A Three-Minute Segment of The Rice Seedling Sutra read by Venerable Thubten Damcho #buddhism #dharma

The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra - The Rice Seedling Read by: Venerable Thubten Damcho - Sravasti Abbey, USA … Ignorance causes formations. Formations cause consciousness. Consciousness causes name and form. Name and form cause the six sense sources. The six sense sources cause contact. Contact causes sensation. Sensation causes craving. Craving causes appropriation. Appropriation causes becoming. Becoming causes birth. And birth causes aging and death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, despair, and anxiety. Thus does this entire great heap of suffering arise. “When ignorance ceases, formations cease. When formations cease, consciousness ceases. When consciousness ceases, name and form cease. When name and form cease, the six sense sources cease. When the six sense sources cease, contact ceases. When contact ceases, sensation ceases. When sensation ceases, craving ceases. When craving ceases, appropriation ceases. When appropriation ceases, becoming ceases. When becoming ceases, birth ceases. And when birth ceases, aging and death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, despair, and anxiety cease. Thus does this entire great heap of suffering cease. This is what the Bhagavān has called dependent arising. “What is the Dharma? The Dharma is the eightfold path of the noble ones: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration. This eightfold path of the noble ones, combined with the attainment of its results and nirvāṇa, is what the Buddha has called the Dharma. “Who is the Bhagavān Buddha? A buddha, so-called because of comprehending all dharmas, is endowed with the wisdom eye of the noble ones and the body of the Dharma, and thus perceives the dharmas of those still in training and those beyond training. “How does one see dependent arising? On this point the Bhagavān said, ‘One who sees dependent arising as constant, without life force, devoid of life force, true, unmistaken, unborn, not arisen, uncreated, uncompounded, unobstructed, imperceptible, tranquil, fearless, incontrovertible, inexhaustible, and by nature never stilled, and who likewise sees the Dharma to also be constant, without life force, devoid of life force, true, unmistaken, unborn, not arisen, uncreated, uncompounded, unobstructed, imperceptible, tranquil, fearless, incontrovertible, inexhaustible, and never stilled, clearly understands the Dharma of the nobles ones, and by thus acquiring such right knowledge, sees the Buddha, the body of the unsurpassable Dharma.’ … Read full sutra text at: https://buddhism.net/posts/buddhism-n... --- Useful Links: ► Sravasti Abbey - A Buddhist Monastery: https://sravastiabbey.org ► Venerable Thubten Damcho: https://sravastiabbey.org/community-m... --- Visit us at: https://Buddhism.net Subscribe to our mailing list for latest free content: https://mailchi.mp/buddhism.net/subsc... #buddhism #buddhist #buddha #wisdom #compassion #mindfulness #meditation #nibbana #nirvana #enlightenment