The Essence / Core Teaching of the Buddha

Sabba papassa akaranang
Kusalassa upasampada
Sachitto pariyo depanang
Etang Buddhanusasanang

Not to do any evilness
To cultivate goodness
Purify the heart & mind
This is the teaching of the Buddha

Not to do any evilness, To cultivate goodness: sila / precepts
Purify the heart & mind: samadhi / meditation
After doing sila & samadhi emerge paññā / wisdom

Sila

The most basic sila is pancasila:
1. Panatipata veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami: I undertake the training rule to abstain from killing any living being
2. Adinnadana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami: I undertake the training rule not to take that which is not freely given
3. Kamesumicchacara veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami: I undertake the training rule to abstain from sexual misconduct
4. Musavada veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami: I undertake the training rule to abstain from wrong speech
5. Surameraya majja pamadatthana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami: I undertake the training rule not to take substances that cloud the mind

Samadhi

Samadhi equal to bhavana:
1. samatha-bhāvanā, meaning meditation for the development of tranquility
2. vipassanā-bhāvanā, meaning meditation for the development of insight.

Panna

The Essence / Core Teaching of the Buddha

I. Cattari Ariya Saccani (Pali)/ Catur Arya Satyani (Sanskrit) / The Four Noble Truths

1. Thus is the Noble Truth of Suffering ( dukkha )
2. Thus is the Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering ( dukkha samudaya )
3. Thus is the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering ( dukkha nirodha )
4. Thus is the Noble Truth of the Path that leads to the Cessation of Suffering ( dukkha nirodha gaminipatipada )
This is also called majjhimā patipadā ( middle way / middle path ) or ariya atthangika magga / hasta ariya marga ( noble eightfold path )
Wisdom--Panna
1. Right Understanding--samma ditthi
2. Right Thought--samma sankappa
Morality--Sila
3. Right Speech--samma vaca
4. Right Action--samma kammanta
5. Right Livelihood--samma ajiva
Concentration--Samadhi
6. Right Effort--samma vayama
7. Right Mindfulness--samma sati
8. Right Concentration--samma samadhi

II. Kamma (Pali) / Karma (Sanskrit): Law of cause and effect

Punabbhava (Pali) / Punarbhava (Sanskrit): rebirth / some people call it reincarnation

III. Tilakkhana (Pali) / Tri laksana (Sanskrit): Three marks of existence

1. Sabbe sankhara anicca: all conditioned things are in a constant state of flux
2. Sabbe sankhara dukkha: all conditioned things are dissatisfaction
3. Sabbe dhamma anatta: all phenomena are not, or are without, a permanent self

IV. Paticcasamuppada (Pali) / Pratityasamutpada (Sanskrit): Dependent Origination

1. Avijja paccaya sankhara: With Ignorance as condition, arise Mental Formations
2. sankhara paccaya vinnanam: With Mental Formations as condition, arise Consciousness
3. vinnana paccaya namarupam: With Consciousness as condition, arise Mind and Form
4. namarupa paccaya salayatanam: With Mind and Form as condition, arise Six Sense Bases
5. salayatana paccaya phasso: With Six Sense Bases as condition, arise Contact
6. phassa paccaya vedana: With Contact as condition, arise Feeling
7. vedana paccaya tanha: With Feeling as condition, arise Craving
8. tanha paccaya upadanam: With Craving as condition, arise Clinging/sustenance
9. upadana paccaya bhavo: With Clinging/sustenance as condition, arise Becoming
10. bhava paccaya jati: With Becoming as condition, arise Birth
11. jati paccaya jaramaranam: With Birth as condition, arise Decay, Death, Sorrow, Lamentation, Pain, Grief, and Despair

Buddha said:

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe anything because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything because it is written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and the benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

See also: Cattari Ariya Saccani, Kamma & Punabbhava, Tilakkhana, Paticcasamuppada

Maha Buddhavamsa - Tathagata Settle in Mount Makula

Maha Buddhavamsa
The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Tathagata Settle in Mount Makula
During the Sixth Vassa

Tathagata dwells in the forest Mahavana, Vesali kingdom during the
fifth Vassa and liberate sentient beings that
should be freed. He left the place after the vassa was over,
and traveled to the kingdom of Savatthi and Rajagaha for
a similar mission.

Maha Buddhavamsa - Expounding Maha Saccaka Sutta

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Expounding Maha Saccaka Sutta

Sermon spoken to Saccaka above is Cula
Saccaka Sutta. This is not the only one Sutta that expounded
by the Tathagata; Maha Saccaka Sutta also spoken to him
later. Maha Saccaka Sutta story about two
types of meditation, namely, the contemplation of the physical body and
contemplation of the mind, and two kinds of people, namely, Sammulha
Puggala which means 'confused people' and Asammulha Puggala
which means 'people who do not have any confusion.' Explanation
further can refer to the Pali Canon Mulapànnàsa.

Maha Buddhavamsa - Statement of Prince Licchavi Dummukha

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Statement of Prince Licchavi Dummukha

Then a Prince Licchavi, Dummukha, see Saccaka
silent, looking sad, shoulders down and head
bowed in despair, said to the Tathagata, "Tathagata
The Exalted, I am reminded of a parable. "Tathagata replied,
"Dummukha, say it." Prince Dummukha told
Tathagata:

Maha Buddhavamsa - Story of Nomad Recluse Saccaka

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Story of Nomad Recluse Saccaka

As previously described, the four women ascetic
has a brother named Saccaka, a nomad
ascetic, whose a teacher of the Vesali princes.
That time is when the Tathagata was dwelling in the vihara Kutagara
in Mahavana Forest near Vesali, when the wanderer ascetic
Saccaka, son of the leader Nigantha doctrine claims to be
the argue expert, a highly educated, and those
think of him as a saint. He boasted to
Vesali residents.

Maha Buddhavamsa - Victory Over the Nomad Recluse Saccaka

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Victory Over the Nomad Recluse Saccaka

Tathagata subjugate nomad Saccaka while being
dwelling at the Vihara Kutagara in the Mahavana forest near Vesali.
Saccaka the wandering ascetic story is excerpted from Catukka
Nipatta, Culalcalinga Jataka Comments and Mulapannàsa, Commentary
of Culasaccaka Sutta.

Maha Buddhavamsa - Tathagata Settled in Vesali

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Tathagata Settled in Vesali
During the Fifth Vassa

After completing his duties as a Buddha
by expound Mahàsamaya Sutta, Sammàparibbàjaniya
Sutta, etc. to the five hundred Arahanta descendants of Sakya
and helping seven hundred thousand crore gods and Brahmas reached
Arahatta-Phala, and uncountable amount to reach three
lower level, as described previously,
Tathagata is settled in the Vihara Kutagara which has a terrace
roofed and has a domed roof in the Vesali kingdom to
undergo his fifth vassa.

Maha Buddhavamsa - Venerable Sayadaw U Budh Note

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Venerable Sayadaw U Budh Note

When we look at Mahàsamaya Sutta as a whole, we
find that the sermon was delivered with an emphasis
on the nomenclature of the gods and Brahmas, with the name
family and tribe, and the questions asked:
The absence of an explanation of the highest truth, how
the gods and Brahmas can penetrate the Four Noble Truths
and achieve Liberation (attained sanctity level Sotapanna,

Maha Buddhavamsa - Mahasamaya Sutta Exposition

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Mahàsamaya Sutta Exposition

Grand meeting of five hundred bhikkhus happened at cold
night on the full moon night in the month of Jetthamasa. As soon as
five hundred Arahanta was sitting in their places,
emerged the moon from behind the summit of Mount Yugandhara in east
part of the earth, free from the five hindrances, i.e. the dew, fog,
clouds, eclipses, and smoke. Full round moon looked like
form of silver mirror plate or as a wheel made
of silver, suspended high above the eastern horizon,
shining brightly as if to say that the world is beautiful and
happy with the appearance of the Perfect Buddha. On
a very happy time, the Tathagata is still silent in
Mahavana Forest near Kapilavatthu, Sakka kingdom, together
with five hundred Arahanta.

Maha Buddhavamsa - Atthadanda Sutta Sermons

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
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 Atthadanda Sutta Sermons

Tathagata after expounded five Jataka, proceed with
preaches Atthadanda Sutta of the Sutta-Nipata, as a last
sermon.

Maha Buddhavamsa - Duddubha Jataka

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Duddubha Jataka

Then the Tathagata continued his counsel to that crowd.
"Your Majesty, my lord, do not believe on what was said
by others without considering it first. All
quadruped in the Himalayan forest which covers three
Yojana, will plunge into the vast ocean for no good reason to believe
the words of a rabbit who ran screaming 'Earth
have been destroyed, the earth has been destroyed. 'You should not be
that's easy to believe in what is said by others
without considering it first. "With these introduction
words, the Buddha preached the sermon on Duddubha
Jataka of Catukka Nipata.

Maha Buddhavamsa - War Between the Sakya Tribe

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

War Between the Sakya Tribe of Kapilavatthu with Sakya
Tribe from Koliya Because of Fight Over Rohini River Water

There is a small stream named Rohini in between the two kingdoms,
Kapilavatthu and Koliya. Both countries are in harmony take turns
divide the water from the river to irrigate their fields with
method to control the flow of water from a dam.

Maha Buddhavamsa - Uggasena Story, An Acrobat, Son of a Rich

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Uggasena Story, An Acrobat, Son of a Rich

At the time of Buddha, a theatrical stunt group consisting
of five hundred players usually hold performances for
entertain the king of Rajagaha for seven days every year or two
times each year, and on this show they will receive
many gifts of gold and silver. Gifts they received
from the audience at each time interval between performing
also uncountable. The people sitting in rows on top
of seat they bring their own, put them on to the back
and reams, the rear is higher than that in
front.
Their performances are usually preceded by the appearance of a
girl on stage, the daughter of the leader of the acrobats. She
will demonstrate her various acrobatic skills on a piece of
rope tied at the end of the bamboo and the height above the ground, she would

Maha Buddhavamsa - Sermon On Acts of Bodhisatta Brahmana Sankha

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Sermon On Acts of Bodhisatta Brahmana Sankha

After a two weeks stay in the city of Vesali, Tathagata told
Licchavi princes, 'We will soon go' and say
goodbye. The Licchavi saluted with two times more
than of which are given by King Bimbisara and in three days
 they deliver Tathagata to the banks of the Ganga River.

Maha Buddhavamsa - Giving Instructions To the Venerable Ananda

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Tathagata Standing at the City Gate and Giving
Instructions To the Venerable Ananda


"My son Ananda, after studying this Ratana Sutta from me;
you should read it in the area bounded by
three walls of the city as a means of prevention (Paritta), then go
around the city accompanied by Licchavi Princes whom
have been instructed to carry objects offering
to the gods. "

Maha Buddhavamsa - Establishment of Vesali

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Establishment of Vesali

At one point, King's Consort of King Bàrànasi pregnant.
The queen told this to the king. And the king
pointed to a number of waiters to serve the queen during the
pregnancy. The queen lives in comfort, with carefully
maintain the fetus in her womb, and as time goes by,
 her pregnancy entering the birth period.
According to custom, high-status women who enjoy
good fruit of the past usually give birth to her son on
early days.
The queen, as a woman who comes from that group
of elite, gave birth early in the morning, gave birth to a piece of
red flesh like a rose. Queen thinks, "The king must
surprised, 'Other Queens gave birth to children like a golden statue;
but my consort bear a piece of meat 'I take
disgrace to the king. "Intends to avoid the disgrace and fall
dignity, he put a lump of meat into a cup
covered the other cup and throw it into the Ganga river.

Magic happens, when the cup containing the lump of meat
separated from the human hand; he was taken by the god with carefully
 lay a gold plate bearing the red words:
'This is the son of the king's consort Bàrànasi.'

Maha Buddhavamsa - Liberation of Naked Ascetic Jambuka

Maha Buddhavamsa
The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Liberation of Naked Ascetic Jambuka

It is the practice of the Buddha who has attained Perfect
Enlightenment, watched the whole world at early morning to
check out who is ready to be free from the cycle of
suffering. Thus, in an early day, when the Buddha
is watching this world see Jambuka through His inner eyes;
after investigating further, he learned that
Jambuka has accumulated merit that enable him
to achieve Arahatta-Phala complete with four
Analytical Sciences (Patisambhida Nana); he also knew
that he must expound the couplet poem to the Naked Ascetic
Jambuka, and that teaching will also help to eighty
four thousand beings to penetrate the Four Noble Truths
and achieve liberation. "Because of this Jambuka, thousands of people
will obtain happiness. "Thus, after round
Rajagaha to collect alms, he tells
Venerable Ananda, "Ananda my son, I would go see
Jambuka. "

Maha Buddhavamsa - Story of Naked Ascetic Jambuka

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Story of Naked Ascetic Jambuka

This sermon that begins with the words "Mase Mase kusaggena"
expounded by the Tathagata as dwelling at the Vihara Veluvana in
Rajagaha in connection with the naked hermit Jambuka.

Scheming of Jambuka In the Past

In the Buddha Kassapa time, a rich man from a village
in the border area build a monastery for a
monks. He regularly gave alms, robes, where
residence, and medicine-four monks requisites to
monks who settled there. The monk was also routinely
visit the homes of the rich to eat every day.
One day, a senior monk who is a Arahanta,
were collecting alms, and arrived at the gate
the rich man's house. The rich man was very impressed with the
attitude of the monk, so he invited him to enter
to his house and offered food to the full
respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, please accept this piece of cloth to
used as a cloak after dyed and sewn; your hair too
long enough and I will bring a barber
and a bed for you to the monastery. "

Maha Buddhavamsa - Eliminate the wrong view of One Thousand ascetics

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Eliminate the wrong view of One Thousand ascetics led
By Aggidatta, Former Palace Brahmin of King of Kosala

This sermon is composed of five stanza poem begins with the words
bahum ve Saranam yanti and so on, expounded by the Tathagata,
while dwelling in Jetavana monastery, dedicated to a
hermit named Aggidatta, (a former palace brahmin of the King of
Kosala) who later settled near the dunes.

Maha Buddhavamsa - Sumana Story

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The Great Chronicle of The Buddhas
by Tipitakadhara Mingun Sayadaw

Sumana story,
Florist from Rajagaha


Tathagata preaches the sermon, which begins with the words
Tanca Kammam Katam Sadhu, which describes
advantage 'deeds and virtues services' in connection with
a florist named Sumana of Rajagaha when he
 dwelling at the Veluvana monastery in the town.
Flower seller usually bring eight tie Spanish jasmine
 (Jasminum grandiflorum) to King Bimbisara each
morning, where he will get in return eight pieces money
every day.