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Sermon of The Ariyasāvaka,
Sādhanānanda Mahāthera
(Bana Bhante)(Series – I)
CHAPTER - I
All sorts of sufferings are the creations of Ignorance 28
Abandon the anchor-like false view and attachment 36
Having the Mara won and its kingdom passed over, one is to attain the nibbana 40
Aspire for higher concentration not for the substandard one 47
Be happy: Discard the narrow thoughts Being away of the fool is happiness: Be wise 61
Get your Visa for the Kingdom of Nibbana 68
To win the 1st, 2nd and 3rd war to go to Nibbana 73
Be effortful to attain Arahantship – be an M.A. 80
Give up dealing in ‘Dhenki Shak’: Start with ‘Watches’ 86
Mara lays manifold obstructions on the way to Nibbana 92
Be effortful to attain an outstanding knowledge 96
Do not stay attached to the ‘Group of five Clingings’ 103
Ignorance, Desire, Clinging, Defilements, Group of existence, Spheres and Elements are the causes of sufferings. 109
Attaining Human Birth, Sighting the Buddha and Gaining the Saddhamma are rarely attainable 118
Leave the perceptions of: I am a ‘man,’ He is a ‘male’ and She is a ‘female’ 125
CHAPTER – II
Be not unwise, be wise and stay with the truth 131
Deed is the ultimate friend and formidable foe to the beings 137
The real happiness is realized through practicing the Saddhamma 144
The real happiness cannot be attained through enjoyment 151
Mind is the cause of ‘well & woes’ to man 157
Man commits to sinuous acts for being ignorant 164
Mara gets pleased on performing unwholesome acts 170
Prosperity is inevitable to the race to which a great soul is born 178
Be sided by the Buddha not by the Mara 186
A miser can never attain the heaven 194
Leading life with Knowledge, Intellect and Policy brings in Prosperity 201