Friday 7 August 2009

ADB---Three Impurities

Analytical dhamma for beginners

Three Impurities

The Blessed One said there are three kind of impurities:

“There are these three impurities; which three? The impurities of sensuality, the impurities of becoming, the impurities of ignorance. These are the three impurities.

focused,
mindful, alert,
the Buddha's disciple
discerns impurities,

how impurities
come into play,
where they cease,
and the way to their cessation.

With the cessation of impurities,
a monk
free of desires
is beyond bound.”

Itivuttaka III.7.

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