Dhamma Wheel


I. Samma ditthi...... Perfect view
dukkhe nana...... understanding suffering
dukkhasamudaye nana...... understanding its origin
dukkhanirodhe nana...... understanding its cessation
dukkhanirodhagaminipatipadaya nana...... understanding the way leading to cessation

II. Samma sankappa...... Perfect thinking
nekkhamma-sankappa...... renunciation-based thinking
abyapada-sankappa...... good intention-based thinking
avihimsa-sankappa...... nonviolence-based thinking

III. Samma vaca...... Perfect speech
musavada veramani...... abstaining from incorrect speech
pisunaya vacaya veramani...... abstaining from discrediting speech
pharusaya vacaya veramani...... abstaining from harsh speech
samphappalapa veramani...... abstaining from idle chatter

IV. Samma kammanta...... Perfect activity
panatipata veramani...... abstaining from taking life
adinnadana veramani...... abstaining from stealing
kamesu micchacara veramani...... abstaining from sexual misconduct

V. Samma ajiva...... Perfect livelihood
miccha ajivam pahaya...... giving up wrong livelihood
samma ajivena jivitam kappeti...... one earns one's living by a right form of livelihood

VI. Samma vayama...... Perfect effort
samvarappadhana...... the effort to restrain defilements
pahanappadhana...... the effort to abandon defilements
bhavanappadhana...... the effort to develop wholesome states
anurakkhanappadhana...... the effort to maintain wholesome states

VII. Samma sati...... Perfect Awareness
kayanupassana...... contemplation of the body
vedananupassana...... contemplation of feelings
cittanupassana...... contemplation of the mind
dhammanupassana...... contemplation of phenomena

VIII. Samma samadhi...... Perfect concentration
pathamajjhana...... the first jhana
dutiyajjhana...... the second jhana
tatiyajjhana...... the third jhana
catutthajjhana...... the fourth jhana

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  1. How to make a speech:
    1. In the case of words that the person knows to be unfactual, untrue, unbeneficial (or: not connected with the goal), unendearing & disagreeable to others, he does not say them.
    2. In the case of words that the person knows to be factual, true, unbeneficial, unendearing & disagreeable to others, he does not say them.
    3. In the case of words that the person knows to be factual, true, beneficial, but unendearing & disagreeable to others, he has a sense of the proper time for saying them.
    4. In the case of words that the person knows to be unfactual, untrue, unbeneficial, but endearing & agreeable to others, he does not say them.
    5. In the case of words that the person knows to be factual, true, unbeneficial, but endearing & agreeable to others, he does not say them.
    6. In the case of words that the person knows to be factual, true, beneficial, and endearing & agreeable to others, he has a sense of the proper time for saying them.

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