Buddhist Perspective on the Development of Social Welfare
by Ashin Indacara | 2011 | 61,386 words
This page relates 鈥楾he Accomplishment of Confidence on Incontrovertible Teaching鈥� of the study on the Buddhist perspective on the development of Social Welfare, employing primarily the concepts of Utthana-sampada (persistent effort) and Arakkha-sampada (watchfulness). Based on the teachings of the Buddha in the Dighajanu Sutta and other canonical texts, this essay emphasizes the importance of effort, knowledge, and good karma in achieving social welfare.
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2.2. The Accomplishment of Confidence on Incontrovertible Teaching
[Full title: The accomplishment of Faith (蝉补诲诲丑腻-蝉补尘辫补诲腻) (2) The Accomplishment of Confidence on Incontrovertible Teaching]
There is another teaching that is the accomplishment of confidence for the development of welfare expounded by the Buddha himself in the 础辫补峁囜箛补办补 Sutta of Majjhima Nik膩ya. Such Teaching is called 鈥業ncontrovertible Teaching鈥� or the 鈥榯he Teaching of Making No Mistake.鈥� In other words, it is called 鈥楽afe-Bet Teaching.鈥�
The Lord Buddha taught this teaching to the villagers of 厂腻濒腻 in the territory of Kosala as follow:鈥�
鈥淪ince, Householders, you have not found an agreeable teacher in whom you have acquired faith supported by reasons, you should undertake and practice this incontrovertible teaching, for when this incontrovertible teaching is accepted and undertaken, it will lead to your welfare and happiness for a long time.鈥�[1]
After that, the Buddha continued the ten places in which the accomplishment of confidence should be placed by them through the practice of the Noble Eightfold Path.
鈥淣ow there some recluses and Brahmins who say thus: there is what is given, what is offered and what is sacrifice; there is fruit and results of good and bad action; there is this world and other world; there is mother and father; there are being who are reborn spontaneously; there are recluses and Brahmins in the world who have themselves realized by direct knowledge and declared this world and other world. And because he convinces another to accept true Dhamma, he does not praise himself and disparage others. Thus any corrupt conduct that he formerly had is abandoned and pure virtue is substituted. And this right view, right thought, right speech, non-opposition to noble ones, convincing another to accept true Dhamma, and avoidance of self-praise and disparagement of others鈥攖hese several wholesome states thus come into being with right view as their conditions.鈥�[2]
According to the Teaching of the Buddha mentioned above, the connection between 厂补诲诲丑腻 and welfare can be seen and the energy of 厂补诲诲丑腻 based on the Noble Eightfold Path is one of reasons to develop any welfare for human being.
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[2]:
M II, P. 63. Pali Text Society I, P. 401.