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Taken from AccessToInsight.org1
Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Characterized (by Action)
Anguttara Nikaya 3.2, Kandarayana Sutta
Commentary: The Lord Buddha explains how to differentiate between a fool and a
wise person in accordance with the Dhamma. Until one attains Nibbana, one is
liable to act like a fool from time to time but he wise person knows to
minimize this to an absolute minimum. One can consider oneself and others as
either acting wisely or as acting foolishly. Whoever acts wisely at most times
can be considered a wise person and whoever acts foolishly most of the time can
be considered a foolish person.
"Monks, a fool is characterized by his/her actions. A wise person is
characterized by his/her actions. It is through the activities of one's life
that one's discernment shines.
Explanation: The Lord Buddha says that it is through their actions a fool and
a wise person can be identified.
"A person endowed with three things is to be recognized as a fool. Which three?
Bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, mental misconduct. A person endowed with
these three things is to be recognized as a fool.
Explanation: The Lord Buddha says that a fool can be recognized through their
negative bodily actions, negative speech and negative thinking.
"A person endowed with three things is to be recognized as a wise person. Which
three? Good bodily conduct, good verbal conduct, good mental conduct. A person
endowed with these three things is to be recognized as a wise person.
Explanation: The Lord Buddha says that a wise person can be recognized through
their positive bodily actions, positive speech and positive thinking.
"Thus, monks, you should train yourselves: 'We will avoid the three things
that, endowed with which, one is to be recognized as a fool. We will undertake
& maintain the three things that, endowed with which, one is to be recognized
as a wise person.' That's how you should train yourselves."
Explanation: The Lord Buddha advises the monks to train themselves to act in a
way in which one would be recognized as a wise person and not as a fool - that
is by avoiding all negative bodily actions, negative speech and negative
thinking and by developing positive bodily actions, positive speech and
positive thinking.
End of discourse.
Source: This discourse (sutta) can be found in full here
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.002.than.html
Notes1. More suttas can be found here
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an02/an02.038.than.html and here
http://what-buddha-said.net/ (see Sutta Pitaka).
2. This sutta can be found in full here
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.002.than.html
* See the previous instalment here
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhamma/message/1521
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breath meditation (anapanasati), see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=anapanasati
A Buddhist Approach to Disenchantment - A Buddhist approach to becoming
disenchanted with all that gives rise to stress, see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=disench
A Buddhist Approach to Disillusionment - A Buddhist approach to seeing past the
trickery and into reality, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=disill
A Buddhist Approach to Mental Health - A Buddhist perspective and approach to
mental health, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=mentalhealth
A Buddhist Approach to Problem Solving - A Buddhist approach to problem solving
through the development of wisdom (panna), see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=probsolv
A Buddhist Approach to Revulsion - Asubha - A Buddhist approach to bodily
revulsion (asubha), see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=revul
A Buddhist Approach to the Contemplation on Body Parts - Asubha - A Buddhist
approach to bodily revulsion (asubha) through the detailed contemplation of the
body parts, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=asubhaparts
A Buddhist Approach to Time Management - A Buddhist approach to effective time
management, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=timeman
Arahants and Suicide - An analysis on whether Arahants (Worthy Ones) can commit
suicide, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=arahsuic
Attachment - An analysis of how attachment leads to unsatisfactoriness, see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=attachment
Buddhist Positive Thinking - Positive thinking from a Buddhist perspective, see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=posthink
Consequences - About being responsible for our actions (kamma) and their
consequences (vipaka), see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=conseq
Daily Dâna - On giving and generosity, see
http://www..vihara.org.au/go?to=dailydana
Equanimity - Dealing with the eight characteristics of life, see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=equanimity
Fault Finding & Resentment - Dealing with fault finding and resentment, see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=faultfind
Five Precepts - Developing virtue through the five precepts, see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=pansil
Four Noble Truths - The essence of Buddhism, see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=fourtruths
Make Haste - About the dangers of samsara (endless round of birth and death)
and a call to attain Nibbana (release) at the earliest opportunity, see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=urgency
Mental Purity - Five ways prescribed by the Buddha for subduing mental
defilements, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=vitakkasantana
Noble Eightfold Path - The path for ending unsatisfactoriness, stress and
suffering, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=noblepath
Offerings - On making offering to the Lord Buddha's supreme qualities, see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=offerings
One Hour of Unsatisfactoriness - The unsatisfactoriness that can be felt within
the space of an hour, see http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=onehour
Reverence - On revering those worthy of reverence, see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=reverence
Sensual Pleasure & Pain - An analysis of sensual pleasure and pain, see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=plespain
Work Stress - An analysis of stress in the work-place, see
http://www.vihara.org.au/go?to=workstress
See these articles here http://sites.google.com/site/dhammagroupweb/pubs and
here http://sites.google.com/site/dhammagroupweb/pubs/youth
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