Dear Dhamma friends, I write to you now again, returned from retreat, under another full moon, this one the lunar anniversary of one of the Buddha's great and best known early teachings, the "Fire Sermon" or Aditta Pariyaya Sutta, the lunar anniversary of the complete enlightenment of one thousand noble ones, Arahants. Such a beautiful ending -- for the sutta ends with the ending of craving and affliction for one thousand persons, becoming Arahants in this world.  Read the Fire Sutta here Listen to it chanted here or read aloud by Bhante G here Learn more about this teaching of the Buddha's here  Having taken a pin, I pushed the wick right down, and Just as the lamp went out, So all delusion of the heart went too. -- Patacara Theri, Therigatha  Wishing for all, the knowledge of the Peace and Freedom that is the end of craving, hatred and delusion, in great loving kindness, Ayya Tathaaloka Bhikkhuni |
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