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    "Wisdom and Compassion" !

    One-Day Urban Retreat !


    at Dharma College Berkeley!
    in conjunction with !
    the 6th International Tipitaka Chanting!

    Afternoon Session: Caring & Compassion"


    Ven. Tathālokā Therī"
    on “The Historical Context of How Caring Comes into the
    Early Buddhist Teachings”
    OPENING BLESSING!
    !
    Tathāgataṃ namassamī "
    dhammassa ca sudhammataṃ"
    !
    I revere the Realized One,!
    and the natural excellence of the teaching.!

    Mahā Govinda Sutta - “The Great Steward” !


    from the Long Discourses of the Buddha DN 19 (17.7),!
    new English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from Sutta Central (suttacentral.net)
    DEDICATION!
    !
    bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya "
    lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya
    devamanussānan’ti.!
    !
    for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of
    compassion for the world, for the benefit, welfare,
    and happiness of devas and humans!
    !

    Mahā Govinda Sutta - “The Great Steward” !


    from the Long Discourses of the Buddha DN 19,!
    new English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from Sutta Central (suttacentral.net)
    Strong Focus on
    Compassion (Karuṇā) and
    on Caretaking !
    stewardship of one’s own and others’
    welfare, well-being, benefit and happiness !
    (aṭṭhāya hitāya sukhāya).
    in the Mahā Govinda Sutta - “Discourse on the Great Steward” (DN 19)
    Caring & Compassion!

    “The Historical Context:"


    How Caring Comes into the
    Early Buddhist Teaching”
    Cultivation of !
    Compassion & Caretaking !
    in Early Buddhism

    —from the Numerical Discourses of the Buddha - Aṅ gūttara Nikāya

    from inferior @1 to superior @4"


    1. those who benefit neither themselves nor others!
    2. those who benefit others*!
    3. those who benefit themselves!
    4. those who benefit both themselves and others!
    *ref. yāthā-vādi tathā-kārī, yāthā-kārī tathā-vādi (acting as one speaks, speaking as one acts)
    “First establish oneself in
    what is helpful and then
    teach it to others.”!
    - Dhammapāda 158

    ☸ Compassion ideally benefits others and oneself. "


    ☸ Compassionate care for others should not neglect
    one’s own practice.
    Contrast Between
    Attitudes of
    Compassion and Harm
    “That intentions of harm (or cruelty) still arises in those who with
    dedication apply themselves to cultivating the liberation of mind thru
    compassion; that is impossible.” "
    To state this is possible is equated with slandering the Buddha. !
    - Dasuttara Sutta
    Ariya Aṭṭhangika Magga"
    Noble Eightfold Path

    Right Intention/Right Motivation!


    !
    Second Path Factor in the Wisdom Division (per Cūḷavedalla Sutta)"
    !
    ☸ Nekkhamma: Renunciation"
    ☸ Avyapada: Non Ill-will"
    ☸ Avihim
    ̇ sa: Non-harming!
    !
    “To have compassionate intentions !
    is a manifestation of Wisdom”"
    Wise Intention
    “May this person (or “these people” or
    “these living beings”) not encounter
    calamity and disaster right here!”!
    !
    - Numerical Discourses of the Buddha (Aṅ gūttara Nikāyā)"
    Pañca Sīlā"
    Buddhist Five Precepts
    First Precept: "
    ̇ samadiyami."
    Pānātipātā veramanī sikkhāpadam
    !
    Abstention from killing is an expression of compassion
    towards all beings: “I abstained from killing and abandoned
    killing, discarding sword and club, I had a sense of hiri and ottappa,
    with a mental attitude of benevolence and compassion for the
    welfare of all living beings.” - the Buddha (Chabbisodhana Sutta)"
    Three Interrelated Dimensions "
    of Compassionate Abstention &
    Caretaking

    1. One abstains oneself from the harmful action!


    2. One speaks in favor of such abstention!
    3. One establishes others in such abstention
    Broad Scope !
    of the Path Factor !
    of Right/Wise Intention
    The compassionate wish for the absence of harming and
    cruelty accommodates not only harm inflicted by oneself,
    but also that inflicted by others and adverse circumstances.
    Close relationship between
    compassion (karunā) &
    benevolence (mettā) !

    in Wise Intention & Caring


    Benevolence & Compassion !
    in the Classical Three Trainings

    ☸ Sīlā: Moral Virtue & Ethical Integrity"


    ☸ Samādhi: Deep Meditative Absorption"
    ☸ Paññā: Wisdom
    Wisdom from our
    Founding Mothers
    Mettācitta Paricari Paccaya "
    ☸ Mettācitta = a mind/heart of benevolence/loving-kindness

    ☸ Paricari = caretaking/service/attendance!
    ☸Paccaya = the requisites of life or requisites of the Path
    “Mettācitta paricari is defined and characterised
    by a kind of humility and reverential willingness
    to serve, to walk the Path on foot in each one of
    its steps. It is the full willingness to lovingly and
    devotedly give and oneself attend upon
    whatever it takes to meet and engage with each
    step and stage of the Path with a mind imbued
    with mettā, altruistic and unlimited love and
    kindness, without aversion and without ill-will
    —a major unbinding and purification of heart.”
    - Tathālokā Therī “Lasting Inspiration” p 15
    Gotamī Therī Apadāna

    “Sacred Biography of Gotamī Therī”
    After declaring her ending of all mental and emotional afflictions,
    “breaking her bonds like a female elephant,” gaining spiritual
    powers, seeing her past lives, declaring gnosis and becoming and
    extremely erudite, skilful and knowledgeable Dhamma teacher,
    Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, the Buddha’s maternal aunt and foster
    mother, the first bhikkhunī, reflects upon her lifetimes* of Loving
    Caretaking before entering Parinibbāna (Final Nirvana).

    * as mother, son, father, brother, grandmother

    She’s not the only one.
    Leading Bhikkhunī Disciples of the Buddha: "
    !

    Pātācārā, Kisagotamī, Dhammadinnā, Nandā,


    Soṇā, Singalamātu, Bhaddakapilānī… "
    relate similar stories in their Therī Apadāna verses.
    Him too.
    Bhaddakapilānī’s apadāna relates the Loving Care-taking of her husband, great
    disciple of the Buddha,"
    !

    Mahā Kassapa"
    !
    Taṃ sutvā mudito hutvā, yāvajīvaṃ tadā jinaṃ; "
    mettacitto paricari, paccayehi vināyakaṃ."
    He’s not the only one.
    The verses of venerable bhikkhu disciples of the Buddha
    Kadiravāniya Revata Thero beautifully relates his Loving
    Care and Service for the Buddha and to the Path he taught.
    Phussa Thero relates how both the Bhikkhus’ and Bhikkhunis’
    ardent practice of Compassion and Benevolence with their Sīlā
    was not only beautiful and inspiring, but led them to Peace and
    to “touch the ultimate — the Deathless.”
    Paricaraṇa"
    Pleasure, Honor & Delight !
    in Giving Care
    In the Vedic context, Paricarana was the place the fire was
    worshipped; a Paricarika, a fire-worshipper. Apacāyana
    means to honor, reverence or worship. Paricareti means to
    serve, wait upon, honor, attend. It also means “to be delighted”
    or “entertained by,” “to gratify oneself ” and “to find pleasure.”"
    !
    !
    Benevolent &
    Compassionate Care
    ❧
    !
    The Buddha profoundly repurposed these
    traditional meanings in his Teachings on
    Loving and Compassionate Caring for Oneself,
    One Another, and All Living Beings.
    Gratitude - Kattaññu
    ☸ Dhammadharini Bhikkhuni Sangha and their 21 Sept 2019
    Dhamma sharing on the Pāramīs of the Ancient Bhikkhunīs!
    ☸ Ven. Bhikkhu Analāyo’s “How Compassion Became Painful” at
    https://www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/pdf/5-personen/
    analayo/compassionpainful.pdf!
    ☸ Ven. Tathālokā Therī’s “Lasting Inspiration: A Look into the
    Guiding and Determining Mental and Emotional States of
    Liberated Arahantī Women in Their Path of Practice and its
    Fulfilment as Expressed in the Sacred Biographies of the Therī
    Apadāna” at http://www.bhikkhuni.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/
    Lasting-Inspiration.pdf

    ̇ ~ the End!
    Evam
    !

    Thank you for being a part of Caring


    & Compassion: “The Historical
    Context of How Caring Comes into
    the Early Buddhist Teachings”

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