Great is the fruit, great the advantage of earnest contemplation when set round with upright conduct.

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Great is the fruit, great the advantage of earnest contemplation when set round with upright conduct. Great is the fruit, great the advantage of intellect when set round with earnest contemplation. The mind set round with intelligence is freed from the great evils—that is to say, from sensuality, from individuality, from delusion, and from ignorance.

Source Mahâparinibbâna Sutta 1.11-12 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to the Mahâparinibbâna Sutta, the account of the Buddha’s last months, upright conduct nourishes contemplation, contemplation nourishes intelligence, and the mind thus enlightened is freed from what binds it. Today, after an honest or generous act, take five minutes of calm to taste the clarity it leaves in you.

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