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WHAT IS DHAMMA ?

§ 1. To Maintain Purity of Life is Dhamma

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1. “There are these three forms of purity... And of what sort is purity of body ?

2. “Herein a certain one abstains from taking life, from stealing, from sinful living. This is called ‘ purity of body.’

3. “And of what sort is purity of speech ?

4. “Herein a certain one abstains from falsehood. . .

5. “And of what sort is purity of mind ?

6. “Herein a monk, if he have some personal sensual desire, is aware : ‘ There is in me sensual desire.’ If there be none he is likewise aware of it. Also he is aware of how the arising of sensual desire not yet arisen comes about, and how it is abandoned when it has arisen, and how in the future there is no such arising.

7. “If he have some personal malevolence, he is aware ; ‘ There is within me malevolence.’ Also he is aware of the arising . . . and the abandoning thereof, and of how in future there is no recurrence thereof.

8. “If he have some personal sloth-and-torpor . . . excitement and flurry . . . if he have some personal doubt-and-wavering, he is aware of the fact. Also of how (each of these) arises, is abandoned and recurs not again in future. This is called ‘ purity of mind.’

9. “He who is pure in body, speech, and mind,”

“Sinless and clean and blessed with purity,—”

“ ‘Sin-washer’ is the name men give to him.”

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1. “There are three forms of purity . . . Purity of body, purity of speech, purity of mind.”

2. “And of what sort is purity of body ?”

3. “Herein a certain one abstains from taking life, from stealing from wrong practice in sensual lusts. This is called ‘purity of body’.”

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