Sutta Name Nikaya Vagga Academic PTS PSA Plae Keywords Notes
Potaliya Majjhima Majjhimapa.n.naasa, Gahapati Vagga MN.054 M.i.359ff. 20/073 renunciation, sense-pleasure What constitutes the true retirement from the household life? The Buddha shows by the means of similes, that the pleasures of the senses are unsatisfying and dangerous and should be avoided. Such renunciation brings higher knowledge. Also enumerated are the three channels of karma: 1. deed (kaayakamma); 2. words (vaciikamma), and; 3. thoughts (manokamma) at M.i.373.


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