Art of answering Irrelevant Questions: What Buddha did when Uttiya tried to corner and insult him 

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Sutta #11: Upanisa Sutta Upanisa Sutta is the discourse on Dependent Origination which is also known as Dependent Co-arising, or Twelve-linked Chains of Causation. Dependent Origination is a teaching of the process of life which involves birth, aging, illness, and death - a process that has its anchor upon the Law of Cause and Effect. “The knowledge of ending in the presence of ending has its prerequisite, I tell you. It is not without a prerequisite. And what is the prerequisite for the knowledge of ending? Release, it should be said. Release has its prerequisite, I tell you. It is not without a prerequisite. And what is its prerequisite? Dispassion… Disenchantment… Knowledge & vision of things as they actually are present… Concentration… Pleasure… Serenity… Rapture… Joy… Conviction… Stress… Birth… Becoming… Clinging… Craving… Feeling… Contact… The six sense media… Name-&-form… Consciousness… Fabrications… Fabrications have their prerequisite, I tell you. They are not without a prerequisite. And what is their prerequisite? Ignorance, it should be said. - Upanisa Sutta Sutta #12: Dighajanu (Vyagghapajja) Sutta In Dighajanu (Vyagghapajja) Sutta, the Buddha instructs rich householders on how to preserve and increase their prosperity and how to avoid loss of wealth. Similar to Dighajanu Sutta on the subject of wealth is Adiya Sutta - a sutta about the benefit of obtaining righteous wealth. The factors for the accumulation of wealth are persistent efforts, vigilance, good friendship and balanced livelihood. The factors for the dissipation of wealth are debauchery, drunkenness, gambling, associate with evil-doers. The factors for spiritual progress are faith, virtue, charity, and wisdom. [The Blessed One said:] “There are these four qualities, TigerPaw, that lead to a lay person’s happiness and well-being in this life. Which four? Being consummate in initiative, being consummate in vigilance, admirable friendship, and maintaining one’s livelihood in tune. - Dighajanu (Vyagghapajja) Sutta Sutta #13: Parabhava Sutta Parabhava Sutta is a discourse about 23 causes that will bring downfall to people. Some of these causes include: not cherishing the Dharma, laziness, living a life of debauchery, excessive drinking, unscrupulous gambling, womanizing, stinginess etc. The Deity: Having come here with our questions to the Exalted One, we ask thee, O Gotama, about man’s decline. Pray, tell us the cause of downfall! The Buddha: Easily known is the progressive one, easily known he who declines. He who loves Dhamma progresses; he who is averse to it, declines. - Parabhava Sutta Sutta #14: Kaccayanagotta Sutta Kaccayanagotta Sutta is a discourse on Right View and the Middle Way. Nagarjuna quoted Kaccayanagotta Sutta in his work Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way: “Everything exists”: That is one extreme. “Everything doesn’t exist”: That is a second extreme. Avoiding these two extremes, The Tathagata teaches the Dhamma via the middle. - Kaccayanagotta Sutta Sutta #15: Sigolovada Sutta Sigolovada Sutta is the Buddha’s guidance on how to live with peace and happiness for lay Buddhist. One day when Sigala was worshipping the six directions of the East, South, West, North, the Nadir and the Zenith each morning, the Buddha came along to teach him the meaning to this ritual. This sutta covers basic morality, how to build, manage, and protect one’s wealth, how to associate with virtuous friends, and how to maintain good relationship with people such as husband/wife, parents/children, teachers/students, employers/employees, friends/associates. “In five ways, young householder, should a wife as the West be ministered to by a husband: (i) by being courteous to her, (ii) by not despising her, (iii) by being faithful to her, (iv) by handing over authority to her, (v) by providing her with adornments. “The wife thus ministered to as the West by her husband shows her compassion to her husband in five ways: (i) she performs her duties well, (ii) she is hospitable to relations and attendants[10] (iii) she is faithful, (iv) she protects what he brings, (v) she is skilled and industrious in discharging her duties. “In these five ways does the wife show her compassion to her husband who ministers to her as the West. Thus is the West covered by him and made safe and secure. - Sigolovada Sutta Sutta #16: Mettā Sutta Metta Sutta, or Karaṇīyamettā Sutta, is a discourse on loving-kindness and compassion, the virtues of which have the power of protection. Here is the background story: a group of monks, frightened by the spirits in the forest where the Buddha had sent them to practice meditation, sought the Buddha’s assistance. The Buddha expounded the Mettā Sutta as an antidote for fear. As a result of the loving-kindness exuded by the monks, the spirits were appeased and they no longer harassed the monks. “Whatever living beings there may be - feeble or strong (or the seekers and the attained) long, stout, or of medium size, short, small, large, those seen or those unseen, those dwelling far or near, those who are born as well as those yet to be born - may all beings have happy minds. - Metta Sutta Sutta #17: Mangala Sutta Mangala Sutta is a short discourse on blessings. On one occasion when the Buddha was dwelling in Jeta’s Grove near Savatthi, a deity came down to ask the Buddha on what was the greatest blessing. The Buddha expounded the 38 blessings, some of these blessings are: “Not to associate with the foolish, but to associate with the wise; and to honor those who are worthy of honor - this is the greatest blessing.” To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation - this is the greatest blessing. To be respectful, humble, contented and grateful; and to listen to the Dhamma on due occasions - this is the greatest blessing. - Mangala Sutta Sutta #18: Aggañña Sutta Aggañña Sutta is a sutta on the knowledge of beginnings; the genesis and evolution of the Universe before the Big Bang. Moral degradation in general, and greed in particular, are the key factors that give birth to the physical aspect of the Universe. “At that period, Vasettha, there was just one mass of water, and all was darkness, blinding darkness. Neither moon nor sun appeared, no constellations or stars appeared, night and day were not distinguished, nor months and fortnights, no years or seasons, and no male and female, beings being reckoned just as beings. And sooner or later, after a very long period of time, savoury earth spread itself over the waters where those beings were. It looked just like the skin that forms itself over hot milk as it cools. It was endowed with colour, smell and taste. It was the colour of fine ghee or butter, and it was very sweet, like pure wild honey. - Aggañña Sutta Sutta #19: Brahmajala Sutta In Brahmajala Sutta, the Buddha elaborates on the precepts that will enable one to gain respect from people. In addition, the Buddha also reveals the truth about Brahma who is the Godhead as found the Abrahamic faiths in the Judeo-Christian and Islamic traditions. Those who wish to discover about the truth about creator God directly from Shakyamuni Buddha himself, then look no further, just read the Brahmajala Sutta. “Thereupon the being who re-arose there first thinks to himself: ‘I am Brahmā, the Great Brahmā, the Vanquisher, the Unvanquished, the Universal Seer, the Wielder of Power, the Lord, the Maker and Creator, the Supreme Being, the Ordainer, the Almighty, the Father of all that are and are to be. And these beings have been created by me. What is the reason? Because first I made the wish: “Oh, that other beings might come to this place!” And after I made this resolution, now these beings have come.’ - Brahmajala Sutta (verse 42) Sutta #20: Mahaparinibbana Sutta Mahaparinibbana Sutta is a final discourse before the Buddha entered Mahaparinibbana. And the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus, saying: “Behold now, bhikkhus, I exhort you: All compounded things are subject to vanish. Strive with earnestness!” This was the last word of the Tathagata. - Mahaparinibbana Sutta If you find this blogpost useful, beneficial, and practical for your Buddhist practice, do share the joy of Dhamma with your family and friends. Do subscribe to Lotus Happiness for future updates and give a Like in our Facebook page. 20 Important Suttas in the Pali Canon (for Lay Buddhists) - Lotus Happiness lotus-happiness.com 20 Important Suttas in the Pali Canon (for Lay Buddhists) - Lotus Happiness 20 Important Suttas in the Pali Canon (for Lay Buddhists) There are tonnes of gems in the Pali Canon suttas of the Theravada Buddhist tradition. Many of these suttas have splendid wisdom about the world we live as well as insights for practical applications in daily lives. Most Buddhists are

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Sutta #5: Ānāpānasati Sutta Ānāpānasati Sutta is a discourse by the Buddha on how to use the awareness of breath (anapana) as an initial focus for meditation. This sutta and the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta constitute the basics of vipassana/mindfulness meditation. “Mindfulness of in-&-out breathing, when developed & pursued, is of great fruit, of great benefit. Mindfulness of in-&-out breathing, when developed & pursued, brings the four frames of reference to their culmination. The four frames of reference, when developed & pursued, bring the seven factors for awakening to their culmination. The seven factors for awakening, when developed & pursued, bring clear knowing & release to their culmination. - Ānāpānasati Sutta Sutta #6: Kalama Sutta Kalama Sutta is the famous discourse on free inquiry. The Kalamas of Kesaputta sought guidance from the Buddha because there were monks and brahmans who expounded only their own doctrines and despised the doctrines of others. They were doubtful which of these monks or brahmans spoke the truth. The Buddha replied that it was alright to be doubtful and provided a guideline for them to critically investigate the validity of the various teachings. “Come, Kalamas. Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumor; nor upon what is in a scripture; nor upon surmise; nor upon an axiom; nor upon specious reasoning; nor upon a bias towards a notion that has been pondered over; nor upon another’s seeming ability; nor upon the consideration, ‘The monk is our teacher.’ Kalamas, when you yourselves know: ‘These things are good; these things are not blamable; these things are praised by the wise; undertaken and observed, these things lead to benefit and happiness,’ enter on and abide in them. - Kalama Sutta Sutta #7: Cakkavati Sutta Cakkavati Sutta is the only sutta in the Pali Canon in which the Buddha predicts the future birth and appearance of Buddha Metteya (Maitreya). While innumerable Buddhas and bodhisattvas are mentioned in the Mahayana sutras, Buddha Metteya is the only Buddha that has been mentioned by Shakyamuni Buddha in the Pali Canon. In this sutta, the Buddha also teaches about the true meaning of long life, beauty, happiness, wealth, and strength. One of the most famous quotes found in this sutta is: “Monks, live with yourself as your island, yourself as your refuge, with nothing else as your refuge. Live with the Dhamma as your island, the Dhamma as your refuge, with nothing else as your refuge.” - Cakkavati Sutta Sutta #8: Cula-suññata Sutta Cula-suññata Sutta, also known as the Lesser Discourse on Emptiness, is a teaching about emptiness - a pivotal doctrine in the Mahayana traditions. “Ananda, whatever contemplatives and brahmans who in the past entered & remained in an emptiness that was pure, superior, & unsurpassed, they all entered & remained in this very same emptiness that is pure, superior, & unsurpassed. Whatever contemplatives and brahmans who in the future will enter & remain in an emptiness that will be pure, superior, & unsurpassed, they all will enter & remain in this very same emptiness that is pure, superior, & unsurpassed. Whatever contemplatives and brahmans who at present enter & remain in an emptiness that is pure, superior, & unsurpassed, they all enter & remain in this very same emptiness that is pure, superior, & unsurpassed. “Therefore, Ananda, you should train yourselves: ‘We will enter & remain in the emptiness that is pure, superior, & unsurpassed.'” - Cula-suññata Sutta Sutta #9: Samadhi Sutta Samadhi Sutta is about the four concentration (jhana) that will result in the four benefits: pleasant abiding in the here and now, attainment of knowledge and vision, mindfulness and alertness, and the ending of the effluents (rebirth). Another related sutta is Samadhanga Sutta, a discourse on five-factored noble right concentration (jhana) and the spiritual benefits of upon mastering meditation. “Monks, these are the four developments of concentration. Which four? There is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to a pleasant abiding in the here & now. There is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to the attainment of knowledge & vision. There is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to mindfulness & alertness. There is the development of concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to the ending of the effluents. - Samadhi Sutta Sutta #10: Mahanama Sutta Mahanama Sutta is a sutta on the ways of a lay Buddhist. The Buddha expounds the teaching of taking refuge in the Triple Gem and Five Precepts. Another related sutta is Dhammika Sutta. “Venerable sir, in what way is one a lay follower?” “Mahanama, inasmuch as one has gone to the Buddha for refuge, has gone to the Dhamma for refuge, has gone to the Sangha for refuge; in that way, Mahanama, one is a lay follower.” - Mahanama Sutta

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Very good history and that is a very close history that can be find in Dhammapada. The history of the fort and the treasure inside. There are no irrelevant questions, there are non prepared minds. What Ananda did was very kind, and very Similar in Dhammapada, you will only have the saint life if you live in the saint life and make that life your practice. All I know is that: if you ask a question with humility and prepare your mind with wisdom and try to find the answer, you will find for sure. But since the world only exists in the dependence of the mind, sometimes you will not see the answer.

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