Philosophy

1) Sangiti nidanam(exposition of communion recital) Now Indeed venerable mahakassapa addressed to the monks--Friends, Once upon a time, I was travelling from pava to kusinara through a long path(high road), along with venerable community of 500 monks. Friends, I was then sitting at the root of one of certain number of tree after having gone aside that path. Now at that time there a certain ajivika was travelling to pava from kusinara along the same long path , he was taking along with him flowers of coral tree(mandarava-puppha) . From a distance I saw that ajivika arriving towards me.Having seen that ajivika,I said this---Friend do you know of our teacher? "Certainly I do, friend. Today it has been a week since the samana gotama attained parinibbana.Therefore I am taking along this manadarava flower". Friends there the monks who were not free from passion,some started weeping with their arms having held up,fell down as if they were cut down,turning forward and backw...

Patisambhidamagga a canonical text found in sutta pitaka-khuddaka nikaya  An Interesting section is found in Yuganaddhavaggo ( section on coupling) which deals with samatha /vipassana and the path -----------------YUGANADDHA-VAGGO------------------ Yuganaddhakathā Thus I have heard---At one time venerable Ananda was residing at kosambhi in monastery known as ghosita.Now there venerable ananda addressed the monks--"friend monks"---"yes friend" replied the monks to venerable ananda. Venerable Ananda addressed thus---friends, any monks or nuns who declares in my presence that they have attained path of arahant,everyone of them attains it through one of the four paths --what four paths? Here now friends, A monk cultivates or develops insight(vipassana) only after he has achieved calmness(samatha).This condition of cultivation of calmness preceding insight produces the path. The more he cultivates and develops and practices the path the more is the increase in that path...