. From a calm body
grows happiness. From happiness grows concentration. Concentrated,
Mahānāma,
one dwells as serene among those agitated. One dwells joyous among those
in anger...
Anguttara
Nikaya V 329-32
More on these 6 Successful
reviewing recollections:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Master_Presence.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Buddha_Contemplation.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Dhamma_Presence.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Dhamma_Contemplation.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Sangha_Presence.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Sangha_Contemplation.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Reviewing_Virtue.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Sila_Contemplation.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Reviewing_Generosity.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Generosity_Contemplation.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Remembering_Deities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Divinity_Contemplation.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Remembering_Deities.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Divinity_Contemplation.htm
